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Townsend, Julia Ann
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| LAST NAME: Townsend
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FIRST NAME: Julia
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MIDDLE NAME: Ann
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| GENDER: F
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| BORN: 10 Apr 1823
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DIED: 31 Aug 1897
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BURIED: (Spring Valley Cemetery)
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| OCCUPATION: Homemaker
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| BIRTH PLACE: Georgia
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| DEATH PLACE: Zena, Polk Co., Oregon
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NOTES:
1850 OR CENSUS – Julia Townsend (24y, b Georgia) enumerated with Daniel [sic] (30y, b South Carolina, occupation farmer), Josephine (6y, b Georgia), Margt. (4y, b Oregon) and Frances M. (1y, b Oregon)
1860 OR CENSUS – Judy Townsend (36y, b Georgia) enumerated with, David (40y, b South Carolina, occupation farmer), Josephine (16y, b Georgia), Margaret (13y, b Oregon), Francis (12y, b Oregon), Martha (8y, b Oregon), Amanda (3y, b Oregon) and Missouri (1y, b Oregon)
1870 OR CENSUS – Judah Townsend (46y, b Georgia) enumerated with David (51y, b Georgia, occupation farmer), Marion (20y, b Oregon), Melinda (16y, b Oregon), Amanda (12y, b Oregon), Missouri (10y, b Oregon), Lafayette (8y, b Oregon) and Minerva (2y, b Oregon)
1880 OR CENSUS - Julia A. Townsend, age 57, b. Georgia, is enumerated with David, age 67, occupation farmer, b. Georgia, along with Missouri S., age 20, b. Oregon, Lafayette, age 18, b. Oregon, and Minnie, age 12, b. Oregon. Also enumerated with the family (visiting) is Malinda Wicham, identified as a daughter, age, 28, married b. Oregon, and her children Benjamin F., age 5, b. Oregon, and Edward, age 3, b. Oregon.
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OBITUARY:
TOWNSEND—At the family home near Zena, Tuesday, August 31, 1897, of diobetus, [sic] Julia, wife of David Townsend, aged 74 years.
Deceased was a highly respected pioneer of Polk county, and leaves a large family to mourn her death. Besides the bereaved husband there are Mrs. Alex La Follett and Lafayette Townsend, of Mission Bottom; Mrs. G. S. Lake, of Yamhill county; Mrs. Reese, of Independence; Mrs. John Dimick, of Hubbard; Miss Anna Townsend, who resides at the family home and Marion F. Townsend, of Tacoma. Mrs. Townsend had been ailing for some years, but just previous to her death, was fairly well. The funeral will be conducted at the family residence Thursday at 2 o’clock p.m., Rev. W. C. Kantner, of this city, officiating, and it is expected that all children will be present. Deceased was a member of the M. E. church, a consistant [sic] Christian and sincere wife and morther, [sic] whose many good qualities were best known to her large circle of relatives and friends.
Daily Capital Journal, September 1, 1897
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INSCRIPTION:
Julia Ann
Wife of
David Townsend
Born
April 10, 1823
Died
August 31, 1897
Aged
74 Years, 4 Mos
And 17 Days
O Mother, First To Leave Our Band,
Life's Song As Yet Unsung,
While Gray Hairs Gather On Our Brows
Thou Art Forever Young
Asleep in Jesus, Peaceful Rest, Whose Waking is Supremely Blest.
Another Link Is Broken
In Our Household Band,
But A Chain Is Forming
In A Better Land.
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SOURCES:
Janssen Compilation
Saucy Survey & Photographs
1850 OR CENSUS (Yamhill co, FA#40)
1860 OR CENSUS (Yamhill co, FA#3411)
1870 OR CENSUS (Yamhill co, Amity, FA#664)
1880 OR CENSUS (Polk Co., Bethel, ED 102, pg C441)
DCJ 1 Sept 1897
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