Elbert County GaArchives History - Letters .....Lucy Cosby Hall Letter To Neenie ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/gafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Amy Dabbs amyldabbs@gmail.com November 28, 2014, 5:42 pm Cosby- 1. Generation This is all i can remember about the Cosby generation. All of this is true because I lived back then too and I knew these people and we all lived among each other. The Cosby family owned one block of land on Gordon St. in other words you could say it was a square for it was as deep as it was long. Papa owned 2 acres of this land. I did not know my great grand father or one of my great great uncles for they were dead. Great grandfather John married Lucinda Clark Cosby. They had five sons and one daughter. Henry (Jack), Napoleon Bonaparte Sr., Clark, Taylor, Mary & Bud. Uncle Bud was May's father. Uncle Clark was Gady's adopted father, Richard was named Henry for Uncle Jack. Richard hated the name Henry Uncle Taylor ran away from home when he was 15 years old and joined the Confederate Army and the made him a water boy all the 5 boys returned home safely from the war. Napoleon Bonaparte Sr. was my grandfather and he was married twice. First he married Saphronia, John, Tucker, Clark (Papa's Mother). They had several children but only one lived and that was Papa. Napoleon Bonaparte Jr. Papa was called Pat by some and Nap by as many other people. Grandpa Sr. married again to Annie Rousey. They had two children to die in infancy. They had 3 sons to lie and 4 girls. John, Omer & Long, *sp* Cennie? Annie? Allie, Carrie and Effie. Uncle John married twice. First to Minnie Hooks from Americus Ga. They had 3 sons William Clifford& Clinton. Clifford & Clinton were twins. Uncle John maried again. He hired a lady from Atlanta to take care of the boys and keep house for him and after a while he married her. Aunt Annie (I can't remember her last name)- They finally moved back to Atlanta and he died there. Uncle Omer married Daisy Dial. (She was an only child and she was adopted) They (Omer & Daisy) had only one child Idalene. Maud wet nursed Idalene to save her life. Maud had to put a towel over her head to nurse her. I can't remember who Uncle Long married, he didnt have any children. Aunt Cennie married William Veronete. They had several children, Cornelius, Annie, Aleen & Frank are the only ones I can remember. Aunt Allie married Jim Adams His father used to be our pastor of 2nd Methodist Church in Elberton. They had two sets of twins. I can't remember their names it has been so long since I saw any of them. Aunt Carrie (Pie) married a Venable I can't remember his name and I did love him. They had two children Aunt Pie and Uncle Omer were twins. Aunt Effie married Uncle Ben Trice when she was 16yrs old. She was so pretty. He died with T.B. and she married again to Nelson Sanders. They had 2 sons ad one daughter, Cleta in 1918 when that awful epidemic of flue hit us all, Aunt Effie Died. She was pregnant and had flue and asthma. They lived in Calhoun Falls. She had a millernary shop and he had a grocery store. I used to go see her every day. I lived in Calhoun Falls too. Thats where I did my first house keeping. her oldest son drowned when he was 18. Cleta died later in Elberton. Grandma Annie took her and she died there (a little girl) She was born an invalid. She was a very pretty child with curly hair. Uncle Henry (Jack we called him) had three daughters Rose, Dot and Lula Uncle Clark married Phiney Bunch. They didn't have any children of their own but they had an adopted son, Grady. Uncle Bud married...had one daughter (May) Uncle Taylor died and I don't remember if he was married for I never knew him. Aunt Mary married Lewellyn Blackwell. They had no children Uncle Lew died and Aunt Mary married again to Uncle Will Veronees father we all called him grandpa. Aunt Mary outlived both her husbands. I think thats about all I can remember about the history of the Cosbys Neenie only asked me about the grand parents but you know what....Let you in on ...SECRETS! END OF ONE LETTER BEGIN NEXT LETTER Rousey generation as I knew them! Grandpa Rouseys' name was Archibald Rousey. He married Elizabeth Jane Vassar. They had William, George, John, Jefferson, Allen, Sarah Helen, Tallulah Ida, Mattie & Annie Laurie. Uncle William (Hop) had Gordon, Will, Tom & Tryon- Julia, Alma & Annie Lou. Uncle Willaim (Hop) was married to Mary Rosser. Uncle George married Mollie Karnarney. They had Clifford, Albert, Arbie and Marion. One of their young sons was accidentally shot and killed. Albert married Carrie Bradford. I don't whom the others married except Irene married Will Nelson & Ethel married a Rucker. Uncle John married Jane Dickerson. They had 3 girls and one son Bessie, Quinn & Maggie & Abe. Uncle Cud married Miley Gray. They had Watson, and Willie Richard, Mattie Lucille and Reba, Uncle Bud married (Aunt Duck) Sallie Edmunds. They had Hattie Lou, Annie Sue, Thomas, Archie & Charlie. Sarah Helen (Aunt Sis) married Bill Owen. They had Lonnie, Backon, Shannon and Zanie, Fannie and Daisy. Tallulah Ida Married Napoleon Bonaparte Cosby. They had 8 BRATS, William Allen Woodson Lucy Eliza, Annie Mare, Walter Napoleon (Archie Clark)Henry Richard, Sarah Helen & Maud Pruitt. None of were married twice but Pruitt & Walter. Willie was never married, he died when he was 18. I married Frank DuPree Hall and I had 6 kids. Annie Maie married Charlie Lee Grimes, Walter married Gertrude Thornton & they separated and he married Marion (something) Archie married Lucile Farmer. helen married Joseph Gladstone Nimmons. Pruitt married Edd Motte & Henry Stillwell, Aunt Mattie was never married. She was engaged to be married to Jim Burden but she had typhoid fever and she died. Aunt Pet (Annie Laurie) married Charlie Scott. They had Sallie Mae, Jack, Sam, Clinton, Raymond, Vesta and Reba. Aunt Sis (Sarah Helen) and Uncle Bill had Lonnie, Bakon, Shannon, Zonnie, Fannie and Daisy. Lula- (Tallulah Ida) had 8 BRATS. William, Allen, Woodson, Lucy Eliza, Annie Maie, Walter Napoleon, Archie Clark, Henry Richard, Sarah Helen and Maude Pruitt When Helen was born Annie Mae cried and said "I dont like little ole baby" I said "why?" and she said, "cause I wanted to be the baby girl" and I said "don't worry, you can be my baby girl" and I guess she was for I sure loved that little girl. Well Annie Loire, I could tell you whom most all of these other people married and how many (younguns) children they had but this I have written where they all started so there! Love you, Aunt Lucy- END OF 2ND LETTER PARTIAL LETTER BEGINS Jeff ( Uncle Cudd) (Bud) Alexander Allen Daughters (Aunt Sis) Sarah Helen- Mattie Aunt Pet, (Annie Laurie) Tallulah Ida (mother) Grandpa Rousey is buried at Bethlehem and so is grand ma- Papa's name was Napoleon Bonaparte Cosby Mama's name was Tallulah Ida Rousey Cosby- There was eight children in this union namely William Allen Woodson- Lucy Eliza Cosby (Hall)- Annie Maie Cosby (Grimes) Walter Napoleon, Archie Clark- Henry Richard, Sarah Helen (Nimmons) Maude Pruitt Cosby (Matte- Stillwater) & that's all I know except us 8 younguns, want them? Ha- Lucy- Look (inside) 2. Grandpa Cosby's name was Napoleon Cosby Grandma Cosby's name was Saphronia, John Tucker Clark Cosby- Grandpa & Grandma had only one child to live & that was Papa. She was pregnant & fell on the post of a chair and hurt herself so badly that she died of it. So great grandmother Cosby took Papa and raised him. I loved her- I was named Lucy for her & Eliza for mama's mother- Rouseys Great grandfather's name was Archibald Rousey (Don't remember his other name) Grand mother's name was Eliza Jane Vassar. They had 5 sons- William (Uncle Hop), John, George, I forgot to tell you that Grandpa Cosby was married twice. Second time around he married Annie Rousey. They had a bunch of younguns- they had 1 or 2 chidlren to die one was named James. There was John, Omer, Long and Carrie. Carrie (or Pie) Allie & Effie Uncle John married twice Minnie Hooks from Americus GA They had 3 boys: William Clifford & Clinton. Then he married again Annie (somebody) from Atlanta. He hired her to keep house and take care of the boys then married her and they moved to Atlant where he died. Omer married Daisy Dial from Gainesville GA- theyhad Idalene and Maud wet nursed her and she lived! Aunt Carrie married William Veronee. Aunt Allie married Jim Adams. She had 2 sets of twins- Aunt Pie married a Venable and I can't remember his name (but i liked him) Aunt Effie married Uncle Ben Trice- when he died she married Nelson Sanders they had 2 boys and 1 girl. She died in Calhoun Falls with Flue, asthma and was also pregnant. This was in 1918. One of her boys drowned when he was 18 years old. Her little girl died as Calhoun Falls. She was an invalid. End Additional Comments: I don't know when these were written. They seem to be part draft (some pages duplicate with scratched out lines)and are not dated or addressed although a few are signed as if letters to someone. Her son Joseph Melvin Hall was my grandfather and they ended up in his wife, my grandmother Mary Eunice Knight Hall's things. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ga/elbert/history/letters/lucycosb373ms.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/gafiles/ File size: 9.6 Kb