Roll of Honor
Thomas Lewis Townsend, Jr.
Incident
Constable Thomas Townsend succumbed to injuries sustained three months earlier when his horse fell on him. Constable Townsend and his brother, Constable Mose Townsend, had heard screaming in the distance and where riding to investigate. They decided to take a shortcut through a wooded area and ran into barbed wire.
Both constable's were thrown from their horses, with Constable Thomas Townsend's horse landing on him. He suffered from internal injuries until his death.
He had been with the agency for four years and was survived by his wife, one child, brother, and parents. His brother, Constable Mose Townsend, was murdered in the line of duty six months later.
Survivors
He had been with the agency for four years and was survived by his wife, one child, brother, and parents.
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- July 23, 2026
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Tributes
133 years is a long time for a name to go unread. Not today.
Constable Townsend gave the Colorado County Constable's Office 4 years.
Thank you for your service to the Eagle Lake community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Constable Thomas Lewis Townsend, Jr. is one of 10,088 officers lost to accidents in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 31% of all 32,508 officers honored here.
In TX, 653 of 2,421 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 27% of this state's fallen. That is 4 percentage points below the national rate of 31%.
At Colorado County Constable's Office - Precinct 4, 1 of 3 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 33.3% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Accident compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Thomas Lewis Townsend, Jr.'s cause is highlighted.
How Thomas Lewis Townsend, Jr. Compares
When Accident Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. Thomas Lewis Townsend, Jr. is highlighted in Jun.
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