Irving Townsend: Our Family History

Generation: 1

Generation: 2

2.	Morris Townsend was born about 1897; died after 1918. Morris married Jessie Edna Sherman about 1917. Jessie (daughter of William Kirk Sherman and Laura Cecelia Jones) was born in Nov 1897 in Chambers Co, Texas; died after 1940 in of, Jefferson Co, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Jessie Edna Sherman was born in Nov 1897 in Chambers Co, Texas (daughter of William Kirk Sherman and Laura Cecelia Jones); died after 1940 in of, Jefferson Co, Texas.

Children:

Generation: 3

William Kirk Sherman was born on 18 Oct 1856 in Chambers Co, Texas (son of Lothrop* Brockway Sherman and Mary* Sophronia Kirk); died on 18 Nov 1917 in Chambers Co, Texas; was buried in Sherman Cem, Lake Charlotte, Chambers Co, Texas.

William married Laura Cecelia Jones on 8 Oct 1874 in Chambers Co, Texas. Laura (daughter of James J Jones and Tabitha Jane Shelton) was born on 5 Jun 1855 in Chambers Co, Texas; died on 28 Aug 1917 in Chambers Co, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Laura Cecelia Jones was born on 5 Jun 1855 in Chambers Co, Texas (daughter of James J Jones and Tabitha Jane Shelton); died on 28 Aug 1917 in Chambers Co, Texas.

Children:

Edward Decatur Sherman was born in Dec 1875 in Lake Charlotte, Chambers Co, Texas; died on 18 Oct 1933 in Beaumont, Jefferson Co, Texas; was buried in Broussards Mortuary (Forest Lawn), Beaumont, Jefferson Co, Texas.
Lothrop Cerett Sherman was born on 7 Aug 1877 in Lake Charlotte, Chambers Co, Texas; died on 8 Apr 1964 in Dayton, Liberty Co, Texas; was buried in Magnolia Cem, Dayton, LIberty Co, Texas.
Emmett Coleman Sherman, (twin) was born on 14 Sep 1879 in Chambers Co, Texas; died on 26 Jun 1958 in Jefferson Co, Texas; was buried in China City Cem, China, Jefferson Co, Texas.
Shelby Star Sherman, (twin) was born on 14 Sep 1879 in Wallisville, Chambers Co, Texas; died on 9 Sep 1954 in Jefferson Co, Texas; was buried in Sherman Cem, Lake Charlotte, Chambers Co, Texas.
William Floyd Sherman was born on 2 Oct 1884 in Chambers Co, Texas; died on 13 May 1932 in Jefferson Co, Texas.
Thomas Riley Sherman was born on 5 Mar 1893 in Chambers Co, Texas; died in 1962 in Jefferson Co, Texas.
Ellie Cecelia Sherman was born on 26 Nov 1894 in Chambers Co, Texas; died on 22 Aug 1969 in Beaumont, Jefferson Co, Texas.
3. Jessie Edna Sherman was born in Nov 1897 in Chambers Co, Texas; died after 1940 in of, Jefferson Co, Texas.
Wiley Lands, (boarder 1880) was born in 1860 in Louisiana; died after 1880 in of, Double Bayou, Chambers Co, Texas.

Generation: 4

12.

Lothrop* Brockway Sherman was born on 17 Jun 1825 in Sherburne, Chenango Co, New York (son of Jacob* Haven Sherman, Sr and Rebecca* Stebbins); died on 29 Apr 1899 in Wallisville, Chambers Co, Texas; was buried in Chambers Co, Texas.

Lothrop* married Mary* Sophronia Kirk on 9 Aug 1855 in Wallisville, Chambers Co, Texas. Mary* (daughter of William Tolbert* (or John?) Kirk and Susannah* Payne (or G.) Shelton) was born on 18 Oct 1835 in Tennessee; died on 30 Sep 1889 in Wallisville, Chambers Co, Texas; was buried in Eminence Cem, Eminence, Chambers Co, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

13.

Mary* Sophronia Kirk was born on 18 Oct 1835 in Tennessee (daughter of William Tolbert* (or John?) Kirk and Susannah* Payne (or G.) Shelton); died on 30 Sep 1889 in Wallisville, Chambers Co, Texas; was buried in Eminence Cem, Eminence, Chambers Co, Texas.

Children:

6. William Kirk Sherman was born on 18 Oct 1856 in Chambers Co, Texas; died on 18 Nov 1917 in Chambers Co, Texas; was buried in Sherman Cem, Lake Charlotte, Chambers Co, Texas.
Devilla Esther "Het" Sherman was born on 27 Dec 1858 in Wallisville, Chambers Co, Texas; died after 1886 in of Wallisville, Chambers Co, Texas.
Mary Sophronia Sherman was born on 23 Aug 1861 in Wallisville, Chambers Co, Texas; died on 13 Oct 1881 in Wallisville, Chambers Co, Texas; was buried in Eminence Cem, Eminence, Chambers Co, Texas.
Amanda* Petronile Sherman was born on 15 Oct 1863 in Wallisville, Chambers Co, Texas; died on 14 Dec 1918 in 2050 Magnolia St, Beaumont, Jefferson Co, Texas; was buried on 15 Dec 1918 in Magnolia Cem, Beaumont, Jefferson Co, Texas.
Leverett Lothrop Sherman was born on 26 May 1867 in Wallisville, Chambers Co, Texas; died on 8 Mar 1923 in China, Jefferson Co, Texas; was buried in China City Cem, China, Jefferson Co, Texas.

14.

James J Jones was born in 1826 in Montgomery, Alabama (son of Shadrach Martin Jones, Sr and Nancy Dollarhide (?)); died in 1871 in Chambers Co, Texas.

James married Tabitha Jane Shelton in 1852 in Chambers Co, Texas. Tabitha (daughter of George Washington* Shelton, (son??) and Annie* Payne) was born in 1828 in Tennessee; died after 1870 in Chambers Co, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

15.

Tabitha Jane Shelton was born in 1828 in Tennessee (daughter of George Washington* Shelton, (son??) and Annie* Payne); died after 1870 in Chambers Co, Texas.

Children:

William Barton Jones was born on 30 Oct 1852 in Lake Charlotte, Chambers Co, Texas; died on 18 Dec 1940 in Anahuac, Chambers Co, Texas; was buried in Wallisville Cem, Wallisville, Chambers Co, Texas.
7. Laura Cecelia Jones was born on 5 Jun 1855 in Chambers Co, Texas; died on 28 Aug 1917 in Chambers Co, Texas.
James R Jones was born in 1859 in Chambers Co, Texas; died after 1860.
Annie Payne Jones was born in 1861 in Chambers Co, Texas; died after 1910 in of, Chambers Co, Texas.
Tabitha Irene Jones was born in Sep 1866 in Chambers Co, Texas; died in 1932.
J.J.R. Sealy, (occupant 1860) was born in 1850 in Texas; died after 1860 in of, Chambers Co, Texas.