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Mary Elizabeth (Little) Townsend (1853 - 1898)

Mrs. Mary Elizabeth (Betty) Townsend formerly Little
Born in Richmond, Fort Bend County, Texas, USAmap
Ancestors ancestors
[sibling(s) unknown]
Wife of — married about 1869 in Richmond, Texasmap
Descendants descendants
Died at age 44 in Yoakum, Lavaca County, Texas, USAmap
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Biography

Mary Little ... She passed away in 1898. Entered by Wallace Forsyth, Sunday, July 28, 2013.

Mary Elizabeth “Bettie” Little Townsend BIRTH 15 Mar 1854 Richmond, Fort Bend County, Texas, USA DEATH 21 Jan 1898 (aged 43) Yoakum, Lavaca County, Texas, USA BURIAL Oak Grove Cemetery Yoakum, Lavaca County, Texas, USA PLOT Sec 12 per survey done in 1983 by Sammy Tise. MEMORIAL ID 82703177

Children

Samuel Lucky Townsend 1870–1937
Effie Townsend Forsyth 1870–1946
Zula Zon Townsend McNeel 1874–1962
Katie Elizabeth Townsend Snelling 1876–1969
Gray H. Townsend 1878–1951
James Green Townsend 1880–1941
Stafford Thomas Townsend 1882–1950
Leah Townsend McCarthy 1890–1979
Herbert Henry Townsend 1893–1956

TEXT MARY ELIZABETH TOWNSEND Weimar Mercury, 29 Jan 1898, page 6

Yoakum, Tex., Jan 20.—
Mrs. S. L. Townsend is lying at the point of death at her home here from the effects of forty grains of morphine taken by her. There are some little hopes of her recovery, but her condition is very critical.
in the same issue on page 8:

NEIGHBORHOOD NOTES.

Post Specials: Yoakum, Texs, January 22.—
Mrs. Sam Townsend was much better yesterday morning, but took a relapse yesterday evening in spite of all the efforts of attending physicians and died at 5 o'clock.

Shiner Gazette, 26 Jan 1898

Mrs. S. L. Townsend of Yoakum died Friday from the effects of an over dose of morphine, taken accidentally.
Mary Elizabeth Townsend, 15 Mar 1854-21 Jan 1898, wife of S. L. Townsend, was buried in the Oak Grove Cemetery near Yoakum.
Source: http://www.txgenweb2.org/txlavaca/obituaries_t.htm

Acknowledgments - Thank you to Wallace Forsyth for creating Little-1989 on 28 Jul 13. Click the Changes tab for the details on contributions by Wallace and others. The events of Mary's life were either witnessed by Wallace Forsyth or Wallace plans to add sources here later.

Sources


Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 24 October 2018), memorial page for Mary Elizabeth “Bettie” Little Townsend (15 Mar 1854–21 Jan 1898), Find A Grave Memorial no. 82703177, citing Oak Grove Cemetery, Yoakum, Lavaca County, Texas, USA ; Maintained by DTaylor (contributor 47570057) .





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