Anselm B. Easley

b. 10 January 1817, d. 15 January 1879
  • Anselm B. Easley was born on 10 January 1817 in Alabama.
  • He married Mary Mann circa 1841.
  • Anselm B. Easley and Mary Mann appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1850 in Marengo County, Alabama. Other members of the household included Hannah Mary Easley, Edward Charles Easley and Benjamin Roderick Easley. Also in the household was daughter Henrietta (age 7).
  • He was a farmer, according to the 1850 census.
  • Anselm B. Easley and Mary Mann appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1860 in Plantersville PO, Grimes County, Texas. Other members of the household included Hannah Mary Easley, Edward Charles Easley, Benjamin Roderick Easley and Robert B. Easley. Also in the household were children Henrietta (age 18), John (10), Mary (8), Sidney (6), James (4) and Annett (3), as well as carpenter Jasper Franklin.
  • He was a farmer, according to the 1860 census.
  • On Saturday, 21 May 1864, Green Wood recorded in his plantation daily account book: "Sent my Wagon team & driver pressed by the Government on the 16th by Mr Easley Agent.
  • The following appeared on 10 July 1869 in Flake's Bulletin: Military Appointments. The following appointments to civil office have been made: Grimes county--Henry Phul, John Vernon, J. F. Ferguson and W. P. Thomas, county commissioners, vice J. Buchanan, W. Taylor, C. S. Talleaferro and A. B. Easley, disqualified.
  • Anselm B. Easley and Mary Mann appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1870 in Navasota PO, Grimes County, Texas. Other members of the household included Edward Charles Easley and Robert B. Easley. In this census, Anselm was enumerated as "Alexander" Easley. Also in the household were children Samuel (age 17), James (14) and Anna (12), as well as drygoods merchant Charles DeComsey.
  • He was a farmer, according to the 1870 census.
  • Anselm B. Easley became a widower at the 9 June 1874 death of his wife Mary Mann.
  • Anselm B. Easley died on 15 January 1879 at age 62 in Grimes County, Texas, or possibly the 13th.
  • He was interred at Plantersville Cemetery, Plantersville, Grimes County, Texas.
  • The following appeared on 19 January 1879 in the Galveston Daily News: (Grimes County) . . . The Tablet records the death of another of Grimes's oldest and most valued citizens--Col. A. B. Easley, at his residence near Plantersville, on the morning of the 15th inst., in about the 62d year of his age.
  • The following appeared on 24 January 1879 in the Brenham Weekly Banner: Mr. W. R. Howard, a respected citizen of Grimes county died of black jaundice - - - Col. A. B. Easley, another of Grimes' oldest and best citizens, died at Plantersville on the 15th inst. aged 62.
  • The following appeared on 30 January 1879 in the Austin Weekly Democratic Statesman: Col. A. B. Easley and H. G. Howard, both model citizens, the latter having lived in Grimes county forty and the former twenty-five years, are no more.
  • Last Edited: 12 Jan 2015

Family: Mary Mann b. 30 December 1824, d. 9 June 1874