He came to Texas in 1866. Johann Caspar Fink was born on March 25, 1821 in Gomaringen, Wurtemberg, Germany. Dad was born in Alvin, TX when his parents were on their way home from a picnic on February 28, 1941. As a result, they sold their properties, and they were all in Texas by 1838. [1] Townesend was a stage actor under the name Will Dennis and assisted the Amateur Dramatic Society of St Bartholomew's Hospital. Although the last raid on Columbus itself occurred in 1838, the savages continued to molest isolated families for several more years. Finally in 1816 they sold their land holdings in South Carolina and moved to Georgia.. She was born on 19 Mar 1922 in Houston, Texas and died on 30 Oct 1998 in Kerrville. In Columbus on April 19, 1845, he served on the committee that drafted the preamble and resolution for theannexationof Texas to the United States. Asa spent his childhood in the part of South Carolina his grandfather had settled two generations before. The land was transferred for divers good causes and consideration of the full and just sum of three pounds lawfull money of America. They came to Texas in 1840. This clearly establishes John Townsend (1740-1786) as joining the Revolution and is one of the documents that caused the Daughters of the American Revolution to declare John Townsend as an American Patriot. She was living at 708 Euclid Avenue in Houston with husband George Lewis Fisher (50) and daughter Orpha Irene (18). Townsend Obituary: Weimar Mercury, February 8, 1896, pg 2, Hallettsville, Texas, February 2.Hon. She was born 14 Oct 1897 in St. Thomas, Ontario, Canada and died 18 Sep 1952 in Houston. Visitation will be Sunday, January 29, from 5-7pm at Eubank Funeral Home in Canton. A month later, on 4 December l764 he applied for an additional 50 acres on the Waters of the Pee Dee River. He buried the wife of his youth, and mother of his children in 1859. These houses are across the street from the Menil Gallery. The Indians made away with his horses and hogs and, according to family lore, the house was burned and all of Leonards tools along with miscellaneous items were taken. 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. Sadly, Theres died of Cholera on their voyage to Canada in 1832 in Buffalo, New York. Location: southwest of FM 1890 about 3.5 miles west of its intersection with State Highway 71, about 100 yards to the South and across a ravine from the much larger Fitzgerald Cemetery. Father of Elizabeth Kennard; Hannah Hough; Mary [Skelton] Cary; Stephen Townsend, II; William Townsend and 4 others; Charles Townsend; Sarah Smith; Anne Townsend and Littleton Townsend less Gigi bought the duplex with a garage apartment, down the street, as an investment where Ron and Anne Townsend lived after they were married. She was the youngest child of Louise and Caspar Fink. Stephen is survived by his wife Donna Townsend; his children, Sarah McGuire, Tiffany Townsend, Devan Norsworthy, Clint Townsend; his grandchildren, Mikayla, Stephanie, Morgan, Wyatt, and Sunny; and his brother, Brian (Shari) Townsend. The grant is in third class patent records of the General Land office in Austin Texas, volume II, page 263. George was a music teacher married with 2 daughters living in St Thomas, Elgin, Ontario, when he traveled alone via Detroit to Logen, New Mexico. 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. WebThe StephensTownsendMurphy Party consisted of ten families who migrated from Iowa to California prior to the MexicanAmerican War and the California Gold Rush. Stoltz, whose father and grandfather served in Alexanders company, dated August, 1963 states: my father enlisted at age 16, although listed as 18. According to Ms. Wyatt, Thomas Townsend and his wife, Elizabeth Stapleton, had eight sons and one daughter. Thomas was granted a league of land inDavid G. Burnets colony and settled near what is now Crockett, on the Old Nacogdoches Road. Wits: Jas White, Christ. Mr. and Mrs. Townsend have two children: August Emmett, born January 11th, 1891, and Moses Solon, Jr., born August 9th, 1893. On June 16, 1863 Jacob Dirr married Mrs. Anna L. Schemacher. This work is a history and genealogy of the Townsend ancestors of Heather Townsend Fike. After the civil war, fortunes drastically changed. Universal Transverse Mercator coordinates: 14, 727509E, 329519N (NAD83/WGS84) 727275W, 329519N. After the Army Donald returned to Houston where he worked as an architect and built homes. Stewart, 1983]. All I know they were discharged at San Jacinto. One of the children, Louisa Maria Clara, was born in Amsterdam on March 25, l824. Before and after school, Dad would set traps and hunt small animals such as squirrels, selling the fur to the store down the street from them for pocket money. Kampmann and Caspar Fink were appointed appraisers, of Fredes estate and filed inventory on September 2, 1852. Quoting from page 187 of Ms. Wyatts book: Hearing of land offers in Texas some of the Townsends decided to come to Texas. In April of the following year he was re-elected for the full term and again elected in 1893, without opposition. In 1826 two of the brothers, Thomas Roderick and Spencer Burton, made the long trip to Texas to investigate these land offers. Leonard Harper (1750-1842) was born on Peas Creek in North Carolina, about 1770, and came with his father, Leonard Harper, Sr. to Georgia during the Revolutionary War. In this site he opened his general merchandising store. Most of the Townsends rode with the tide and became successful in the cattle business. His specimens are located in herbariums located all over the United States. During the Mexican War Leopold, Caspars brother, enlisted in Captain Roberts Company, 1st Texas Volunteers. He grew up in the Marlboro district of South Carolina and attended school at an academy in Anson County, North Carolina. Stapleton Townsend: Military service land grant 1842 in Fayette County. B. Townsend was elected mayor and Francis Frede was elected an alderman. Never knew it being a German Company. Moses Townsend: Spanish grant 1835 in Tarrant County, Bounty grant for military service in the Texas Revolution 1836 in Johnson County. 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. She was a faithful friend, a loving and self-sacrificing mother, a devoted Christian, whose fight in every walk of life, shone with a brilliancy surpassed by few. In August, 1887, he went to Yoakum as agent of the S. A. Townsend graduated from North Georgia College where he earned a bachelors degree in psychology. To those now bowed in grief and left in the stricken home, we extend our deepest sympathy. The earliest record we are aware of concerning Benedictus Townsend is a Sussex County, Delaware deed dated 4 August 1736 wherein Benedictus Townsend and Lucilla, his wife, and Mary Light all of Sussex County deed a 300 acre plantation situated on the East and West side of a Branch called The Beaver dam branch to John Light. Colorado County Citizen, Sept 5, 1878It is our sad duty to chronicle the death of our dear friend, Mrs. R. C. Grace. His home and plantation was near the present village of Lax, Irwin County; it was there he died in 1842. A great deal of very desirable and most advantageously located property is to be found on the books of the gentleman whose name heads this sketch, who is now not only the popular Mayor of Hallettsville, Texas, but a very successful and reliable real estate dealer. The family recalls that the old Townsend homestead was at 1515 Branard Street in Houston, where Gigi (Augustus) and Grandma Townsend lived. The Lights had lived since at least 1696, when John Light the elder, (Lucillas Grandfather) acquired the 200-acre estate called Millfield. He graduated from Vergennes High School in 1971. 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. 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. Alice was born on 11 Oct 1873 in Lucan, Ontario, Canada. Thomas and his brother Spencer came to Texas in 1826 to investigate land offered to settlers by the Mexican government. See Greene, David L. Townsend Ancestry of Richard of the Welcome, John of Philadelphia, Joseph of Chester County, and Joan of Chester County, in Pennsylvania Genealogical Magazine. His name, with Mustang Prairie as his stated place of residence, appears on the list of petitioners asking the Texas Congress to establish Houston County in 1837. His parents were Moses S. and Annie E (Harvey) Townsend. A letter from L.H. Townsend served with the 82nd Airborne Division , the 7th Infantry Division , the 75th Ranger Regiment , the 78th Infantry Division , and the 10th Mountain Division . Solon received his education in the local schools in Columbus and later at Texas A&M College. As the head of the household he received 640 acres. The deed books of both counties show Asa, his father Thomas and his brothers as large land owners. He helped train his Fathers race horses and did other chores around the working ranch. By the 1800s John Townsend (1740-1786)s children began moving south into Georgia and by the 1830s all, with the exception of his son, John Townsend (1760-1843) and daughter Rhoda Townsend (1765- ) had moved their families into Georgia and Florida. Julia lived on until December 14, 1942 when she died at the age of ninety two. The Fishers moved to Houston from Canada. While in the army, he served in Washington D.C. as an engineering instructor, specifically teaching bridge building. In 1841 Frede and Housman received a license as general merchants. Gramps eventually bought a generator (like the ones used with oil rigs-duh!) Daughter Velma just married & might also be living with them. Kalu and his common-law wife had arrived in Canada in June 2019, and both claimed refugee protection, the filing states. By February of 1838, Asa and Rebecca with their family had arrived in the New Republic of Texas. was an English surgeon, stage actor, anti-vivisectionist and writer. About 1816 Asa and his parents moved to Bullock County, Georgia, and then to McIntosh County. Asas Obituary: Asa Townsend died at the house of his son, Mr. H. S. Townsend, on the 27th September; Mr. Asa Townsend in the 81st year of his age. Marys parents were successful entrepreneurs in LaGrange, Texas and the family name is still well known in that area. M. S. Townsend. Surveyed the Twenty Seventh January One Thousand Seven hundred Sixty four for William Wood Plat certified 6 Nov 1764. LaGrange incorporated on March 4, 1850. Maria Elisabeth Fink was born at Gomaringen on March 11, 1840. 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 moved the family from Houston to Hunt in 1946 when his father-in-law retired and bought the property in Hunt Texas. The gallery painted them the same color grey and uses the buildings as offices. Both of their fathers died while they were very young. They returned to find their home vandalized by the savages. Townsend and his wife, Melissa, have two adult children -- an Army captain and an Army veteran, according to his official Army biography. At that time it looked to Ms. Wyatt that the Texas Townsends were descended from Light Townsend, the Revolutionary War soldier. The graves are in the southeast corner of the cemetery. Mr. Townsend is the right man in the right place and as such is looked upon by all. The 21st Infantry Regiment was organized during the spring of 1864 by consolidating the 11th (Spaights) Texas Cavalry and Infantry Battalion and Griffins Texas Infantry Battalion. Henry Kaulbach died at LaGrange on May 11, 1919 and is buried there. It is is well maintained and easily visible from the road. He and Rebecca had fifteen children, three of whom died young. They were seldom brave enough to attack armed men but women and children were sometime kidnapped and a horrible fate would follow. [4] Townesend was an anti-vivisectionist who was described as loving animals more than people. WebMoses Townsend, Jr. and his wife Mary Agnes Fink were the first of their families born in Texas. By 1848, 14 children had been born, 10 sons and 4 daughters. 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. [1][2], In 1900, he married Frances Hodgson Burnett in Genoa. On February 22, 1853, a son, Leo, was born. Emily Gray Martin, Gentlemen and Their Ladies Gray Family History, states that Leonard fought in the Revolutionary War, participating in the battles of Troy and Sumpter. His second name has also been cited as Townsend, "Townesend, Stephen Chapman (1860 - 1914)", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Stephen_Townesend_(surgeon)&oldid=1135144826, Alumni of the University of Edinburgh Medical School, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0, This page was last edited on 22 January 2023, at 22:19. She is buried in the cemetery that they founded. WebHis wife is Melissa Crawford Townsend Stephen J. Townsend Net Worth His net worth has been growing significantly in 2021-2022. John Townsend (1740-1786) (ancestor) likely married his wife, Cortney, in Orange County, North Carolina about 1760 and began raising his family there. Caspar Fink owned a General Store on lot 172 on the town square. His children here increased. 1, 1953 in Burlington, the son of Hebert L. and Anne (Mailhot) Townsend. He married Anna Sophia Juliana Clara Bruck in Osnabruck on January 28, 1823. At one time, Dirr and Elizabeths brother Caspar were in business partnership together. Caspar continued to operate Fredes bakery. He became active in civil affairs, serving on various County Boards and Committees, and in 1845, he served on the state committee that drafted the Petition for Statehood. On April 17 at LaGrange he married Louise Eilers Frede, widow of Frances Frede, who had passed away in the previous year. Grandfather 37 yrs. in 1887. 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. 34 as a master mason in 1847, at LaGrange, 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. So, how much is Stephen J. Townsend worth at the age of 55 years old? LifeSketch:TOWNSEND, StephenWill Made: 10 Jan 1759Heirs: sons William, Stephen, Littlton, Jesse, Noe and Jehu Townsend; daus. Velma Fishers grandmother, Almira Manns, ancestors are 17th century New England colonial immigrants. Townsend and his wife, Melissa, have two adult children -- an Army captain and an Army veteran, according to his official Army biography. Web456 Stephen Townsend Photos and Premium High Res Pictures - Getty Images Images Creative Editorial Video Creative Editorial FILTERS CREATIVE EDITORIAL VIDEO 456 Stephen Townsend Premium High Res Photos Browse 456 stephen townsend stock photos and images available, or start a new search to explore more stock photos and 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. In Texas the men of the regiment saw no combat; they served primarily as scouts and performed garrison duty. We were unable to document where he resided during the period from 1751 to his appearance in South Carolina in 1764. http://www.herbarium.unc.edu/Collectors/Fisher_G_L.pdf. 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. In April, 1889, he was married to Miss Mary A. Fink, born in LaGrange, Fayette County, Texas, March 30th, 1868, and daughter of Casper and Louise Fink, who came to this State about 1848. This grant was signed by Anson Jones, the President of The Republic of Texas. George was born on 29 Jan 1791 in Waldulum, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany and died on 28 Aug 1873 in Port Stanley, Elgin, Ontario, Canada. He and his horse jumped, the British came to the edge and stopped. He was buried along-side his wife in the Borden Cemetery, and his tombstone reads as follows: Sacred to the memory of Asa Townsend, born Marlborough Dist. 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