The 35-year-old shared a video message with fans who have sent love and support to her and her family after her husband Stephen "tWitch" Boss died by suicide at age 40. (These records can be obtained from the Bureau of Indian Affairs, Washington, D.C.). 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. From a M.S. On 16 July 1765 he was granted additional land described as Fifty acres in Craven County on the NE side of Pedee River bounded on all four sides by Vacant Land. William Light, who died intestate, and was the father of Lucilla, Mary and John Light had owned this plantation. The deceased was born in Marlboro District, South Carolina on the 14th December, 1795. The father, Thomas had a bounty land grant from the war of 1812 which he had lived on from May 1, 1826. (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Genealogical Society of Pennsylvania), 42 (4): 293313, Fall/Winter 2002, The following info was not edited 1/26/2021 and may or may not be correct.---------------------------------------------------------, Stephen was born in 1700. This work is a history and genealogy of the Townsend ancestors of Heather Townsend Fike. in 1887. Henry Kaulbach died at LaGrange on May 11, 1919 and is buried there. He married Annie Elizabeth Harvey Annabet on 8 May 1857 in Cuero, Dewitt County, Texas and the couple had four children. was an English surgeon, stage actor, anti-vivisectionist and writer. DSG conveyed by survey unto John Townsend 200 acres situate in Craven County the NE side of big ready Creek bounded to the N.W.by the said Creek and Swamp and all other sides by vacant land Surveyed on the 25th day of Oct 1771. Velma Fishers parents were George Lewis Fisher (1868-1953) and Alice Melinda Palmer (1873-1956). Bearing her own sorrows and disappointments with patient fortitude, looking ever to a higher power for comfort, amid the many vicissitudes of her life, she took up her cross and bore it bravely to the end, and has now triumphantly crossed the dark river and rejoicing with the loved ones gone before. The 1850 census shows him in the confectionary business with his brother in law, Joh G. Miller, sister, Catherine, and nephew, Gustav Schneider. It was there that he met and married Rebecca Candacy Harper, the daughter of Leonard Harper. The Townsend brothers enlisted during the Texas Revolution, and Thomas furnished beef and corn from his farm for the army. WebStephen Chapman Townesend (1860 May 1914) F.R.C.S. Moses Solon Townsend was born in Colorado County, Texas, April 29th, 1864, and his parents, Moses S. and Annie E. (Harvey) Townsend, were natives of Georgia and Tennessee respectively. The ranch was 15 acres next to the Heart of the Hills. The earliest South Carolina record we have found on John Townsend is a South Carolina plat dated 25 October 1771 wherein John Bremar, Esq. He was a charter member of the Lafayette Masonic Lodge 34 at LaGrange and later was a charter member of the Fayetteville lodge 34 at Fayetteville in 1859. Use the links above and in the sidebars to explore our family's stories and images. The family recalls that the old Townsend homestead was at 1515 Branard Street in Houston, where Gigi (Augustus) and Grandma Townsend lived. His will was probated in January, 1843, in lrwin County Court of Ordinary. 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. But it is written dust thou art and unto dust thou shalt return, and we are traveling on. She returned with the family to Osnabruck where she later married Francis Joseph Frede, in 1848. Caspar Fink was appointed legal guardian of Julia on June 10, 1852. Upon arriving to survey the ground for one of his headgrants (which you could receive by paying a filing fee of $5.00) Leonard found a house had been constructed and someone was living in it. They then removed to Jefferson County, Florida with some of their uncles and cousins by 1824. In the Surveyors General Dept. Caspar Fink died of a heart attack on October 5, 1873 and is buried with his wife in the Old City Cemetery. By the time the War Between the States broke out, his total assets amounted to more than $60,000, including a dozen slaves or more. On August 5, 1863 at Camp Columbus, Texas, Caspar Fink enlisted in Captain Socrates Martins Company A, First Regiment, Texas State Troops. They were seldom brave enough to attack armed men but women and children were sometime kidnapped and a horrible fate would follow. See Book A page 18 of Jefferson County Deed Records. At one time, Dirr and Elizabeths brother Caspar were in business partnership together. Anton Franz Joseph Eilers was born at Damme, Oldenberg on June 4, 1794/1795; son of Dr. Clemens August Eilers and Maria Agnes (Klumpe) Eilers. Mr. Townsend was the member of the state democratic executive committee for the Eighteenth senatorial district. Velma Fishers grandmother, Almira Manns, ancestors are 17th century New England colonial immigrants. They returned, after several months, with favorable reports. Our sympathies are extended her bereaved relatives in this their hour of sorrow. Early in 1890 Mr. Townsend erected his residence in the West End, and has one of the pleasantest homes in the city. His estate was mainly an award of 120 acres bounty land for a single man who died in service and for some money owed him. John G. Miller, J.W. The granting of 200 acres also suggests that John had at least three people (one hundred acres for John and fifty acres for two others) in his household. This record places Benedictus in Sussex County in 1736. Georges father was Lewis Fisher, son of George Fischer and Katharina Panter. When the war started Moses answered the confederate cause and served as a Lieutenant in Colonel Griffins regiment. Thomas Townsend (1765-1828)(ancestor) and Light Townsend (1770-1851) also moved into Georgia in the early 1800s and subsequently Florida by the 1820s when public land began to be available in Florida. In 1827, when Jefferson County was organized, Monticello became the county seat. His specimens are located in herbariums located all over the United States. Our earliest known Townsend ancestor is Benedictus Townsend. A kind and indulgent husband and father who died in the full triumph of a Christian Faith.. M. S. Townsend. The above suggests that Benedictus Townsend who does not appear on the quit rent scrolls, either removed from South Carolina or died there before 1769 as no further records on him have been found. She died about 1860., Moses Solon Townsend, Sr. and Annie Harvey. To visit the Hallettsville City Cemetery, drive east from Hallettsville on Hwy 90-A. The company was mustered under the old oak tree in front of the State Bank. When Dad finished 8th grade the family moved to Stevens Street (on the corner) in Kerrville. WebStephen J. Townsend is a United States Army officer who commanded the XVIII Airborne Corps from May 2015 until January 2018. In early life Uncle Asa dedicated himself to God, and the good and at the altars of the church, contracted an alliance with Heaven. Dr. John Townsend, his wife Elizabeth, and her younger brother Moses Schallenberger, were also going west. There is no evidence to suggest exactly when he moved into South Carolina however, one can infer that it was probably between 1764, when Benedictus Townsend arrived and 1771 the date of his earliest record in South Carolina. He previously commanded the United States Army Training and Doctrine Command from March 2018 until June 2019 and XVIII Airborne Corps from May 2015 until January 2018. Powered by - Designed with theHueman theme. Through the vicissitudes of an eventful life often unfavorable to the development of Christian character, he was true and faithful, and at the last found that he had not followed a cunningly devised fable. Like his brothers he applied for land and received 640 acres in Colorado County near the town of Borden, between Columbus and LaGrange. Julia and Anton Eilers, lived in Amsterdam until his untimely death in 1836. He has sixty acres near town, part in pasture, and on this he has some blooded Jersey cattle. Donald Earley Townsend was born in 1940. in 1887. Later scholarship has led to a conclusion that the earliest known ancestor is Benedictus, Lights uncle and that the Texas Townsends are descended from Lights older brother John. Having the desire to expand and own more land, they heard of the land offers in the Mexican State of Texas. For comfort we can hope they will look to One who alone can give it. It was for 320 acres of third class headright having arrived in Texas prior to January 1, 1840 but after October 1, 1837. [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. The Cemetery is on private property and is not visible from the road. Browse 411 stephen townsend stock photos and images available, or start a new search to explore more stock photos and images. He was also one of the organizers of the Lavaca Oil Mill Company. He served as mayor of Hallettsville an unexpired and two full terms and during his administration the excellent system of water works and the electric light plant owned by the city were constructed. was an English surgeon, stage actor, anti-vivisectionist and writer. 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. Stoltz, whose father and grandfather served in Alexanders company, dated August, 1963 states: my father enlisted at age 16, although listed as 18. 9 Generations Bruce Wamhoff in 2014 by his 6th great grandparents Asa and Rebecca Townsends Graves in the Borden Cemetery, Leonard Harper Sr. (1735-1822) is the progenitor of the large Harper Family of Irwin and Coffee Counties, Georgia. This office he had charge of until May, 1890, when he resigned. By 1848, 14 children had been born, 10 sons and 4 daughters. After a short assignment at Marshall, Texas, during the winter of 186465 the regiment moved to Shreveport, Louisiana. 1, 1953 in Burlington, the son of Hebert L. and Anne (Mailhot) Townsend. The other relatives still living in Germany waived their rights. Among other occupations he was a cotton broker. WebStephen J. Townsend (born 1959) is a United States Army four-star general who served as Commander, United States Africa Command from 26 July 2019 to 8 August 2022. The headright practice beginning in 1755 was to allow 100 acres for the head of the household and 50 acres for each additional person in the household be they male, female, free, or slave, white, or black. Louise and Francis Frede had one child, Julia Antionette, born at LaGrange on October 8, 1850. 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. Their telephone was on a party line with their ring being 2 long and two short rings. He and Rebecca had fifteen children, three of whom died young. Donald and Beth met while they were Lamar High School. The Townsend family had the distinction of sending more men to thebattle of San Jacintothan any other family. Later generations moved westward from colonial America after the Revolutionary war. Their dead brother Thomas family came to Texas later. 1, 1953 in Burlington, the son of Hebert L. and Anne (Mailhot) Townsend. He built barns and stalls for his horses and grew cotton, hay, corn, and the necessary food for the large family and the slaves. The man residing there invited Leonard in, gave him a meal and a bed for the night. Visitation will be Sunday, January 29, from 5-7pm at Eubank Funeral Home in Canton. The link below will take you to an online copy: https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/viewer/125763/?offset=#page=1&viewer=picture&o=&n=0&q=. It is said that he had the fastest horse of any, having outrun the British on at least one occasion. An autopsy was not performed but it was assumed he died of a heart attack in 1950 when Dad was 9 years old. Thomas died there on 18th of October, 1828. An incident, uncommon and beautiful, occurred a day or two before his death. The Townsends capitalized on the post-war cattle boom, and Asa lived to see the beginning of a political dynasty in Colorado County, forged by his, sons and grandsons, that would last into the Twentieth century. The link below will take you to Familysearch where you can read the book online or download a pdf copy: https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/viewer/858698/?offset=&return=1#page=1&viewer=picture&o=download&n=0&q=. 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. His children here increased. He married Katharina Panter, daughter of Georg Panter and Theres Zink on 22 Feb 1819 in Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany. In 1841 Frede and Housman received a license as general merchants. Anton and Julia had nine children. Both of their fathers died while they were very young. He immigrated to America in 1838 probably with his sister Catherine, brother Leoplod, and brother law, Elisabeth and Jacob Dirr. Mr. and Mrs. Townsend have two children: August Emmett, born January 11th, 1891, and Moses Solon, Jr., born August 9th, 1893. The school was one building with 1st through 11th grade. They were joined there by their Uncles Light and John along with many cousins from Marlboro District, SC. [3] He was involved with the stage adaptations of her novels. Louise outlived him by many years, dying on May 7, 1895 and was also buried in the city cemetery. In 1859 Jacob and Elizabeth made a donation of five acres of land to St. Johns Evangelical Lutheran Church with the stipulation that a church, school, and a cemetery be established there. She has gone to the grave, but twere wrong to deplore her, When God was her ransom, her guardian, her guide; He gave her, and took her, and soon will restore her, Where death hath no sting since the Savior hath died.Colorado County Citizen, Sept 26, 1878. They divorced two years later. Annie Harveys mother, Rebecca Burford, is descended from some of the earliest colonial Virginia planters. We were not able to determine the location of Gitto Branch. An honorable and upright citizen. The Lights had lived since at least 1696, when John Light the elder, (Lucillas Grandfather) acquired the 200-acre estate called Millfield. When our subject was three years old his father died; the mother married again in 1874. 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