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Lucy Self Barnett Townsend

Birth
Nicholas County, Kentucky, USA
Death
1828 (aged 31–32)
Edinburgh, Johnson County, Indiana, USA
Burial
Franklin, Johnson County, Indiana, USA Add to Map
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Wife of Joseph M. Townsend (1792-1825) - married in 1818. Died on her father's farm of milk sickness (he died of it in 1828 also). Today, the milk sickness is known to result from Eupatorium rugosum, the white snakeroot. Cattle that eat this plant can pass a toxin to humans.
Wife of Joseph M. Townsend (1792-1825) - married in 1818. Died on her father's farm of milk sickness (he died of it in 1828 also). Today, the milk sickness is known to result from Eupatorium rugosum, the white snakeroot. Cattle that eat this plant can pass a toxin to humans.


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  • Created by: Ak
  • Added: Jul 21, 2009
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/39725974/lucy_self-townsend: accessed ), memorial page for Lucy Self Barnett Townsend (4 May 1796–1828), Find a Grave Memorial ID 39725974, citing Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Franklin, Johnson County, Indiana, USA; Maintained by Ak (contributor 47112290).