William Peter Townsend and Belle Clawson

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Husband William Peter Townsend ¹

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           Born: 15 Mar 1827 - Kiskiminetas Twp, Armstrong Co, PA 1
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         Father: Joseph Townsend (1797-1863) 2 3 4
         Mother: Martha Ulam (1800-1865) 5 6

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       Marriage: 23 Dec 1851 7

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Wife Belle Clawson ⁷

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         Father: Peter Clawson (      -Bef 1880) 8 9
         Mother: Barbara Ringle (Abt 1787-1880) 8 9

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Children

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1 M Thomas T. Townsend ⁷

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           Born: 19 Oct 1852 7
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2 F Lucy N. Townsend ⁷

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           Born: 12 Dec 1854 7
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         Spouse: Lewis Clawson (      -      ) 7

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3 M Daniel H. Townsend ⁷

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           Born: 27 Dec 1857 7
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4 M Joseph T. Townsend ⁷

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5 F Kate Townsend ⁷

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6 F Eva Townsend ⁷

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         Spouse: Rev. W. J. Miller (      -      ) 7

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7 M William S. Townsend ⁷

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           Born: 16 Feb 1869 7
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General Notes: Husband - William Peter Townsend

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He was born on the old Townsend homestead farm, in Kiskiminetas township, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania. He was reared on a farm and received his education in the old subscription and early free schools of the county. Leaving school, he was engaged for some time in farming and then embarked in the mercantile business at Dam No. 3, which he followed for several years. He left merchandising to purchase the packet-boat "Indiana," which he ran two years and then re-embarked in the mercantile business. In 1880 he moved to Leechburg, where he engaged in the grocery, queensware and cutlery business.

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

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

3 Samuel T. Wiley, Biographical and Historical Cyclopedia of Indiana and Armstrong Counties, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia: John M. Gresham & Co., 1891), Pg 461, 630.

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

5 Samuel T. Wiley, Biographical and Historical Cyclopedia of Indiana and Armstrong Counties, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia: John M. Gresham & Co., 1891), Pg 630.

6 Editor, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, Her People Past and Present (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1914), Pg 573.

7 Samuel T. Wiley, Biographical and Historical Cyclopedia of Indiana and Armstrong Counties, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia: John M. Gresham & Co., 1891), Pg 462.

8 Samuel T. Wiley, Biographical and Historical Cyclopedia of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: John M. Gresham & Co., 1890.), Pg 65, 66.

9 Fenwick Y. Hedley, Old and New Westmoreland, Vols. III & IV (New York, NY: The American Historical Society, Inc., 1918), Pg 83.