Individual Details

Honorable Colonel Calvin Cooley TOWNSLEY

(3 Nov 1795 - 16 Aug 1859)

Events

Birth3 Nov 1795Walpole, Cheshire County, New Hampshire
Marriage9 Sep 1817Newfane, Windham County, Vermont - Maria POMEROY
Occupation9 Sep 1817& was a merchant - Chesterfield, Cheshire County, New Hampshire
OccupationAbt 1820keeper of a public house - Newfane, Windham County, Vermont
ResidenceAbt 1825Templeton, Worcester County, Massachusetts
OccupationBet 1828 and 1840was the builder of Wantastiquet Hall, behind the Vermont House (owned by Willard Pomeroy) - Brattleboro, Windham County, Vermont
Residence1833at Park House, a home that belonged to his father-in-law, Chester Pomeroy - Brattleboro, Windham County, Vermont
OccupationBet 1836 and 1846merchant with Gardner C. Hall, under the firm of Hall & Townsley - Brattleboro, Windham County, Vermont
Affiliation1837/38represented Brattleboro in the General Assembly - Vermont
AffiliationBet 1839 and 1842was a senator from Windham County - Vermont
Affiliation1844was a presidential elector - Vermont
Occupation1846continued merchantile business under the name of Townsley & Sons - Brattleboro, Windham County, Vermont
Affiliation1848narrowly lost the nomination for Congress from his district - Vermont
Affiliation1850was a member of the Constitutional Convention - Vermont
Residence5 Sep 1850merchant - Brattleboro, Windham County, Vermont
ResidenceBet 1855 and 1859and managed a public house - Saint Louis, Saint Louis County, Missouri
Residence15 Aug 1859at 112 Olive - Saint Louis, Saint Louis County, Missouri
Death16 Aug 1859Saint Louis, Saint Louis County, Missouri
BurialAft 16 Aug 1859in the Bellefontaine Cemetery, Lot 884, Block 39, Grave 2 - Saint Louis, Saint Louis County, Missouri

Families

SpouseMaria POMEROY (1798 - 1875)
ChildCharles W TOWNSLEY (1818 - 1877)
ChildStella M TOWNSLEY (1820 - 1879)
ChildHenry TOWNSLEY (1822 - 1863)
FatherNicanor TOWNSLEY (1756 - 1829)
MotherOrrel COOLEY (1765 - )
SiblingWilliam Harris TOWNSLEY (1786 - )
SiblingOrrel TOWNSLEY (1788 - )
SiblingSally TOWNSLEY (1791 - )
SiblingLuther TOWNSLEY (1795 - )
SiblingFrances TOWNSLEY (1803 - 1850)
SiblingCaroline TOWNSLEY (1807 - )