Nancy
Townsend
Born about in Lewis, Virginia, United States
Ancestors 
Daughter of Solomon Townsend
and Margaret (Hacker) Townsend
Sister of
Mary Townsend, Levi Townsend, Matilda Catherine (Townsend) Greenleaves, John Townsend, Catherine (Townsend) Roby [half], Solomon B Townsend III, Perry Townsend, Albert Townsend, George W Townsend, Elizabeth A Townsend [half], Jonathan Townsend [half] and Margaret Townsend [half]
[spouse(s) unknown]
[children unknown]
Died [date unknown]
[location unknown]
Profile last modified
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Biography
Nancy Townsend, a daughter of Solomon and Margaret (Hacker)
Townsend, was born in Lewis County Va about 1834. She married James
Norman Smarr in Gilmer County VA December 6 1850. James, a son of
Benjamin and Anna (Norman) Smarr, was born in Lewis County VA (WV) about
1833.
The family moved from Gilmer County WV to Braxton County WV after
1870. They are listed in the 1900 Braxton County WV census. They had
been married 49 years. Nancy was the mother of 13 children, with 12,
living.
Known children of James Norman and Nancy (Townsend) Smarr.
49. (1). Matilda A. b.c. 1852
50. (2). Mary b.Jun 1854
51. (3). Rebecca b.c. 1857
52. (4). Richard W. b.Jun 1858
53. (5). Jesse V. b.May 1863
m. Savanna ------
54. (6). Martha b.c. 1866
55. (7). John S. b.c. 1867
56. (8). Ellen b. 1870
57. (9). James T. b.Feb 1880 [1][2]
Sources
"Gilmer County WV History 1845-1989" p.36
"Hacker's Creek Journal" Vol. X issue 2 Spring 1992 pp.25,26
Norman, Don, "Descendants of Benjamin Smarr", "Descendants of John
Mealey"
Payne, Wanda, email to Don Norman Aug 30 1999
Townsend, Toni, Townsend family group sheets 1992
Walker, Ruth Conrad, letter to Don Norman May 20, 2001
1850,1860 Gilmer County VA census [3]
Footnotes
- ↑ http://hackerscreek.com/norman/TOWNSEND/SOLOMON.htm
- ↑ Entered by Nae X.
- ↑ http://hackerscreek.com/norman/TOWNSEND/SOLOMON.htm
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Nancy by comparing test results with other carriers of her ancestors' mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Nancy:
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~0.78%
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~0.78%
~3.12%
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~0.78%
~1.56%
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