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Isaac Wilcox married, about 1790-95, Nancy Newcombe, who was born in Dutchess county, New York, May 26, 1765, and died in Wyo- ming, June 15, 1857, her remains being in- terred at the Cooper burying ground near Fort Blanchard. Thomas Newcombe was a son of Simon and Deborah Newcombe, and grandson of Lieut. Andrew and Sarah New- combe. Andrew Newcombe was lieutenant of Massachusetts colonial troops, appointed April 13, 1691. Isaac and Nancy (Newcombe) Wilcox had : I. Samuel. Gilbert. 3. Newcome. 4. Elizabeth. 5. Jane, born Au- gust, 1794. 6. Cornelia, born March 24, 1798. 7. Maria, wife of Isaac Thompson, who at the time of his death, which occurred in Illi- nois, was nearly one hundred and four years of age. 8. Isaac, born September 17. 1801. 9. Crandall, born 1803. 10. Gardner. II. James.
Samuel Wilcox, eldest child of Isaac and Nancy Wilcox, married Clara Love Mon- tayne, born August 19, 1796. Their children were :
16. Elias Bowen, born at Plains, March 2, 1818: was educated in the common schools. He became owner of the land which is now the town of Taylor, Pennsylvania, near Scran- ton, but a question of title coming up it was lost. He was a brickmaker and followed his calling until within two years of his death, Oc- tober 11, 1903, at the age of eighty-five years. He married, August 17, 1844, Nancy E. Max- field, born May 23, 1827, who is now living in Plymouth in her seventy-eighth year, a re- markably well-preserved woman. Their chil- dren were: I. Mary H., born June 22, 1846, married Alexander Ferguson, son of Robert and Jane Ferguson, who emigrated from Ire- land in 1862; they had five children: Emma Ferguson, born March 24. 1867, married Feb- ruary 4, 1891, Miller Frederick, born in Ash- ley, and had three children-Donald, Russell, and Kenneth: Chester Alexander Ferguson, born January 21, 1869, married January 29, 1895. Lizzie Rennard, and had two children, Walter and Frederick ; Jennie Ferguson. born December 20, 1875, married January 29, 1903, Frank Bitten- bender, and had one child, Paul; John Hen- drick Ferguson, born April 2, 1878; Robert Stewart Ferguson born November 30, 1881. 2. Chester B. Wilcox, born November IO, 1847, married January 10, 1877, Jennie Major, and had children: Dr. Homer B., Martha, Bertha and Dorothy.
17. James, born September 9, 1819. a vet- eran of the Florida Seminole Indian war.
18. Egbert, born July 29, 1821 ; a school teacher in Ohio and Plains ; died young.
19. Ellen, born March 1, 1823.
20. Emily, born October 12, 1824.
21. Clarissa, born July 16, 1826.
22. Chester, born October 21, 1827.
23. Samuel, born October 12, 1829, was a. justice of the peace for twenty-six years. Be- ginning with practically nothing, he became a well-to-do stock farmer, and left considerable proerty to his family.
24. Zilpha, born April 9, 1832.
25. Charles, born August 9, 1835, a school teacher in Ohio.
26. Calvin P., born August 19, 1837, moved to Covington, Kentucky, when thirteen years old, and then to Ohio, where he studied law and practiced his profession. He enlisted as. a private in the Ohio Volunteers in 1861, serv- ing until 1865, and by gallantry rising to the rank of colonel. He died in Scranton.
(VIII). Isaac Wilcox, ninth child of Isaac and Nancy (Newcombe) Wilcox, born Sep- tember 17, 1801, died April 19, 1860; married, May 6, 1824, Sarah Stark, born May 20, 1801, died June 27, 1864, daughter of Daniel Stark, and granddaughter of Aaron Stark, who was. killed at Wyoming valley during the massa- cre, while Nancy Newcombe was in the fort. (See Stark family). Isaac and Sarah (Stark). Wilcox had children :
27. Gardner L., born February 26, 1825. 28. George S., born August 2, 1826, died November 6, 1902.
29. John D., born May 20, 1828. He was educated in the common schools, and engaged in agricultural pursuits, having purchased part of the old homestead, where he now resides. On July 3. 1884, he married Augusta Stark, a native of Tompkins county, New York, daugh- ter and only child of William and Mary (Head) Stark, granddaughter of George D. Stark, a cooper, who was born in Tompkins county, New York, and later removed to the Wyoming valley, becoming one of the pioneer settlers of that section, though his death oc- curred in Michigan, at quite an advanced age. William Stark, the father of Mrs. Wilcox. born in 1838, died 1903, was a farmer, and for many years engaged in the conduct of this business. His wife, Mary Head, was also a native of Tompkins county, New York. She later removed to Plains, where she now re -.
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: sides with her daughter, Mrs. Wilcox. Three children were born to Mr. and Mrs. John D. Wilcox: Adelaide, Mary L. and John, both · deceased. Politically, Mr. Wilcox is a Re- publican. He was formerly a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. He is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church at Plains, of which he is also a trustee and stew- ard.
30. Mary, born July 6, 1830, died January 26, 1834. ,
31. Lovina M., born August 28, 1832, died November 12, 1903; married Rev. William W. Loomis, of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and third mayor of Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania.
32. Daniel Dennis, born January 15, 1835. 33. Carpenter T., born September 8, 1839, died October 23, 1897.
Daniel Dennis. Wilcox (32), fourth son of Isaac and Sarah (Stark) Wilcox, was born in Pittston, now Plains, township, January 15, 1835. He was educated in the common schools · of Plains, and at Charlottsville Seminary, New York. For a number of years thereafter he devoted his attention to farming exclusively, after which he engaged in the livery and gro- cery business for several years, but on ac- count of ill health was forced to relinquish ac- tive pursuits in 1900, since which time he has led a retired life. During the Civil war he :served with the Pennsylvania Reserves, be- ing mustered into service June 13, 1861. Short- ly after the first battle of Manassas, Virginia, July 27, 1861, he was mustered into the serv- ice of the United States, at Washington, Dis- trict of Columbia, and served as private and corporal in Company F. Seventh Regiment In- fantry, Pennsylvania Reserves. At the time of General Lee's invasion of Pennsylvania, just prior to the battle of Gettysburg, he enlisted in Company K, Thirtieth Regiment, Pennsyl- vania Militia, and was stationed in the Cum- berland valley near Harrisburg, until the Con- federate army withdrew from the state when his regiment was mustered out. In politics he is a Republican. He attends the Presby- terian Church, and for a number of years was a member of the Sons of Temperance.
Mr. Wilcox married, November 30, 1865, Rebecca Stocker, born April 13, 1835, daughter .of Thomas and Catherine (Hartman) Stocker, and who had Rebecca (Mrs. Wilcox) ; An- netta, born June 29, 1822, died in infancy ; Jane Ann, born January 19, 1831, died 1895; Helen
Marr, born September 12, 1833, died August -, 1884; Fannie H., born October 7, 1838.
Daniel D. and Rebecca Wilcox had the fol- lowing children : 34. William S., born Oc- tober 17, 1866, married, May 7, 1888, Clara L. Becker, born July 12, 1870, had three chil- dren-Bernhard, born February 25, 1889; Dan- ield Stark, born April 7, 1892, and Clara Beck- er, born December 1, 1894. 35. Thomas, born January 30, 1871, died July 17, 1871. 36. Isaac, twin with Thomas, died July 21, 1871. 37. Katharine, born November 14, 1872.
H. E. H.
TRIPP FAMILY. The original ancestor of the Tripp family, who came to this country from England, was John Tripp (1), who lo- cated at Portsmouth, Rhode Island, in 1638, when about twenty-eight years of age. He was a carpenter by trade. His wife was Mary Paine, daughter of Anthony Paine. John Tripp was a prominent citizen, was deputy many terms and also a member of the town council. He died in 1678. John and Mary Tripp had children: John, born about 1640; Peleg, born about 1642, of whom later ; Joseph, born about 1644; Mary, born about 1646; Elizabeth, born about 1648; Isabel, born 1651 ; Abiel, born about 1653; James, born about 1656; Martha, born about 1657.
Peleg Tripp, second child of John and Mary ( Paine) Tripp, married Anna, daughter of Rich- ard Sisson, the immigrant ancestor of the fam- ily of his name, and their children were: John, Priscilla, Sarah, Job, Peleg, Mary, Ann, Me- hitable and Richard. Job, fourth child of Peleg and Anna Tripp, was born about 1673, and he had a son Job, born April 20, 1701, who had a son Job, born June 28, 1734. Isaac, born about 1700 to 1710, was evidently a son of Job, son of Peleg, so that the line becomes: John (1), Peleg (2), Job (3), Isaac (4).
Isaac Tripp (4), son of Job Tripp, resided at Pomfret, Connecticut, and married Susan-
nah Many deeds and bills of sale are recorded at Warwick in the name of Isaac Tripp and Susannah, his wife. Isaac was one of the early settlers of the Wyoming valley, and in 1768 was on the committee appointed for Rhode Island to admit the first two hun- dred settlers under the Connecticut title to lands in the Wyoming valley, and was on the committee with John Jenkins, Benjamin Shoe- maker, and others to regulate the affairs and proceedings of the first forty settlers who ar-
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rived in the valley February 8, 1769, Ezra Dean being one of them. Isaac Tripp and Ezra Dean were agents of the Connecticut- Susquehanna Company, and passed through the trying times incident to these early days and the Pennamite war. Isaac Tripp was representative to the Connecticut assembly for Westmoreland, 1777, the name of the town comprising the Wyoming valley, which was attached to the county of Litchfield. Isaac Tripp and others were appointed. June 2, 1773, directors and proprietors of Provi- dence, Pennsylvania. Isaac Tripp settled on Capouse Meadows (now Scranton) as early as 1771, and his son Isaac (5) also in the same locality between 1772 and 1775. Isaac, Sr., was killed by the Indians, December 16, 1778. while assisting his son-in-law. Jonathan Slo- cum, to feed stock. Frances Slocum, a grand- daughter of Isaac Tripp, was carried off and became the wife of an Indian chief, and was located by her brothers in 1837, near Peru, In- diana, but refused to leave her home or her children. Isaac Tripp was a member of the Friends Society. He married (first) a Miss Sweet, and had a son William Tripp. Isaac Tripp married (second) a Miss Spencer, and had Job and Ruth. Isaac Tripp married (third) Sarah Dow, and had Isaac and Henry Dow.
Isaac Tripp, eldest son of Isaac (4) and Sarah (Dow) Tripp, was born in East Green- wich, Rhode Island, July 24, 1753, and died May 22, 1807. He married Martha Wall, born at the same place, January 29, 1745, died Jan- uary 27, 1809. Their children were: Eliza- beth, born March 6, 1763: Mary, born May 5, 1765; William, born July II, 1767; Isaac, born November 10, 1769, died May 18, 1776; Susan- nah, born February 29, 1772; Amasa, born April 8, 1774; Stephen, born July 19. 1776; Isaac, born January 27, 1779, of whom later ; Martha, born September 8, 1781; Catherine, born April 22, 1784; Holden, born November 22, 1787; Nancy, born January 21, 1792. Isaac Tripp (5) and his son Stephen built the first grist mill on Leggett's creek, and the former was one of the wealthiest men in the valley. He was a large landed owner in the early set- tlement of Providence, Pennsylvania, and was active in its material development.
Isaac Tripp, son of Isaac and Martha Tripp. was born at Rhinebeck. New York, January 27, 1779, and died in Providence, Pennsylvania, May 30, 1830. He married Catherine, daugh-
ter of Peter and Sarah LaFrance, who died October 6, 1836. Their children were: Mar- tha, born June 25, 1809, died January 1, 1813; Caroline, born December 31, 1810, died April 26, 1812; Benjamin S., born April 13, 1812; Ira, born January 6, 1814, died August 3, 1891 ; Mahala, born December 15, 1815, died March IO, 1879; Isaac, of whom later; Phoebe, born June 17. 1819. died October 4. 1844; Maria, born July 23, 1822, died June 8, 1883 ; Holden, born October 15, 1824. died December 30, 1870; Catherine, born November 15, 1827, died December 4, 1892. Isaac Tripp was a farmer by occupation, and resided between Provi- dence and Hyde Park, Pennsylvania.
Isaac. sixth child of Isaac and Catherine (LaFrance) Tripp, was born September 7, 1817. His father died when the son was about thirteen years of age, and he early en- tered upon a life of self-support. He followed the example of the father and engaged in farm- ing. He located in Kingston in 1854, on the place where Frank Helms now lives. subse- quently living a year and a half on a farm on the hill west of Kingston, and in 1859 pur- chasing his late home of one hundred and thir- ty-eight acres, known as the "Abbot farm." He was very successful as a stock breeder, and had in his possession a cow, which he raised on his farm, which weighed over three thous- and pounds, undoubtedly the largest cow in the world, a very beautiful, well-proportioned animal of the Shorthorn Durham breed. It was looked upon with wonder by stockraisers from various parts of the United States and Canada, who in many cases traveled long dis- tances to see so extraordinary an animal. Mr. Tripp was a Republican in his political views, and held the office of assessor of Providence. He was married (first) February 17, 1840, to Margaret, born May 30, 1816, daughter of Ja- cob I. and Elizabeth (Woulthmuth) Shoe- maker, natives of Pennsylvania, and of Ger- man origin. Their children were: Mary A., born July 24, 1842: Penelope E., born Decem- ber 24, 1844, wife of Isaac Estabrook, a farm- er, at Catherine, New York: Phoebe M., born August 24, 1847, wife of W. O. Sherwood, a farmer at Trumansburgh, New York: Margaret E., born August 21, 1851; Isaac Eugene. born September 20, 1849, died May 22, 1851 : Emma C., born November 12, 1854. wife of Stephen F. Williams, a druggist, at Plymouth, Penn- sylvania. Mrs. Margaret (Shoemaker) Tripp died November 23, 1856, and Mr. Tripp was
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married (second) December 28, 1861, to Han- nah Rogers, born February 16, 1834, daugh- ter of Nelson and Jane (Durling) Rogers, na- tives of Maine and Orange county, New York, and of New England and Irish lineage, respect- ively. Their children were: Flora T., born April 15, 1863, married to Simeon Bronson, a farmer in Schuylkill township, Chester coun- ty, Pennsylvania; Maud, born December 3, 1864, married to Frederick Space, of Forty Fort; Isaac Nelson, born December 29, 1866, who is farming in Schulykill township; Edwin McN., of whom later; Catherine Jane, born July 31, 1872, married Dr. Thompson and re- sides on the old homestead ; and Bertha May, born May 18, 1875, married Dr. D. G. Robin- hold and resides in Forty Fort: has one daughter. Josephine, born May 15, 1904. Mrs. Tripp was a member of the First Baptist Church of Wilkes-Barre. Mr. Tripp died February 5. 1898, aged eighty years. Mrs. Tripp died July II, 1904.
Edwin McNeil Tripp, fourth child of Isaac and Hannah (Rogers) Tripp, was born in Kingston, Pennsylvania, September 8, 1868. He passed his early years upon the parental farm, and began his education in the public schools at Forty Fort, subsequently attend- ing in turn the Wyoming Seminary and the Moravian Military School at Nazareth Hall, Northampton county, Pennsylvania, from which last named institution he was gradu- ated in the class of 1889. On completing his education he returned to the homestead farm, upon which he has continuously resided to the present time. He married, October 16, 1895, Lucy A. Wolfe, born at Pike's Creek, Decem- ber II, 1873, daughter of Josiah and Olive (Thomson) Wolfe, of Pike's Creek, Luzerne county, Pennsylvania. Her father is a farm- er, and she is one of four children, the others being Emma, Charles and Verna. Her father is the son of Clark and Althea (Goss) Wolfe, of Fairmount, Pennsylvania, and one of nine children: Mary, deceased; Josiah, named above ; Nathaniel, Theodore, Jane, Joseph, Ja- cob, Martha, Rhoda and Almina. Clark Wolfe is yet living at Pike's Creek, at the venerable age of eighty-nine years ; his wife died in Feb- ruary, 1885, aged seventy-six years, and was buried at Pike's Creek. Olive Thompson, wife of Josiah Wolfe, is a daughter of Peter and Lucy (Sconton) Thompson, of Bradford county, Pennsylvania, both of whom are de- ccased. H. E. H.
SAMPSON TOWNSEND, a prosperous business man of Plymouth, was born August 1, 1845, at Blaen Avon, Monmouthshire coun- ty, England, and is a descendant of a long line of English ancestry from the west of Eng- land. He is the son of James Edward and Susannah (Stiff) Townsend, and grandson of Sampson and Ann (Stiff) Townsend.
Sampson Townsend was born in Iron Ac- ton, Gloucestershire county, England. He re- ssided in that section throughout his entire lifetime, and his attention was devoted to ag- riculture. He married Ann Stiff, of Iron Ac- ton, and had three children: I. William, who was an organ builder in the city of Bath, west of England, and died there without issue. He was twice married. 2. Henry, who followed mining in the west of England and was killed in the mines. He married and had a large family, a number of whom came to America, settling in Canada and others in various parts of the United States. 3. James Edward, men- tioned hereafter.
Stephen Townsend, brother of Sampson Townsend, was the father of a large family. Stephen Townsend, Jr., entered the British navy, was injured in battle in the Baltic sea, invalided home and died there. 2. George. saw army service through the entire Cri- mean war and also through the Sepoy rebel- lion in India, returned to England and there spent the remainder of his life and died; he was pensioned by the English government. 3. John also fought all through the Crimean war. He came to the United States, entered the Union army and fought all through the Civil war: he was pensioned by the United States government. After the close of the war he located in Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania, followed iron mining there for a number of years, then coming to Parsons in 1873: he- continued mining and thereby accumulated a competency. He died in Parsons about 1895. He married a Miss Scott and had one child. Jennie, married C. C. Rhodes, formerly a merchant at Parsons, and they had two chil- dren.
James Edward Townsend, son of Samp- son and Ann Townsend, was born in Iron Ac- ton, Gloucestershire, England, June 3, 18II. He was educated in the public schools of the town. At the age of fourteen he was appren- ticed to George Bowyer, of Iron Acton. cord- wainer, for seven years. The indenture, which, is in the possession of his son, Sampson'
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Townsend, is as follows: "George Bowyer receiving in consideration, the sum of ten pounds of lawful money, current in Great Britain, well and truly paid by Robert Bush, Esquire. Signed and sealed the thirty-first day of December in the sixth year of the reign of our Sovereign Lord George the Fourth by the grace of God of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, King Defender of the Faith, and in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and twenty- five. Signed and delivered by the above men- tioned parties in the presence of B. G. Burroughs, Clerk to Brush Brideaux, Jom, Bristol. Mark and Seal of Jas. Edward Townsend. (Signed) Sampson Townsend, George Bowyer.
James Edward Townsend worked for George Bowyer during the full term of his ap- prenticeship, after which he married, in Bath, England, Susannah Stiff, who was born in Iron Acton, Gloucestershire, England, and moved to Blaen Avon, Monmouthshire, where he started in business for himself and remained there until he died on Good Friday, March 26, 1869, aged fifty-seven years, nine months and twenty-three days. Their children were:
I. Alonzo, born January 3, 1841, book- keeper for a ship building firm; he married Emma J. Jones, daughter of the Rev. John Jones, rector of the Church of England, and had two sons and five daughters. He resides in Newport, Monmouthshire, England.
2. Edward James, born June 8, 1843, came to the United States and located at Blooms- burg, Pennsylvania, where he followed mining about seven years, after which he came to Plymouth and engaged in the same business. He married Eliza Lamb, daughter of John Lamb, of Blaen Avon, England, and has three children : Effie, married John Fell, of Wilkes- Barre, and has one child, Donald; William, who moved to Columbus, Ohio, married and located there ; and Ada, unmarried.
3. Elvina, died in infancy.
4. Sampson, mentioned hereafter.
5. Joseph, born August 16, 1849, died aged three years. All these children were born at Blaen Avon, Monmonthshire, England. Su- sannah (Stiff) Townsend, their mother, came to this country in May, 1871, resided at Bloomsburg until 1880, and then removed to Plymouth, where she died January, 1885.
Sampson Townsend, uncle of Sampson Townsend, of Plymouth, Pennsylvania, whose name appears at the head of this sketch, fol- 28
lowed iron mining in England. He sailed for this country about 1845, but contrary winds kept driving them back after being in sight of New York, and it was not until three months after leaving England that they land- ed on these shores. Their sufferings and pri- vations were great ; among other troubles they ran out of provisions and all they could get from a passing ship were some sea biscuits, old and wormy, but they at last landed in New York. He located in Bloomsburg, Pennsyl- vania, and there followed iron mining until that industry ceased, after which he was in charge of the Irondale Company's mines at this place. He was married three times, the last time when over sixty years of age. He had two sons by his first wife, Henry and Jonah. He amassed considerable property, and was an influential man in the community. He died in 1899, having lived beyond the allotted time of life-three score years and ten-and hav- ' ing survived all of his wives. John Town- send, also uncle of Sampson Townsend of Plymouth, came to this country and followed mining at Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania. He died about 1865. He married and had six daughters and three sons, and two of the lat- ter were soldiers in the Civil war.
Joseph Townsend, another uncle of Samp- son Townsend, of Plymouth, came to this country about 1850 and located at Blooms- burg, Pennsylvania, where he followed mining and where he died about 1885. He married in England and was the father of three chil- dren : I. John, who came to this country about 1871, and is now mayor of Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania. He formerly resided in New- port, Monmouthshire, England, and there married Lizzie Derrett, a native of Newport, and had four children: Louis, born in Eng- land; Harry, Emma and Joseph, born in Bloomsburg. 2. Annie, married Louis Bern- hard, jeweler, of Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania, and had seven children. 3. Henry, died in childhood.
Sampson Townsend, son of James Edward and Susannah (Stiff) Townsend, attended. public school at his birthplace, Blaen Avon, until eleven vears of age. He then entered the iron works of the Blaen Avon Iron and . Coal Company of Blaen Avon, was employed in various capacities, and finally drifted into the painting department where he remained three years. At fourteen years of age he was. apprenticed to William Burfield, of Blaen
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Avon, for three years to learn the painting and paper hanging trades, after which he went to Bath, England, and followed the same busi- ness there for two years, when he returned to Blaen Avon and re-entered the employ of William Burfield, remaining for about three years. Mr. Townsend then engaged in busi- ness for himself in Blaen Avon until May, 1870, when he came to this country and lo- cated in Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania, and fol- lowed his regular business for about two years, when he removed to Plymouth, Penn- sylvania, and worked for about two years for D. B. Williams at his trade. In 1874 he be- gan contracting for himself, in the old Spry building on West Main street, Plymouth, until he removed to his present quarters, 208 East Main street, Plymouth, in July, 1883, where he has continued in business ever since. He is one of the oldest men established in his line of business in Plymouth, and enjoys a pros- perous trade. He is a Republican in politics ; a member of Elm Lodge, No. 622, Plymouth, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and treas- urer for thirteen years, and past grand for over twenty years ; and a member of the Im- proved Order of Heptasophs, in which he has passed all the chairs and is now passed archon.
Mr. Townsend married (first) at Blaen Avon, England, 1867, Louisa Wills, daughter of Richard and Mary Wills. all of Blaen Avon, England. Richard and Mary Wills died in Plymouth, Pennsylvania. Mrs. Townsend died in Plymouth, Pennsylvania, January, 1880. Mr. Townsend married (second) August 1, 1882, Katie L. Rissinger, daughter of Daniel and Mary (Wilson) Rissinger, of Plymouth, Penn- sylvania. Daniel Rissinger was of German descent ; he was in the employ of the Eshel- man Coal Company at Mahanoy City, Penn- sylvania, for about fourteen years, after which he went to Denver and New Mexico and en- gaged in the lumber business, which he fol- lowed for about fourteen years. He then lo- cated in Scranton, Pennsylvania, and was in the employ of the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Coal Company until his death, May, 1903, aged sixty-seven years. His wife, Mary Rissinger, was of English descent, born in England, and died in Scranton, Pennsylva- nia, May, 1904. Mr. and Mrs. Townsend had three children: 1. James Edward, born April 12, 1883, died 1883. 2. Harry Wilson, born June 14, 1884, graduated from Hillman Acad-
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