Asa Leonard Townsend (1826 - 1881)

Born 1826 in Colorado, Texas, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Pharobie Ann (Cone) Townsend — married 15 Dec 1853 in Colorado Co. Texas

Descendants

Died 26 Aug 1881 at about age 55 in Colorado, Texas, United States

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Burial

Weimar Masonic Cemetery Weimar, Colorado County, Texas, USA [1]

Obituary

It is with sadness we chronicle the death of Mr. A . L. [Asa Leonard] Townsend, one of the oldest citizens of the county, which occurred at the residence of his brother, Captain T.L. Townsend, on the 26th inst., in the fifty-sixth year of his age. Mr. T. had been a continual sufferer for about twenty-five years with the asthma. We have known the deceased intimately for thirty years. He was a kind husband, an affectionate father, a good neighbor, and a devoted Christian, and died with all the armor on, assuring his companion and brother that "all was well". He was buried in the Odd Fellows Rest at Weimar by the Masonic fraternity. Five of his brothers were present to witness the sad scene, three of whom joined in the mystic ceremony, in repeating the rite peculiar to that fraternity. "the dust shall return to the earth as it was, and the Spirit to God, who gave it". A large concourse of friends were in attendance. Colorado County Citizen, September 1, 1881

Sources

• "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXLK-WG1 : 12 April 2016), Leonard Townsend in household of Asa Townsend, Colorado county, Colorado, Texas, United States; citing family 293, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).

• "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MFF1-WLV : 15 July 2017), Asa L Townsend, Precinct 3, Colorado, Texas, United States; citing enumeration district ED 49, sheet 373C, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 1297; FHL microfilm 1,255,297.