OBITUARY: Andrew Townsend; Dundee; Yates co., NY
surname: Townsend, Kiff, LaFever, Denniston

submitted by Scott Coon (guyanoga1 @ usadatanet.net)
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Penn Yan Democrat 30 July 1915 issue
 
TOWNSEND : In Dundee, July 23, 1915, Andrew Townsend, aged 75 years.
He leaves his wife, one son Rev. Albert Townsend, of Boston, Mass., and one 
daughter, Mrs. William Denniston, of Dundee, one brother, Oscar Townsend, of 
Yuma, Ariz., and two sisters, Mrs. Melvina Kiff and Mrs. Emma LaFever, of Los 
Angeles, Cal.
Mr. Townsend enlisted in Company C., 140th New York Volunteers at Elmira, and 
served for two years and four months until he obtained his honorable discharge. 
He was engaged in eleven different battles and was wounded at the battles of the 
Wilderness and Bull Run. He was also present at the time of Lee’s surrender. 
 
(Andrew Townsend is a member of my family. I have more information upon 
request.)