Husband Robert Townsend 1
Born: 3 Dec 1796 - Armstrong Co, PA 1
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Died: 28 Dec 1874 1
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Marriage: 1816 1
• Residence: : Armstrong Co, PA. View of the residence of Robert Townsend from the History of Armstrong County, PA, 1883; Pg. 393x
Wife Elizabeth Hine 1
Born: 27 Aug 1797 1
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Died: Aft 1883
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Father: Samuel Hine ( - ) 1
Mother: Eva B. Miller ( - ) 1
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1 M Isaac Townsend 1
Born: 23 Feb 1817 1
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2 F Anna Margaret Townsend 2
Born: 15 Mar 1819 1
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Spouse: John Manners Wray (1817- ) 2 3
Marr: 19 Jul 1839 3
3 F Susannah Townsend 1
Born: 13 Dec 1821 1
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4 M Henry Townsend 4 5
Born: 15 Oct 1823 - Westmoreland Co, PA 6
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Spouse: Lavina Boggs (1830-1875)
Spouse: Rebecca Harbison ( - ) 4
Marr: 1876 7
5 M Simon P. Townsend 6
Born: 19 Mar 1826 - Armstrong Co, PA 1
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Spouse: Elizabeth J. Townsend ( - ) 7
Marr: Nov 1857 7
6 F Rachel Townsend 1
Born: 12 Aug 1829 1
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7 F Elizabeth E. Townsend 1
Born: 23 Nov 1831 1
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8 M Robert Townsend 1
Born: 28 Aug 1834 1
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9 F Sarah Townsend 1
Born: 6 Oct 1837 1
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10 M John L. Townsend 6
Born: 16 Jul 1840 - Armstrong Co, PA 1
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Spouse: Jemima D. Wherry (1847-1867) 1
Marr: 1864 7
Spouse: Mary Jane Barr (1836- ) 1
Marr: 17 Apr 1871 1
General Notes: Husband - Robert Townsend
After marriage he and his wife lived near the river in South Bend township, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, for three years, and then went to Westmoreland County. After remaining there seven years they returned to Armstrong County, where they spent the remainder of their days. In 1837 Mr. Townsend purchased a farm of 386 acres of land, all timbered except a few acres which had been cleared by its former owner. When they moved onto the farm they lived for a year in a small, rough log cabin, but afterward moved into a better one, made partly of hewed logs, which they could not have at first, as it was rented. The farm on which they lived was commonly known to the hunters for miles around as "The Bucks Farm," for the reason that it abounded at an early day in deer, which came there to feed on the acorns.
General Notes: Wife - Elizabeth Hine
She did most of her cooking at the fireplace, but baked bread in an outdoor oven, built for the pur-pose. She obtained her first cook-stove in 1845. She used the spinning-wheel to make linen for clothing from the flax they raised on the farm. To keep her family properly clothed she was often compelled to weave until midnight, after being busy all day with other domestic duties. Having no mill to clean their wheat, they used a bed-sheet, which was handled as a huge fan by husband and wife, separating the chaff from the grain. As time passed the disadvantages under which household and farm labor was performed were lessened, and work done with more ease and rapidity.