Family Groupsheet for Joseph Cefus Keasler Family Submitted by: Rebecca Prescott-Spalding Email address: Husband: Joseph Cefus Keasler Birthdate: 3 September 1825 Birthplace: South Carolina Death date: 18 December 1863 Place of death: Harrison County, TX Father: Abraham Keasler Mother: Nancy Boyd Marriage date: 18 November 1847 Marriage place: Harrison County, TX Wife: Mary S. Smith Birthdate: 2 January 1831 Birthplace: Alabama Death date: 27 July 1887 Place of death: Harrison County, TX Father: Jacob Smith Mother: Edna Stephens CHILDREN Child No. 1: John Kay Keasler Sex: M Birthdate: 12 January 1849 Birthplace: Harrison County, TX Death date: 29 December 1915 Place of death: Harrison County, TX Marriage date: 22 December 1872 Marriage place: Harrison County, TX Spouse's name: Ann J. Coleman Child No. 2: Sarah Jane Keasler Sex: F Birthdate: 7 May 1850 Birthplace: Harrison County, TX Death date: 7 October 1852 Place of death: Harrison County, TX Marriage date: Marriage place: Spouse's name: Child No. 3: Robert Marion Keasler Sex: M Birthdate: 8 February 1852 Birthplace: Harrison County, TX Death date: 16 April 1882 Place of death: Gregg County, TX Marriage date: 14 December 1869 Marriage place: Upshur County, TX Spouse's name: Nancy Melvina Skaggs Child No. 4: Elladora Ann Keasler Sex: F Birthdate: 9 January 1855 Birthplace: Harrison County, TX Death date: 22 January 1876 Place of death: Gregg County, TX Marriage date: 12 August 1869 Marriage place: Harrison County, TX Spouse's name: John Tyson Smith Child No. 5: Rufus Await Keasler Sex: Birthdate: 8 August 1856 Birthplace: Harrison County, TX Death date: 10 June 1914 Place of death: Harrison County, TX Marriage date: 30 November 1875 Marriage place: Harrison County, TX Spouse's name: Mary Jane Coleman Documentation: "Forebears & Kin of John Tyson Smith, Sr and Nancy Melvina Skaggs," by Earl Davis Smith; Greenwood Cemetery, Gregg Co., TX; Friendship Cemetery, Harrison Co., TX; LaGrones Chapel Cemetery, Harrison Co., TX; "The Keasler Book, Descendants of Henry Keasler, Planter of Newberry County, S.C.," by Inez Winans; Harrison County, TX Probate Records; and Marriage Records, Harrison County, TX 1838 - 1889.