Rev. Joe Elbert Townsend^[1]

1894 - 1975  (81 years)

• Name	Joe Elbert Townsend
  Prefix	Rev.
  Born	27 Mar 1894	Tennessee
  Gender	Male
  Died	20 Jul 1975  [2]
  Buried	Catons Chapel Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee   [3]
  Person ID	I36569	Smoky Mountain Ancestral Quest
  Last Modified	25 Oct 2006

  
  

  Father	Elbert Grovan Townsend,   b. 1 Mar 1863, Tennessee ,   d. 9 Jul 1904  (Age 41 years)
  Mother	Clarissa Alvina "Allie" Gobble,   b. 14 Sep 1864, Tennessee ,   d. 26 Dec 1949  (Age 85 years)
  Married	3 Jan 1886
  Family ID	F13313	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family	Ellen Caldona Cowden,   b. 26 May 1899, Tennessee ,   d. 26 Jan 1980  (Age 80 years)
  Married	9 Oct 1913	Sevier County, Tennessee
  Notes	0015413
  Children	+ 1. Kenneth C. Townsend,   b. 2 Aug 1915, Sevier County, Tennessee ,   d. 17 Apr 2008  (Age 92 years) + 2. Clyde Elmore Townsend,   b. 26 Dec 1917,   d. Bef 28 Jul 2002  (Age < 84 years) + 3. Hobert Conley Townsend,   b. 16 Jul 1920, Sevier County, Tennessee ,   d. 28 Jul 2002  (Age 82 years) + 4. Rev. Bertha Townsend,   b. 8 Aug 1922,   d. 10 Oct 2012  (Age 90 years) + 5. Carman L. Townsend,   b. 6 Oct 1926, Sevier County, Tennessee ,   d. 25 Aug 2004, Baptist Hospital of East Tennessee, Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee  (Age 77 years)
  Family ID	F13325	Group Sheet

  
  

• Event Map		Born - 27 Mar 1894 - Tennessee Married - 9 Oct 1913 - Sevier County, Tennessee Buried - - Catons Chapel Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee  = Link to Google Maps   = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Notes

  Lived in Catons Chapel Community. ---------- Reference: "The Townsend Heritage", Kathy Townsend, 1984, p 45, 53.

  
  

• Sources

  [S94] Sevier County, Tennessee Census, 13-Dist, Series: T623 Roll: 1596 Page: 193, 6 Jun 1900. [S76] Atchley Funeral Home Records, Volume III, 1974-1986, Larry D. Fox, (Smoky Mountain Historical Society), 20 Jul 1975. Townsend, Rev Joe Elbert 81 b. 3-27-94 TN d. 7-20-75 R9 Sev carpenter f. Elbert Townsend m. Alvara Gobble Catons Chapel Cem Survivors: wife Ella Cowden 3 sons Kenneth Townsend Clyde E Hobert Conley Carmon L 1 dau Mrs Bertha Qualls 16 gc 19 ggc 1 bro William E Townsend. [S34] In the Shadow of the Smokies, Smoky Mountain Historical Society, (1993), 403.