Life History

Notes

• 1870 Federal Census, Davis (Cass) County, Texas, 9 August, Justice Precinct 3, PO Cussetta, page 28, Hse/Fam #226
  Posey, George 43 F W Farmer $150 Personal  born Louisiana Cannot read or write
  Posey, Nancy 39 F W born South Carolina Cannot read or write
  Posey, George 8 M W born Texas
  
  1880 Federal Census, Cass County, Texas, 16 June, Precinct 3, District 12, page 17 (scan 128A), Hse/Family #143
  Posey, G K 51 W M Farmer Cannot read or write LA GA LA
  Posey, Fannie W F 26 Wife Keeping House TX TX MS [stepmother]
  Posey, George W M 15 Son Single Farming TX LA SC
  
  Texas Death Index, 1903-2000
  Certificate #27429
  George W. Posey
  Death 20 Sep 1923 Lamar County
  
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  MRS. G. FUNSTEN Bilbrey, Rt. 2, 824 N. 5th, Frederick, Okla. 73542, is re …[missing wording here in the original published story; George H Posey], born 1827, Louisiana and married first, Nancy (maiden name unknown) [Allen], born South Carolina. Their children, all born in Cass County, Texas, were David, Laura, George, John and Robert.  [Records report also Thomas and James, born between David and Laura.]  His second marriage was to Frances Elizabeth Christian in 1877.  They had six children and he disappeared in 1889.
  
  The Christians [sic] children included Joseph Benjamin, Frances Elizabeth, Lucinda and Emily, all born in Cass County between 1854 and 1862.  Joseph Benjamin married Catherine Smith; Lucinda, Larkin Dycus; and Emily, Jason Forsyth.
  
  Their mother, Louisa, married a second time, J. S. Jenkins, March 7, 1872, and had one son, Henry.  After her death in 1900, Joseph Benjamin Christian sold the family farm to Lonzo Hicks.  Family tradition states that there is a lineage connection to the Hensley family but this has not been proven.
  
  --  Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 22 August 1971, p 9G
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Sources

• 1. 1880 Federal Census, Cass County, Texas
  • 16 June, Precinct 3, District 12, page 17 (scan 128A), Hse/Family #143
• 2. Texas, Death Index, 1903-2000
• 3. 1870 Federal Census, Davis County, Texas
  • 9 August, Justice Precinct 3, PO Cussetta, page 28, Hse/Fam #226