Elizabeth Towery (1866)

Born 1866 in Tennessee, USA

Biography

This profile is part of the Eastern Sangamon County Townships One Place Study.

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Origins

Arrival

Early Life

Family

On 2 Jun 1870, Benjamin T Bice, Ass't Marshal, for Buffalo Hart Township, Sangamon County, Illinois, reports James Towery household in between Joseph A Berry and Edward Robinson households.^[1]
James Towery 49 (1821, male, white) b. Tennessee; James was a farmer with Real Estate valued at $8,900 and personal property valued at $700. James could not read/write and was marked "Whether deaf and dumb, blind, insane or idiot"
Druzilla Towery 48 (1821, female, white) b. Tennessee; Druzilla was keeping house
Louisa N Towery 22 (1848, female, white) b. Tennessee; Louisa could not read/write and was marked "Whether deaf and dumb, blind, insane or idiot"
Josiah Towery 19 (1851, male, white) b. Tennessee; Josiah was a farm laborer. Josiah could not read/write and was marked "Whether deaf and dumb, blind, insane or idiot"
John Towery 16 (1854, male, white) b. Tennessee; John could not read/write and was marked "Whether deaf and dumb, blind, insane or idiot"
Matilda Towery 13 (1857, female, white) b. Tennessee; Matilda could not read/write and was marked "Whether deaf and dumb, blind, insane or idiot"
Isaac Towery 10 (1860, male, white) b. Tennessee; Isaac could not read/write and was marked "Whether deaf and dumb, blind, insane or idiot"
Elizabeth Towery 4 (1866, female, white) b. Tennessee;

Research Notes

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Sources

1. ↑ 1870 U.S. census, Sangamon County, Illinois, Buffalo Post Office, p. 3 (written), dwelling 12, family 12, James Towery household, index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6WN-DTW : accessed 17 June 2015),and digital image, Ancestry.com (https://ancestry.com : accessed 17 June 2015); citing p. 3, family 12, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 545,780.