Brief Life History of Horace Earle
When Horace Earle Townsend was born on 26 April 1864, in Pavilion, Genesee, New York, United States, his father, Elbert Townsend, was 22 and his mother, Emily Olmsted, was 26. He married Grace L Hendee on 10 September 1884, in Pavilion Center, Pavilion, Genesee, New York, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters. He lived in Pavilion, Pavilion, Genesee, New York, United States for about 35 years and LeRoy, Genesee, New York, United States for about 10 years. He died on 11 December 1947, in Le Roy, LeRoy, Genesee, New York, United States, at the age of 83, and was buried in Pavilion, Genesee, New York, United States.
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- Horace E Townsend, "New York State Census, 1892"
- Horace E Townsend, "New York, State Death Index, 1880-1956"
- Horace Townsend, "United States Census, 1940"
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1865
Abraham Lincoln is assassinated by John Wilkes Booth.
1865 · The Assassination of a President
"While attending the play ""Our American Cousin"" in Ford's Theatre, actor John Wilkes Booth climbed up the stairs to the suite that President Abraham Lincoln and his wife resided. Once inside the suite Booth pulled out his pistol and shot The President in the head. In critical condition The President was carried out of the theatre for urgent medical attention. Unfortunately, Lincoln died the following day. Abraham Lincoln was the first American president to be assassinated, and his death caused a period of national mourning both in the North and South."
1886
Statue of Liberty is dedicated.
Name Meaning
English: topographic name for someone who lived at the extremity of a village, from Middle English toun(es)ende. Compare Town . There may have been some confusion with Townson .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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