Townsend, Absolem Perry LAST: Townsend FIRST: Absolem MID: Perry GENDER: M MAIDEN NAME:  TITLE:  BORN: 11 Apr 1833 DIED: 19 Nov 1859 BURIED:  (William C. Brown Cemetery) OCCUPATION:   BIRTH PLACE:  Jackson Co, Missouri DEATH PLACE: Oregon NOTES:  DONATION LAND CLAIM  2804 Townsend (x), Absalom T. (or Absolem P.), Polk Co; b 1833, "became 21y of age on 11 Apr 1854", Jackson co, Mo; Arrived Oregon 20 Sept 1847; settled claim 1 Sept 1854; m Elzira Jane 5/6 Apr 1854, Polk Co, Ore; Ira S. Townsend adm of estate by 6 Feb 1860. 16 Jan 1864 Narcis Provo signed Oath of Allegiance as purchaser of 1/2 of claim. Aff: John Balden, John W. Townsend, James M. Townsend, Narcis provo, Francis M. Smith, Ira S. Townswend MARRIAGE - Perry Townsend & Miss Jane Smith md 6 Apr 1854 Thomas J. Lovelady, JP. Wit: Ira Townsend & W.C. Brown. Consent of their parents. NOTE - Son of Hannah Townsend; father of James William Townsend; his wife Jane m2 on 26 Aug 1860 in Polk Co to George B. Ashby; they appear in the 1870 census of Polk Co, house 571, with Jane's two sons by her first husband, Richard & James Townsend OBITUARY:  INSCRIPTION:  A. P. Townsend Born April 11, 1833 Died Nov. 19, 1859 SOURCES:  Branigar Survey Saucy Survey & Photographs Genealogical Material in Oregon Donation Land Claims, Vol 2, entry 2804 Polk Co, Oregon, Marriage Records, 1849-1879, page 7 CONTACTS:  ROW:    IMAGES: