John Wesley Townsend, [Rev.]

b 1850, , , Tennessee
bur , Sevier, Tennessee

	\|
John Townsend
\|b 1813	\|
\|d 08 Jan 1890
\|
John Wesley Townsend, [Rev.]
\|Angeleta 'Jetty' McMahan
\|m 19 Feb 1869
\|, Sevier, Tennessee	\|
Mary Carolina Clark
b 16 Dec 1813	\|
d 25 Apr 1875

Children

1	<	Wilson F. Townsend, [Rev.]
2	<	Mary Emaline Townsend
3	<	James Gilbert Townsend
4		Sallie Townsend
5		Mack N. Townsend

Notes

Listed in the 1860 Federal Census of Cocke County with parents and in the 1870 Federal Census of Sevier County, Tennessee.

McNulty McMahan was Justice of Peace who married J. W. and Jetty.

24 March 1871 charter member of Shady Grove Baptist Church in Sevier County, Tennessee. Westley Townsend is listed as the second pastor of this church serving 1872 through 1874. J. W. Townsend was sixth pastor serving from 1880 through 1881.

Buried in Shady Grove Baptist Church Cemetery (Rev. J. W.).

Source: Rosa Lee Downey notes, 16 June 1983, p 33. 'The Townsend Heritage,' Kathy Townsend, 1984, p 73, 111, 112. 'In the Shadow of the Smokies', Smoky Mountain Historical Society, 1993, p 437.

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