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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.
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.
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.
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)
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
