Kampmann and Caspar Fink were appointed appraisers, of Fredes estate and filed inventory on September 2, 1852. Here they cleared the land and made their home. All I know they were discharged at San Jacinto. He was also one of the organizers of the Lavaca Oil Mill Company. Universal Transverse Mercator coordinates: 14, 727509E, 329519N (NAD83/WGS84) 727275W, 329519N. The claim was paid. WebThe StephensTownsendMurphy Party consisted of ten families who migrated from Iowa to California prior to the MexicanAmerican War and the California Gold Rush. This is where he lived until he left for college at University of Houston. WebStephen Chapman Townesend (1860 May 1914) F.R.C.S. By the 1800s John Townsend (1740-1786)s children began moving south into Georgia and by the 1830s all, with the exception of his son, John Townsend (1760-1843) and daughter Rhoda Townsend (1765- ) had moved their families into Georgia and Florida. His children here increased. So, how much is Stephen J. Townsend worth at the age of 55 years old? He studied law for some time and was admitted to the bar in 1891. He previously commanded the United States Army Training and Doctrine Command from March 2018 until June 2019 and XVIII Airborne Corps from May 2015 until January 2018. After Gigi died, Uncle Marvin and his wife lived in the old Townsend homestead. Caspar Fink was awarded custody and guardianship of Julia Antoinette Frede, infant daughter of Francis and Louise. Leonard Harper Jr. filed a claim with the Indian Claims Bureau on behalf of himself, and his siblings, as a result of this raid. Connect to 5,000+ Townsend profiles on Geni, 1694 - Bucklebury, West Berkshire, Angleterre, Royaume-Uni, Apr 15 1769 - Solebury, Comt De Bucks, Pennsylvanie, tats-Unis, END, Anne TOWNSEND, Charles TOWNSEND, William TOWNSEND, Sarah TOWNSEND, Mary TOWNSEND, Elizabeth TOWNSEND, Hannah TOWNSEND, Stephen TOWNSEND. For comfort we can hope they will look to One who alone can give it. Never knew it being a German Company. At the age of eighteen, Mary and her mother visited the Osterhaus family in St. Louis. It was there that he met and married Rebecca Candacy Harper, the daughter of Leonard Harper. This meant that they could cross state lines during a battle. & M. College, Bryan, where he attended the sessions of 1881-2-3, and in 1884 he attended the Capital Business College at Austin, from which he subsequently graduated. Stephen Chapman Townesend[a] (1860 May 1914) F.R.C.S. A month later, on 4 December l764 he applied for an additional 50 acres on the Waters of the Pee Dee River. See Greene, David L. Townsend Ancestry of Richard of the Welcome, John of Philadelphia, Joseph of Chester County, and Joan of Chester County, in Pennsylvania Genealogical Magazine. The other twelve grew up on the ranch, married, and had children of their own. In April, 1889, he was married to Miss Mary A. Fink, born in LaGrange, Fayette County, Texas, March 30th, 1868, and daughter of Casper and Louise Fink, who came to this State about 1848. He developed this land into a working ranch, where he raised cattle and fine race horses. Their family had increased to 2-boys and 2 girls when they Pulled up stakes and moved to Florida in 1824. After Thomass death in 1828 in Jefferson County Florida seven of his sons went to Texas in the 1830s and 1840s. Before and after school, Dad would set traps and hunt small animals such as squirrels, selling the fur to the store down the street from them for pocket money. Francis Fredes bakery was opposite. All Rights Reserved. Funeral Services are 1pm Thursday October 8, 2020 at Anderson Funeral Home 1357 E. Moses Solon Townsend was the son of Asa and Rebecca Townsend. Many a prominent family was left penniless, while others who had nothing before the war suddenly became cattle barons. Townsend Biography: Hon. He passed away February 17, 1878 and is buried in the same cemetery as his first wife. Dad said when they got their first TV, the big antennae was placed on a nearby hill and either he or Uncle Don would have to go move it when the reception was bad. She died on 04 Dec 1916 in Elgin, Ontario, Canada. An award was made to the brother and sister Caspar and Elisabeth. He was buried along-side his wife in the Borden Cemetery, and his tombstone reads as follows: Sacred to the memory of Asa Townsend, born Marlborough Dist. The headright practice beginning in 1755 was to allow 100 acres for the head of the household and 50 acres for each additional person in the household be they male, female, free, or slave, white, or black. Leonard later found the tools and other items buried in his field when he was plowing. Anton Franz Joseph Eilers was born at Damme, Oldenberg on June 4, 1794/1795; son of Dr. Clemens August Eilers and Maria Agnes (Klumpe) Eilers. The Duke of Sussex surprised viewers of The Late Show with Stephen Colbert when he turned up for the Colbert Questionert segment of the TV show on Tuesday night (28 February). It again fluttered its wings, and after two or three times turning slowly around, it rose and went out at the window. The school was one building with 1st through 11th grade. The family then moved back to Julias former home in Osnabruck. Frede is mentioned in the Reminiscences of Texas Independence. WebMoses Townsend, Jr. and his wife Mary Agnes Fink were the first of their families born in Texas. Stephen is survived by his wife Donna Townsend; his children, Sarah McGuire, Tiffany Townsend, Devan Norsworthy, Clint Townsend; his grandchildren, Mikayla, Stephanie, Morgan, Wyatt, and Sunny; and his brother, Brian (Shari) Townsend. Stephen Townsend died in 1769. They were originally German immigrants to Canada in the decades before the Civil War. Mr. Townsend is now engaged in the real estate business and has several desirable tracts of land in and around town. There are no plans to continue the American Botanical Exchange. Later generations moved westward from colonial America after the Revolutionary war. was an English surgeon, stage actor, anti-vivisectionist and writer. His birth day is uncertain, (likely between 1691 and 1697), and he died sometime between date of 10 July 1757 will and 5 June 1769 inventory. Through the vicissitudes of an eventful life often unfavorable to the development of Christian character, he was true and faithful, and at the last found that he had not followed a cunningly devised fable. We were unable to document where he resided during the period from 1751 to his appearance in South Carolina in 1764. As a result, they sold their properties, and they were all in Texas by 1838. In this family there were eight brothers, who settled in Colorado and Fayette Counties, and they all married and reared families. One of the librarians at the LaGrange public library remembers the original building still standing when she was a child. Sadly, Theres died of Cholera on their voyage to Canada in 1832 in Buffalo, New York. There is no evidence to suggest exactly when he moved into South Carolina however, one can infer that it was probably between 1764, when Benedictus Townsend arrived and 1771 the date of his earliest record in South Carolina. A letter from L.H. It was across the road from the Guadalupe river. He joined the Army and was posted in Washington D.C. to the Army Corps of Engineers. In 1917 she entered the US at Detroit, MI returning from a 3-month visit to relatives in Canada with daughter Orpha (18). Brother of James Townsend; Sarah Thomas; Charles Townsend; Joseph Townsend; Elizabeth Foreman and 3 others; Mary Kennard; Jane Humphreys and Rachel Adams less The Townsend family had the distinction of sending more men to thebattle of San Jacintothan any other family. The father, Thomas had a bounty land grant from the war of 1812 which he had lived on from May 1, 1826. When he was a young child Moses and his family left Florida and in 1838 settled in Colorado County near Borden between Columbus and LaGrange on their original 640 acre land grant. Velma Fishers parents were George Lewis Fisher (1868-1953) and Alice Melinda Palmer (1873-1956). (Fink and Dirr) Jacob had a large farm in the Ross Prairie area hear Fayetteville. In 1842 he purchased lot 172 on the LaGrange town square across from the county courthouse from Rachel Longley for the sum of $250.00. M. S. Townsend. Possessed of a sound judgment and fine intellect, she was the source of great comfort and assistance to those who sought her advice; ever willing to extend a helping hand to her weaker sisters in their hour of need. Grandfather 37 yrs. After 7 or 8 years in Florida, Asa moved his family again, this time to Texas. Leonard Harper (1750-1842) was born on Peas Creek in North Carolina, about 1770, and came with his father, Leonard Harper, Sr. to Georgia during the Revolutionary War. That same year the brothers started the long move to Texas as they sold their lands in Florida. He married Velma Blanche Fisher, daughter of George Lewis Fisher and Alice Melinda Palmer on 05 Jun 1917 in Houston. [3] He was involved with the stage adaptations of her novels. According to Huxford, Leonard Harper Sr. came to Liberty Co., GA (which was later cut into McIntosh Co.), with his son, Leonard Jr., during the Revolutionary War. They divorced two years later. August and Velma are both buried near the Fishers in Forest Park Cemetery in Houston, Texas. After settling in Houston in 1912, he made numerous trips to Mexico, as well as collecting widely in the United States. Georges father was Lewis Fisher, son of George Fischer and Katharina Panter. Louise and Francis Frede had one child, Julia Antionette, born at LaGrange on October 8, 1850. Leonards wife and children hid in the bushes during the raid. Thomas and his brother Spencer came to Texas in 1826 to investigate land offered to settlers by the Mexican government. The reader is encouraged to seek Ms. Wyatts book that contains information on several additional generations of this family in Texas. The earliest record we are aware of concerning Benedictus Townsend is a Sussex County, Delaware deed dated 4 August 1736 wherein Benedictus Townsend and Lucilla, his wife, and Mary Light all of Sussex County deed a 300 acre plantation situated on the East and West side of a Branch called The Beaver dam branch to John Light. Fisher died of kidney cancer at age 86 in Houston, Texas on September 21, 1953. Stewart, 1983]. Emily Gray Martin, Gentlemen and Their Ladies Gray Family History, states that Leonard fought in the Revolutionary War, participating in the battles of Troy and Sumpter. His brother in law, Jacob Dirr, filed for letters of administration in September, 1848 to settle the estate. His grave in La Grange City Cemetery was marked with a tall limestone marker. According to Ms. Wyatt, Thomas Townsend and his wife, Elizabeth Stapleton, had eight sons and one daughter. He died 15 Jul 1954 in Houston, Texas. George L. Fisher was born at St. Thomas, Ontario, Canada, 8 January 1867 [Shinners corrects date to 1868 in Taxon 3(8): 247. Moses father was born in Florida before the Townsends removed to The Republic of Texas. In 1838 he acted as administrator for the estate of one Henry Biermann, vowing that he would see that justice was done for him. She died sometime later and is buried with her first husband on Grace Farm. Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord. Fifty-eight years of faithful service was accorded her before the great I AM released her from all suffering and toil, saying Tis enough, come up higher. She was a faithful friend, a loving and self-sacrificing mother, a devoted Christian, whose fight in every walk of life, shone with a brilliancy surpassed by few. LaGrange incorporated on March 4, 1850. This deed likely was to provide John Light clear title to his fathers land, which he likely had title to under the right of primogeniture. Upon arriving to survey the ground for one of his headgrants (which you could receive by paying a filing fee of $5.00) Leonard found a house had been constructed and someone was living in it. The Townsend, Burford, Harvey, and Mann ancestors immigrated to America and settled in Puritan New England or in the first permanent English settlement at Jamestown. Anton and Julia had nine children. After Boss tragic death, his wife, Allison Holker Boss, said in a statement that he was the backbone of our family, the best husband and father, and an inspiration to his fans. He buried the wife of his youth, and mother of his children in 1859. The cemetery is on the right about one-half mile down that road. The day was warm, and the door and window was open, he was lying upon his couch, quiet and peaceful, his wife and daughter sitting by, when a dove of full and beautiful plumage came through the door, and hovering over him, settled down upon his bosom, and without apparent alarm, fluttered its wings. In 1857 Rebecca died, and Asa remarried. Still later at the Capital Business College in Austin from which he graduated. Mr. Townsend was the member of the state democratic executive committee for the Eighteenth senatorial district. By February of 1838, Asa and Rebecca with their family had arrived in the New Republic of Texas. First-hand information as remembered by Bryan Patterson,Monday, November 10, 2014.. Both of their fathers died while they were very young. Her family now included an infant daughter Martha Bertha, born in Osnabruck on October 24, 1861. WebSon of John Townsend and Elizabeth Townsend Husband of Elizabeth Townsend Father of Elizabeth Kennard; Hannah Hough; Mary [Skelton] Cary; Stephen Townsend, II; William Townsend and 3 others; ; Brother of James Townsend; Charles Townsend; Joseph Townsend; Elizabeth Foreman; Sarah Thomas and 3 others; ; Half brother of Elizabeth The man residing there invited Leonard in, gave him a meal and a bed for the night. He married Katharina Panter, daughter of Georg Panter and Theres Zink on 22 Feb 1819 in Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany. On February 11, 1846 he received an additional homestead grant of 320 acres in Bexar County. Another good book is A genealogy of the descendants of Benedictus Townsend and his wife, Lucilla Light of South Carolina Compiled by Joseph T. Burval and Clarice T. Burval, 2006. Their dead brother Thomas family came to Texas later. He came to Texas in 1866. Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord. Fifty-eight years of faithful service was accorded her before the great I AM released her from all suffering and toil, saying Tis enough, come up higher. She was a faithful friend, a loving and self-sacrificing mother, a devoted Christian, whose fight in every walk of life, shone with a brilliancy surpassed by few. His name, with Mustang Prairie as his stated place of residence, appears on the list of petitioners asking the Texas Congress to establish Houston County in 1837. Kalu and his common-law wife had arrived in Canada in June 2019, and both claimed refugee protection, the filing states. Alice was born Oct. 11, 1873, Lucan, Ontario, Canada; and died May 28, 1956, Houston, Harris County, Texas. The families were issued the following land grants in Mexico and the Republic of Texas: Thomas R. Townsend: Spanish Grant 1835 in Houston County. She was the youngest child of Louise and Caspar Fink. http://www.herbarium.unc.edu/Collectors/Fisher_G_L.pdf. Asa lived past his eightieth year and died in 1876. Francis Joseph Frede, was born at Coblenz, Hanover on February 13, 1808. She returned with the family to Osnabruck where she later married Francis Joseph Frede, in 1848. Leonard about 1822, moved to Florida, but within three or four years moved back to Georgia and settled in the county of Irwin. The family of Stephen Townsend arrived from Florida in 1826, and the name Townsend was the first to be associated with the site of Round Top. As the head of the household he received 640 acres. Trouble with Indians wasnt long in coming. His home and plantation was near the present village of Lax, Irwin County; it was there he died in 1842. Marys parents were successful entrepreneurs in LaGrange, Texas and the family name is still well known in that area. He married Anna Sophia Juliana Clara Bruck in Osnabruck on January 28, 1823. Dad was born in Alvin, TX when his parents were on their way home from a picnic on February 28, 1941. Although the last raid on Columbus itself occurred in 1838, the savages continued to molest isolated families for several more years. To those now bowed in grief and left in the stricken home, we extend our deepest sympathy. [4] Townesend was an anti-vivisectionist who was described as loving animals more than people. [1] He qualified M.R.C.S. in 1883 and F.R.C.S. She died about 1860., Moses Solon Townsend, Sr. and Annie Harvey. During the mid-1850s Caspar Fink was elected Alderman of LaGrange. Louise outlived him by many years, dying on May 7, 1895 and was also buried in the city cemetery. This grant was signed by Anson Jones, the President of The Republic of Texas. Bearing her own sorrows and disappointments with patient fortitude, looking ever to a higher power for comfort, amid the many vicissitudes of her life, she took up her cross and bore it bravely to the end, and has now triumphantly crossed the dark river and rejoicing with the loved ones gone before. Francis Frede probably emmigrated to America in 1838. William T. Townsend: Spanish grant 1835 in McLennan and Freestone Counties; Bounty grant for military service in the Texas Revolution 1836 in Coryell County. In 1859 Jacob and Elizabeth made a donation of five acres of land to St. Johns Evangelical Lutheran Church with the stipulation that a church, school, and a cemetery be established there. This deed is recorded in Deed Book A, pages 14 and 15 of the deed records of Jefferson county. He arrived in Texas in 1911 with his wife, Alice Melinda Palmer (1873-1956) and two daughters, Velma Blanche (1897-1952) and Orpha Irene, where he remained for the rest of his life. Stephen, Oliver and Elijah Cobb (sons of dau. Dr. John Townsend, his wife Elizabeth, and her younger brother Moses Schallenberger, were also going west. He is preceded in death by his beloved wife, Linda Townsend; son, Stephen Townsend; parents, Clifton Ray "Red" and Lillie Townsend; step-father, Robert Wooley; and sister, Patricia Ann Paulsen. Geni requires JavaScript! He left the service at the rank of Sergeant. Many of their descendants now reside in this section. She was the daughter of Jacobe Cummins Palmer (1847-1912) and Alice Olympus Tetram (1845-1873). Dad remembers it took three days and three nights for the family to travel on a train to join Don in D.C. After the war the family moved back to Houston before moving to Hunt, TX along with Gramps and Wee Wee, sometime in 45 or 46. That fake version of Gen. Townsend has a tale of woe: an unfaithful wife who divorced him and an adopted son he plucked from the battlefieldall described in broken English. Fike and Townsend Family History 2023. However, the location of Millfield is likely within a mile or two south of where present day Delaware Highway 1 crosses the Broadkill River. His wife, now Mrs. Caspar Fink, still occupies the residence on the same block.. She was born on 19 Mar 1922 in Houston, Texas and died on 30 Oct 1998 in Kerrville. Marys parents were born in Germany and Holland and moved to Texas to seek their fortunes in the new Republic. Asa Townsend was initiated into the Fayette Lodge no. WebSon of John Townsend and Elizabeth Townsend Husband of Elizabeth Townsend Father of Elizabeth Kennard; Hannah Hough; Mary [Skelton] Cary; Stephen Townsend, II; William Townsend and 3 others; ; Brother of James Townsend; Charles Townsend; Joseph Townsend; Elizabeth Foreman; Sarah Thomas and 3 others; ; Half brother of Elizabeth Knew the Fink family as a boy. Moses Solon Townsend was born in Colorado County, Texas, April 29th, 1864, and his parents, Moses S. and Annie E. (Harvey) Townsend, were natives of Georgia and Tennessee respectively. They moved across country in wagon trains. They came to Texas in 1840. Location: southwest of FM 1890 about 3.5 miles west of its intersection with State Highway 71, about 100 yards to the South and across a ravine from the much larger Fitzgerald Cemetery. He leveraged that education to secure a career with the railroad and later as that mayor of Hallettsville, Texas. Rebecca Clack Burford Townsend Grace died, at her residence in Colorado County on the 3rd of September, 1878, Mrs. Rebecca C. Grace, of inflammation of the bowels, aged about 58 years. He was a good and a worthy man. He has three brothers: Mr. H., H.L. To those now bowed in grief and left in the stricken home, we extend our deepest sympathy. WebHis wife is Melissa Crawford Townsend Stephen J. Townsend Net Worth His net worth has been growing significantly in 2021-2022. Georges Mother was Almira Mann, daughter of Elijah Mann and Lois Graves was born on 24 Aug 1832 in Southwold, Elgin, Ontario, Canada. Wharton AQM at Houston. Moses mother died when he was 13 years old. Twelve of whom, 8 boys and 4 girls, lived to be settled with families of their own. He was coming home from a buying trip in San Antonio for the store when he veered off the road and died. Their telephone was on a party line with their ring being 2 long and two short rings. In August, 1887, he went to Yoakum as agent of the S. A. and a big shed was built around it and this was how they got their electricity at the ranch. Donald Earley Townsend was born in 1940. In April of the following year he was re-elected for the full term and again elected in 1893, without opposition. WebStephen Townsend, left Florida with his brother Thomas Townsend and cousin William Stapleton, but Stephen and his wife had to stop in Louisiana for the birth of their child. At that time it looked to Ms. Wyatt that the Texas Townsends were descended from Light Townsend, the Revolutionary War soldier. 1/26/2021 edit Stephen Townsend, Sr, was the son of John Townsend and Elizabeth (NN) Townsend or John Townsend and Elizabeth (Pocoke) Townsend. He also served in the Texas Ranger Company of Capt. In 2014 there is a Prosperity Bank building on the lot. [1] Townesend was a stage actor under the name Will Dennis and assisted the Amateur Dramatic Society of St Bartholomew's Hospital. Thomas Townsend and his descendants are described in Tula Townsend Wyatts well-written and well-documented genealogy entitled The Seven Townsend Brothers of Texas 1826-1838. M. S. Townsend died at his home here this morning after a lingering illness, aged 31 years. The second grant for 50 acres implies one other person was with him or possibly decided to join him shortly after he moved to SC based on the dates of the petitions. He was buried in Grace Farm about 4 miles north of Columbus on FM 1890 near Shaws Bend. : W.G. Use the links above and in the sidebars to explore our family's stories and images. Gigi bought the duplex with a garage apartment, down the street, as an investment where Ron and Anne Townsend lived after they were married. in 1883 and F.R.C.S. He is now holding his third term. Townesend was educated at St Bartholomew's Hospital and the University of Edinburgh. He previously commanded the United States Army Training and Doctrine Command from March 2018 until June 2019 and XVIII Airborne Corps from May 2015 until January 2018. Bounty grant for military service in the Texas Revolution 1836 in Johnson County. The deceased was an old citizen, an exemplary lady with many virtues to endear her to her large list of acquaintances. By the time the War Between the States broke out, his total assets amounted to more than $60,000, including a dozen slaves or more. Moses grew up with his fourteen brothers and sisters. Velma Fishers grandmother, Almira Manns, ancestors are 17th century New England colonial immigrants. After graduating from the University of Texas, August moved to Houston with his Mother and began a life-long career in the financial services industry. Francis Frede died on January 4, 1851 and is buried in the city cemetery. Donald and Beth met while they were Lamar High School. The last conversation he had just prior to his death was with two daughters who had died years ago, desiring them to come to him, and speaking to them as though they were bodily present and visible to him and who will affirm they were there. When Dad finished 8th grade the family moved to Stevens Street (on the corner) in Kerrville. In her book she says Thomas and his wifewent on a visit to Bullock County, Georgia, where a son, Light, was born in 1808, while they were on this trip to Georgia. To visit the location you need permission and an escort from the property owners. For a while, Gramps hired someone to run the store but eventually sold it. George was born near St. Thomas, Ontario, Canada to Lewis and Almira Mann Fisher on September 21, 1868. (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Genealogical Society of Pennsylvania), 42 (4): 293313, Fall/Winter 2002, The following info was not edited 1/26/2021 and may or may not be correct.---------------------------------------------------------, Stephen was born in 1700. He grew up in the Marlboro district of South Carolina and attended school at an academy in Anson County, North Carolina. The Cemetery is on private property and is not visible from the road. He erected a long log cabin for his family and put up a row of slave cabins. 1, 1953 in Burlington, the son of Hebert L. and Anne (Mailhot) Townsend. Maria Elisabeth Fink was born at Gomaringen on March 11, 1840. The Twenty-first Infantry then returned to Texas and disbanded in May1865 shortly before the surrender of the Trans-Mississippi Department in June 1865. Stephen J. Townsends income source is mostly from being a successful . Townesend was educated at St Bartholomew's Hospital and the University of Edinburgh. (Asas wifes great-grandfather). vandiver.john@stripes.com Twitter: @ john_vandiver Migrated During the Mexican War Leopold, Caspars brother, enlisted in Captain Roberts Company, 1st Texas Volunteers. WebHis wife is Melissa Crawford Townsend Stephen J. Townsend Net Worth His net worth has been growing significantly in 2021-2022. He is from Germany. While their house (1/2 mile on the right from Heart of the Hills) was being built nearby, they lived at the old ranch house without electricity using coal oil lamps. On 18 January 1765, Benedictus was granted land described as One Hundred acres situate on Hilson Bay on Head of Muddy Creek North East side of great Pedee River, bound on all sides by Vacant Land. Caspar Fink owned a General Store on lot 172 on the town square. He helped train his Fathers race horses and did other chores around the working ranch. He qualified M.R.C.S. So, how much is Stephen J. Townsend worth at the age of 55 years old? It was known as Alexanders German Company. He was the son of Johannes and Anna Maria (Luz) Fink, her parents were Anna Maria (Pfeiffer) and Darran Luz. Their wishes were carried out and the church was in use until 1895 until it was moved to Ellinger where it remains. The Townsends capitalized on the post-war cattle boom, and Asa lived to see the beginning of a political dynasty in Colorado County, forged by his, sons and grandsons, that would last into the Twentieth century. in Atlanta, GA, there are four headgrants issued to Leonard Harper and perhaps his son, Leonard Harper Jr. Bearing her own sorrows and disappointments with patient fortitude, looking ever to a higher power for comfort, amid the many vicissitudes of her life, she took up her cross and bore it bravely to the end, and has now triumphantly crossed the dark river and rejoicing with the loved ones gone before. In Texas the men of the regiment saw no combat; they served primarily as scouts and performed garrison duty. Anson Jones, the daughter of Jacobe Cummins Palmer ( 1847-1912 ) and Alice Olympus Tetram ( 1845-1873.. More than people is mentioned in the city cemetery died at his home plantation. 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