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HUSBAND: Marcus Hervey TOWNSEND
date and place of birth: 26 Mar 1858, Oakland, Colorado, Texas, USA (1) (2) (3) (4)
date and place of marriage: 20 Dec 1883, Weimar, Colorado, Texas, USA (2) (5) (6)
military service:
date and place of death: 28 Jun 1915, San Antonio, Bexar, Texas, USA (1) (2) (3) (4)
place of burial: Mission Burial Park, San Antonio, Bexar, Texas, USA (1) (4)
father: Moses Solon TOWNSEND
mother: Anne Elizabeth HERVEY
other marriages:...........................................................................
WIFE: Annie Euphemia BURFORD
date and place of birth: 21 Sep 1864, Osage, Colorado, Texas, USA (1) (2) (3) (4) (5)
date and place of death: 07 Jan 1920, San Antonio, Bexar, Texas, USA (1) (2) (3) (4) (5)
place of burial: Mission Burial Park, San Antonio, Bexar, Texas, USA (4)
father: Francis Marion BURFORD
mother: Cordelia Ann SHAW
other marriages:...........................................................................
CHILD 1: Robert Foard TOWNSEND
sex: M
date and place of birth: 22 Feb 1886, Weimar, Colorado, Texas, USA (2) (3) (4) (5)
married: Eleanor Thornton STEVENS
date and place of marriage: 24 Feb 1912
date and place of death: 22 Jan 1925 (2) (3) (4)
place of burial: Mission Burial Park, San Antonio, Bexar, Texas, USA (2) (4)
other marriages:...........................................................................
CHILD 2: Marcus Burford TOWNSEND
sex: M
date and place of birth: 21 Dec 1890, Columbus, Colorado, Texas, USA (1) (2)
married:
date and place of marriage:
date and place of death: 21 May 1891, Columbus, Colorado, Texas, USA (1) (2)
place of burial: Odd Fellows Rest, Columbus, Colorado, Texas, USA
other marriages:...........................................................................
CHILD 3: Annie Ray TOWNSEND
sex: F
date and place of birth: 26 Aug 1892, Columbus, Colorado, Texas, USA (2)
married: William Ward Watkin
date and place of marriage: 01 Jun 1914, San Antonio, Bexar, Texas, USA (2)
date and place of death: 02 Mar 1929, Paris, Ile-de-France, France (1) (2)
place of burial: Glenwood Cemetery, Houston, Harris, Texas, USA (2)
other marriages:...........................................................................
CHILD 4: Florence Belle Townsend
sex: F
date and place of birth: 03 May 1898, Columbus, Colorado, Texas, USA (2) (4)
married: George Gilbert CLIFTON
date and place of marriage: 15 Jan 1921, San Antonio, Bexar, Texas, USA (7)
date and place of death: 02 Jul 1922, San Antonio, Bexar, Texas, USA (2) (4)
place of burial: Mission Burial Park, San Antonio, Bexar, Texas, USA (4)
other marriages:...........................................................................
SOURCES:
1. Obituary
2. The Seven Townsend Brothers of Texas, Tula Townsend Wyatt, 1974
3. Grave Headstone
4. Death Certificate
5. F. M. Burford & Cordelia Shaw Family Bible
6. Marriage Record – Colorado, Texas, USA
7. Wedding Invitation...........................................................................
COMMENTS:
M. H. TOWNSEND, representing the Eleventh district, composed of the counties of Gonzales, Lavaca, Colorado and Wharton, in the Senate of the Twenty-first session of the Legislature of Texas, was born March 26, 1858, in Colorado County, Texas. He was admitted to the bar in 1880, and in 1886 became a member of the law firm of Ford & Thompson, at Columbus. He was the author of the measure authorizing the purchase of the "Alamo" by the State and was chairman of the committee on the part of the House which made said purchase.
Personnel of the Texas-State Government With Sketches of Distinguished Texans, compiled and Published by L. E. Daniell, Austin: Smith, Hicks & Jones, State Printers, 1889, New York Public Library, 101131 A.
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