Colorado County Family Group Sheet Project

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SUBMITTED BY: Deborah Smith
e-mail: cherawgal@netscape.net
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HUSBAND: James Light TOWNSEND
date and place of birth: November 12, 1845 Texas
date and place of marriage: December 28, 1868 Colorado County, Texas
military service:
date and place of death: November 12, 1894
place of burial: Odd Fellows Cemetery, Weimar, Colorado County, Texas
father: Asa TOWNSEND
mother: Rebecca Candacy HARPER
other marriages: Rebecca E. GILLENSON
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WIFE: Margaret Alice CUMMINS
date and place of birth: September 18, 1850 Sparta, Tennessee
date and place of death: June 24, 1912 Kerrville, Kerr County, Texas
place of burial: Odd Fellows Cemetery, Weimar, Colorado County, Texas
father:
mother:
other marriages:
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CHILD 1: Lumpian Elma TOWNSEND
sex: F
date and place of birth: December 1870 Texas
married: William Myatt STEPHENSON
date and place of marriage: circa 1887
date and place of death: January 10, 1950 probably Waco, McLennan County, Texas
place of burial:
other marriages:
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CHILD 2: Elizabeth Rebecca TOWNSEND
sex: F
date and place of birth: 1874 Texas
married: C. K. QUINN
date and place of marriage:
date and place of death:
place of burial:
other marriages: ? MARSTON
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CHILD 3: Margaret Lee TOWNSEND
sex: F
date and place of birth: November 17, 1878
married: ? NAPIER
date and place of marriage:
date and place of death:
place of burial:
other marriages:
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CHILD 4: Howard Asa TOWNSEND
sex: M
date and place of birth: 1879 Texas
married: Gladys Guenn JOHNSON
date and place of marriage:
date and place of death: April 26, 1930 San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas
place of burial: Odd Fellows Cemetery, Columbus, Colorado County, Texas
other marriages:
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CHILD 5: Carrie Estelle TOWNSEND
sex: F
date and place of birth: April 19, 1882 Texas
married: Joseph Walker STAFFORD
date and place of marriage: 1905 Colorado County, Texas
date and place of death: June 19, 1971 Colorado County, Texas
place of burial: Odd Fellows Cemetery, Columbus, Colorado County, Texas
other marriages:
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CHILD 6: James Light TOWNSEND, JR.
sex: M
date and place of birth: November 18, 1886 Colorado County, Texas
married: Lelia Frances GEGENWORTH
date and place of marriage:
date and place of death: September 24, 1967 Fort Worth, Tarrant County, Texas
place of burial: Odd Fellows Cemetery, Columbus, Colorado County, Texas
other marriages:
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SOURCES:
Odd Fellows Cemetery, Weimar, Colorado County, Texas; Odd Fellows Cemetery, Columbus, Colorado County, Texas; Colorado County, Texas, Archives (electronic); Colorado County Chronicles, Volumes 1 and 2; 1880 Census Colorado County, Texas; 1900 Census Colorado County, Texas; 1910 Census, Colorado County, Texas; 1930 Census Bexar County, Texas; Colorado County Cemeteries; Sonnichsen, C. L. --I'll Die Before I'll Run, The Story of the Great Feuds of Texas, (Harper & Brothers Publishers, New York); Reese, John Walter and Reese, Lillian Estelle--Flaming Feuds of Colorado County (Anson Jones Press, Salado, Texas, 1962)


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COMMENTS: Light Townsend was the Sheriff of Colorado County for fourteen years.
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