Complied June 12, 2025 - Person Sheet
Complied June 12, 2025 - Person Sheet
Birth9 Aug 1825, New York
MemoA System of Genalogical Identification for the Townsend Family
Death27 Oct 1911, Chehalis, Lewis, Washington Age: 86
MemoA System of Genalogical Identification for the Townsend Family
BurialLittle Falls Cemetery, Vader, Lewis, Washington
MemoDeath Certificate, Find-a-Grave
OccupationBook Merchant and Publisher
EducationSolid - College Educated
ReligionQuaker
FatherWilliam Samuel Townsend (1787-1826)
MotherPhebe Adee (1791-1852)
Spouses
Birth1 Feb 1829, England849
MemoA System of Genalogical Identification for the Townsend Family
Christening12 Apr 1829, Battersea, Surrey, England Age: <1
MemoEngland Births and Christenings, 1538-1975, lists both parents
Immigration14 Aug 1833, New York City, New York, New York Ship: Ontario850 Age: 4
Death1907-1910 Age: 77
Memoused to say aft Oct 6, 1897, not sure why
Burial MemoAncestry trees say 3/21/1899 Delevan, Illinois
EducationSolid
ReligionEpiscopal
FatherSamuel Drury (1804-1869)
MotherElizabeth “Eliza” Rebecca Estoppey (1809-1860)
Marriage4 Nov 1851
Marr MemoA System of Genalogical Identification for the Townsend Family
ChildrenGeorge (1853-1853)
Richard Herbert (1856-1924)
Phebe Jane (1856-1949)
Jennie (Jane E.) (1859-1897)
Samuel F. (1861-1939)
Katie Minnie (1863-1926)
Charles (1869-1869)
Notes for Samuel Adee Townsend
1870 Census - Mother and Father of US birth
Explanation of Proof of this family as ancestors:
Jennie Bannister listed as wife on Harwood Bannister’s death record in 1919
Harwood and Jennie Bannister are both burried in same cemetery
Fannie Townsend listed as mother on Phenie Bannister’s death record in 1927. (Fannie could be nickname or mistake)
Phebe Townsend Meeker signed Charles Harwood Bannister’s birth certificate as Aunt in 1948 for his 1888 birth, therefore Charles mother (or Harwood’s wife) had maiden name of Townsend
Several family documents list Jennie Townsend Bannister as being born in Delevan, Tazewell County, Illinois
1870 Census for Samuel and Jane Townsend in NY shows both Phebe and Jane as children, also on that census is Clara Drury (sister of Jane Drury Townsend, wife of Samuel)
Family ikely moved to Illinois between 1870 and 1877.
1900 Census for Phebe Townsend Meeker in Tazewell County Illinois, includes Clara Drury who is listed as Aunt.
This is all consistent with information contained in letter to Charles Harwood Bannister from Lawrence D. Townsend.
Update: The Townsend/Drury family started in NY, moved to Ill, moved back to NY, then back to west again this time to Kansas, and later to Washington State.
From Daisy Douglas’ book Memories Almost Forgotten:
“He was a publisher of books and did well financially until he decided the new frontier, beautiful Illinois, offered fabulous opprotunities for young people. He persuaded his business partner they should “go West.” After selling their business in New York City, he sent his partner with the major part of their capital to Illinois to “spy out the land” and he would follow with his family soon after. This was a very unwise decision because the partner proved to be dishonest, and Grandpa Townsend never saw him again.”
Note: Moved to Kansas between 1870 and 1880 and moved to Washington in 1895
in 1890, 1891, and 1892 the mayor of Jetmore (county seat of Hodgeman) is a Samuel Townsend.
Explanation of Proof of this family as ancestors:
Jennie Bannister listed as wife on Harwood Bannister’s death record in 1919
Harwood and Jennie Bannister are both burried in same cemetery
Fannie Townsend listed as mother on Phenie Bannister’s death record in 1927. (Fannie could be nickname or mistake)
Phebe Townsend Meeker signed Charles Harwood Bannister’s birth certificate as Aunt in 1948 for his 1888 birth, therefore Charles mother (or Harwood’s wife) had maiden name of Townsend
Several family documents list Jennie Townsend Bannister as being born in Delevan, Tazewell County, Illinois
1870 Census for Samuel and Jane Townsend in NY shows both Phebe and Jane as children, also on that census is Clara Drury (sister of Jane Drury Townsend, wife of Samuel)
Family ikely moved to Illinois between 1870 and 1877.
1900 Census for Phebe Townsend Meeker in Tazewell County Illinois, includes Clara Drury who is listed as Aunt.
This is all consistent with information contained in letter to Charles Harwood Bannister from Lawrence D. Townsend.
Update: The Townsend/Drury family started in NY, moved to Ill, moved back to NY, then back to west again this time to Kansas, and later to Washington State.
From Daisy Douglas’ book Memories Almost Forgotten:
“He was a publisher of books and did well financially until he decided the new frontier, beautiful Illinois, offered fabulous opprotunities for young people. He persuaded his business partner they should “go West.” After selling their business in New York City, he sent his partner with the major part of their capital to Illinois to “spy out the land” and he would follow with his family soon after. This was a very unwise decision because the partner proved to be dishonest, and Grandpa Townsend never saw him again.”
Note: Moved to Kansas between 1870 and 1880 and moved to Washington in 1895
in 1890, 1891, and 1892 the mayor of Jetmore (county seat of Hodgeman) is a Samuel Townsend.