Alonzo "Lon" Norman Townsend b. 07 DEC 1846 Barnard, Windsor Co., VT; d. 30 MAY 1926 Blue Island, Cook Co., IL; m. 22 SEP 1868 Windsor Co., VT; Elvira E Bassett b. 31 DEC 1842 Bridgewater, Windsor Co., VT; d. 09 SEP 1938 Concord Township, Bureau Co., IL. Both buried: Mount Greenwood Cemetery, Chicago, Cook Co., IL.
MILITARY SERVICE: Enlisted as a private in Company C, 6th Infantry Regiment Vermont 03 MAR 1865. Mustered out of Company C, 6th Infantry Regiment Vermont 29 JUN 1865.
CHILDREN: No issue.
PARENTS: Mary Emeline Huntoon m. Norman Townsend.
BIOGRAPHY: Alonzo Norman Townsend was born December 7, 1846, in Barnard, Windsor county, Vermont. He was one of a family of nine children of Norman and Mary E. (Huntun) Townsend, who located in Blue Island in 1879. The father of this family died November 23, 1890, and the mother passed away April 14, 1887. "Lon Townsend, as he was familiarly known to his fellow Blue Island citizens, was a veteran of the Civil War and participated in several important engagements in that conflict. He was present at the surrender of General Lee at Appamattox, but soon after was taken ill and was discharged while in the hospital at City Point, Va., in July, 1865. On September 22, 1868, Mr. Townsend was united in marriage with Miss Elvira E. Bassett of Bridgewater, Vt. In 1876 they came to Cook county and located on a farm in Worth Township where Mr. Townsend engaged in farming until 1890, when he moved into the fine residence he had built on Burr Oak avenue. For a while he engaged in teaming and contracting, and later in real estate and insurance. He had served many years as Justice of the Peace in Worth Township, a position he held at the time of his death, May 30, 1926. SOURCE: "The First Hundred Years, A Story of Blue Island 1835-1935" Written and compiled by John H. Volp; published 1938.
MILITARY SERVICE: Enlisted as a private in Company C, 6th Infantry Regiment Vermont 03 MAR 1865. Mustered out of Company C, 6th Infantry Regiment Vermont 29 JUN 1865.
CHILDREN: No issue.
PARENTS: Mary Emeline Huntoon m. Norman Townsend.
BIOGRAPHY: Alonzo Norman Townsend was born December 7, 1846, in Barnard, Windsor county, Vermont. He was one of a family of nine children of Norman and Mary E. (Huntun) Townsend, who located in Blue Island in 1879. The father of this family died November 23, 1890, and the mother passed away April 14, 1887. "Lon Townsend, as he was familiarly known to his fellow Blue Island citizens, was a veteran of the Civil War and participated in several important engagements in that conflict. He was present at the surrender of General Lee at Appamattox, but soon after was taken ill and was discharged while in the hospital at City Point, Va., in July, 1865. On September 22, 1868, Mr. Townsend was united in marriage with Miss Elvira E. Bassett of Bridgewater, Vt. In 1876 they came to Cook county and located on a farm in Worth Township where Mr. Townsend engaged in farming until 1890, when he moved into the fine residence he had built on Burr Oak avenue. For a while he engaged in teaming and contracting, and later in real estate and insurance. He had served many years as Justice of the Peace in Worth Township, a position he held at the time of his death, May 30, 1926. SOURCE: "The First Hundred Years, A Story of Blue Island 1835-1935" Written and compiled by John H. Volp; published 1938.
Alonzo "Lon" Norman Townsend b. 07 DEC 1846 Barnard, Windsor Co., VT; d. 30 MAY 1926 Blue Island, Cook Co., IL; m. 22 SEP 1868 Windsor Co., VT; Elvira E Bassett b. 31 DEC 1842 Bridgewater, Windsor Co., VT; d. 09 SEP 1938 Concord Township, Bureau Co., IL. Both buried: Mount Greenwood Cemetery, Chicago, Cook Co., IL.
MILITARY SERVICE: Enlisted as a private in Company C, 6th Infantry Regiment Vermont 03 MAR 1865. Mustered out of Company C, 6th Infantry Regiment Vermont 29 JUN 1865.
CHILDREN: No issue.
PARENTS: Mary Emeline Huntoon m. Norman Townsend.
BIOGRAPHY: Alonzo Norman Townsend was born December 7, 1846, in Barnard, Windsor county, Vermont. He was one of a family of nine children of Norman and Mary E. (Huntun) Townsend, who located in Blue Island in 1879. The father of this family died November 23, 1890, and the mother passed away April 14, 1887. "Lon Townsend, as he was familiarly known to his fellow Blue Island citizens, was a veteran of the Civil War and participated in several important engagements in that conflict. He was present at the surrender of General Lee at Appamattox, but soon after was taken ill and was discharged while in the hospital at City Point, Va., in July, 1865. On September 22, 1868, Mr. Townsend was united in marriage with Miss Elvira E. Bassett of Bridgewater, Vt. In 1876 they came to Cook county and located on a farm in Worth Township where Mr. Townsend engaged in farming until 1890, when he moved into the fine residence he had built on Burr Oak avenue. For a while he engaged in teaming and contracting, and later in real estate and insurance. He had served many years as Justice of the Peace in Worth Township, a position he held at the time of his death, May 30, 1926. SOURCE: "The First Hundred Years, A Story of Blue Island 1835-1935" Written and compiled by John H. Volp; published 1938.
MILITARY SERVICE: Enlisted as a private in Company C, 6th Infantry Regiment Vermont 03 MAR 1865. Mustered out of Company C, 6th Infantry Regiment Vermont 29 JUN 1865.
CHILDREN: No issue.
PARENTS: Mary Emeline Huntoon m. Norman Townsend.
BIOGRAPHY: Alonzo Norman Townsend was born December 7, 1846, in Barnard, Windsor county, Vermont. He was one of a family of nine children of Norman and Mary E. (Huntun) Townsend, who located in Blue Island in 1879. The father of this family died November 23, 1890, and the mother passed away April 14, 1887. "Lon Townsend, as he was familiarly known to his fellow Blue Island citizens, was a veteran of the Civil War and participated in several important engagements in that conflict. He was present at the surrender of General Lee at Appamattox, but soon after was taken ill and was discharged while in the hospital at City Point, Va., in July, 1865. On September 22, 1868, Mr. Townsend was united in marriage with Miss Elvira E. Bassett of Bridgewater, Vt. In 1876 they came to Cook county and located on a farm in Worth Township where Mr. Townsend engaged in farming until 1890, when he moved into the fine residence he had built on Burr Oak avenue. For a while he engaged in teaming and contracting, and later in real estate and insurance. He had served many years as Justice of the Peace in Worth Township, a position he held at the time of his death, May 30, 1926. SOURCE: "The First Hundred Years, A Story of Blue Island 1835-1935" Written and compiled by John H. Volp; published 1938.
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