Minnie Bess Harris and Thomas W. Townsend

THOMAS W. TOWNSEND was born April 11, 1876,⁴⁵⁶ and died January 21, 1941 in Columbus, Lowndes, Mississippi.^{456, 5949} He is buried in Friendship Cemetery, Columbus, Lowndes, Mississippi.⁴⁵⁶

He married MINNIE BESS HARRIS on August 31, 1902 in Clay County, Mississippi,⁸⁷⁹⁴ daughter of LUCY ELIZA SHEDD and WILLIAM MITCHEL HARRIS. She was born January 23, 1886 in Mississippi,⁴⁵⁶ and died March 16, 1971.⁴⁵⁶ She is buried in Friendship Cemetery, Columbus, Lowndes, Mississippi.⁴⁵⁶

• Descendant Reports
  • John Smith Descendant Report (Ancestor of Minnie B. Harris)
  • Randall Adams Descendant Report (Ancestor of Minnie B. Harris)
  • Thomas Cooper Descendant Report (Ancestor of Minnie B. Harris)
  • Thomas Lambert Descendant Report (Ancestor of Minnie B. Harris)
  • Robert Danbie Descendant Report (Ancestor of Minnie B. Harris)
  • Richard of Kent Descendant Report (Ancestor of Minnie B. Harris)
  • William Brown Descendant Report (Ancestor of Minnie B. Harris)
  • John Erpe Descendant Report (Ancestor of Minnie B. Harris)
  • William Duyonson Descendant Report (Ancestor of Minnie B. Harris)
  • Robert Stacy Descendant Report (Ancestor of Minnie B. Harris)
  • John Locke Descendant Report (Ancestor of Minnie B. Harris)
  • William Clarke Descendant Report (Ancestor of Minnie B. Harris)
  • ? Haskell Descendant Report (Ancestor of Minnie B. Harris)
  • John York Descendant Report (Ancestor of Minnie B. Harris)
  • Thomas Green Descendant Report (Ancestor of Minnie B. Harris)
  • Capt. Jerathmeel Bowers Descendant Report (Ancestor of Minnie B. Harris)
  • Moses Baron Descendant Report (Ancestor of Minnie B. Harris)
  • Walter Tybbott Descendant Report (Ancestor of Minnie B. Harris)
  • Samuel Cutter Descendant Report (Ancestor of Minnie B. Harris)
  • Thomas Burnap Descendant Report (Ancestor of Minnie B. Harris)
  • Thomas Miller Descendant Report (Ancestor of Minnie B. Harris)
  • Nicholas Potter Sr. Descendant Report (Ancestor of Minnie B. Harris)
  • Daniel Shed Descendant Report (Ancestor of Minnie B. Harris)
  • William Graves Descendant Report (Ancestor of Minnie B. Harris)
  • Simon Bagnell Descendant Report (Ancestor of Minnie B. Harris)
  • John Newhall Descendant Report (Ancestor of Minnie B. Harris)

Children of MINNIE BESS HARRIS and THOMAS W. TOWNSEND:

1. LUCY ELIZABETH TOWNSEND, b. May 26, 1904, Mississippi;^{4606, 456} m. JOSEPH MCCALL WARD; d. December 4, 1976, Sumter County, Alabama.⁴⁵⁶
2. WILLIAM SHEDD TOWNSEND, b. February, 1906, Steens, Lowndes, Mississippi;⁴⁶⁰⁴ d. before 1910.
3. THOMAS W. TOWNSEND, b. 1907, Mississippi.
4. MINNETTE TOWNSEND, b. July 27, 1908;⁴⁵⁶ m. (1) EDWARD HAMPTON COUCHMAN in 1925, m. (2) THOMAS D. STINSON on July 19, 1941 in Philadelphia, Neshoba, Mississippi⁵¹⁸⁰; d. July 9, 1980.⁴⁵⁶
5. NEWTON TOWNSEND, b. August 20, 1910, Mississippi;^{456, 4605} m. INEZ HOOTZ on May 2, 1937 in Lowndes County, Mississippi⁸⁷⁹⁴; d. August 26, 1976.⁴⁵⁶



Newspaper Articles

Macon Beacon, April 6, 1917⁵¹⁷⁷

Columbus.—With an authorized capitalization of $100,000, a portion of which has been subscribed, a company has been organized to manufacture a machine for the extermination of boll weevils which was patented some time ago by T. W. Townsend of this city.

Columbus Dispatch, August 27, 1919⁵¹⁷⁶

Mr. T. W. Townsend was here the past week and bought the W. M. Harris home on North Eighth street just back of the W. C. Gunter home. Mr. Townsend's family will reside here for the school advantages while he farms in the Delta.

Obituaries

Daily Clarion-Ledger, January 24, 1941⁵⁹⁴⁹

COLUMBUS MAN IS INTERRED

COLUMBUS, Jan. 23 — Thomas W. Townsend, 64 years old, an inventor, farmer and merchant, died at his home at Columbus.

He was the originator of the New Hope Gravel company and the Columbus Gravel company and after disposing of those enterprises organized the Kolola Gravel company. He invented and patented an automatic alarm warning motorists at railroad crossing. He was a veteran of the Spanish-American war. He is survived by his widow and four children.

Census Records

Date	Location	Enumerated Names
June 29, 19004575	Lebanon, Lowndes, Mississippi	William Mitchel Harris Lucy Eliza Shedd Minnie Bess Harris George Cornelius Harris Sam Reese Harris Lucy Grace Harris Mary Annette Harris
May 15, 19101041	Steens, Lowndes, Mississippi	Thomas W. Townsend Minnie Bess Harris Lucy Elizabeth Townsend Thomas W. Townsend Minnette Townsend
January 8, 19204577	Columbus, Lowndes, Mississippi	Thomas W. Townsend Minnie Bess Harris Lucy Elizabeth Townsend Thomas W. Townsend Minnette Townsend Newton Townsend
April 5, 19304582	Columbus, Lowndes, Mississippi	Thomas W. Townsend Minnie Bess Harris Newton Townsend
April 10, 19404579	Columbus, Lowndes, Mississippi	Thomas W. Townsend Minnie Bess Harris Elizabeth Ann Couchman Edward Hampton Couchman Thomas W. Townsend Minnette Townsend Lucy Eliza Shedd