Colorado TX Family Group Sheet for the Spencer Burton TOWNSEND Family *********************************************** Copyright Deborah Smith. All rights reserved. http://www.fgs-project.com/copyright.html *********************************************** Submitted by: Deborah Smith Email address: Husband: Spencer Burton TOWNSEND Birthdate: April 14, 1806 Birthplace: Marlboro County, SC Death date: December 12, 1857 Place of death: near Oakland, Colorado County, TX Burial: Father: Thomas TOWNSEND Mother: Elizabeth STAPLETON Marriage date: Feb 12, 1839 Marriage place: Houston County, TX Wife: Louisa H. DILLARD Birthdate: Dec 18, 1821 Birthplace: TN Death date: Nov 11, 1899 Place of death: near Oakland, Colorado County, TX Burial: Odd Fellows Cemetery, Weimar, Colorado County, TX Father: William DILLARD Mother: CHILDREN Child No. 1: James TOWNSEND Sex: M Birthdate: Nov 21, 1839 Birthplace: Texas Death date: before 1860 Place of death: Burial: Marriage date: Marriage place: Spouse's name: Child No. 2: Adolphus Stapleton TOWNSEND Sex: M Birthdate: March 2, 1841 Birthplace: Texas Death date: July 25, 1867 Place of death: near Oakland, Colorado County, Texas Burial: Marriage date: Marriage place: Spouse's name: Child No. 3: Spencer Burton TOWNSEND Jr Sex: M Birthdate: March 5, 1843 Birthplace: Texas Death date: June 17, 1933 Place of death: Beaumont, Jefferson County, TX Burial: Oak Grove Cemetery, Yoakum, Lavaca/DeWitt County, TX Marriage date: Dec 20, 1866 Marriage place: Lavaca County, TX Spouse's name: Mary Jane REES Child No. 4: Jane Elizabeth TOWNSEND Sex: F Birthdate: Jan 20, 1845 Birthplace: Texas Death date: Nov 1942 Place of death: Burial: Marriage date: Aug 1, 1867 Marriage place: Colorado County, TX Spouse's name: Hiram Walter BROWN Child No. 5: Louise Florida TOWNSEND Sex: F Birthdate: Jan 26, 1847 Birthplace: Texas Death date: April 4, 1886 Place of death: Colorado County, TX Marriage date: Nov 23, 1867 Burial: Weimar Masonic Cemetery, Weimar, Colorado County, TX Marriage place: Colorado County, TX Spouse's name: Augustus D. CLEMENTS Child No. 6: James Gaither TOWNSEND Sex: M Birthdate: Oct 23, 1851 Birthplace: Texas Death date: Aug 1911 Place of death: Louise, Wharton County, TX Burial: Columbus City Cemetery, Columbus, Colorado County, TX Marriage date: Oct 28, 1875 Marriage place: Colorado County, TX Spouse's name: Marguerite Ella DOWNING Child No. 7: Mary Lucretia TOWNSEND Sex: F Birthdate: Nov 2, 1853 Birthplace: Texas Death date: Place of death: Burial: Marriage date: June 15, 1871 Marriage place: Colorado County, TX Spouse's name: William A. DUDLEY Child No. 8: Minerva Ann Augusta TOWNSEND Sex: F Birthdate: Jan 8, 1856 Birthplace: Texas Death date: after 1944 Place of death: probably New Orlean, LA Burial: Marriage date: Oct 26, 1876 Marriage place: Colorado County, TX Spouse's name: John H. WATTS Child No. 9: Keron Blanche TOWNSEND Sex: F Birthdate: Aug 4, 1848 Birthplace: Colorado County, TX Death date: Nov 13, 1944 Place of death: Columbus, Colorado County, TX Burial: Odd Fellows Cemetery, Weimar, Colorado County, TX Marriage date: Sept 27, 1876 Marriage place: Rosenerg, Fort Bend County, TX Spouse's name: Samuel Houston REES Documentation: Seven Townsend Brothers of Texas--Wyatt, Tula Townsend Colorado County Texas Archives--electronic, usgenweb site Reminiscences of Fifty Years in Texas--Linn, John 1850 Census Lavaca County Texas Odd Fellows Cemetery, Weimar, Colorado County, Texas Lavaca County, Texas, Cemetery Records, Volume II--Tise, John Townsend, Mary Jane Rees, Application #51241 for Confed Pension Oak Grove Cemetery, Yoakum, Lavaca/DeWitt County, Texas Townsend, Spencer Burton Jr, Ap #20819 for Confed Pension 1860 Census Austin County Texas Colorado County Chronicles 1880 Census Colorado County Texas 1900 Census Fort Bend County Texas Colorado County Citizen