Leroy Townsend

M, b. October 1889
     Leroy Townsend was born in October 1889 at Alachua, Florida, United States.1 He was the son of Christopher Columbus Townsend and Mary Cornelia Tillman.

Citations

  1. [S568] 1900 Census Alachua FL, ED. 8, p. 256B Dw. 264, Fm. 265. Family of Columbus C. Townsend, Hawthorne, 18 June 1900.

Maggie B. Townsend

F, b. July 1893, d. 1903
     Maggie B. Townsend was born in July 1893 at Alachua, Florida, United States.1 She was the daughter of Christopher Columbus Townsend and Mary Cornelia Tillman. She died in 1903 at Alachua, Florida, United States.2 She was buried at Townsend Cemetery, Hawthorne, Alachua, Florida, United States.2

Citations

  1. [S568] 1900 Census Alachua FL, ED. 8, p. 256B Dw. 264, Fm. 265. Family of Columbus C. Townsend, Hawthorne, 18 June 1900.
  2. [S702] Townsend Cemetery-Hawthorne, FL, online http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/fl/alachua/cemetery/townsend.txt

Lucian N. Townsend

M, b. June 1878
     Lucian N. Townsend was born in June 1878 at Alachua, Florida, United States.1 He was the son of Joel Noah Townsend and Mary Bania Adkins.

Citations

  1. [S669] 1880 Census Alachua FL, ED 5, p. 118B, Dw. 80, Household of Joel N. Townsend, Jun 1880.

Ford Townsend

M, b. September 1880
     Ford Townsend was born in September 1880 at Alachua, Florida, United States.1 He was the son of Joel Noah Townsend and Mary Bania Adkins.

Citations

  1. [S568] 1900 Census Alachua FL, ED. 8, p. 256A Dw. 257, Fm. 258. Family of Joseph N. Townsend, Hawthorne, 18 June 1900.

James E. Townsend

M, b. January 1883
     James E. Townsend was born in January 1883 at Alachua, Florida, United States.1 He was the son of Joel Noah Townsend and Mary Bania Adkins.

Citations

  1. [S568] 1900 Census Alachua FL, ED. 8, p. 256A Dw. 257, Fm. 258. Family of Joseph N. Townsend, Hawthorne, 18 June 1900.

Leona Townsend

F, b. September 1888
     Leona Townsend was born in September 1888 at Alachua, Florida, United States.1 She was the daughter of Joel Noah Townsend and Sarah Ann Elizabeth Adkins.

Citations

  1. [S568] 1900 Census Alachua FL, ED. 8, p. 256A Dw. 257, Fm. 258. Family of Joseph N. Townsend, Hawthorne, 18 June 1900.

Ivy Townsend

F, b. March 1891
     Ivy Townsend was born in March 1891 at Alachua, Florida, United States.1 She was the daughter of Joel Noah Townsend and Sarah Ann Elizabeth Adkins.

Citations

  1. [S568] 1900 Census Alachua FL, ED. 8, p. 256A Dw. 257, Fm. 258. Family of Joseph N. Townsend, Hawthorne, 18 June 1900.

Mary Bell Harley Townsend1

F, b. 3 June 1892, d. 23 May 1953
     Mary Bell Harley Townsend was born on 3 June 1892 at Alachua, Florida, United States.1 She was the daughter of James Light Townsend and Annie Rebecca Bell.1 She married Junius Marvin Andrews on 31 March 1907 at DeSota, Florida, United States.1 She died on 23 May 1953 at Columbia, Florida, United States, at age 60.1

Citations

  1. [S135] Virgil Light Townsend, Townsend, Bell, and Allied Families,.

Junius Marvin Andrews1

M, b. 4 July 1874, d. 10 June 1949
     Junius Marvin Andrews was born on 4 July 1874 at Ashboro, North Carolina, United States.1 He married Mary Bell Harley Townsend, daughter of James Light Townsend and Annie Rebecca Bell, on 31 March 1907 at DeSota, Florida, United States.1 He died on 10 June 1949 at Columbia, Florida, United States, at age 74.1

Citations

  1. [S135] Virgil Light Townsend, Townsend, Bell, and Allied Families,.

Caro Lottie Townsend

F, b. 6 January 1894
     Caro Lottie Townsend was born on 6 January 1894 at Alachua, Florida, United States.1 She was the daughter of James Light Townsend and Annie Rebecca Bell. She married Grover Cleveland Strickland on 23 December 1913.1 She married Raymond W. Waits on 16 August 1930.1

Citations

  1. [S135] Virgil Light Townsend, Townsend, Bell, and Allied Families,.

Grover Cleveland Strickland

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     Grover Cleveland Strickland married Caro Lottie Townsend, daughter of James Light Townsend and Annie Rebecca Bell, on 23 December 1913.1

Citations

  1. [S135] Virgil Light Townsend, Townsend, Bell, and Allied Families,.

Raymond W. Waits

M, b. August 1896
     Raymond W. Waits was born in August 1896.1 He married Caro Lottie Townsend, daughter of James Light Townsend and Annie Rebecca Bell, on 16 August 1930.1

Citations

  1. [S135] Virgil Light Townsend, Townsend, Bell, and Allied Families,.

Homer Wendell Townsend

M, b. 11 September 1896
     Homer Wendell Townsend was born on 11 September 1896 at Alachua, Florida, United States.1 He was the son of James Light Townsend and Annie Rebecca Bell. He married Lena Jane Hamm.1

Citations

  1. [S135] Virgil Light Townsend, Townsend, Bell, and Allied Families,.

Lena Jane Hamm

F, b. 12 June 1894
     Lena Jane Hamm was born on 12 June 1894.1 She married Homer Wendell Townsend, son of James Light Townsend and Annie Rebecca Bell.1

Citations

  1. [S135] Virgil Light Townsend, Townsend, Bell, and Allied Families,.

Virgil Light Townsend

M, b. 29 March 1901, d. 29 December 1988
     Virgil Light Townsend was born on 29 March 1901 at Alachua, Florida, United States.1 He was the son of James Light Townsend and Annie Rebecca Bell. He married Eugenia Hortense Modell on 28 December 1926.1 He married Vilma Anthony on 27 February 1944.1 He died on 29 December 1988 at age 87.2 He was buried at Townsend Cemetery, Hawthorne, Alachua, Florida, United States.2

Citations

  1. [S135] Virgil Light Townsend, Townsend, Bell, and Allied Families,.
  2. [S702] Townsend Cemetery-Hawthorne, FL, online http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/fl/alachua/cemetery/townsend.txt

Eugenia Hortense Modell

F, b. 27 April 1909
     Eugenia Hortense Modell was born on 27 April 1909 at Battle Creek, Michigan, United States. She married Virgil Light Townsend, son of James Light Townsend and Annie Rebecca Bell, on 28 December 1926.1

Citations

  1. [S135] Virgil Light Townsend, Townsend, Bell, and Allied Families,.

Vilma Anthony

F, b. 31 October 1910
     Vilma Anthony was born on 31 October 1910 at Summerfield, Florida, United States.1 She married Virgil Light Townsend, son of James Light Townsend and Annie Rebecca Bell, on 27 February 1944.1

Citations

  1. [S135] Virgil Light Townsend, Townsend, Bell, and Allied Families,.

Jessie Anita Townsend

F, b. 18 July 1903, d. 28 November 1969
     Jessie Anita Townsend was born on 18 July 1903 at Alachua, Florida, United States.1 She was the daughter of James Light Townsend and Annie Rebecca Bell. She married Charles Gerald Rooney on 11 April 1947.1 She died on 28 November 1969 at Massena, New York, United States, at age 66.1 She was buried at Pine Grove Cemetery, Massena, Saint Lawrence, New York, United States.1

Citations

  1. [S135] Virgil Light Townsend, Townsend, Bell, and Allied Families,.

Charles Gerald Rooney

M, d. 25 March 1971
     Charles Gerald Rooney married Jessie Anita Townsend, daughter of James Light Townsend and Annie Rebecca Bell, on 11 April 1947.1 He died on 25 March 1971.1

Citations

  1. [S135] Virgil Light Townsend, Townsend, Bell, and Allied Families,.

Ella Imogene Townsend

F, b. 2 February 1906, d. 4 February 2003
     Ella Imogene Townsend was born on 2 February 1906 at Rex, Alachua, Florida, United States.1 She was the daughter of James Light Townsend and Annie Rebecca Bell. She married George Andrew Kelsey.1 She died on 4 February 2003 at Tampa, Hillsborough, Florida, United States, at age 97.2 She was buried at Oak Hill Cemetery, Lake Placid, Highland, Florida, United States.2
     Biography of Ella Imogene Townsend:
Ella Imogene Townsend was born in Alachua Co., Florida and moved with her family to old DeSoto County, Florida in 1908. After marrying George Kelsey, they lived in various towns in Highlands County where he taught school. They moved to Avon Park in 1951 and he preceded her in death in 1987. She was an active member of First United Methodist Church in Avon Park where she attended the J.O.Y. Sunday School Class, sang alto in the choir, held various offices in the United Methodist Women, and attended the church Singles Group. She was a life member of the Avon Park Garden Club, sang with the Sweet Adelines, and loved the fellowship she and her friends had in the "Sew What" group.2

Child of Ella Imogene Townsend and George Andrew Kelsey

Citations

  1. [S135] Virgil Light Townsend, Townsend, Bell, and Allied Families,.
  2. [S725] Gary M. Reddick, "Kelsey-Townsend Family Records."

George Andrew Kelsey

M, b. 12 March 1904, d. 12 May 1987
     George Andrew Kelsey was born on 12 March 1904 at Tennessee, United States.1 He married Ella Imogene Townsend, daughter of James Light Townsend and Annie Rebecca Bell.1 He died on 12 May 1987 at Avon Park, Highlands, Florida, United States, at age 83.2 He was buried at Oak Hill Cemetery, Lake Placid, Highlands, Florida, United States.2
     Biography of George Andrew Kelsey:
George and Imogene moved to Avon Park, Florida in 1951 from DeSoto City, Florida. He earned a bachelors degree frim Florida Southern College in Lakeland, Florida, and was graduated from the University of Florida with a master's degree. He was an educator in the Highlands County school system for 46 years. He started as a teacher and retired as principal of Avon Elementary in 1970. He was a member of the First United Methodist Church in Avon Park, National Education Association, Florida Education Association, Retired Classroom Teacher's Association, National Retired Teacher's Association, life member of the Avon Park Lions Club, past-president of the Avon Park Athletic Club, served as a trustee, usher, and treasurer of the church, president of the church Sunday school and treasurer of the Methodist Men's Club.2

Child of George Andrew Kelsey and Ella Imogene Townsend

Citations

  1. [S135] Virgil Light Townsend, Townsend, Bell, and Allied Families,.
  2. [S725] Gary M. Reddick, "Kelsey-Townsend Family Records."

Ralph Emerson Townsend

M, b. 20 February 1910
     Ralph Emerson Townsend was born on 20 February 1910 at Wachula, DeSota, Florida, United States.1 He was the son of James Light Townsend and Annie Rebecca Bell. He married Florence Conway on 10 November 1939.1

Citations

  1. [S135] Virgil Light Townsend, Townsend, Bell, and Allied Families,.

Florence Conway

F
     Florence Conway married Ralph Emerson Townsend, son of James Light Townsend and Annie Rebecca Bell, on 10 November 1939.1

Citations

  1. [S135] Virgil Light Townsend, Townsend, Bell, and Allied Families,.

Caroline Townsend

F, b. February 1897
     Caroline Townsend was born in February 1897 at Alachua, Florida, United States.1 She was the daughter of Thomas Jefferson Townsend and Serona Boulware.

Citations

  1. [S568] 1900 Census Alachua FL, ED. 8, p. 254A Dw. 254, Fm. 256. Family of Thomas J.Townsend, Hawthorne, 18 June 1900.

Elizabeth A. Townsend

F, b. October 1899
     Elizabeth A. Townsend was born in October 1899 at Alachua, Florida, United States.1 She was the daughter of Thomas Jefferson Townsend and Serona Boulware.

Citations

  1. [S568] 1900 Census Alachua FL, ED. 8, p. 254A Dw. 254, Fm. 256. Family of Thomas J.Townsend, Hawthorne, 18 June 1900.