Daughter of Frederick Bryan Ragsdale, Jr. & Julia Ann Brown; granddaughter of Frederick Bryan, Sr. & Frances Louisa Wilkins and Joshua Brown.
5th great-granddaughter of Godfrey I and Mary Ragsdale.
Second wife of widower, Light Stapleton Townsend, marrying August 24, 1864 in Crawford Co., AR. His first wife was Mrs. Susan E. (Townsend) Bostick.
1870 Sutherland Springs, Wilson Co., TX census:
Light (head) 32 b TX, Farmer, $500 $200
Mary (wife) 25 b TX
Sons: Walter 5, Arthur 3, Sumner 1.
Children are living as nephews & niece with Mary's brother, John C. Ragsdale and family in the 1880 census for Hays Co., TX; her husband is not with them. Walter 15, Fredie 13, Sumner 11, Virginia 9.
28 years, 11 months, 24 days, likely died shortly after childbirth of Virginia. Unknown where Mary Elizabeth is buried.
5th great-granddaughter of Godfrey I and Mary Ragsdale.
Second wife of widower, Light Stapleton Townsend, marrying August 24, 1864 in Crawford Co., AR. His first wife was Mrs. Susan E. (Townsend) Bostick.
1870 Sutherland Springs, Wilson Co., TX census:
Light (head) 32 b TX, Farmer, $500 $200
Mary (wife) 25 b TX
Sons: Walter 5, Arthur 3, Sumner 1.
Children are living as nephews & niece with Mary's brother, John C. Ragsdale and family in the 1880 census for Hays Co., TX; her husband is not with them. Walter 15, Fredie 13, Sumner 11, Virginia 9.
28 years, 11 months, 24 days, likely died shortly after childbirth of Virginia. Unknown where Mary Elizabeth is buried.
Daughter of Frederick Bryan Ragsdale, Jr. & Julia Ann Brown; granddaughter of Frederick Bryan, Sr. & Frances Louisa Wilkins and Joshua Brown.
5th great-granddaughter of Godfrey I and Mary Ragsdale.
Second wife of widower, Light Stapleton Townsend, marrying August 24, 1864 in Crawford Co., AR. His first wife was Mrs. Susan E. (Townsend) Bostick.
1870 Sutherland Springs, Wilson Co., TX census:
Light (head) 32 b TX, Farmer, $500 $200
Mary (wife) 25 b TX
Sons: Walter 5, Arthur 3, Sumner 1.
Children are living as nephews & niece with Mary's brother, John C. Ragsdale and family in the 1880 census for Hays Co., TX; her husband is not with them. Walter 15, Fredie 13, Sumner 11, Virginia 9.
28 years, 11 months, 24 days, likely died shortly after childbirth of Virginia. Unknown where Mary Elizabeth is buried.
5th great-granddaughter of Godfrey I and Mary Ragsdale.
Second wife of widower, Light Stapleton Townsend, marrying August 24, 1864 in Crawford Co., AR. His first wife was Mrs. Susan E. (Townsend) Bostick.
1870 Sutherland Springs, Wilson Co., TX census:
Light (head) 32 b TX, Farmer, $500 $200
Mary (wife) 25 b TX
Sons: Walter 5, Arthur 3, Sumner 1.
Children are living as nephews & niece with Mary's brother, John C. Ragsdale and family in the 1880 census for Hays Co., TX; her husband is not with them. Walter 15, Fredie 13, Sumner 11, Virginia 9.
28 years, 11 months, 24 days, likely died shortly after childbirth of Virginia. Unknown where Mary Elizabeth is buried.
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