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H.S. Townsend at the close of the Black Hawk war became engaged in lead mining at Dubuque and on January 10, 1836 married Miss Hannah Carver of Fayette county, Indiana. With his young bride he settled on a large farm in Rush township and successfully followed agricultural pursuits until moving to Warren in 1869. Mrs. Townsend died in this city November 24, 1893, after which time the husband made his home with his son, John M., in Rush, spending the winters at Kansas City with his daughter, Mrs. Charles Campbell. Mr. Townsend was one of the builders of Jo Daviess county and was often placed in offices of trust by his appreciative fellow citizens. He served as a member of the board of supervisors for twelve years and was twice elected to the general assembly in which body he succeeded in having passed measures of great public benefit. He was a valued member of that honorable body whose silent charities are its best monument-the A. F. and A. M.-and complying with his especial request his brethern of Jo Daviess lodge No. 278 conducted the last rites at the tomb. To Mr. and Mrs. Townsend were born ten children. eight of whom survive: Robert K., El Reno Oklahoma; Edward E., Samuel H., Matilda (Mrs. Charles Hooker) and Serilda (Mrs. James Manley) of Maryville, Missouri; John M., Stockton, Illinois; Cynthia A. (Mrs. Charles Campbell)Kansas City, Missouri; Della (Mrs. Albert Osborn) Pueblo, Colorado. There also remain twenty-six grandchildren and sixteen great-grandchildren.-Extracts from Warren Sentinel- Leader.
Contributed by Tami Baumeister (Newspaper Stockton IL June 19, 1901)
The key note of Mrs. Townsend's character was the prompt and cheerful was in which she met all the calls and experiences of life. She never complained of anything or of anyone, and all about her felt the contagion of her cheerfulness and courage. She did not speculate much concerning the future; for this life to her was the chiefest reality and she said and felt that this, well spent in kindly deeds and faithful servie, would be the safest passport into the coming life of the soul. To only a few it is given to fill the cycle of 80 years. For fifty-seven years she lived with her husband in jo Daviess county. She saw the wild prairie transformed into a legion of cultivated farms and homes, of success and competence she had her share. But somehow she never found time to rest; all the years of her life were spent in willing service. Her home and her children was a wide world to her. Those years were uneventful beyond the common lot of woman but they were full with the womanly and faithful performance of all the duties that fell to her lot. Her's was a happy home. It was a sweet reflection to her that not one of the nine children who survive her had ever brought a sorrow to her declining days, not a single regret for the years of care and toil for them. In the twilight of a completed life, surrounded by her loving sons and daughters, lamented as only a mother can be, she looked back over a long life of activity and usefulness and passed away as one lies down to rest after the labor of a day. "Her children arise up and call her blessed." "Give her of the fruit of her hands and let her own works praise her in the gates." (A.F.B.)
Contributed by Tami Baumeister
In 1827, Mr. Townsend removed from the state of New York to the lead mines and settled at Gratiot's Grove, Wisconsin, where he engaged to some extent in mining, but more extensively in raising and dealing in live stock. In 1848 he removed to the town of Pleasant Valley, in this County, and being at that time a widower, he soon after married the widow Kellogg, of that town, and resided there till the time of his death. His widow, about the same age as himself, is still living. When he came to the lead mines, Galena contained but a few log huts, and the region where he resided was but a wild prairie.
He lived to see a dense population settle around him and become a wealthy and intelligent people. He saw his sons grow up, marry, and become wealthy and extensive farmers, and honest, intelligent men, occupying positions of honor and trust. At the time of his death he had living, eight children, fifty-two grand children and twenty great grand children. Two sons residing at Shullsburg, Wis., A.A. Townsend and E.C. Townsend have both been members of the Legislature of Wisconsin and of the Board of Supervisors of Lafayette County. H.S. Townsend, of Rush, in this county, another son, has been a Representative in the Legislature of Illinois, and a member of the County Board of Supervisors. The oldest son, G.N. Townsend, of Rush, is probably the most extensive farmer in Jo Daviess County. The Funeral Sermon will be preached on the 24th inst., at the Chelsea Meeting House.
HOWARD I. TAPLIN
- age 92, of Savanna, Illinois, died Monday, October 8, 2007 at Big Meadows Nursing Home, Savanna, Illinois. Funeral Services will be held 11:00 a.m. Monday, October 15, 2007 at Trinity Lutheran Church in Derinda, Illinois with Reverend Kurt Hansen officiating. Burial will take place in Derinda Trinity Lutheran Cemetery. A visitation will be held from 4:00 – 7:00 p.m. on Sunday, October 14, 2007 at the Law-Jones Funeral Home, Savanna. Memorials may be given to the Trinity Accessibility Building Fund in Howard's memory.
Howard was born January 27, 1915, the son of Lee and Jennie (Laing) Taplin in Miles, Iowa. On January 27, 1937, Howard married Berniece D. Mehlberg, at St. Paul Lutheran Church, Preston, Iowa. Berniece died on February 6, 2005.
Howard farmed in Sabula, Iowa and moved to Savanna in 1951 where he farmed for fifty years. Howard also worked at the Savanna Army Depot during the World War II and the Korean War. He later worked for Interstate Power Company as a Serviceman for twenty-five years retiring in 1979. He was a member of Trinity Lutheran Church and a former trustee for Trinity Lutheran Church. Howard enjoyed traveling with his Coachman Trailer and camping all over the United States, most of all he loved spending time with his family and friends.
Howard will be dearly missed by his son, Terry (Jill) Taplin of Belvidere, Illinois; two daughters, Shirley (Mike) Hurst of Conroe, Texas, Carolyn (Gary) Bailey of Cottage Grove, Minnesota; six grandchildren, Eric (Donna) Kulbeck, Laura (David) Adkison, Lisa (Kevin) Kirane, Tracy (Todd) Boettcher, Jennifer (Tim) Davis and Nicole (Mark) Weiberg; eight great-grandchildren Sara Adkison, Joshua and Gordon Kulbeck, Rachael and Breanna Kirane, Ryan Davis, Luke Boettcher and Justin Shoutz; and one sister, Marge Hoyer of Sabula.
Howard was preceded in death by his wife, Berniece; two brothers, Donald and Thomas Taplin; two sisters, Dorothy Hitchcock and Genevieve Kuhl; and one son in-law, Jerry Kulbeck.
MARY ANN (STRONG) THOMPSON
- The subject of this sketch was born in Jefferson county, Ohio, June 14, 1821. She came to this county with her parents while quite young settling near Apple River, Ill. On May 31, 1847 she was married to Christopher Columbus Thompson of Thompson’s Mill where they made their home. Their union was blessed with five children three of which survive. One child died in infancy and one son Winfield, in early manhood. Mrs. Thompson the past seventeen years had lived in the west with her children, her husband dying about seventeen years ago. She died at Brookings, S. D., Feb. 4, 1908 and the remains were brought to Thompson township for burial Feb. 8. She leaves two sons and one daughter, viz Mr. Woodman Thompson of Brookings, S. D., Isaac Whitfield of Ireton, Iowa, and Mrs. Tena Tinkham of Emporia, Kansas to mourn her death. Mrs. Thompson was a woman of good Christian character given to hospitality who administered to the wants of the sick and needy and a woman who loved home and looked well to her own household. She was a dutiful wife, a kind mother, a loving sister and a true friend.
CHELSEA LEA TOOT
- age 17, of Elizabeth,Illinois, passed away on Monday, July 27, 2009 as a result of a car accident. Visitation will be held from 3:00p.m. to 8:00p.m. on Friday, July 31, 2009 at the Law-Jones Funeral Home in Elizabeth Illinois. The Funeral Service will be held at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, August 1st, 2009 at the First United Methodist Church, Elizabeth, Illinois. Burial will be in the Elizabeth Cemetery immediately following the funeral service.
Chelsea participated in football and basketball cheerleading and was a member of the Boomerang Club at River Ridge School. She was also preparing for her second year in the JoDaviess County Fair Pageant. In 2008 she won the People's Choice Award and Miss Congeniality.
Chelsea Lea Loved Life and Lived Life to the Fullest during her 17 short years with her family and friends. Her Smile lit up the room, her laughter and Love of Life was Contagious!
Chelsea will be dearly missed by her parents Scott and Brenda Toot and her sisters Katelyn and Britnea Toot of Elizabeth; Maternal Grandparents, Lois and Charles Petsche of Stockton and Harold Scace of Woodbine; Paternal Grandparents, Ronald and Angela Toot of Winnebago; Paternal Great Grandmother, Vera Hawley of Elizabeth; five Uncles, Brian (Char) Scace of Galena, Junior (Kim) Scace of Woodbine, Kenneth Toot of Rockford, Keith Toot of Rockford, Steven (Tanya) Toot of Erie Colorado; eight beloved cousins; many Great-aunts and Uncles and numerous other family members and friends.
She Loved Everybody, With All of Her Heart. She was an Angel in Life as well as in death. Chelsea was preceded in death by her cousin, Marissa Scace and her Great Grand Parents.
A Memorial Fund has been established in Chelsea's Memory at the Elizabeth State Bank.
Contributed by Lori Gilbert
HALSTEAD SAMUEL TOWNSEND
was born at Bath, Steuben county, New York, April 11, 1814, and died June 4, 1901 at the home of his son, Samuel Townsend, in Maryville, Missouri, aged 87 years, one month and 23 days. The funeral occurred at the Warren Presbyterian church, Friday, June 7, Rev. Cook of LeRoy, Ill., a universalist, officiating. Interment was made in the beautiful Elmwood cemetery in Warren. The decendent's father was English, his mother Scotch-Irish and he came from extraordinary sturdy stock. In fact the entire family have been among the hardiest and longest lived people in Jo Daviess county. On May 10, 1827 the Townsend family came west from York state to Gratiot's grove, in what was then termed the Northwest territory, but which is now the state of Wisconsin. The grandfather was a soldier in the Revolutionary was. The father Samuel Townsend was in the was of 1812. When the Black Hawk was broke out in 1832 the father and son displayed their patriotic spirit by enlisting, becoming brave and highly prized soldiers. They took part in all the battles of that cruel war and performed special deeds of daring in the battle of Pecatonica, one of the bloodiest engagements that ever occurred in the history of the northwest. There were fourteen Indians and eighteen white men in the battle and they fired at as close range as eighteen feet. It might be said here that when the family came west six hundred Indians were camped where Gratiot now is. Halstead enlisted in a cavalry regiemtn under command of Colonel Henry Dodge, who afterward became a general.
HANNAH (CARVER)TOWNSEND
was born in Dutchess county, N.Y., July 5th 1813. Her maiden name was Hannah Carver. When quite young she moved with her parents to Steuden county, N.Y., and after living there for about ten years they again changed their abode to Fayette county, Ind., where Mrs. Townsend was educated and grew to womanhood. She was married to H.S. Townsend January 10, 1836, and the following spring the young couple cmae to Rush, Jo Daviess county, where they lived until 1869, when they moved to Warren where they have resided ever since. Mrs. Townsend began to fail in health about five years ago and during the last five months has declined rapidly until November 28th when she passed peacefully away. Mrs. Townsend was the mother of ten children, nine of whom are yet living-R.K. Townsend, of San Antonio, Texas, E.E. Townsend, S.H. Townsend, Mrs. C.D. Hooker, and Mrs. Charles Manley, of Maryville, Mo, Mrs. Charles Campbell, of Kansas City, Mo, Mrs. B.H. Osborne, of Escondido Cal., J.M. Townsend, of Rush, and Miss Alice Townsend.
MARY (PEPOON) TOWNSEND
passed away last evening (08 September 1938) at 9:30 at the home of her daughter Mrs. George Coppernoll as the result of a heart attack. Mrs. Townsend a lifelong resident of this vicinity had been an invalid for the past four years. Mary Pepoon, the daughter of Geroge & Mary Pepoon, was born on a farm near Warren on July 4, 1868. Her marriage to James B. Townsend took place on Dec. 19, 1893 and after their marriage they lived on a farm in Rush twp. about four miles north of Stockton. Mr. Townsend passed away on March 20, 1931 and since his death Mr. Townsend had resided with the children. She leaves three daughters; Mrs. George (Mary Rebecca) Coppernoll, Mrs. Elwood (Helen) Pierce of Stockton; Mrs. Harvey (Albertine) Ostick of Forreston; five sons, Maurice, Richard, Donald and Howard of Stockton and Philip of Woodbine. Services will be held Sunday afternoon at 2 p.m. from the Stockton Methodist church and internment will be in the Townsend cemetery in Rush Twp. Rev. E.Y. Knapp of Lanark will officiate. The body will be at the Charles Vanderheyden funeral home until time of the service.
PHILLIP NEWELL TOWNSEND
age 91, of Hanover, Illinois died Thursday, September 13, 2007, at Grandview Estates Assisted Living in Elizabeth, Illinois. He died peacefully, surrounded by family members. A Funeral Service will be held at 11:00 a.m. Saturday, September 22, 2007 at the Law-Jones Funeral Home in Hanover. Burial will be in the Evergreen Cemetery in Hanover. Military rites will be accorded by the Hanover VFW. A visitation will be held 5:00-7:00 p.m. Friday, September 21, 2007 at the funeral home. Memorials in Phil's memory may be given to Grandview Estates, 540 Pleasant St., Elizabeth, IL 61028 or F.H.N. Hospice, 773 W. Lincoln Blvd., Freeport, IL 61032.
Phil was born in Shullsburg, WI on January 27, 1916, the son of Frank and Anna (McCarty) Townsend. He graduated from Shullsburg High School in 1933. After working in the Civilian Conservation Corps, Phil served his country in the United States Army during World War II. He married Ruth Blyth of Aurora, IL on December 11, 1944 in Elkton, MD. Phil moved to Hanover in 1946 and worked at the Savanna Army Depot as a Production Controller Specialist for thirty years until retiring in 1976.
Phil was an outstanding multi-sport athlete as a youth in Shullsburg and later played for baseball teams in Hanover in the 1940's. He managed the Hanover Little League during the 1950's and 1960's. He was an avid Green Bay Packers, Wisconsin Badgers and Chicago Cubs fan all of his life. He enjoyed traveling and loved spending time with his family and friends. He will be fondly remembered as a true gentleman by all who had the pleasure of knowing him.
Phil is survived by six sons, Vance (Barbara) Townsend of Fort Collins, CO; Ward (Julie) Townsend of Tucson, AZ, Frank (Mary) Townsend of Hanover, IL, Andrew (Cindy) Townsend of Salisbury, MD, Russell (Cindy) Townsend of Freeport, IL, and Ernest (Jeneen) Townsend of St. Charles, IL; one daughter, Amber (Robert) Palm of Tucson, AZ; eleven grandchildren, Sarah, Andrew, Melanie, Wesley, Jeffrey, Mark, Tracey, Ashlee, Allison, Kathleen and Elyse; one brother, Bergen (Gert) Townsend and one sister, Kathleen Davison, both of Shullsburg, WI; and one brother-in-law, William Reed of Monroe, WI.
Phil was preceded in death by his wife Ruth on February 17, 1971 in Hanover; two brothers, James Edwin Townsend and Lyle Townsend; and four sisters, Avene Townsend, Evelyn Bradt, Gen Gile and Marge Reed.
The family would like to sincerely thank the staff and residents of Grandview Estates Assisted Living, Elizabeth Nursing Home, Freeport Hospice Program, and the many area residents who have visited Phil over the past several years.
SAMUEL TOWNSEND
an old citizen of the lead mine region, and well known by most of our readers, died last Tuesday, at the residence of his son, H.S. Townsend, in the town of Rush. He was 79 years of age.
Contributed by Tami Baumeister (The Galena Daily Gazette," January 7, 1864)
Another notice - slightly different
Samuel Townsend, one of the children of Eber and Sarah, ( Elizabeth ) was born in 1783 and died in Rush Township, Jo Daviess., Ill., in 1863. He was the progenitor of the Townsends of Warren and neighborhood. He served in the war of 1812. In 1814 Samuel Townsend moved into Steuben Co., N. Y.., and married Sarah Longwell, Scotch-Irish ancestry. She was born on June 15, 1782, and died in Dutchess Co., N.Y., on July 21, 1821, the mother of eight children, the youngest about three years old. The husband carried on. (Website of Richard Hunsinger - World Connect)
IRMA (PULS) TRAINOR
94, Freeport, Ill., formerly of Galena, Ill., died Wednesday, Feb. 20, 2008 at the Provena St. Joseph Nursing Home in Freeport.
She was born on Sept. 21, 1913 in Cuba City, Wis., the daughter of Bernard and Mary (Lange) Puls. She married Robert Trainor on Aug. 30, 1952 at St. Michael's Catholic Church in Galena. He preceded her in death on Feb. 19, 1991.
She was a member of St. Michael's Catholic Church and the Altar and Rosary Society. She was a homemaker and dearly loved her children and grandchildren.
Survivors include one son, Neal (Cheryl) Trainor, Freeport; one daughter, Mary Helen Trainor, Carpentersville, Ill.; and four grandchildren, Bridget, Daniel, Martin and Damon Trainor.
She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Robert; four brothers, Sylvester, Urban, Victor and Wilfred Puls; and two sisters, Agnes and Verenia.
Visitation will be held from 2:00-5:00 p.m., Sunday, Feb. 24 at the Furlong Funeral Chapel, 100 Carol-don Court, Galena. The parish rosary will be held at 2:00 p.m.
Services will be held at 10:30 a.m., Monday, Feb. 25, 2008 at St. Michael's Catholic Church in Galena. Burial will be in St. Michael's Catholic Cemetery in Galena.
MARY (MARCH_ TRESSA
age 87, of Hanover, Illinois, passed away Tuesday, December 6, 2005, at Finley Medical Center, Dubuque, Iowa. A Funeral Mass will be held, 11:00 a.m. Friday, December 9, 2005 at St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church, Hanover, Illinois. Law-Jones Funeral Home of Hanover will be in charge of the arrangements. Burial will be in Holy Rosary Cemetery, Republic, Pennsylvania. Mary was born on February 22, 1918, the daughter of John and Eva (Ravi) March in Thompson, Pennsylvania. On June 18, 1934, Mary married Steven N. "Priest" Tressa in Cardale, Pennsylvania. Steven passed away, May 15, 1978 in Republic, Pennsylvania. Following the loss of her husband, Mary moved to the Hanover area to be near her children. She was a member of St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church in Hanover, Illinois and the St. Anne’s Society. Mary enjoyed being a Homemaker, and rearing her five children. She did crochet handwork; enjoyed playing Bingo and very much loved her dog Cricket. Mary will be deeply missed by her two daughters: Marie (Robert) Hopkins of Hanover, Illinois; Carolyn (James) Irwin of Hanover; two sons, Stephen (Bernadine) Tressa of Brook Park, Ohio and Robert Tressa of Thompson, Pennsylvania; one son in-law, Jerry Barker of Warrenton, Virginia; ten grandchildren; and seventeen great-grandchildren. Mary was preceded in death by her husband, Steven; one daughter, Linda Barker, who passed on November 26, 2005; three brothers and three sisters; and one daughter in-law, Agnes.
ANNA CRAM TYRELL
- And still another of the old mothers has gone home. Anna B. Tyrrell died at the residence of her daughter, Mrs. B. F. Parker in Stockton, Jo Daviess County, Illinois. On the 22d day of March, 1876, aged 84 years, 8 months and 26 days. She was born at Greenfield, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire, in 1791. She was married and settled in Hancock county, N, H., in 1809, where she resided until 1836, when she removed to Wincherdon, Massachusetts, where she remained until 1841, when she removed to Wards Grove, in Jo Daviess county, Illinois, with her husband and the younger children of the family, the older children – five sons and one daughter – having preceded her here. She has been the mother of thirteen children – six sons and seven daughters – eleven of whom came to Illinois, the first in 1836 and the younger ones with her in 1841. She leaves forty-four grand children and twenty great-grand children living, a considerable number of the third and fourth generation having gone before her. She has lived a changeful life. Having been born among the granite hills of New Hampshire at the close of the Revolution, she has lived under every administration from Washington's first to Grant's last. She began life among the pioneers of the east, and closed it among the comforts of the West. Her's has been a stirring life. In her younger and mature days she did not sit down and wait for something to turn up, but busied herself with the spinning wheel and weaver's loom; and in her later days, when age and infirmity came upon her, she kept things turning with her knitting needles. Having commenced life in humble circumstances, she learned and practiced the lessons of industry, temperance and frugality; and in early life she found time and considered it important to prepare for the future life, and at the foot of the cross, of the meek and lowly Jesus she learned and practiced the lessons of faith, hope and charity, and for more than sixty years she enjoyed them
JOSEPHINE TUCIBAT
, 75, of Savanna, died Sunday (December 12, 2004) at the Good Samaritan Nursing Home in Mount Carroll, Ill. A funeral Mass will be at noon Friday at St. John the Baptist Catholic Church in Savanna with the Rev. Moises Apostol officiating. Burial will be in the St. Michael Catholic Cemetery in Galena, Ill. Visitation will be from 11 a.m. to noon Friday at the Law-Jones Funeral Home in Savanna. A rosary service will be held at 11:30 a.m. during the visitation. She was born Aug. 22, 1929, in Guilford, Jo Daviess County, Ill., to Joseph H. and Clara Isabell Engel. She married John Tucibat at St. Michael Catholic Church in Galena. He died in 1995. She graduated from Galena High School in 1947. She worked as the executive director of the Carroll County Housing Authority in Savanna and was instrumental in building the family housing project. She also worked at the Savanna State Bank. She sang in the Resurrection Choir at St. John's Church. Survivors include three sons, Michael Tucibat of Fresno, Calif., Joseph (Rebecca) Tucibat of Nashville, Tenn., and Sam (Barbara) Tucibat of Baileyville, Ill.; two sisters, Sister Mary Luke Engel of Avilla, Ind., and Mrs. Rosemary (Elwyn) Meyer of Galena; one sister in-law, Emma Engel of Savanna; and many nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her husband, parents, three sisters and four brothers.
Contributed by Lori Gilbert
LAURA A. TUMAS
, age 89, of Massbach, Illinois passed away on Monday, June 22, 2009 at home. Cremation rites have been accorded. Inurnment will be in Abraham Lincoln National Cemetery, Elwood, Illinois.
Laura is survived by four sons, Gedman Joseph Jr. (Emily) Tumas of Ocala, Florida, Donald Maxwell (Jewel) Tumas of Bedford, Virginia, John Herald (Luci) Tumas of Duncanville, Texas, Peter David Tumas of Bolingbrook, Illinois; a daughter, Maxine Adelia (John) Pokornik of Massbach, Illinois; nine grandchildren; and ten great grandchildren.
Contributed by Lori Gilbert
