Socrates Townsend was born in Manlius, NY in 1810
Socrates Townsend was born in Manlius, NY in 1810
Looking for any help with information on Socrates father and Sylvester Curtis Townsend. this is some of the info I have on the Family.
Lemuel S. Townsend, "Manlius, was born in the town of Manlius, June 19, 1833. The family are of Holland Dutch descent. Socrates Townsend, his father, was born in Manlius, June 4, 1810. He always followed farming. July 14, 1831, he married Rosina Hildredth, also a native of Manlius, by whom he had five children: Warren E., farmer of Madison Co., Marcia L., wife of George Dayharsh, died in Dec., 1874; Laura L., wife of Andrew Chawgo, died Jan. 9, 1877; Charles M., born Aug. 1842, lived thirteen months; Socrates Townsend died Feb. 15, 1880. Mrs. Townsend is still living at the age of 78. Lemuel was educated in the common schools and Fayetteville Academy. He was a boatman on the Erie Canal for fourteen years. He was then overseer of a farm for seven years, and in 1864 he bought a farm of 114 acres, where he has ever since resided, following a general line of farming. Dec. 23, 1857, he married Martha J. Dayharsh, of Manlius, by whom he has five children: Adelia M., wife of Levi Debaul,* a farmer, of Sullivan; Seraph S., wife of Alton Rogers, farmer, of Lyon Co., Iowa; Martha E., bookkeeper, of Candor, Tioga Co., David S., student of Fayetteville Academy; and Addie G., also at the academy." Source: Bruce, Dwight H. (Ed.), Onondaga's Centennial. Boston History Co., 1896, Vol. II, p. 197. *Possibly Devaul.
David had a son, Sylvester Curtis Townsend born in Manlius, NY in 1905. He was my grandfather but Grandma divorced him and no contact was allowed by my father. Slyvester fell off the radar after 1940 on the 1940 Census in Syracuse, NY. Thank you for any help.