Elizabeth Veasey

Elizabeth “Betsey” Mangum Veasey BIRTH 1842 Orange County, North Carolina, USA DEATH unknown Durham County, North Carolina, USA BURIAL Unknown MEMORIAL ID 34163098 · View Source

MEMORIAL PHOTOS 0 FLOWERS 0 Betsey Mangum Veazey was my great grandmother. My grandmother was one of her daughters (Mary Emma Veazey Teasley). The children she had that carried the surname of Mangum (which was her maiden name) were fathered by Ben Ellis. From the oral history I have discovered this was not a secret in the community. Ben Ellis also fathered other children with other women who were married or later married others. He also had a family of his own. Elijah Veazey (Betsey Mangum’s husband and my great grandfather) raised the children she had when they married as his own although they always knew Ben Ellis was their father. From what I have been told, this was not an uncommon happening during the Civil War years.

Source: J Teasley (juliateasley@gmail.com)

Family Members Children Photo Guthrie Joseph Mangum 1862–1927

Photo Charlie Landis Mangum 1867–1927

Photo Annie Eliza Veasey Jacobs 1872–1942

Photo Mary Emma Veasey Teasley 1875–1953

Photo Percey Veasey 1877–1940

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From: The Descendants of Jesse Mangum of Orange County, Norm Carolina

ELIZABETH -BETSY*2 MANGUM (JESSE1) was born Abt. 1842 in Orange Co, NC*. She married (2) ELIJAH

VEASEY* November 21, 1870 in Orange County, NC5*, son of EZEKIEL VEAZEY and FRANCES. He was bom

Abt 1820".

Notes for ELIZABETH •BETSY" MANGUM:

According to the late Mildred Mangum Harris, Betsy Mangum had 3 illegitimate children before she married Elijah Veasey. It is believed by some family members that Ben Ellis fathered these 3 children.

History of Betsy Mangum

1850 Betsy was in the household of her father Jesse Mangum, She was 8 years old and attended school.

1860 Betsy was in the household of her brother William Wesley Mangum. Her age was given as 22. Her mother

Mary was in the same household and so was Betsy's brother John.

1870 Betsy (Elizabeth) was in the household of Elijah Veazey who was 50 and a farmer. She was 35 and keeping house. 10 year old Guthrie was not listed with the family Adolphus was shown as 6 years old (should be 8) and Charies as 4 (should be 3). Edward was newest son and was 6 months old. All children's names were given as "Veazey," although only Edward was most likely a Veasey.

1880 dwelling #160, family #174 Elijah Veazey, 50, farmer, his wife Elizabeth, 58, sons Charley, 13, Edward F , 10, Percy, 2, and daughters Ancflza, 8, Mary 4.

An Orange County, NC, marriage license was issued to Elijah Veazey, son of Ezekiel and Frances Veazey, and to Elizabeth Mangum, daughter of Jesse and Polly Mangum, November 19, 1869. Elijah and Elizabeth were married at the residence of Ehjah Veazey by A. Mangum, J.P. [Justice of the Peace], November 21, 1870. I question this last date. Were they married in 1869 or 1870? Elizabeth was already Veaseys wife in the 1870 census, and their son Edward was 6 months old My guess is that they married in late November 1869, and the J.P. didnt fill out the certificate until the new year, recording the wrong year.

Children of ELIZABETH "BETSY* MANGUM are:

i JOSEPH GUTHRIE3 MANGUM, b. July 17,1860, Orange Co,NC; d. Deceniba 16,1927, Diirham Comfy, NC.

ii. ADOLPHUS D. MANGUM, b. October 02,1862, Orange Co, NC; d. August 28,1940, Durham County, NC

iii. CHARLIE LANDIS MANGUM, b. May 27,1867, Orange Co,NC;d March 25,1927, Durham County, NC.

Children of ELIZABETH MANGUM and ELIJH VEASEY

iv. EDWARD F. VEASEY", b May 1870 Orange

ee Co.. NC d. December 13,1910, Durham Co., NC"; m

ANNIE SHERRON*. December 29,1905, Durham County, NC«

More About EDWARD F. VEASEY:

Burial: December 15,1910, Stem, Granville Co., NC

Cause of Death: Heart failure

Occupation: Farmer

v. ANN ELIZA VEASEY", b. August 25,1870, Orange Co., NC'7; d. November 20,1942, Durham Co., NC*7; m.

JOHN DUDLEY JACOBS, June 01,1891, Durham County, NC»; b. March 20,1869, Orange Co., NC«^ A

February 04,1940, Durham Co., NC*.

Notes for ANN ELIZA VEASEY: «•• *

Arm's name was recorded as Ann, Annie, and Aneliza. Since she had at least two cousins named Annie Liza or Ann Eliza, she probably had that name, too. Ann's date of birth on her tombstone is April 14,1872, but on her death certificate it is August 25,1870.

More About ANN ELTZA VEASEY:

Burial: November 21,1942, Ellis Chapel Church Cemetery, Bahama, NC

Cause of Death: Pulmonary edema

Informant for death certi: Mrs. Percy Veasey

Residence: Rt 5, Durham, NC «Was»

Notes for JOHN DUDLEY JACOBS:

John's tombstone at Ellis Chapel Cemetery gives his birthdate as April 2,1869 His death certificate says he

was born March 20,1869.

More About JOHN DUDLEY JACOBS: xx*

Burial: February 06,1940, Ellis Chapel Church Cemetery, Durham Co., NC

Cause of Death: Uremia, pneumonia

Informant for death certi: John Ellis

Occupation: Farmer

Residence: Rt 5, Bahama, NC

vi MARY EMMA VEASEY, b. October 15,1875, Orange Ca, NC; d. August 25,1953, Durham Co., NC.

vii. PERCY VEASEY, b. May 01,1877; d. November 12,1940, Durham County, NC.

Generation No. 3

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Birth: 1842 Orange County North Carolina, USA Death: unknown Durham County North Carolina, USA

Father: Jesse Mangum Mother: Mary Polly Parrish

Spouse: 1) unknown Mangum, married abt 1860 2) Elijah Veasey, married abt 1869

Family links:

Children:

 Guthrie Joseph Mangum (1862 - 1927)*

 Charlie Landis Mangum (1867 - 1927)*

 Annie Eliza Veasey Jacobs (1872 - 1942)*

 Mary Emma Veasey Teasley (1875 - 1953)*

 Percey Veasey (1877 - 1940)*

• Calculated relationship

Burial: Unknown

Created by: RTerry Record added: Feb 24, 2009 Find A Grave Memorial# 34163098 http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=34163098