Did you go to the Historical Society in Dixon, Ky.? Betty Townsend, now deceased, donated her research on the Townsend family to the Society. She was a good friend of mine, and I know she did a lot of research and documentation on the Townsends. > From: dcole41@gmail.com > To: KYWEBSTE-L@rootsweb.com > Date: Fri, 30 Apr 2010 19:55:08 -0400 > Subject: [KYWEBSTE] James Russell-Amanda Townsend > > James and Amanda married in Hopkins Co, KY on Aug. 31, 1848. They show up > in the Union Co. 1850 census with one child, Lydia. Amanda is in the 1860 > census with more children in Union Co, and in the 1870 and 1880 census in > Webster Co with the children that remain at home. James only shows up in > the 1850 census. The youngest child Eliza Jane Russell married Jobe B > Edens and her death certificate indicates that James was her father. She > was born in 1868 leaving me to believe that James lived at least until the > 1867/1868 time period. > > > > I have been unable to locate the parents of James. I cannot find a death > certificate for either James or Amanda. No will for either was found in > Webster Co. I have checked the Webster Co Cemetery books and found no > record of James or Amanda. Their son James is buried at Slover. > > > > The death certificate for Eliza shows that she was buried at Little Zion but > no marker, there is a marker for Job B Edens her husband and several > sandstones near his marker and appears to be on the same lot. I have > checked to see if there are records for the cemetery as to owns the lot, no > records. > > > > I believe that Amanda is the daughter of Littleton Townsend, son of James > Townsend. No definite proof. I do not know Littleton's wife's name. > > > > Does anyone have any records of these families. I believe that the > children of James and Amanda are Lydia, James, John, Samuel, Mary (Polley), > Eliza Jane, and the youngest Alford. > > > > Help! > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to KYWEBSTE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message _________________________________________________________________ Hotmail is redefining busy with tools for the New Busy. Get more from your inbox. http://www.windowslive.com/campaign/thenewbusy?ocid=PID28326::T:WLMTAGL:ON:WL:en-US:WM_HMP:042010_2