William Allen Towns^{[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9]}

1842 - 1921  (79 years)

• Name	William Allen Towns
  Birth	12 Mar 1842	Stark, Ohio, United States   [1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10, 11]
  		William Towns Biography, Pages 2,3 Unknown child's biography of William Towns.
  		William Towns Biography Page 1 Unknown child's biography of William Towns.
  Gender	Male
  Death	22 Jul 1921	Etna Township, Kosciusko, Indiana, United States   [3, 4]
  Burial	Clunette, Kosciusko, Indiana, United States   [4]
  Person ID	I1065	rrss
  Last Modified	15 Mar 2019

  
  

  Father	Robert Towns,   b. 13 Jul 1799, Gardiner, Kennebec, Maine, United States d. 30 Mar 1883, Kosciusko, Indiana, United States (Age 83 years)
  Mother	Sarah Hoopengardner,   b. 1800, Pennsylvania, United States d. 27 Aug 1854, Etna Township, Kosciusko, Indiana, United States (Age 54 years)
  Marriage	5 Nov 1822	Pennsylvania, United States   [12, 13]
  Family ID	F277	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Cornelia Emily Boyd,   b. 9 Nov 1850, Belmont, Ohio, United States d. 29 Jun 1934, Etna Township, Kosciusko, Indiana, United States (Age 83 years)
  Marriage	16 Apr 1867  [11, 14]
  Children	1. Cyrus Edwin Towns,   b. 23 May 1868, Etna Township, Kosciusko, Indiana, United States d. 28 Sep 1868, Etna Township, Kosciusko, Indiana, United States (Age 0 years)   2. Zeruah Agnes Towns,   b. 24 Mar 1870, Etna Township, Kosciusko, Indiana, United States d. 5 Jan 1958, Etna Township, Kosciusko, Indiana, United States (Age 87 years)   3. Mary Luella Towns,   b. 9 Apr 1870, Etna Township, Kosciusko, Indiana, United States d. 9 Feb 1967, Fort Wayne, Allen, Indiana, United States (Age 96 years)   4. Lucinda Belle Towns,   b. 2 Mar 1874, Etna Township, Kosciusko, Indiana, United States d. 23 Aug 1959 (Age 85 years)   5. Florence Emily Towns,   b. 20 Jan 1877, Tippecanoe Township, Marshall, Indiana, United States d. 23 Jan 1918 (Age 41 years)   6. Robert Newton Towns,   b. 26 Jun 1878, Etna Township, Kosciusko, Indiana, United States d. 31 Aug 1927, Kosciusko, Indiana, United States (Age 49 years)   7. William Harley Towns,   b. 12 Jun 1880, Etna Township, Kosciusko, Indiana, United States d. Yes, date unknown   8. Erma Ethel Towns,   b. 23 Feb 1887, Etna Township, Kosciusko, Indiana, United States d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F280	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	6 Jul 2023

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 12 Mar 1842 - Stark, Ohio, United States Death - 22 Jul 1921 - Etna Township, Kosciusko, Indiana, United States Burial - - Clunette, Kosciusko, Indiana, United States  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Photos » Slide Show		William Allen Towns
  		William Towns Family First Row: Bea Tea, Miriam Shively, Harley Carles, Robert Knepper, Lindon Knepper, Wendell Towns, Bill Tea, and Margaret Towns Second Row: William Towms, Cornelia Emily Towns, Zeruah Shively, Ella Carles, Lucy Knepper, Florence Tea, Ethel Kannard, Golda Towns, Carrie Towns Third Row: Mary Shively, Lucy Tea, Mildred Shively, Leta Tea, Smith,…
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  		1917TownsFamilyReverse Documents the names of the people in the ~1917 William Allen Towns family portrait
  		William Towns, Emily Boyd Family 1901 Back Row: Lucinda Towns (Knepper), Cornelia Emily Boyd (Towns), Zeruah Towns (Shively), Mildred Shively, Harley Towns, Robert Towns. Second Row: William Towns, Frank Carles, Forrest Knepper, Robert Knepper, Frank Tea, Lila Tea, Marvin Shively, Ella Towns (Carles). On Floor: Mina Shively, Florence Towns (Tea), Lucy Tea, Ruth Shively, Lucille…

  
  

  Documents		William Towns Biography, Pages 2,3 Unknown child's biography of William Towns.
  		William Towns Biography Page 1 Unknown child's biography of William Towns.

  
  

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  Histories

  Biography of William Towns 1907 Biography of William Allen Towns by an unknown child. If you know who the child is, let us know.

  
  

• Notes

  Arrived Kosciusko Co, IN 1854. From the time he was 12 and Cornelia Emily Dodson Boyd 4, his father and her mother were married. William Allen Towns and Cornelia Emily Boyd married in 1867, when he was 25 and she was 17.

  
  

• Sources

  [S12] 1900 United States Federal Census, Year: 1900; Census Place: Tippecanoe, Marshall, Indiana; Roll: 392; Page: 13B; Enumeration District: 0081; FHL microfilm: 1240392. William Allen Towns and Cornelia Emily Boyd Census 1900 Tippecanoe Township, Marshall, Indiana, United States. William Towns, 58, Cornelia Town, 49, Robert N Towns, 20, Harvey W Towns, 19, Ethel E Towns, 13. [S5] Indiana, Marriages, 1810-2001. TownsR&JordanC_19091225_United States, Indiana_MarriageLicense.jpg [S18] Indiana, Death Certificates, 1899-2011, Indiana Archives and Records Administration; Indianapolis, IN, USA; Death Certificates; Year: 1921; Roll: 09. Towns William Allen_19210722_United States, Indiana, Kosciusko, Etna Township_Death_MID1144.jpg [S4] U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current. [S15] 1910 United States Federal Census, Year: 1910; Census Place: Etna Green Ward 2, Kosciusko, Indiana; Roll: T624_358; Page: 6A; Enumeration District: 0067; FHL microfilm: 1374371. Towns William Allen_19100000_United States, Indiana, Kosciusko, Etna Township_Residence_MID1145.jpg [S16] 1860 United States Federal Census, Year: 1860; Census Place: Etna, Kosciusko, Indiana; Roll: M653_273; Page: 173; Family History Library Film: 803273. Robert Towns and Susannah Dodson Family Census 1860 Entry for Robert Town, Sarah Town, William Town, and Cornelia Town. Sarah Town is Susanna Dodson. Cornelia Town is Cornelia Boyd. Robert's first and third wives are Sarah, but not his second. Cornelia is Susannah's daughter from her marriage to Andrew Boyd. Brother Zacharias is on the next page. [S5] Indiana, Marriages, 1810-2001. KannardE&TownsE_19111130_United States, Indiana, Kosciusko, Etna Township_MarriageLicense.jpg [S1] 1870 United States Federal Census, Year: 1870; Census Place: Tippecanoe, Marshall, Indiana; Roll: M593_342; Page: 190B; Image: 74507; Family History Library Film: 545841. William Allen Towns and Cornelia Emily Boyd Census 1870 Tippecanoe Township, Marshall, Indiana, United States. William Town, 28, Cornelia Town, 20, Zeruah Town, 9/12. [S22] 1920 United States Federal Census, Year: 1920; Census Place: Etna, Kosciusko, Indiana; Roll: T625_439; Page: 3A; Enumeration District: 82. Towns William Allen_19200000_United States, Indiana, Kosciusko, Etna Township_Residence_MID1148.jpg [S136] Biography of William Allen Towns, Birth date and location, major life events. William Towns Biography, Pages 2,3 Unknown child's biography of William Towns. William Towns Biography Page 1 Unknown child's biography of William Towns. [S42] U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900, Source number: 2812.000; Source type: Electronic Database; Number of Pages: 1; Submitter Code: EET. [S42] U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900, Source number: 2023.000; Source type: Electronic Database; Number of Pages: 1; Submitter Code: EET. [S79] The Descendants of William Towne, Who Came to America in or about 1630 and Settled in Salem, Mass, Detail for Robert Towne, born 1799. ROBERT TOWNE (Israel , Thomas , Jesse , Joseph, Edmund, William). b. at Gardiner, Me., July 13, 1799. m. Sarah Henpengardner, in Pennsylvania, November 5, 1822, who was b. 1800, and d. August 27, 1854. He d. March 30, 1883. Their children : i. Joseph P. b. September 20, 1823. Lives in Bethany, Mo. ii. John b. March 2, 1825. Lives in Haddam, Kan. iii. Agnes b. December 12, 1827. iv. Lewis b. September 22, 1829. d. September 6, 1859. v. Mary b. January 27, 1832. d. September 27, 1832. . vi. Jesse L. August 20, 1833. Lives in Amber, Mich. vii. Henry. b. October 8, 1835. viii. Lucinda A. b. December 4, 1838. m. J. W. Wannamaker, and lives in Chillicothe, Ohio, 1900. ix. William A. b. March 12, 1842. [S145] Obituary of Cornelia Towns, Birth, marriage, and death information for Cornelia Boid Towns. Cornelius Emily Boid was born in Belmont County, Ohio, November 9, 1850. She came to Indiana with her parents when three years old and spent her girlhood days in the vicinity of' Stony Point. On April 16, 1868, she was united in marriage to William A. Towns, who preceded her in death 13 years ago. They moved to the farm near Etna Green, where' they lived 53 years and reared a family of seven children. The oldest, Cyrus, died in infancy. Mrs. Franklin Tea, a daughter, and Robert N. Towns, a son, have gone on before. Four daughters, Mrs. Zeruah Shively, Mrs. F. M. Carles, Mrs. F. J. Knepper and Mrs. C. E. Kannard, all living within a radius of ten miles of Etna Green; a son, Harley Towns, of Warsaw, 20 grandchildren, and 26 great-grandchildren remain to mourn her departure. She was a member of the Christian Church of Etna Green for more than 60 years and a firm believer of its teachings. She passed from this life, June 29, 1934, aged 83 years, 7 months, and 20 days.