Townsend, Melissa -- 1857 - 1861

TOWNSEND

Posted By: Janice Sowers (email)
Date: 4/9/2005 at 18:02:49

NEW OREGON PLAIN DEALER (CRESCO, IA.) July 26, 1861 P2 C4

At Fremont, Winneshiek Co., Iowa, July 19, Melissa, infant daughter of Philemon and Sarah Townsend, aged about four years.

Source: New Oregon Plain Dealer July 26, 1861, Reprinted in Twice-A-Week Plain Dealer Sept. 9, 1902, LP, C6, 7

JULY 26.
“A little daughter of Mr. Philemon Townsend, living in Winnesheik{sic} Co., Iowa, aged only about four years, in attempting to drink from a well bucket, was precipitated one day last week to the bottom of the well thirty-six feet deep and almost instantly killed.”