NAME Towl, Lucinda (Mrs.)

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PLACE West Rochester, VT
AGE IN 1850 46
MAIDEN NAME Lucinda Washburn
PARENTS Ezra Washburn (1776-1866) and Hannah Austin (1779-1833).  They married 14 June 1798 in Hillsboro, Hillsboro County, NH.
BORN 30 April 1804, in Rochester, Windsor County, VT
DIED 1896
BURIED Oakland Cemetery, Sac City, Sac County, IA (Lot 42)
MARRIED Samuel Peasley Towle.  The son of Caleb Towle and Judith Peasley, he was born 12 March 1801 in Sutton, Merrimack County, NH, and died 1890.
CHILDREN

1.       Truman Towle, b. 1826, d. 27 December 1914, m. 1) Emily H., 2) Margaret Baker, 05 May 1905.   Buried in Nemaha, IA.

2.       Ezra W. Towle, b. 26 August 1827, Rochester, VT, d. 26 November 1895 in Nevada City, CA, m. Sabra Jones, 05 October 1870 in Rochester, VT.

3.       Walter R. Towle, b. 23 February 1832, d. 10 January 1913, m. Francis E. Taylor.  Resided in Kootenai County, ID. Children: Edwin; Harry; Nettie, wife of W. N. Shawver res. KS; Minnie, wife of John Mawhirter, res. KS; Chapin; and Lillian, wife of Arthur Shawver, res. KS.  Walter Towle traveled via the Isthmus to San Francisco, Ca in 1854, where he mined for gold until 1862.  Served as a sergeant in Company G of the 4th California Infantry from 1862-1866.  He farmed in Iowa from until 1878, and then in Kansas until 1898, at which time he moved to Idaho.  An Idaho gazetteer published in 1903 described him as: “a venerable and highly respected citizen of Kootenai County, living about one-half mile east from Kootenai, where he has a good home, a fine orchard and does a general gardening business. He is a man of substantial qualities and of a stanch character, possessing many virtues and displaying integrity, uprightness, and wisdom.”

4.       Hannah M. Towle, b. about 1834, m. Ephraim Baker, 23 October 1860.

5.       Harry Demetrius Towle, b. about 1837, m. Janet Francis Ellison/Peacock.

6.       Percis Towle, b. about 1840

7.       William W. Towle, b. about 1842
FEDERAL CENSUS RECORDS 1840 Goshen, Windsor County, VT.  The Samuel P. Towle household includes one male aged 30-40, one male 10-15, two males 5-10, one male under 5, one female 30-40, one female 5-10, and one female under 5.
1850 Rochester, Windsor County, VT (dwelling 116).  Samuel P. Towle (49 NH) and wife Lucinda (46 VT) are enumerated with their children:   Walter (18), Hannah M. (16), Harry D. (13), Percis C. (10), and William W. (8).  Real estate $2,000
1860 Rochester, Windsor County, VT.  Samuel (59) and Lucinda Towle (56) are living with their children Hannah (26), Persis (20), and William (18).
1870 Douglass, Sac County, IA.  Samuel (69) and Lucinda Towle (66) are living near their sons Walter R. and Truman.
NOTES Mother of “Miss Hannah Towl,” and Ezra Towle, who married Sabra Jones, the daughter of “Mrs. Esther C. Jones.”