Isaac Townsend, the son of H. B. Townsend, was born in England in 1763, and on account of his father's losses in property speculation came to the Colonies about 1775. He settled in what was then Westmoreland county, Pa., but is now Kiskiminetas township, Armstrong county, Pa., where he bought 400 acres from George Wolf, for which he paid seventy-five cents per acre. This property has been developed into the most valuable land in the county.

A many-sided man, he could do almost anything to which he bent his mind, and became extremely prominent in his locality, where he was called upon to settle numerous disputes among his neighbors, for his authority and level judgment were never questioned. After the organization of the Democratic party he adhered to its principles, and was elected on its ticket as auditor, assessor and road supervisor of his township.

Although reared a Quaker, after marriage he bacame a member of the Lutheran Church, in which he was an elder for many years. In 1784 he married Rachel King, who was of German extraction, and they had ten children:

John Townsend, Henry Townsend, Absalom K. Townsend, Isaac Townsend, Joseph Townsend, Robert Townsend, Henry Townsend, William Townsend, George Townsend, Polly Townsend, Susan Townsend

Two of their children died in infancy unnamed. Mr. Townsend passed away in 1847, after a life of usefulness and Christian living.

The father of Rachel King, Isaac Townsend's wife, was Mathuis King, and he served in the Revolutionary War. There is a King memorial monument at St. Michael's Evangelican Lutheran Church in Burrell Township, Armstrong County. It was dedicated September 2, 1922.

Isaac Townsend and his wife Rachel King Townsend are buried on a hilltop cemetery about one mile south of Avonmore, Pa. Also buried there are Simon Hine and his wife Eve Miller Hine, who are the parents of Elizabeth Hine Townsend (born in 1797), who was married to Robert Townsend (born in 1796).

The graves of Isaac Townsend and Simon Hine in the Avonmore Cemetery have an American flag and a cast iron marker with the inscription, "Revolutionary War Veteran."

Nicholas Miller and his wife Catharine are also buried in this cemetery. He is the father of Eva Miller Hine, the wife of Simon Hine. Nicholas Miller was a Captain in the Americn Revolutionary Army.

(Note: The above information about the cemeteries is from Jessie L. Townsend (Mrs. Henry Townsend), Kansas City, Missouri, in a 1948 letter to Henry Townsend, Jr. in South Bend.)