EOWARO TOWNSEND. 



EDWARD TOWNSEND. 



Henry A. Townsend was of English origin. He settled 

 in Bath before the year 1800, and was the second county 

 cl^rk of Steuben County. He was associated with such 

 men as Governors Clinton and Tompkins. He was a 

 warm advocate of all the improvements ; was a member 

 of the Legislature of this State in 1809, and made 

 his influence felt for good. He finally settled at 

 Cold Springs, where he was engaged in the man- 

 ufacture of paper and woolen goods. He purchased 

 his mill property of Gen. McGlure, and erected the 

 first paper-mill in the county. He married Elizabeth 

 Moffit, of Orange Co., N. Y., by whom several children 

 were born, of whom Edward was one. His wife died, 

 and he married a Miss Elizabeth Hull, of Connecticut, 

 by whom one daughter — Sarah — was born. He died 

 Oct. 23, 1837. Edward Townsend, son of Henry A., 

 was born in the year 1799, He received an academic 

 education, and was studying law at Albany when his 

 health gave out, and he was compelled to seek out-door 

 employment. 



He married Eliza, eldest child of Capt. Samuel 

 Etwin, November, 1821. Miss Eliza Erwin was 

 born Oct. 15, 1801, at Easton, Pa., and settled in 

 Erwin with her parents in 1803. As the result of the 

 above union, one son — Edward Erwin Townsend — was 



born, Jan. 23, 1825, at Athens, Pa., whither his parents 

 had gone to reside on a farm. 



Edward Townsend was injured by the kick of a horse, 

 from the effects of which he died nine days after, about 

 1826. Soon after the death of her husband, Mrs. Town- 

 send left her home in Athens, Pa., and with her little 

 son, Edward E., came to Erwin to reside with her 

 parents, Capt. Samuel Erwin and wife. After the death 

 of her mother, in 1860, she settled on her farm where she 

 now resides. Mrs. Townsend has been a member of the 

 Presbyterian Church for more than fifty-five years. 

 Edward Erwin Townsend lived with his uncle, Gen. F. 

 E. Erwin, after the death of his father until his mar- 

 riage to Miss Nancy L. Jerome, Sept. 7, 1848. She 

 was born in Suffolk Co., N. Y., March 12, 1826. Of 

 this union eight children were born, three of whom are 

 living, viz. : F. E. and Arthur E., now residing in Cali- 

 fornia, and Annie L., now at home with her parents. 

 Mr. Townsend received a common-school and academic 

 education. He settled on his present farm soon after 

 marriage. 



He is one of the solid Republicans of Erwin. He is 

 postmaster at present. Besides having the charge of a 

 large farm, he has charge of the depot, which he built 

 principally. 



