When Susan Maria Townsend was born on 10 June 1834, in Buxton, York, Maine, United States, her father, James Foss Townsend, was 26 and her mother, Susan Davis, was 39. She married John Hockaday Baridy about 1852, in Missouri, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. She lived in Washington Township, Buchanan, Missouri, United States in 1850 and Utah, United States in 1870. She died on 25 April 1879, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 44, and was buried in Mount Olivet Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.
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Being a monumental event in the Texas Revolution, The Battle of the Alamo was a thirteen-day battle at the Alamo Mission near San Antonio. In the early morning of the final battle, the Mexican Army advanced on the Alamo. Quickly being overrun, the Texian Soldiers quickly withdrew inside the building. The battle has often been overshadowed by events from the Mexican–American War, But the Alamo gradually became known as a national battle site and later named an official Texas State Shrine.
Historical Boundaries 1838: Buchanan created from Non-Area 12
Historical Boundaries: 1848: Mexican Cession, United States 1850: Utah Territory, United States 1851: Great Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States 1868: Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Salt Lake, Utah, United States
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.
Possible Related NamesThe Townsend family had immigrated from Norfolk, England, to the state of Massachusetts in 1636. They later moved to the state of Maine (early 1700's), where the family had lived for some two hundred …
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