====== Erastus Tousey ======

Erastus Tousey was born on 9 October 1798 in New York to Zerah and Anna Tousey. The family moved from New York to Boone County by [[1805|1805]], when Zerah and his brothers established a [[ferries|ferry crossing]] to Lawrenceburg at Second Creek. 

In 1822, Erastus built a federalist style home within Burlington, where he and his wife Catherine McHenry (1805-1895) raised four known children: Ann Eliza (1822-1865); Juliet S. (1825-1888); Mary F. (1829-1856); and Charles E. (1839-1882). Ann Eliza married Benjamin F. Stevenson in May [[1843|1843]]. 

Although a slaveholder, in 1849, Erastus Tousey was listed as a [[abolitionists_in_the_ohio_valley|Friend of Emancipation]] in the //Covington Journal//, along with 47 other Boone Countians.


===== Related Topics =====
  * [[erastus_tousey_house|Erastus Tousey House (BE 136)]]
  * [[tousey_family|Tousey Family]]
  * [[the_old_burlington_cemetery|The Old Burlington Cemetery]]
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