| Name |
Thomas Charles Townsend |
| Birth |
9 Sep 1840 |
Pompton Lakes, Passaic County, New Jersey  |
| Gender |
Male |
| Military Service |
22 May 1861 |
Hopewell, Ontario County, New York |
American Civil War (North)
Corporal
28th New York Infantry. Co. E
Battles of Winchester Banks retreat Cedar Mountain Rappahannock, Antietam.
Taken prisoner May 2, 1862 at Chancellorsville.
Paroled Oct 6, 1862 at Aiken's Landing, VA
Discharged June 2, 1863, Albany NY. |
| Death |
11 Mar 1923 |
Canandaigua, Ontario County, New York |
| Burial |
Woodlawn Cemetery, Canandaigua, Ontario County, New York |
| Notes |
- Dead Canandaiguan Once In Libby Prison
Canandaigua, March 13. - Funeral services for Thomas Coon Townsend, aged 82 years, Civil War veteran, who died Sunday after a long illness, where held at his late residence, in this city, this afternoon. The Rev. Livingston L. Taylor of the Congregational Church conducted the services and interment was in Woodlawn cemetery.
Mr. Townsend was born in New Jersey on April 9, 1840. He was the son of Charles and Sophronia Townsend and the last of the family of 10 children. When 20 years of age he came to Ontario County, enlisted a year later in Company E., New York volunteer infantry, with which he served until wounded at Winchester. Following his capture by the rebels at Culpepper, he was confined in Libby prison four months. He was paroled and served as hospital steward at Annapolis until his term of enlistment expired. He was honorably discharged at Lockport, on June 2, 1863. With others Mr. Townsend organized Charles R. Lilley post G.A.R., at Cheshire and had severed as its commander.
His wife, Miss Julia Hicks, daughter of a former sheriff of Ontario county, died in 1896. He leaves two sons and a daughter, Elmer Townsend of Philadelphia and Charles Townsend and Mrs. Belmout Parshall of Canandaigua.
(The Buffalo News, Tuesday, March 13, 1923, page 3)
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| Person ID |
I51483 |
OurNorthernRoots |
| Last Modified |
18 Aug 2024 |
| Family |
Julia Margaret Hicks, b. Jun 1844, Bristol, Ontario County, New York d. 10 Jan 1896, Canandaigua, Ontario County, New York (Age ~ 51 years) |
| Marriage |
1862 |
| Children |
| + | 1. Walter Hicks Townsend, b. 1866, Cheshire, Ontario County, New York d. 3 Nov 1898, Ontario County, New York (Age 32 years) |
| | 2. Charles A. Townsend, b. 1868 d. 10 Nov 1943 (Age 75 years) |
| | 3. Leon VanWagner Townsend, b. 1871 d. 8 Mar 1896 (Age 25 years) |
| | 4. Edgar M.. Townsend, b. 1873 d. 7 Aug 1895 (Age 22 years) |
| + | 5. Edith May Townsend, b. 1876 d. 3 Feb 1966, Canandaigua, Ontario County, New York (Age 90 years) |
| | 6. Elmer Alton Townsend, b. 16 Jan 1879, Canandaigua, Ontario County, New York d. 2 Dec 1945, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania (Age 66 years) |
| | 7. Edna A. Townsend, b. 1879 d. 24 Mar 1894 (Age 15 years) |
| | 8. Esther A. Townsend, b. 1867 d. 1897 (Age 30 years) |
| | 9. Frank Townsend |
| | 10. Lucy E. Townsend, b. 1874 d. 1965 (Age 91 years) |
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| Family ID |
F18777 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified |
18 Aug 2024 |
1840 - 1923 (82 years)
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