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Samuel Halstead Townsend

Birth	:	10 Feb 1840 Stockton, Jo Daviess County, Illinois, USA
Death	:	7 Oct 1930 Maryville, Nodaway County, Missouri, USA
Burial	:	Salem Memorial Park and Garden, Colma, San Mateo County, USA
Coordinate	:	37.6774864, -122.4588470
Plot	:	Sec 5, Row 9, s-n
Description	:	Cenotaph located in Elmwood Cemetery Maryville Daily Forum (Maryville, Missouri), Tuesday, October 7, 1930, [p. 1], 2Brief Illness Takes Life of Sam Townsend Pioneer Resident of County Moved Here More Than Sixty Years Ago. A Civil War Veteran Prominent Citizen Served In Union Army During War of Rebellion—Funeral Will Be Thursday. Samuel H. Townsend, Civil War veteran and a resident of Nodaway County since the late sixties, died about 10 o’clock this morning at the Missouri Methodist hospital in St. Joseph where he was taken for treatment August 28. Previous to that he was confined in the... Read More	Cenotaph located in Elmwood Cemetery Maryville Daily Forum (Maryville, Missouri), Tuesday, October 7, 1930, [p. 1], 2Brief Illness Takes Life of Sam Townsend Pioneer Resident of County Moved Here More Than Sixty Years Ago. A Civil War Veteran Prominent Citizen Served In Union Army During War of Rebellion—Funeral Will Be Thursday. Samuel H. Townsend, Civil War veteran and a resident of Nodaway County since the late sixties, died about 10 o’clock this morning at the Missouri Methodist hospital in St. Joseph where he was taken for treatment August 28. Previous to that he was confined in the St. Francis hospital in Maryville about a week. Mr. Townsend had been in ill health during the past summer but had been active until August. Death was caused by the infirmities of old age. Although 90 years old Mr. Townsend was very active and alert for one of his advanced years and the day before being taken to the hospital had driven his car. Once In Business Here Mr. Townsend, who owned a large farm about four miles north of Maryville, formerly was in the grocery business on West Third Street with his late brother, R. K. Townsend. Mr. Townsend was a member of the Sedgwick Post of the Grand Army of the Republic and a member of the Maryville Elks lodge. Mr. Townsend was born in Jo Daviess County, Illinois, February 10, 1840, a son of H. [alstead] S. [amuel] and Anna (Carver) Townsend, who were natives of New York. Reared on a farm, Samuel H. Townsend was educated in the common schools of the neighborhood and Mount Morris Seminary and remained with his parents in Illinois until after the Civil War broke out. Served in Union Army In 1862 he enlisted in Company E, forty-fifth Illinois Volunteer Infantry, which was assigned to the Army of the Tennessee and was commissioned second lieutenant of his company. He participated in the battles of Fort Donnelson, Pittsburgh Landing and Shiloh and saw some hard service. Although he was never wounded he was compelled to resign on account of sickness and returned home in the latter part of 1863. He was ill for a year and then went to Idaho, where he remained for four years. At the end of that time he returned to Illinois and in 1869, Mr. Townsend came to Nodaway County where he has since made his home. He purchased a tract of unbroken prairie land, which he transformed into a good farm of two hundred and eighty acres, and successful[ly] engaged in its operation until 1888, since which time he has practically lived a retired life in Maryville. He always gave considerable attention to livestock as a dealer and raiser. Married in 1871 Mr. Townsend was married twice. In 1871 he married Miss Catherine Hess, a native of Pennsylvania and a daughter of John Hess, a businessman and hotelkeeper, who spent his last days in Milan, Sullivan County, Missouri. Mrs. Townsend died September 23, 1898, leaving one daughter, Della, the wife of John Koch of St. Joseph. On the tenth of December, 1899, Mr. Townsend married Mrs. Susan S. Green, who had three children by her first marriage. Besides his wife and daughter, Mrs. John Koch of St. Joseph, he leaves one grandchild, Katherine Koch of St. Joseph; four sisters, Mrs. C. D. Hooker, Maryville, Mrs. J. N. Manley, St. Joseph, Mrs. Charles Campbell, Kansas City and Mrs. Della Osborn, Pueblo, Colo. E. L. Townsend of Maryville is a nephew. Mr. Townsend was very devoted to Mrs. Townsend’s granddaughter, Mrs. Lora Meacham and her son, Monte, who have made their home with Mr. and Mrs. Townsend for many years. He once told Monte, who is now a student at Principia school in St. Louis, that he was the only son he had ever had. Funeral Thursday Two stepsons, Pearl Green of Everett, Wash., and Arthur Green of Sanish, N. D., also survive. Pearl Green visited in Maryville last summer. Funeral services will be held at 2:30 o’clock, Thursday afternoon, from the Price Funeral Home, conducted by the Rev. E. I. LaRue, pastor of the First M. E. church. Burial will be in Miriam cemetery. The body will be in state at the Price Funeral Home rom 10 to 2:30 o’clock on Thursday. The family requests that flowers be omitted. Contributed by: Julia Johnson, FAG #47176433, 15 Dec 2016

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Samuel Halstead Townsend's memorial is located at: Salem Memorial Park and Garden, Colma, San Mateo County, USA.
When did Samuel Halstead Townsend death?
Samuel Halstead Townsend death on 7 Oct 1930 in Maryville, Nodaway County, Missouri, USA
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Latitude: 37.6774864
Longitude: -122.4588470

Family Members:

Parent

Halstead Samuel Townsend

(1814 - 1901)

Hannah Carver Townsend

(1813 - 1893)

Spouse

Catherine Hess Townsend

(1849 - 1898)

Susanne S. Green Townsend

(1849 - 1936)

Siblings

Robert King Townsend

(1835 - 1927)

Capt Edward E. Townsend

(1838 - 1906)

Surilda S. “Sarah” Townsend Manley

(1844 - 1931)

Winfield Scott Putnam Townsend

(1846 - 1869)

John Milton Townsend

(1848 - 1930)

Cynthia A. Townsend Campbell

(1853 - 1949)

Alice C Townsend

(1855 - 1894)

Della Townsend

(1858 - unknow)

Flowers:

FOR THE BROTHER OF CPT. EDWARD E. TOWNSEND

Left by Anonymous on 24 May 2009

Left by Anonymous on 19 Jul 2015

Thank you for your service in the Civil War.

Left by Anonymous on 05 Dec 2020

Left by Anonymous on 08 Apr 2021

FOR THE BROTHER OF CPT. EDWARD E. TOWNSEND

Left by Anonymous on 24 May 2009

Left by Anonymous on 19 Jul 2015

Thank you for your service in the Civil War.

Left by Anonymous on 05 Dec 2020

Left by Anonymous on 08 Apr 2021

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