"COUNTIES OF MORGAN, MONROE & BROWN, INDIANA. HISTORICAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL."
CHARLES BLANCHARD, EDITOR. CHICAGO: F. A. BATTEY & CO. PUBLISHERS. 1884.
F. A. BATTEY. F. W. TEPPLE
WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP AND MARTINSVILLE, MORGAN COUNTY, INDIANA
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ERVIN TOWNSEND, a son of SILAS and HANNAH TOWNSEND, was born in Washington
County, Ind., November 20, 1820. The grandfather of our subject, WILLIAM
TOWNSEND, was a native of South Carolina; moved to Washington County,
Ind., in 1810, and to Morgan County in 1821, where he died. He was a
soldier for seven years in the Revolutionary war. Silas Townsend married in
Washington County, Ind. HANNAH NOGLES, about 1813, who died in 1821. In
1822, Mr. Townsend moved to Morgan County, where he married SUSAN THACKER,
after which he removed to Louisville, Ky., and ended his days. He was
father to five children--ROBINSON, SUSAN, HUSTON and ERVIN by his first
wife, and MARTHA by second wife. He was a soldier in the war of 1812.
Ervin Townsend came to Morgan County with his grandparents, with whom he
remained until December 31, 1840, when he married MARY A., daughter of
RICHARD and REBECCA DEAKINS, and a native of Washington County, Tenn., born
May 25, 1825. After marriage, Mr. Townsend settled in this township, where
he has an improved farm of 240 acres. Mrs. Townsend died June 5, 1883,
having borne twelve children--SARAH J., THOMAS J., MARTHA, WILLIAM, FRANKLIN
P., JAMES (deceased), REBECCA, EMMA F., JOHN, HATTIE, MAGGIE and NORA E.
Mr. Townsend is an esteemed citizen.
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