TOWNSEND, E. R.

TOWNSEND, VANDERBILT, VANVORHEES

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Date: 12/9/2001 at 10:18:20

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES OF De Witt TWP.
From the book "The History of Clinton County Iowa" by L. P. Allen (1879) pgs 736-751

E. R. TOWNSEND, retired farmer; P.O. De Witt; born in Dutchess Co., N. Y. in 1821. Married, in March, 1848, Miss J. C. Vanderbilt, a native of New York; came to Clinton Co. in 1857, and purchased a farm in Eden Township, which he still owns; this farm contains 220 acres, and ranks with the best farms in Clinton Co.; in 1875, Mr. Townsend purchased a home in De Witt, where he has since resided. His mother, Mrs. Hannah Townsend, formerly Miss Van Vorhees, lives with him; she is 83 years of age, and is a descendant of one of the early Dutch families of New York. Mr. Townsend has four sons and one daughter---James E., John R., Fred, Geo. W. and Julia.