1870-06-22 NILES MICH***W----YEAR ESTIMATED-----BERRIEN CO.---BLACK 26MM CDS--SCOTT 194 IN BLUE IN SCAN BUT IS ACTUALLY GREEN------TO MRS CAPT. ROBERT TOWNSEND U.S.N. (1850,60 US CENSUS, B. NEW YORK 21 OCT 1819, D. AT SEA, OFF SHANGHAI, CHINA 15 AUG 1866, WHILE IN COMMAND OF THE U.S.S.WACHUSETT, FATHER, ISAIAH TOWNSEND SR, MOTHER, HANNAH TOWNSEND, SPOUSE, M. HARRIET MONROE TOWNSEND 19 JUNE 1850, CHILDREN, ROBERT TOWNSEND, MARY WALKER TOWNSEND) SYRACUSE, ONONDAGA CO, N.Y.-----WAS COMMANDER OF THE IRON-CLAD "ESSEX" DURING THE CIVIL WAR------PARTICIPATED UNDER ADMIRAL DAVID G. FARRAGUT IN THE PASSAGE OF THE FORTS BELOW NEW ORLEANS, AND IN THE TAKING OF THAT CITY------GENEALOGY---CIVIL WAR-----COVER ONLY-----ERNIE'S COLLECTION
Year: 1870
Date: 1870-06-22
County:
Berrien
City:
Niles
Category:
19th Century Michigan Letters
, MI Covers
, Ernie's Michigan Collection
, MI Genealogy
, MI Waterways
, Stamps
, Women's Correspondence
, Letters Containing Correspondence
, Privately Owned
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