 John* Mann Townley, son of John* Townley and Elizabeth* Ball.Born Aug 24, 1801 at POWHATAN CO. VIRGINIA, died Jul 15, 1855 at OSAGE CO. MO., 53 years. Occupation: 1850 at PHYSICIAN; [Brøderbund WFT Vol. 12, Ed. 1, Tree 953, Date of Import: Apr 25, 1999] FOUND HIM ON THE 1850 CENSUS FOR BENTON TOWNSHIP, OSAGE COUNTY, MO. HE IS AGE 49. HIS WIFE IS PININAH, AGE 38. SHE AND JOHN MANN WERE BOTH BORN IN VIRGINIA, THE CHILDREN LISTED ON THIS CENSUS WERE ALL BORN IN BENTON TOWNSHIP, OSAGE CO. MO. THEY ARE A SON, KELITA, AGE 15, A SON, JOHN, AGE 14, A SON ALVA, AGE 12, A DAUGHTER SARAH AGE 8, A SON, MELIENE AGE 5 , A SON MOSES, AGE 2 AND A DAUGHTER ELIZA, AGE 3 MONTHS. JOHN MANN SEEMS TO BE A COUNTRY DOCTOR. JOHN MANN TOWNLEY WAS A SLAVE OWNER ACCORDING TO THE 1840 BENTON TOWNSHIP, OSAGE, MISSOURI CENSUS. HE HAD 6 SLAVES, I BELIEVE ALL FEMALE, THE CENSUS IS VERY HARD TO READ, AT LEAST MY COPY IS. THERE SEEMS TO HAVE BEEN A FEMALE CHILD BORN BETWEEN 1838 AND 1842. SHE SHOWS UP ON THE 1840 CENSUS, BUT NOT ON THE 1850. JOHN MANN ATTENDED TRANSYLVANIA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL IN LEXINGTON, KENTUCKY. HE ATTENDED FROM NOV. 2 1829 UNTIL MARCH OR APRIL 1830. HE THEN MOVED TO OSAGE COUNTY MISSOURI AND PRACTICED MEDICINE. Things have changed a bit, thanks heavens! Married Sep 23, 1833 at GASCONADE CO. (LATER OSAGE CO.) MO. (21 years married) to:  Peninnah* AlkireBorn Nov 7, 1812 at HARDY CO. VIRGINIA, ( NOW WEST VIR.), died Oct 27, 1887 at OSAGE CO. MO., 74 years [Brøderbund WFT Vol. 12, Ed. 1, Tree 953, Date of Import: Apr 25, 1999] SHE WAS FOUND ON THE 1850 CENSUS AS THE WIFE OF JOHN MANN TOWNLEY IN BENTON TOWNSHIP, OSAGE CO., MO. SHE WAS BORN IN VIRGINIA. Custom Field:<_FA3953Date of Import: Apr 25, 1999 _MENDDeath of one spouse Children: 1. Kelita William TownleyBorn Jul 15, 1834 at BENTON TOWNSHIP (CHAMOIS) MISSOURI, died Nov 29, 1896 at OSAGE CO. MO., 62 years. Occupation: 1880 at PHYSICIAN AND DRUGGIST; Custom Field:<_FA3953Date of Import: Apr 25, 1999 [Brøderbund WFT Vol. 12, Ed. 1, Tree 953, Date of Import: Apr 25, 1999] KELITA MARRIED JANE L. HUGHES ON OCT. 18, 1855 THE CEROMONY WAS PREFORMED BY JOHN H. STEPHENS A TEACHING EVANGELIST OF THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH. THE CEREMONY WAS HELD AT BAILY'S CREEK CHURCH. THIS FIRST NAME IS SPELLED SEVERAL DIFFERENT WAYS ON THE CENSUS THAT I HAVE. IN 1850 WHILE STILL LIVING WITH HIS FATHER JOHN MANN TOWNLEY, THE SPELLING IS HELITA, HILITA OR KILITA (the correct spelling is KELITA). ON THE 1870 CENSUS IT IS SPELLED HACHITA. HE MARRIED JANE L. AND HAD THESE CHILDREN LISTED. SAMUEL G. AGE 12, WILLIAM D. AGE 11, PININAH AGE 9, STERLING AGE 7 AN REBECCA J. AGE 5. 1880 CENSUS LIST HIM AS K.W. TOWNLEY. HE IS STILL IN THE SAME PLACE AND IS NOW AGE 47 WHILE WIFE JANE L. IS AGE 52. K.W. IS A PHYSICIAN, LIKE HIS FATHER JOHN MANN. AT THIS TIME THE CHILDREN STILL REMAING AT HOME WERE WILIAM D. AGE 21, STERLING M. AGE 18 AND REBECCA AGE 15. KELITA STUDIED MEDICINE UNDER HIS FATHER AND AT MISSOURI MEDICAL SCHOOL, GRADUATING IN MARCH OF 1855. 2. John* Alkire TownleyBorn Mar 15, 1836 at CHAMOIS, OSAGE CO., MO., BENTON TOWNSHIP, died Feb 13, 1907 at CHAMOIS, OSAGE CO., MO, TOWNLEY CEMETERY, 70 years. Occupation: 1880 at FARMER; [Brøderbund WFT Vol. 12, Ed. 1, Tree 953, Date of Import: Apr 25, 1999] JOHN A. TOWNLEY AND ELIZABETH J. HENSLEY WERE MARRIED ON AUG. 15, 1858, BY JOHN H. STEVENS OF THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH IN CHAMOIS MO. 1870 CENSUS FOR BENTON TOWNSHIP, OSAGE CO., MO. SHOWS JOHN A. AGE 34, ELIZABETH AGE 34, CHILDREN, JAMES E. 10, WILBUR M. 8, LEILLES A. 7, ELMYRA 3, LEE A. 10 MONTHS. 1880 CENSUS FOR BENTON TOWNSHIP, OSAGE COUNTY., MISSOURI SHOWS JOHN A. LIVING WITH HIS WIFE ELIZABETH J. AND THERE SIX LIVING CHILDREN. WILLIAM M, AGE 20, LILLY A. AGE 17, NORA P. (PENINAH) AGE 13, LEE A. AGE 11, MATTIE E. AGE 8, RAY (RAYMOND) AGE 1. SAME PLACE CENSUS OF 1870 SHOWS A SON JAMES OR JAMIS E. AGE 10. HE MUST HAS DIED SOMETIME BETWEEN THE TWO CENSUS. 1900 CENSUS, SAME PLACE, NOW AGE 64, LIVING WITH WIFE ELIZABETH AGE 64 AND SON RAYMOND AGE 21. CAN NOT YET FIND THEM ON THE 1910 CENSUS. 3. Alvah Washington TownleyBorn Feb 17, 1838 at BENTON TOWNSHIP (CHAMOIS) MISSOURI, died Jan 7, 1876 at BENTON TOWNSHIP (CHAMOIS) MISSOURI, 37 years [Brøderbund WFT Vol. 12, Ed. 1, Tree 953, Date of Import: Apr 25, 1999] FOUND HIM LIVING WITH HIS PARENTS ON THE 1850 CENSUS OF BENTON TOWNSHIP, OSAGE CO. MO., AGE 12. ON THIS CENSUS HIS NAME IS SPELLED ALVA. ALVAH WAS MARRIED TO LUCRETIA REYNOLDS ON OCT 1, 1857 BY A JUSTICE OF THE PEACE NAMED A.N. WILLIAMS, AT THE HOME OF LUCRETIA'S FATHER WILLIAM C. REYNOLDS. ON THE 1870 CENSUS HIS NAME IS SPELLED ALVAH W. HE IS STILL IN THE SAME PLACE, NOW WITH A WIFE NAMED MYRA J. AGED 32, (HE IS NOW 34). WITH ONE CHILD, MARTHA J. AGE 2. IN 1864 ALVAH MARRIED MYRA JANE PHELPS. 4. Martha Elizabeth TownleyBorn May 21, 1840 at CHAMOIS, MO, BENTON TOWNSHIP, died Dec 19, 1847 at CHAMOIS, MO, BENTON TOWNSHIP, 7 years [Brøderbund WFT Vol. 12, Ed. 1, Tree 953, Date of Import: Apr 25, 1999] MARTHA WAS THE FIRST TO BE BURIED IN THE TOWNLEY FAMILY CEMETERY. SHE WAS 7 AND 1/2 YEARS OLD, THE DAUGHTER OF JOHN MANN AND PENINNAH TOWNLEY, MY GREAT, GREAT, GREAT GRANDPARENTS. "THE GRAVE IS BUILT UP AND COVERED WITH HUGE SLABS OF ROCKS TO KEEP THE WOLVES OUT. THIS WAS SUPPOSEDLY DONE BY DR. TOWNLEY'S SLAVES. INFORMATION FROM GEORGE KISHMAR, CHAMOIS HISTORIAN". TAKEN FROM A COMPREHENSIVE SURVEY OF BENTON AND CRAWFORD TOWNSHIPS CEMETERYS, OSAGE COUNTY, MO. COMPILED IN 1987-88. 5. Sally Ann (Sarah) TownleyBorn Oct 17, 1842 at BENTON TOWNSHIP (CHAMOIS) MISSOURI, died Oct 23, 1899, 57 years 6. Melecue James TownleyBorn May 29, 1845 at BENTON TOWNSHIP (CHAMOIS) MISSOURI, died Jan 20, 1910 at SALINE CO. MO, 64 years [Brøderbund WFT Vol. 12, Ed. 1, Tree 953, Date of Import: Apr 25, 1999] I'M NOT SURE HOW TO SPELL OR PRONOUNCE THIS NAME. ON THE 1850 CENSUS, BENTON TOWNSHIP, OSAGE CO. MO. IT LOOK'S LIKE MELIENE TOWNLEY. AT THIS TIME HE IS LIVING WITH HIS PARENTS AND IS AGE 5. THE CORRECT SPELLING FOR THE NAME IS MELECUE. 1870 CENSUS SHOWS SAME PLACE WITH A WIFE NAMED AMANDA. SHE IS AGE 21, HE IS AGE 25. SHE WAS BORN IN MO. THEY HAVE ONE 3 YEAR OLD DAUGHTER LELIA P., ALSO BORN IN ABOVE NAMED TOWNSHIP. 1880 CENSUE NOW HAS HIM LISTED AS M. J. TOWNLEY. AGE 35. HIS WIFE IS STILL AMANDA, AGE 30. THE CHILDREN STILL LIVING AT HOME ARE, LELIA, AGE 13. AND A SON, AUSTIN AGE 4. HE IS STILL LIVING IN THE SAME PLACE. 7. Moses Mann (Sr) TownleyBorn Jan 9, 1848 at BENTON TOWNSHIP (CHAMOIS) MISSOURI, died Jan 21, 1913 at BURIED TOWNLEY FAMILY CEMETERY, 65 years [Brøderbund WFT Vol. 12, Ed. 1, Tree 953, Date of Import: Apr 25, 1999] FOUND HIM ON THE 1870 CENSUS FOR BENTON TOWNSHIP, OSAGE COUNTY, MISSOURI. HE HAD JUST MARRIED SARAH J. IN NOV. OF 1869. HE WAS 22, SHE WAS 21. NO CHILDREN AS OF YET. FOUND THEM AGAIN ON THE 1880 CENSUS. THEY NOW HAVE 4 CHILDREN. MOSES AGE 9, EVA P. AGE6, MARVIN A. AGE 3 AND LYDIA, BORN IN DEC. OF 1879, LISTED AS 7 MONTHS. 8. Eliza Jane TownleyBorn Mar 8, 1850 at BENTON TOWNSHIP (CHAMOIS) MISSOURI, died Aug 28, 1928 at CHAMOIS, MO, BENTON TOWNSHIP, 78 years [Brøderbund WFT Vol. 12, Ed. 1, Tree 953, Date of Import: Apr 25, 1999] FOUND HER ON THE 1910 CENSUS LISTED AS E. JANE TOWNLEY LIVING WITH A NEPHEW NAMED CHARLES A. STEPHENS, HIS SISTER MARY E., HIS BROTHER-IN-LAW WILLIAN DODDS AND DODDS CHILDREN WILLIAM E. (MALE) AND LYDIA A .( FEMALE). ELIZA JANE TOWNLEY NEVER MARRIED. THIS INFO WAS FOR BENTON TOWNSHIP, OSAGE COUNTY, MISSOURI. 9. Thomas Randolph TownleyBorn Nov 4, 1852 at BENTON TOWNSHIP (CHAMOIS) MO. TOWNLEY CEMETERY, died Aug 31, 1879 at CHAMOIS, MO, BENTON TOWNSHIP, 26 years | |||