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Hamilton L “Hamp” Townsend

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Hamilton L “Hamp” Townsend

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24 Oct 1897 (aged 55)
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Garwood, Colorado County, Texas, USA Add to Map
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Townsend, Hamilton L. "Hamp"
Last Monday near relatives went from this city to see the last of their kinsman, Mr. Hamp Townsend, who died at his home thirty miles south of here. Mrs. Jas. Cummins and Mrs. Joseph Lessing are sisters of deceased and the only survivors of the Asa Townsend children.

Mr. "Hamp" Townsend, an old citizen of this county, and the last of the older Townsends, died suddenly at his home near Crasco, in this county, Sunday night, after a brief illness of some complaint like heart failure. He was well known in this section, where he had numerous friends, and his death is deeply regretted. The MERCURY extends its sincere consolence to the bereaved family. [Interment in Goldenrod Cemetery]

Weimar Mercury, October 30, 1897

On the birth of Hamilton L. "Hamp" Townsend, its July 6, 1842, Colorado County Texas.

**He enlisted in Company A, Texas Cavalry, August 17, 1861

**Confederate Soldiers In Colorado County Texas
Source: Originally appeared in Nesbitt Memorial Library Journal, vol. 7, no. 2, pp. 111-142, slightly modified for this presentation)

Thanks to Mrs. Sharon Marshall for the extra info.
Townsend, Hamilton L. "Hamp"
Last Monday near relatives went from this city to see the last of their kinsman, Mr. Hamp Townsend, who died at his home thirty miles south of here. Mrs. Jas. Cummins and Mrs. Joseph Lessing are sisters of deceased and the only survivors of the Asa Townsend children.

Mr. "Hamp" Townsend, an old citizen of this county, and the last of the older Townsends, died suddenly at his home near Crasco, in this county, Sunday night, after a brief illness of some complaint like heart failure. He was well known in this section, where he had numerous friends, and his death is deeply regretted. The MERCURY extends its sincere consolence to the bereaved family. [Interment in Goldenrod Cemetery]

Weimar Mercury, October 30, 1897

On the birth of Hamilton L. "Hamp" Townsend, its July 6, 1842, Colorado County Texas.

**He enlisted in Company A, Texas Cavalry, August 17, 1861

**Confederate Soldiers In Colorado County Texas
Source: Originally appeared in Nesbitt Memorial Library Journal, vol. 7, no. 2, pp. 111-142, slightly modified for this presentation)

Thanks to Mrs. Sharon Marshall for the extra info.

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