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Cyrus Townsley

Born 10 Jan 1823 in Ohio

Ancestors

Son of William Townsley and Elizabeth (Beard) Townsley

Brother of Albert Galloway Townsley

Husband of Elizabeth Catherine (Stevenson) Townsley — married 5 Apr 1843 in Xenia, Greene County, Ohio

Descendants

Father of William B Townsley, John Townsley and Mary Beth Townsley

Died 11 Aug 1905 at age 82 in Muscatine, Iowa, United States

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Biography

Photo "hoard" related to the Townsley family, many unidentified.

Information from the Cyrus and Elizabeth Townsley Bible is found here.

Birth of Cyrus Townsley is listed as January 10, 1823 - 1

April 5, 1843 Mr C. Townsley married Miss E. C. Stevenson. in Xenia, Greene County, Ohio. Marriage performed by Moses Russell, witnesses are A.G. Townsley and S.A. Townsley. - 1

Cyrus's wife Elizabeth C. Townsley Passed away at four o'clock June 30th 1896 aged seventy five years four months and one day at Letts, Louisa County, Iowa - 1

Townsley Bible lists him as dying August 11, 1905. -1

Cyus was born on 10 January 1823, married Elizabeth Catherine Stephenson on 21 Mar 1843, died on 11 August 1905.

Sources

from family records, to be clarified later

1 Cyrus and Elizabeth Townsley Bible, family document collection

Updated from documents on Family Search
1843 "Ohio Marriages, 1800-1958", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XDN4-NQ2 : 25 March 2020), Cyrus Townsley, 1843.
1850 "Ohio Marriages, 1800-1958", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XDN4-NQ2 : 25 March 2020), Cyrus Townsley, 1843.
1860 "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M82L-5GT : 18 February 2021), Cyrus Townsly, 1860.
1870 "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDVG-5Z1 : 29 May 2021), Cyrus Townsley, 1870.
1880 "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDL4-HXL : 14 January 2022), Cyrus Tounsley, Cedar Township, Muscatine, Iowa, United States; citing enumeration district , sheet , NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm .
1900 "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MMYM-S7P : accessed 12 February 2022), Cyrus Townsley, Blue Mound Township Blue Mound, Linn, Kansas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 108, sheet 16A, family 321, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,487.
1905 "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVV8-7DT7 : 27 July 2019), Cyrus Townsley, 1905; Burial, , Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America, Oak Grove Cemetery; citing record ID 16292901, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.

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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Cyrus by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Cyrus: