Sixth Generation

1114. William L. TOWNSEND was born on 23 September 1880 in Catawba County, North Carolina. He appeared in the census in 1900 in Hickory Tavern Twp., Catawba County, North Carolina. The year before he married, he was listed with:
SIGMON, Churchwell Jun 1845 (54) NC farm m27 head 164
Townsend, Wm. L. Sep 1876 (23) farm labor servant He died on 18 January 1916 at the age of 35.

William L. TOWNSEND and Sarah "Sallie" SCRONCE were married on 12 August 1901 in Jacob's Fork Township, Catawba County, North Carolina.¹⁸⁵⁰ by G.L. Reinhardt, J.P. Sarah "Sallie" SCRONCE, daughter of Abram SCRONCE and Sarah , was born on 23 September 1874 in Catawba County, North Carolina. She died on 31 October 1952 at the age of 78 in Catawba County, North Carolina.

William L. TOWNSEND and Sarah "Sallie" SCRONCE had the following children:

+2923	i.	Abram Lafayette TOWNSEND.
+2924	ii.	Roy Lee TOWNSEND.
2925	iii.	Carrie Mae TOWNSEND was born on 20 October 1907. She died on 21 May 1989 at the age of 81. She was buried in Mount Harmony Methodist Church Cemetery, Icard, North Carolina. Cemetery lists married name as Crockett.
2926	iv.	Perry TOWNSEND (private).
2927	v.	Mary Magdalene TOWNSEND was born on 14 November 1918. She died on 12 January 1971 at the age of 52. She was buried in Mount Hebron Baptist Church Cem., Burke Co., North Carolina.
2928	vi.	Henry Franklin TOWNSEND died on 15 October 1918 in Burke County, North Carolina.¹⁸⁵¹
2929	vii.	John Marshall TOWNSEND was born on 1 August 1914. He died on 16 April 1978 at the age of 63 in Suffolk, Suffolk City, Virginia.