Colorado County Family Group Sheet Project

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Submitted by: Deborah Smith
Email address: <cherawgal@netscape.net>


Husband: Spencer Burton TOWNSEND
Birthdate: April 14, 1806
Birthplace: Marlboro County, SC
Death date: December 12, 1857
Place of death: near Oakland, Colorado County, TX
Burial:
Father: Thomas TOWNSEND
Mother: Elizabeth STAPLETON

Marriage date: Feb 12, 1839
Marriage place: Houston County, TX

Wife: Louisa H. DILLARD
Birthdate: Dec 18, 1821
Birthplace: TN
Death date: Nov 11, 1899
Place of death: near Oakland, Colorado County, TX
Burial: Odd Fellows Cemetery, Weimar, Colorado County, TX
Father: William DILLARD
Mother:

CHILDREN

Child No. 1: James TOWNSEND
Sex: M
Birthdate: Nov 21, 1839
Birthplace: Texas
Death date: before 1860
Place of death:
Burial:
Marriage date:
Marriage place:
Spouse's name:

Child No. 2: Adolphus Stapleton TOWNSEND
Sex: M
Birthdate: March 2, 1841
Birthplace: Texas
Death date: July 25, 1867
Place of death: near Oakland, Colorado County, Texas
Burial:
Marriage date:
Marriage place:
Spouse's name:

Child No. 3: Spencer Burton TOWNSEND Jr
Sex: M
Birthdate: March 5, 1843
Birthplace: Texas
Death date: June 17, 1933
Place of death: Beaumont, Jefferson County, TX
Burial: Oak Grove Cemetery, Yoakum, Lavaca/DeWitt County, TX
Marriage date: Dec 20, 1866
Marriage place: Lavaca County, TX
Spouse's name: Mary Jane REES

Child No. 4: Jane Elizabeth TOWNSEND
Sex: F
Birthdate: Jan 20, 1845
Birthplace: Texas
Death date: Nov 1942
Place of death:
Burial:
Marriage date: Aug 1, 1867
Marriage place: Colorado County, TX
Spouse's name: Hiram Walter BROWN

Child No. 5: Louise Florida TOWNSEND
Sex: F
Birthdate: Jan 26, 1847
Birthplace: Texas
Death date: April 4, 1886
Place of death: Colorado County, TX
Marriage date: Nov 23, 1867
Burial: Weimar Masonic Cemetery, Weimar, Colorado County, TX
Marriage place: Colorado County, TX
Spouse's name: Augustus D. CLEMENTS

Child No. 6: James Gaither TOWNSEND
Sex: M
Birthdate: Oct 23, 1851
Birthplace: Texas
Death date: Aug 1911
Place of death: Louise, Wharton County, TX
Burial: Columbus City Cemetery, Columbus, Colorado County, TX
Marriage date: Oct 28, 1875
Marriage place: Colorado County, TX
Spouse's name: Marguerite Ella DOWNING

Child No. 7: Mary Lucretia TOWNSEND
Sex: F
Birthdate: Nov 2, 1853
Birthplace: Texas
Death date:
Place of death:
Burial:
Marriage date: June 15, 1871
Marriage place: Colorado County, TX
Spouse's name: William A. DUDLEY

Child No. 8: Minerva Ann Augusta TOWNSEND
Sex: F
Birthdate: Jan 8, 1856
Birthplace: Texas
Death date: after 1944
Place of death: probably New Orlean, LA
Burial:
Marriage date: Oct 26, 1876
Marriage place: Colorado County, TX
Spouse's name: John H. WATTS

Child No. 9: Keron Blanche TOWNSEND
Sex: F
Birthdate: Aug 4, 1848
Birthplace: Colorado County, TX
Death date: Nov 13, 1944
Place of death: Columbus, Colorado County, TX
Burial: Odd Fellows Cemetery, Weimar, Colorado County, TX
Marriage date: Sept 27, 1876
Marriage place: Rosenerg, Fort Bend County, TX
Spouse's name: Samuel Houston REES

Documentation: Seven Townsend Brothers of Texas--Wyatt, Tula Townsend
Colorado County Texas Archives--electronic, usgenweb site
Reminiscences of Fifty Years in Texas--Linn, John
1850 Census Lavaca County Texas
Odd Fellows Cemetery, Weimar, Colorado County, Texas
Lavaca County, Texas, Cemetery Records, Volume II--Tise, John
Townsend, Mary Jane Rees, Application #51241 for Confed Pension
Oak Grove Cemetery, Yoakum, Lavaca/DeWitt County, Texas
Townsend, Spencer Burton Jr, Ap #20819 for Confed Pension
1860 Census Austin County Texas
Colorado County Chronicles
1880 Census Colorado County Texas
1900 Census Fort Bend County Texas
Colorado County Citizen

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