Townsend Carpenter Beardslee1,2

M, b. 18 February 1832, d. 22 August 1863
FatherJohn Wheeler Beardslee b. 18 Aug 1799, d. 24 Jan 1883
MotherElizabeth Ann Carpenter b. 8 Oct 1810, d. 1892
     Townsend Carpenter was born on Saturday, 18 February 1832 in Independence Township, Oakland County, Michigan. Townsend married Abigail M. Patrick on 11 June 1856 in Pontiac, Oakland County, Michigan.3,4 Townsend & Abbey had children: Carrol Townsend [10/01/1859-1/17/1927][m. 1/16/1897 Aggie Stanzell] & John 5/01/1863-before 9/12/1870]. Townsend was a lawyer. 9 June 1860, Townsend and his wife, Abigail, were listed on the U.S. Federal Census in Pontiac. Enumerated in this household were T. C. Beardsley [27 Michigan], his wife: Abigail [24 Michigan], & Carol [female][8/12 Michigan]. T. C. is a painter.5 Townsend died on Saturday, 22 August 1863 in Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee, while serving as captain in company D of the 22nd regiment of the Michigan Volunteers during the Civil War. He was buried at Upper Sandusky, Wyndot County, Ohio, in Oak Hill Cemetery.6,7

Family

Abigail M. Patrick b. 1835, d. 14 Aug 1895

Citations

  1. [S52] S. Whitney Phoenix, The Whitney Family of Connecticut and Its Affiliations, p. 1169.
  2. [S575] History of Oakland County, Michigan : a narrative account of its historical progress, its people, and its principal interets, Page 614 - Townsend C. Beardslee, who was the first white child born in Independence Township, enlisted for service just after the breaking out of the war, being commissioned captain of Company D, Twenty-second Michigan Volunteer Infantry, and died while in service, at Nashville, Tennessee, of typhoid fever.
  3. [S363] Cynthia Herrin, Oakland County, Michigan Vital Records, T. C. Beardslee born: 1833 Michigan; married: 1857 at Pontiac Abigail born 1836 Michigan.
  4. [S1974] Michigan, County Marriage Records, 1822-1940.
  5. [S675] 1860 United States Federal Census: Oakland County, Michigan - Sheet 22, line 13 - transcribed by Larry & Kathy McCurdy.
  6. [S356] Cemetery Records of Oakland County, Michigan, Volume V: page 52 Oak Hill Cemetery, Pontiac - Capt. Townsend C. Beardslee, Co. D. 22nd M.V.I.; d. 9 July 1863 age 31 years.
  7. [S8] Daughters of the American Revolution. Ponitac, Michigan - present to the Michigan Historical Commission - 1938 Richardson Chapter, Cemetery Records of Oakland County, Michigan, Oak Hill Cemetery: Townsend Carpenter - buried: grave 4-332; died: August 9, 1863 age 31; captian in Company D 22nd Michigan Volunteer Infantry.