Husband: Kimsey Hillsman Townsend
Born: March 17, 1851 - Pickens Co., Georgia
Married: August 24, 1870 - Pickens Co., Georgia
Died: March 13, 1928 - Pickens Co., Georgia
Buried: Refuge Baptist Church cemetery, Pickens Co., Georgia

Wife: Mary Catherine Morris
Born: April 7, 1849 - Georgia
Died: February 27, 1924 - Pickens Co., Georgia
Buried: Refuge Baptist Church cemetery, Pickens Co., Georgia

Children:

1) Telury Octavia Townsend
Born: May 6, 1870 - Pickens Co., Georgia
Married: January 2, 1887 - Pickens Co., Georgia
Died: November 4, 1895 - Pickens Co., Georgia
Buried: Refuge Baptist Church cemetery, Pickens Co., Georgia
Spouse: H. L. Eubanks
Octavia's gravesite at Refuge.

2) Hezekiah Moten Townsend
Born: June 13, 1872 - Pickens Co., Georgia

3) Ezekiel Kimsey Townsend
Born: June 11, 1873 - Pickens Co., Georgia
Married: 1897
Died: November 19, 1963 - Leveland, Texas
Spouse: Mary Lucinda Howell

4) Joseph Samuel Townsend
Born: November 22, 1874 - Pickens Co., Georgia
Died: February 5, 1963 - Pickens Co., Georgia
Buried: Bethany cemetery, Pickens Co., Georgia

5) Annie Mahala Townsend
Born: January 24, 1876 - Pickens Co., Georgia

6) Elias Carter Townsend
Born: October 16, 1877 - Pickens Co., Georgia

7) William Thomas Townsend
Born: April 27, 1879 - Pickens Co., Georgia

8) Edward Pinkney Townsend
Born: October 16, 1881 - Pickens Co., Georgia

9) Mary Townsend
Born: February 9, 1884 - Pickens Co., Georgia

10) Alice Townsend
Born: March 30, 1885 - Pickens Co., Georgia

11) Charles Hill Townsend
Born: May 18, 1887 - Pickens Co., Georgia
Died: March 5, 1973 - Pickens Co., Georgia
Buried: Refuge Baptist Church cemetery, Pickens Co., Georgia

** After Mary's death in 1924, Kimsey remarried again on July 14, 1926 to Nancy C. Holt Bennett (May 10, 1873 - May 17, 1927).
She is also buried at Refuge.


Notes for Kimsey Hillsman and Mary Catherine Morris Townsend

1) 1880 Census Place: Townsends, Pickens, Georgia
Source: FHL Film 1254161 National Archives Film T9-0161 Page 543C
Relation Sex Marr Race Age Birthplace

Kinsey TOWNSEND Self M M W 29 GA
Occ: Farmer Fa: GA Mo: GA
Mary TOWNSEND Wife F M W 29 GA
Occ: Keeping House Fa: SC Mo: SC
Octavy TOWNSEND Dau F S W 13 GA
Occ: At Home Fa: GA Mo: GA
Moten H. TOWNSEND Son M S W 11 GA
Occ: Works On Farm Fa: GA Mo: GA
Ezekiel TOWNSEND Son M S W 9 GA
Occ: At Home Fa: GA Mo: GA
Joseph S. TOWNSEND Son M S W 7 GA
Occ: At Home Fa: GA Mo: GA
Anna TOWNSEND Dau F S W 5 GA
Occ: At Home Fa: GA Mo: GA
Carter TOWNSEND Son M S W 3 GA
Occ: At Home Fa: GA Mo: GA
William T. TOWNSEND Son M S W 1 GA
Occ: At Home Fa: GA Mo: GA

2)1900 Pickens Co., Georgia census lists:

Household #33, Family #33, Persimmontree District
TOWNSEND, Kimsey, 49, March 1851, married 31 years
Mary, 51, April 1849, married 31 years, mother of 11 children, 9 living
Carter, son, 22, October 1877
William T., son, 21, April 1879
Edward, son, 18, October 1881
Alice, daughter, 15, March 1885
Charlie, son, 13, May 1887
Mary L., granddaughter, 8, Sep 1891

3) 1910 Pickens Co., Georgia census lists:

Page 207A, HH #56, Family #56, Sharp Mountain
TOWNSEND, Kinsey H., 59, first marriage, married 41 years, GA, GA, GA, Farmer
Mary, wife, 61, first marriage, mother of 11, 9 living, GA, GA, GA
PATTERSON, Newte (?), boarder, 16, GA, US, US, Farm Labor, Working out (?)

4)1920 Pickens Co., Georgia census lists:

Page 7A, HH #45, Family #45, Sharp Mountain
TOWNSEN, Kinsey, 68, GA, GA, GA, Farmer
Mary, 70, GA, SC, SC


Gravesite of Kimsey Hillsman and Mary Catherine Morris Townsend
Refuge Baptist Church cemetery
Pickens Co., Georgia

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