Contributed by Vanissa K. Townsend

Norman Elwood Townsend Sr., my grandfather, the son of Elgate Powell Townsend and Frances Elizabeth Baxley.

His grandparents were Daniel White Townsend and Emily Bullard Townsend.

His great grandparents were Charles Townsend and Martha Blount Humphrey.

His great great grandparents were William Townsend and Sarah Thompson.

His great great great grand parents were Thomas Townsend and Lettice McConkey.

Jennie Catherine Jackson Townsend, the daughter of Eliud LeGrande Jackson & Mary Victoria (Tori) Bullard Jackson.

Norman and Jennie were married on October 27, 1935 in either Robeson or Hoke County, NC