Emma R. Townsend

    Emma R. Townsend was born in 1855 at Indiana, USA. She appeared on the census of Friday, 3 August 1860 in the household of Louisa McMillan at Bement, Piatt Co., Illinois, USA. She was enumerated as: Townsend, Emma, age 5, female, born Indiana. She appeared on the census of Friday, 3 June 1870 in the household of Robert J. Foster at Tuscola Twp., Douglas Co., Illinois, USA. She is recorded as: Townsend, Emma, 14, female, white, born Indiana, attended school. She appeared on the census of Wednesday, 2 June 1880 in the household of Robert J. Foster at Tuscola, Douglas Co., Illinois, USA. She was enumerated as: Townsend, Emma, white, female, age 22, step daughter, clerk in store, born New York, father born England, mother born Ontario. She and William J. Stewart, son of Charles Stewart, were married on Monday, 27 December 1880 at Tuscola, Douglas Co., Illinois, USA.