Thomas Jefferson Townsend b. 1852-1866 IN d. 2 Jun 1936 Burial: Songer Cem.,Davis Creek, Loudoun Co., WV: Forney & Clark Genealogy Pages

1866 - 1936 (70 years)

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Name	Thomas Jefferson Townsend
Birth	1852-1866	IN
Gender	Male
Death	2 Jun 1936	Burial: Songer Cem.,Davis Creek, Loudoun Co., WV
Person ID	I3038	forneyclark
Last Modified	31 May 2024

Father	Seymore Guernsey Townsend, b. 1817
Mother	Sally Mitchell, b. 1819
Family ID	F1149	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family 1 Rosa\ Rosetta E. Harrison, b. 1866, IN

Marriage 8 Jul 1889 Terhune, Boone Co., IN

Children

1. Lucella M. "Sella" Townsend, b. 2 Oct 1889, Terhune Co., IN

d. 1912 (Age 22 years)

Family ID F1095 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Last Modified 31 May 2024

Family 2	Viola M. Farwick
Marriage	9 May 1895	Boone Co., IN
Family ID	F4163	Group Sheet \| Family Chart
Last Modified	31 May 2024

Family 3 Lena "Lennie" Dodson, b. May 1881, WV

Marriage 24 Dec 1900 Charleston, Kanawha Co., WV

Children

	1. Nellie A. Townsend, b. 14 Jan 1902, WV d. 15 Nov 1968, Charleston, Kanawha Co., WV (Age 66 years)
	2. James Monroe Townsend, b. 21 Feb 1907, Spring Hill, Kanawha Co., WV d. 17 May 1988, Kanawha Co., WV (Age 81 years)

Family ID F4165 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Last Modified 31 May 2024

Photos » Slide Show		Townsend, Thomas Jefferson (b. 1852-66 & d. 1936) Individual/ restored or enhanced portrait photo was probably created in the 1890’s and came from the Townsend Collection by James Townsend. See http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IKhYUqPfmdw James Townsend: "Here's a link to a music video I did in honor of my Townsend ancestors from Indiana. The red barn I stand in front of was built by James Monroe Townsend, my grandfather (son of Thomas Townsend). I'm standing on the property where their house used to be." Indiana by Bread and Circus Published on Feb 8, 2014 Written by James Townsend Produced by Marcus Gibbs Performed by James Townsend and Marcus Gibbs
		Townsend, Thomas Jefferson (b. 1852-66 & d. 1936) & Lena "Lennie" Dodson (b. 1881) & Andrew J. Dodson (b. 1845) & Margarett E. Hauley Group/ possible Wedding photo may have been taken in 1900 and came from the Townsend Collection by James Townsend. Seated (L-R) are Margarett E. Hauley Dodson & Andrew J. Dodson. Standing (L-R) are Lena "Lennie" Dodson Townsend & Thomas Jefferson Townsend. See http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IKhYUqPfmdw James Townsend: "Here's a link to a music video I did in honor of my Townsend ancestors from Indiana. The red barn I stand in front of was built by James Monroe Townsend, my grandfather (son of Thomas Townsend). I'm standing on the property where their house used to be." Indiana by Bread and Circus Published on Feb 8, 2014 Written by James Townsend Produced by Marcus Gibbs Performed by James Townsend and Marcus Gibbs
		Townsend, Thomas Jefferson (b. 1852-66 & d. 1936) & Lena "Lennie" Dodson (b. 1881) Group/ Residence photo of (L-R) Lena "Lennie" Dodson Townsend & Thomas Jefferson Townsend & unidentified child was taken WV, about 1904. This picture came from the Townsend Collection by James Townsend. See http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IKhYUqPfmdw James Townsend: "Here's a link to a music video I did in honor of my Townsend ancestors from Indiana. The red barn I stand in front of was built by James Monroe Townsend, my grandfather (son of Thomas Townsend). I'm standing on the property where their house used to be." Indiana by Bread and Circus Published on Feb 8, 2014 Written by James Townsend Produced by Marcus Gibbs Performed by James Townsend and Marcus Gibbs
		Townsend, Thomas Jefferson (b. 1852-66 & d. 1936) & Nellie A. Townsend (1902-1968) & Lena "Lennie" Dodson (b. 1881) & James Monroe Townsend (b. 1907) & Andrew J. Dodson (b. 1845) Group photo was probably taken about 1924-1926 and came from the Townsend Collection by James Townsend. Included (L-R) are Thomas Jefferson Townsend & James Monroe Townsend & Andrew J. Dodson (standing in the middle with his arm around Nellie A. Townsend) & Lena "Lennie" Dodson Townsend (standing at Andrew J. Dodson’s side, behind Nellie). We would appreciate help identifying other family members in this picture. See http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IKhYUqPfmdw James Townsend: "Here's a link to a music video I did in honor of my Townsend ancestors from Indiana. The red barn I stand in front of was built by James Monroe Townsend, my grandfather (son of Thomas Townsend). I'm standing on the property where their house used to be." Indiana by Bread and Circus Published on Feb 8, 2014 Written by James Townsend Produced by Marcus Gibbs Performed by James Townsend and Marcus Gibbs
		Townsend, Thomas Jefferson (b. 1852-66 & d. 1936) Individual photo was taken probably 1910-1920 and came from the Townsend Collection by James Townsend. See http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IKhYUqPfmdw James Townsend: "Here's a link to a music video I did in honor of my Townsend ancestors from Indiana. The red barn I stand in front of was built by James Monroe Townsend, my grandfather (son of Thomas Townsend). I'm standing on the property where their house used to be." Indiana by Bread and Circus Published on Feb 8, 2014 Written by James Townsend Produced by Marcus Gibbs Performed by James Townsend and Marcus Gibbs
		Townsend, Thomas Jefferson (b. 1852-66 & d. 1936) Individual photo was probably taken 1910-1920 and came from the Townsend Collection by James Townsend. See http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IKhYUqPfmdw James Townsend: "Here's a link to a music video I did in honor of my Townsend ancestors from Indiana. The red barn I stand in front of was built by James Monroe Townsend, my grandfather (son of Thomas Townsend). I'm standing on the property where their house used to be." Indiana by Bread and Circus Published on Feb 8, 2014 Written by James Townsend Produced by Marcus Gibbs Performed by James Townsend and Marcus Gibbs
		Townsend, Thomas Jefferson (b. 1852-66 & d. 1936) & Lena "Lennie" Dodson (b. 1881) & Nellie A. Townsend (1902-1968) Group photo was probably taken about 1924-1926 and came from the Townsend Collection by James Townsend. Included at far left are Thomas Jefferson Townsend & in the center, the adults Lena "Lennie" Dodson Townsend & Nellie A. Townsend. We would appreciate help identifying other family members in this picture. See http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IKhYUqPfmdw James Townsend: “Here's a link to a music video I did in honor of my Townsend ancestors from Indiana. The red barn I stand in front of was built by James Monroe Townsend, my grandfather (son of Thomas Townsend). I'm standing on the property where their house used to be." Indiana by Bread and Circus Published on Feb 8, 2014 Written by James Townsend Produced by Marcus Gibbs Performed by James Townsend and Marcus Gibbs

Headstones

Townsend, Thomas Jefferson (b. 1852-66 & d. 1936)
Thomas Jefferson Townsend (b. 1852-66 & d. 1936); Songer Cemetery, Davis Creek, Loudoun Co., WV, USA. This photo came from James Townsend.

See http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IKhYUqPfmdw
James Townsend: "Here's a link to a music video I did in honor of my Townsend ancestors from Indiana. The red barn I stand in front of was built by James Monroe Townsend, my grandfather (son of Thomas Townsend). I'm standing on the property where their house used to be."
Indiana by Bread and Circus
Published on Feb 8, 2014
Written by James Townsend
Produced by Marcus Gibbs
Performed by James Townsend and Marcus Gibbs

Notes

Source:
SEE DON COATNEY'S SITES FOR COMPREHENSIVE INFORMATION AND REFERENCES:
Donald Gordon "Don" Coatney:
Most of the information that concerns the Coatney family, especially information concerning the families related to the marriage of Archibald Coatney and Mary McIntosh, including names, dates, places, census reports, documents, photos, and stories, is from the Don Coatney Archives.
See also Don Coatney's Coatney Collection at:
http://www.rootsweb.com/~inscott/Coatney.html
http://www.rootsweb.com/~inscott/CoatneyPhotos.html

Source:
James Townsend:
1. Name: Thomas Jefferson Townsend (although some census records and other factors say Thomas "M" Townsend). I don't know if he intentionally changed his middle name later in life. He celebrated his birthday on November 11. Some sources give his birth date as 1852, some 1856, and some 1866.
2. He married a Rosa or Rosetta Harrison (d. of David Harrison and Phebe Love), on 8 Jul 1889 in Boone Co. Indiana.
3. He married a Viola M. Farwick on 9 May 1895 in Indiana - the record states it's the groom's second marriage.
4. In 1900 (census) he is living in the house of the Kennedy brothers in Charleston, WV, working at a mill.
5. On 24 Dec 1900 he marries Lena ("Lennie") Dodson (d. of A.J. Dodson and Margarett) in Charleston, WV.
6. He moved to WV in 1900, looks like, and lived on some property in Davis Creek WV that I believe was handed down through the Dodson line
7. Tom named his son James Monroe, I believe after his brother who died in the Civil War of the same name.
8. Tom and Lena Townsend had two children: James Monroe & Nellie Townsend.
9. Tom died on June 2, 1936.
10. Thomas J. Townsend's obituary appeared in the Charleston Gazette (WV) on Wednesday, June 3, 1936. It mentioned Tom's death being the day before at his home on Davis Creek, WV; his age at death as 82; the survivors as being his widow Mrs. Lennie Townsend, one daughter Nellie Townsend of Davis Creek, and a sister Allie Harding of Indiana.
11. Thomas J. Townsend's burial: Songer Cem.,Davis Creek, WV.

Source:
James Townsend:
Concerning Tom Townsend's child with Rosa Harrison:
Her name was Lucella M Townsend, and she married a Fredrick R. Childers on 5 May 1908 in Marion, Boone, Indiana. They had at least one child, Clark Lawson Childers, 1908 to 1981. Lucella died in 1912.

Source:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IKhYUqPfmdw
James Townsend:
Indiana by Bread and Circus
Published on Feb 8, 2014
Written by James Townsend
Produced by Marcus Gibbs
Performed by James Townsend and Marcus Gibbs
James Townsend: "Here's a link to a music video I did in honor of my Townsend ancestors from Indiana. The red barn I stand in front of was built by James Monroe, my grandfather (son of Thomas Townsend). I'm standing on the property where their house used to be."

Source:
"United States Census, 1880," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MHM6-3LK : accessed 16 March 2015), Thomas M Townsend in household of Seymour Townsend, Marion, Boone, Indiana, United States; citing enumeration district , sheet , NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll ; FHL microfilm .
Family Search:
Thomas M Townsend
United States Census, 1880
Name: Thomas M Townsend
Event Type: Census
Event Year: 1880
Event Place: Marion, Boone, Indiana, United States
Gender: Male
Age: 26
Marital Status: Single
Race: White
Race (Original): W
Occupation: Farm Laborer
Relationship to Head of Household: Son
Relationship to Head of Household (Original): Son
Birth Year (Estimated): 1854
Birthplace: Indiana, United States
Father's Birthplace: Ohio, United States
Mother's Birthplace: North Carolina, United States
Affiliate Name: The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA)
Affiliate Publication Number: T9
Affiliate Film Number: 0266
Household Role Gender Age Birthplace
Seymour Townsend Self M 66 Indiana, United States
Thomas M Townsend Son M 26 Indiana, United States
Alice Townsend Daughter F 17 Indiana, United States
Sarah Townsend Wife F 63 North Carolina, United States
District: 110 , Sheet Number and Letter: 3A , GS Film Number: 1254266 , Digital Folder Number: 004240574 , Image Number: 00712
United States Census, 1880

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Thomas J Townsend
Head
United States Census, 1920
birth: 1865 Indiana
residence: 1920 Loudon, Kanawha, West Virginia, United States
spouse: Lena Townsend
children: James M Townsend, Nella Townsend
other: Wilson L Lewis
Name Thomas J Townsend
Titles and Terms
Event Type Census
Event Year 1920
Event Place Loudon, Kanawha, West Virginia, United States
District 126
Gender Male
Age 55
Marital Status Married
Race White
Race (Original) White
Can Read
Can Write
Relationship to Head of Household Head
Relationship to Head of Household (Original) Head
Own or Rent
Birth Year (Estimated) 1865
Birthplace Indiana
Immigration Year
Father's Birthplace Ohio
Mother's Birthplace North Carolina
Sheet Number and Letter 1A
Household ID 7
Line Number 33
Affiliate Name The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA)
Affiliate Publication Number T625
GS Film number 1821958
Digital Folder Number 004389743

Source:
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FamilySearch:
Thomas J. Townsend in entry for Nellie Townsend, "West Virginia Deaths, 1804-1999"
Name: Nellie Townsend
Event Date: 29 Nov 1968
Event Place: Roane, West Virginia
Gender:
Age (Expanded):
Birth Date:
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Spouse's Name:
Father's Name: Thomas J. Townsend
Father's Birthplace:
Mother's Name: Lena Dodson
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GS Film number: 1992198
Digital Folder Number: 4259879
Image Number: 3306
Affiliate Repository Type: County Records
Reference ID: 19223
Sources
"West Virginia Deaths, 1804-1999," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/NM41-75F : accessed 02 Nov 2013), Thomas J. Townsend in entry for Nellie Townsend, 29 Nov 1968.

Source:
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FamilySearch:
Thomas J Townsend, "Indiana, Marriages, 1811-1959"
Name: Thomas J Townsend
Event Type: Marriage
Event Date: 08 Jul 1889
Event Place:
Alternate Event Place:
Registration Place: Boone, Indiana, United States
Marriage License Date:
Residence Place: Terhune, Boone,
Gender: Male
Age (Estimated):
Number of Previous Marriages:
Race (Original): White
Birth Date:
Birthplace: Clark, Indiana
Father's Name: Semour G Townsend
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Spouse's Gender: Female
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Officiator's Name:*Bb
Page: 5
Record Number: 5
Reference ID:
GS Film number: 001320120
Digital Folder Number: 004202699
Image Number: 00169
Number of Images: 1
Sources
"Indiana, Marriages, 1811-1959," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XX2B-GWG : accessed 02 Nov 2013), Thomas J Townsend and , 1889.