Percy Clarence Twitchell (1879 - 1930)

Born 29 Jul 1879 in Milan, Coos, New Hampshire, United States

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Died 16 May 1930 at age 50 in Berlin, Coos, New Hampshire, United States

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Biography

Percy Clarence Twitchell was born on July 29, 1879, in Milan, New Hampshire. He was the son of Ransom A. Twitchell and Delphina Wheeler.^[1]

Percy was twice married. He married, first, Mae L. Prescott, on December 26, 1900, in Milan, New Hampshire.^[2] She died on January 12, 1917.^[3] Percy married Georgia A. Jackson on May 1, 1923, in MIlan.^[4]

Percy was of medium height and build, and had light hair and blue eyes. He was engaged in farming.^[5]

Percy died on May 16, 1930, in Berlin, New Hampshire.^[6] He is buried in Hillcrest Cemetery, in Milan, New Hampshire.^[7] His obituary was published in the Lewiston Daily Sun (Lewiston, Maine):^[8]

Berlin, N. H.—Percy Twitchell of Milan dropped dead this morning on the plazza of the home of Thomas Breman, 54 High street as he was delivering milk. A few minutes previous at the Gendron store he complained of a pain in his side, and death was attributed to heart trouble.

Mr. Twitchell was born at Milan 50 years ago and has always lived there. He has run a milk route in Berlin for many years. He is survived by his wife and several children in Milan.

Sources

1. ↑ "New Hampshire Birth Records, Early to 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FL5N-HYW : 23 February 2021), Percy Clarence Twitchell, 29 Jul 1879; citing Milan, Coos, New Hampshire, United States, Bureau of Vital Records and Health Statistics, Concord; FHL microfilm 1,001,047.
2. ↑ "New Hampshire Marriage Records, 1637-1947," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FLDP-VP4 : 22 February 2021), Percy Twitchell and Mae L. Prescott, 26 Dec 1900; citing Milan, Coos, New Hampshire, Bureau of Vital Records and Health Statistics, Concord; FHL microfilm 1,001,310.
3. ↑ "New Hampshire Death Records, 1654-1947," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FSVX-MWT : 22 February 2021), Mae L. Twitchell, 12 Jan 1917; citing Berlin, Coos, New Hampshire, Bureau Vital Records and Health Statistics, Concord; FHL microfilm 2,130,976.
4. ↑ "New Hampshire Marriage Records, 1637-1947," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FLZL-QFZ : 22 February 2021), Percy C. Twitchell and Georgia A. Jackson, 01 May 1923; citing Milan, , New Hampshire, Bureau of Vital Records and Health Statistics, Concord; FHL microfilm 2,070,510.
5. ↑ "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KZJ3-NNK : 1 January 2022), Percy Clarence Twitchell, 1917-1918.
6. ↑ "New Hampshire Death Records, 1654-1947," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FSVX-M44 : 22 February 2021), Percy C. Twitchell, 16 May 1930; citing Berlin, Coos, New Hampshire, Bureau Vital Records and Health Statistics, Concord; FHL microfilm 2,130,976.
7. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/154363633/percy-c-twitchell : accessed 9 February 2022), memorial page for Percy C. Twitchell (1879–1930), Find a Grave Memorial ID 154363633, citing Hillcrest Cemetery, Milan, Coos County, New Hampshire, USA ; Maintained by FrankA. (contributor 47057719) .
8. ↑ Lewiston Daily Sun (Lewiston, Me.), 17 May 1930

• Twitchell, Ralph Emerson. Genealogy of the Twitchell family: Record of the descendants of the Puritan - Benjamin Twitchell, Dorchester, Lancaster, Medfield and Sherborn, Massachusetts, 1632-1927. New York, N.Y.: Priv. print. for H.K. Twitchell, 1929. p. 530