An early settler of the Dension area.
Son of Thomas Sr. and Henrietta Ragland Ansley.
Married Gilly Richardson on Feb 21, 1846, in Upton County, Georgia.
Records of Grayson County Frontier Village:
Josephus Ansley and his wife Gilly Ansley freed their slaves and left their home in Georgia after the Civil War. Mr. Ansley did not intend to make Denison their permanent home. His plans were to go farther west. But in June 1873, Mr. Ansley died of what the doctors called brain fever. He is buried in Oakwood Cemetery, Denison, Texas.
Gilly Ansley lived out her life in this log cabin. When her children protested, she would say, 'This is where my old man left me, and this is where I am going to stay.' She died in the cabin Feb. 13, 1915, and is also buried in Oakwood Cemetery.
Son of Thomas Sr. and Henrietta Ragland Ansley.
Married Gilly Richardson on Feb 21, 1846, in Upton County, Georgia.
Records of Grayson County Frontier Village:
Josephus Ansley and his wife Gilly Ansley freed their slaves and left their home in Georgia after the Civil War. Mr. Ansley did not intend to make Denison their permanent home. His plans were to go farther west. But in June 1873, Mr. Ansley died of what the doctors called brain fever. He is buried in Oakwood Cemetery, Denison, Texas.
Gilly Ansley lived out her life in this log cabin. When her children protested, she would say, 'This is where my old man left me, and this is where I am going to stay.' She died in the cabin Feb. 13, 1915, and is also buried in Oakwood Cemetery.
An early settler of the Dension area.
Son of Thomas Sr. and Henrietta Ragland Ansley.
Married Gilly Richardson on Feb 21, 1846, in Upton County, Georgia.
Records of Grayson County Frontier Village:
Josephus Ansley and his wife Gilly Ansley freed their slaves and left their home in Georgia after the Civil War. Mr. Ansley did not intend to make Denison their permanent home. His plans were to go farther west. But in June 1873, Mr. Ansley died of what the doctors called brain fever. He is buried in Oakwood Cemetery, Denison, Texas.
Gilly Ansley lived out her life in this log cabin. When her children protested, she would say, 'This is where my old man left me, and this is where I am going to stay.' She died in the cabin Feb. 13, 1915, and is also buried in Oakwood Cemetery.
Son of Thomas Sr. and Henrietta Ragland Ansley.
Married Gilly Richardson on Feb 21, 1846, in Upton County, Georgia.
Records of Grayson County Frontier Village:
Josephus Ansley and his wife Gilly Ansley freed their slaves and left their home in Georgia after the Civil War. Mr. Ansley did not intend to make Denison their permanent home. His plans were to go farther west. But in June 1873, Mr. Ansley died of what the doctors called brain fever. He is buried in Oakwood Cemetery, Denison, Texas.
Gilly Ansley lived out her life in this log cabin. When her children protested, she would say, 'This is where my old man left me, and this is where I am going to stay.' She died in the cabin Feb. 13, 1915, and is also buried in Oakwood Cemetery.
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