WebStephen Chapman Townesend (1860 May 1914) F.R.C.S. Frede is mentioned in the Reminiscences of Texas Independence. The Duke of Sussex surprised viewers of The Late Show with Stephen Colbert when he turned up for the Colbert Questionert segment of the TV show on Tuesday night (28 February). The day was warm, and the door and window was open, he was lying upon his couch, quiet and peaceful, his wife and daughter sitting by, when a dove of full and beautiful plumage came through the door, and hovering over him, settled down upon his bosom, and without apparent alarm, fluttered its wings. The Townsend, Burford, Harvey, and Mann ancestors immigrated to America and settled in Puritan New England or in the first permanent English settlement at Jamestown. The two cemeteries, however, are quite distinct from each other. After Boss tragic death, his wife, Allison Holker Boss, said in a statement that he was the backbone of our family, the best husband and father, and an inspiration to his fans. Their wishes were carried out and the church was in use until 1895 until it was moved to Ellinger where it remains. He grew up in Griffin, Georgia. Earliest known year of death: 1857 Earliest known year of birth: 1801 Most recent known burial: 1878 Comments: This cemetery is often combined with the Fitzgerald Cemetery and referred to as the Fitzgerald-Grace Cemetery. WebSon of John Townsend and Elizabeth Townsend Husband of Elizabeth Townsend Father of Elizabeth Kennard; Hannah Hough; Mary [Skelton] Cary; Stephen Townsend, II; William Townsend and 3 others; ; Brother of James Townsend; Charles Townsend; Joseph Townsend; Elizabeth Foreman; Sarah Thomas and 3 others; ; Half brother of Elizabeth Dad remembers looking up and holding on to the antennae while moving it. Rebecca Clack Burford Townsend Grace died, at her residence in Colorado County on the 3rd of September, 1878, Mrs. Rebecca C. Grace, of inflammation of the bowels, aged about 58 years. The cemetery is on the right about one-half mile down that road. Uncle Don and Dad began school in Hunt. Please enable JavaScript in your browser's settings to use this part of Geni. h TOWNSEND, Sarah TOWNSEND, Joseph TOWNSEND, Jane TOWNSEND, Mary TOWNSEND, John TOWSEND, Jane TOWNSEND, Charles TOWNSEND, Charles TOWNSEN 1694 - Bucklebury, Berkshire, England, United Kingdom, Apr 15 1769 - Solebury, Bucks, Pennsylvania, British Colonial America, Apr 15 1769 - Solebury Township, Bucks, Pennsylvania, British America, Elizabeth TOWNSEND, Mary TOWNSEND, Stephen TOWNSEND, Sarah TOWNSEND, Charles TOWNSEND, Anne TOWNSEND, William TOWNSEND, Hannah TOWNSEND, Joseph TOWNSEND, Charles TOWNSEND, Sarah TOWNSEND, Mary TOWNSEND, Rachel TOWNSEND, James TOWNSEND, Jane TOWNSEND, Bucklebury, West Berkshire, England, United Kingdom, Bensalem Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, United States, Solebury, Bucks County, PA, United States. Visitation will be Sunday, January 29, from 5-7pm at Eubank Funeral Home in Canton. First-hand information as remembered by Bryan Patterson,Monday, November 10, 2014.. Elisha Clapp. With the British in pursuit Leonard approached a wide gully. His last service was to be detailed as a tanner under Captain E.C. It was Asas son James though, who became the most prominent member of the family during the 1870s and 1880s. His wife, Susannah, was born 1790 in South Carolina; maiden name unknown. He married Katharina Panter, daughter of Georg Panter and Theres Zink on 22 Feb 1819 in Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany. He was killed near Mier, Mexico in September of 1847. [Interment in Borden Cemetery]. The Borden Cemetery where the family is buried is between Weimar and Columbus Texas on the North Side of US 90. Mr. Townsend was the member of the state democratic executive committee for the Eighteenth senatorial district. Wits: Jas White, Christ. 1954], and died at his home in Houston, Texas, 21 September 1953. On April 17 at LaGrange he married Louise Eilers Frede, widow of Frances Frede, who had passed away in the previous year. Colonel Moore built a house on Main Street that was known as the Gottlieb Snyder house having been bought by an early settler of that name. At that time it looked to Ms. Wyatt that the Texas Townsends were descended from Light Townsend, the Revolutionary War soldier. This record places Benedictus in Sussex County in 1736. To visit the location you need permission and an escort from the property owners. Louise outlived him by many years, dying on May 7, 1895 and was also buried in the city cemetery. In 1974 Tula Townsend Wyatt published her great book The Seven Townsend Brothers of Texas (her manuscripts and research materials are on file at the Fondren Library at Rice University in Houston, Texas). He leaves a wife and three children. He was buying property and lending money as early as that date. He is active in all things necessary for the good of the town, is popular with the people, and well deserves the success that has rewarded his efforts. WebStephen Townsend, left Florida with his brother Thomas Townsend and cousin William Stapleton, but Stephen and his wife had to stop in Louisiana for the birth of their child. On 18 January 1765, Benedictus was granted land described as One Hundred acres situate on Hilson Bay on Head of Muddy Creek North East side of great Pedee River, bound on all sides by Vacant Land. vandiver.john@stripes.com Twitter: @ john_vandiver Migrated Being warned of an impending raid (some say by a friendly Indian) Asa escaped with his family to Columbus, where they remained till the trouble died down. He collected herbarium specimens in Europe while a music student in the 1890s, in Germany and England. The regiment served there until April 1865 without any combat. The father, Thomas had a bounty land grant from the war of 1812 which he had lived on from May 1, 1826. Donald Fisher Townsend, son of August Emmett Townsend and Velma Blanche Fisher was bornon 22 Apr 1919 in Houston, Texas and died on 13 Sep 1950 in Kerrville, Texas. WebGeneral Stephen J. Townsend assumed duties as Commander, United States Army Training and Doctrine Command on March 2, 2018, after serving as Commander, XVIII Airborne Corps, the U.S. Armys rapid deployment contingency corps, and Fort Bragg, North Carolina. In May, 1876, The Colorado Citizen (newspaper) reported him as being 91 years old and in good health but death came that same year, in September. They removed from Marlboro County, South Carolina to Mcintosh County, Georgia after 1815. His wife reached out a hand to take the bird, but forbore at the suggestion of the daughter. About 1816 Asa and his parents moved to Bullock County, Georgia, and then to McIntosh County. Two more sons and two more daughters were born there, including Mary, Grandpa Marion Hopes mother. in 1887. After graduating from the University of Texas, August moved to Houston with his Mother and began a life-long career in the financial services industry. The family recalls that the old Townsend homestead was at 1515 Branard Street in Houston, where Gigi (Augustus) and Grandma Townsend lived. Uncle Asa, as he was generally and familiarly called, brought to our State a sound mind in a sound body. A man of great energy, industry and capacity, (qualities that have descended to his numerous progeny,) he has left his mark upon society for good such as few have been permitted to rival. August and Velma are both buried near the Fishers in Forest Park Cemetery in Houston, Texas. His home and plantation was near the present village of Lax, Irwin County; it was there he died in 1842. Kaulbach was born in Liverpool, England on September 2, 1838, but was: raised in Nova Scotia. The family moved to Washington when his son Ron was an infant. Stewart, 1983]. According to Huxford, Leonard Harper Sr. came to Liberty Co., GA (which was later cut into McIntosh Co.), with his son, Leonard Jr., during the Revolutionary War. Mary A. Fink was born in LaGrange on March 30th, 1868. He has three brothers: Mr. H., H.L. Bounty grant for military service in the Texas Revolution 1836 in Johnson County. As the head of the household he received 640 acres. From the property description in the deeds, the Millfield plantation encompassed the Gitto Branch on the south side of Broadkill Creek in Sussex County, Delaware. He grew up in Griffin, Georgia. He grew up in the Marlboro district of South Carolina and attended school at an academy in Anson County, North Carolina. They were staunch members of the Lutheran Church. Caspar Fink owned a General Store on lot 172 on the town square. George L. Fisher represented a type of vanishing American: the amateur naturalist who makes contributions of lasting value to the science of his avocation [Field and Laboratory 22(1):24, 1942]. He passed away February 17, 1878 and is buried in the same cemetery as his first wife. That fake version of Gen. Townsend has a tale of woe: an unfaithful wife who divorced him and an adopted son he plucked from the battlefieldall described in broken English. His brothers were Marcus H Townsend, a state senator and lawyer in Columbus, and Hume L. Townsend, And Emmett L. Townsend, also a half-sister, Rebecca Grace Walker. Geni requires JavaScript! We were not able to determine the location of Gitto Branch. However, we believe that he and his family were residents of Orange County during that time. The deceased was an old citizen, an exemplary lady with many virtues to endear her to her large list of acquaintances. in Atlanta, GA, there are four headgrants issued to Leonard Harper and perhaps his son, Leonard Harper Jr. On June 16, 1855 a daughter was born, Louisa Maria, she died in October 11, 1856. early in 1861, Louise left for a visit to Germany taking the older children with her to place in school. The second grant for 50 acres implies one other person was with him or possibly decided to join him shortly after he moved to SC based on the dates of the petitions. Townesend was educated at St Bartholomew's Hospital and the University of Edinburgh. Finally in 1816 they sold their land holdings in South Carolina and moved to Georgia.. Benedictus and Lucilla undoubtedly lived on the Millfield estate from the time of their marriage until they sold it in 1750 when they moved to near the Dan River in Granville County, North Carolina and in 1764 removed to what was to become Marlboro County, South Carolina. Benedictus Townsend may have moved to South Carolina by 1764 as on 9 November 1764 he applied to the South Carolina Council in Charleston for 100 acres of land on the Northeast side of the Pee Dee River. Her great-grandfather Josiah Graves was a Revolutionary War soldier. In 1848, Francis Frede returned to Germany and married Louise Eilers. Good friends of my mother and father. They arrived at Galveston on June 13th, after an eleven weeks voyage. He qualified M.R.C.S. He married Elizabeth Stapleton circa 1795 at Marlboro Co., South Carolina. in 1887. From Georgia he went to and remained for a short time in Madison, Florida, and from thence with a devoted wife and 9 children he came to Texas in the fall of 1837, and settled in Columbus in the spring of 1838, where or in its vicinity he has resided ever since. Stephen J. Townsends income source is mostly from being a successful . On October 4, 1870 Julia married Henry Berkley Kaulbach, which ended the long guardianship of Caspar Fink. Their telephone was on a party line with their ring being 2 long and two short rings. She died sometime later and is buried with her first husband on Grace Farm. Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord. Fifty-eight years of faithful service was accorded her before the great I AM released her from all suffering and toil, saying Tis enough, come up higher. 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