Daniel Berry Townsend (1796 - abt. 1897)

Born 30 Mar 1796 in Robeson, North Carolina

Ancestors

Husband of Sarah (Herring) Townsend — married about 1815 (to 1850) in Robeson, North Carolina

Husband of Martha Elizabeth (McGaugh) Townsend — married 1854 in Hopkins County, Texas

Descendants

Died about 1897 at about age 100 in Bexar, Texas

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Biography

Daniel was born in 1796, the son of Thomas and Frances Stapleton (Gaddy) Townsend, in North Carolina where he was raised.

Daniel would marry twice in his life. First, in around 1815, he married Sarah "Sallie" Herring, the daughter of William Giles and Penelope (Williams) Herring, in Robeson, North Carolina, where they would settle and have the following children:

Elizabeth Ada (Townsend) Yelvington (1816–1862)

Mary Ann 'Polly' (Townsend) Pittman (1817–1867)

Horace William Townsend (circa 1820–1901)

Penelope "Penny" (Townsend) Floyd (circa 1820–1895)

William Berry Townsend (1825–1892)

Garrett Henry Townsend (1828–1905)

Calvin Coe Townsend Sr (1830–1889)

Caroline Townsend (1830–died young)

Elias L. Townsend (circa 1835–1916)

Wright Allen Townsend (circa 1835–1921)

Sometime around 1832, Daniel moved his family from North Carolina to Mississippi where their youngest two children were born. In around 1850 the family moved once again, this time to Bexar, Texas. Sarah died ther in the same year they arrived in Texas in 1850.

Four years later Daniel married the widow Martha (McGaugh) Waggoner, the daughter of Thomas and Catherine (Sumner) McGaugh, in Hopkins County, Texas. Daniel was a widower 11 years older than Martha with 9 children of his own, but the youngest was already 19 years of age when he married Martha. They signed a prenuptial agreement before they married that excluded each other's heirs from the other's pre-marriage property. Martha and Daniel would have no children of their own.

Martha lived 22 years married to Daniel. She died in 1876 at around 69 years of age. Daniel would live on until 1897, living to be over 100 years old. His body is buried in the Townsend Farmstead Cemetery in Cedar Valley, Travis County, Texas.

Sources

• "United States Census, 1830," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHPD-R55 : 20 February 2021), Daniel Townsend, Robeson, North Carolina, United States; citing 251, NARA microfilm publication M19, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 124; FHL microfilm 18,090.

• "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4L4-6F7 : 22 December 2020), Daniel Townsend, Carroll, Carroll, Mississippi, United States; citing family , NARA microfilm publication (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).

• "Texas, County Marriage Index, 1837-1977," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VXGD-VF3 : 10 March 2021), Daniel Townsend and Martha Waggoner, 09 Oct 1854; citing Hopkins, Texas, United States, county courthouses, Texas; FHL microfilm 1,298,847.

• "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXFN-483 : 18 February 2021), Daniel Townsend, 1860.

• "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXLB-3HV : 29 May 2021), Dan Townsend, 1870.

• Year: 1880; Census Place: Bexar, Texas; Roll: 1291; Family History Film: 1255291; Page: 217D; Enumeration District: 017

• Find A Grave Memorial for Daniel Berry Townsend [1]

• Family Search Profile on Daniel Berry Townsend [2]