Western Pennsylvania Genealogy
Compiled by Douglas H. Lusher


Family Group Record



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George Townsend and Frances M. Laughlan




Husband George Townsend 1 2

           Born: 12 Mar 1844 - Kiskiminetas Twp, Armstrong Co, PA 1
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         Father: William Townsend (1800-1884) 3 4 5 6
         Mother: Elizabeth Shumaker (      -1889) 7


       Marriage: 2 Jul 1874 8



Wife Frances M. Laughlan 8

            AKA: Frances M. Laughlin 9
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           Died: 28 Apr 1888 8
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         Father: John Laughlan (      -      ) 8
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Children
1 F Della M. Townsend 8

           Born: 8 May 1875 8
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2 M William M. Townsend 8

           Born: 14 Jun 1876 8
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3 F Mary E. Townsend 8

           Born: 24 Aug 1880 8
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4 F Hannah P. Townsend 8

           Born: 4 Oct 1882 8
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General Notes: Husband - George Townsend


He was reared on a farm, and received his education in the public schools of Kiskiminetas township, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania. At the death of his father he bought the homestead farm. It contains one hundred and thirty-seven acres, and became one of the best farms in the county.
He was a democrat in politics, but no aspirant for office. He was a member of the Lutheran church at Maysville, of which he was deacon and elder.

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Sources


1 Samuel T. Wiley, Biographical and Historical Cyclopedia of Indiana and Armstrong Counties, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia: John M. Gresham & Co., 1891), Pg 628.

2 Editor, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, Her People Past and Present (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1914), Pg 925.

3 George Dallas Albert, History of the County of Westmoreland, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: L. H. Everts & Co., 1882), Pg 677.

4 Robert Walter Smith, Esq., History of Armstrong County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Waterman, Watkins, & Co., 1883), Pg 248x.

5 Samuel T. Wiley, Biographical and Historical Cyclopedia of Indiana and Armstrong Counties, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia: John M. Gresham & Co., 1891), Pg 461, 628.

6 Editor, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, Her People Past and Present (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1914), Pg 726.

7 Robert Walter Smith, Esq., History of Armstrong County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Waterman, Watkins, & Co., 1883), Pg 615.

8 Samuel T. Wiley, Biographical and Historical Cyclopedia of Indiana and Armstrong Counties, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia: John M. Gresham & Co., 1891), Pg 629.

9 Compiler's Speculation.


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