Generation 43
HUSBAND John Richmond TOWNLEY
Born 19 Aug 1806 in Pendleton; Anderson; SC
Married 1828 in Lawrenceville; Gwinnett; GA
Died May 1866 in Cumming; Forsyth; GA
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Father Thomas Pinkney TOWNLEY
Mother Mary
WIFE Scenia F MORRIS
Born 22 Aug 1810 in Lawrenceville; Gwinnett; GA
Died 30 May 1885 in Lawrenceville; Gwinnett; GA
Burial Lawrenceville; Gwinnett; GA
Father Shadrack MORRIS
Mother Elizabeth PIERCE
CHILDREN
1 Male Thomas Pinkney TOWNLEY
Born 18 Jul 1830 in Ben Smith; Gwinnett; GA
Married 15 Mar 1855 in Jackson; GA
Died 04 Nov 1903 in Lawrenceville; Gwinnett; GA
Burial Shadowlawn Cemetery - Lawrenceville; Gwinnett; GA
Spouse Elizabeth 'Betsy' HAYES / Amanda AUSTIN
2 Female Nancy Adaline TOWNLEY
Born 17 Apr 1832 in Gwinnett; GA
Married 18 Aug 1856 in Forsyth; GA
Died in
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Spouse Jacob DRIVER
3 Male John James TOWNLEY
Born 26 Feb 1835 in Gwinnett; GA
Married in
Died 21 Sep 1910 in Gwinnett; GA
Burial Shadowlawn Cemetery - Lawrenceville; Gwinnett; GA
Spouse Emily Louise DRIVER
4 Female Hannah Jane TOWNLEY
Born 1836 in Gwinnett; GA
Married 21 Nov 1858 in Gwinnett; GA
Died 15 Feb 1871 in GA
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Spouse Ashberry HALBROOK
5 Male Wiley Simmons TOWNLEY
Born 05 Sep 1837 in Gwinnett; GA
Married in
Died 25 Jul 1925 in Forsyth; GA
Burial Concord Baptist Church - Cumming; Forsyth Co; GA
Spouse Malinda Catherine WALLACE
6 Male Geny TOWNLEY
Born 1840 in GA
Married in
Died in
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Spouse
7 Female Scenia M TOWNLEY
Born 1841 in GA
Married in
Died in
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Spouse
8 Male Marion Jefferson TOWNLEY
Born 1842 in Forsyth; GA
Married in
Died 05 Aug 1863 in Vicksburg; Warren; MS
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Spouse Susan A REID
9 Male Balaam Jordan TOWNLEY
Born 1844 in Forsyth; GA
Married in
Died 1862 in Forsyth; GA
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Spouse Anna REID
10 Male Joseph Warren TOWNLEY
Born 1845 in Forsyth; GA
Married in
Died 1866 in GA
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Spouse
11 Male Benjamin Franklin TOWNLEY
Born 1849 in Forsyth; GA
Married in
Died in Forsyth; GA
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Spouse Rachael Mariah WHITE
12 Female Mary A. E. TOWNLEY
Born 1848 in Forsyth; GA
Married in
Died in
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Spouse
13 Male William Henry TOWNLEY
Born 29 Oct 1850 in Forsyth; GA
Married in
Died 01 May 1923 in Lawrenceville; Gwinnett; GA
Burial Shadowlawn Cemetery - Lawrenceville; Gwinnett; GA
Spouse Carrie "Charity" HESTER
14 Male Stephen Anderson TOWNLEY
Born Nov 1852 in Forsyth; GA
Married in
Died 13 Jun 1918 in Lawrenceville; Gwinnett; GA
Burial Shadowlawn Cemetery - Lawrenceville; Gwinnett; GA
Spouse Margaret LANGLEY
NOTES
John was a cotton farmer in the Forsyth County and Lawrenceville area.
CHILDREN
Marion Jefferson Townley enlisted with the Confederate Army on 01 Jul 1862The regiment moved to Tennessee,
then Mississippi where it was attached to General Barton's Brigade in the Department of Mississippi and East
Louisiana. It fought at Chickasaw Bayou and Champion's Hill, and on July 4, 1863, was captured at Vicksburg.
Marion Jefferson died in the Civil War battle of Vicksburg in 1863 before the troops were captured.
His brother Balaam Jordan Townley enlisted with the Confederate Army on 10 Mar 1862. He was in the 43rd
Infantry of Georgia. He died from disease during his service, on 16 Apr 1862; about one month after enlisting