Asa Charles Towns (1890 - 1969)

Born 19 Sep 1890 in Denmark Township, Tuscola, Michigan, United States

Ancestors

Died 30 Nov 1969 at age 79 in Cairo, Tuscola, Michigan, United States

Biography

Descendant of William Towne.

Asa was born in 1890 to James Wesley Towns and Betsey C Wilkinson. He had at least 2 siblings: Lura and Tressa E.

He never married and did not have children.

• Fact: Residence (1900) Denmark township, north side Reese village, Tuscola, Michigan, United States
• Fact: Residence (1910) Denmark, Tuscola, Michigan, United States
• Fact: Military Draft Registration (1917-1918) Tuscola, Michigan, United States
• Fact: Military Service (26 Apr 1919) St. Louis, Missouri

He served in World War I as a Private in Battery E, 330th Field Artillery Regiment, United States Army

• Fact: Residence (1920) Denmark, Tuscola, Michigan
• Fact: Residence (1930) Denmark, Tuscola, Michigan
• Fact: Residence (1935) Same House. Tuscola, Michigan
• Fact: Residence (1940) Denmark Township, Tuscola, Michigan
• Fact: Military Draft Registration (1942) Denmark, Tuscola, Michigan,
• Fact: Obituary (4 Dec 1969)

Asa passed away in 1969 at the age of 79.

• Fact: Burial (2 Dec 1969) Denmark Township Cemetery, Reese, Tuscola, Michigan

Links

FamilySearch PID: LRG4-6SB
Find A Grave: Memorial #84150648 Headstone Photo: Yes Obituary TCA, 4 Dec 1969, page 14

Sources

• "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M9BL-9DX : accessed 30 November 2019), Asa Towns in household of Calvin E Towns, Denmark township, north side Reese village, Tuscola, Michigan, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 108, sheet 1B, family 15, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,744.
• "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MLT7-BJJ : accessed 30 November 2019), Asa Towns in household of Wesley J Towns, Denmark, Tuscola, Michigan, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 110, sheet 8A, family 170, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 676; FHL microfilm 1,374,689.
• "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K6XL-GLB : 24 August 2019), Asa C Towns, 1917-1918.
• "United States, Veterans Administration Master Index, 1917-1940," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:W74T-YRN2 : 26 October 2019), Asa Charles Towns, 26 Apr 1919; citing Military Service, NARA microfilm publication 76193916 (St. Louis: National Archives and Records Administration, 1985), various roll numbers.
• "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZ7X-RLP : accessed 30 November 2019), Asa Towons in household of Wesley Towons, Denmark, Tuscola, Michigan, United States; citing ED 176, sheet 8A, line 45, family 178, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 798; FHL microfilm 1,820,798.
• "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X7M6-WZD : accessed 30 November 2019), Asa Towns in household of Wesley J Towns, Denmark, Tuscola, Michigan, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 10, sheet 2A, line 22, family 29, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 1027; FHL microfilm 2,340,762.
• "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K41P-MSN : 29 July 2019), Asa Towns in household of Wesley Towns, Denmark Township, Tuscola, Michigan, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 79-10, sheet 4A, line 39, family 66, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 1821.
• "United States World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:J4SM-88T : 8 November 2017), Asa Charles Towns, 1942; citing NARA microfilm publication M1936, M1937, M1939, M1951, M1962, M1964, M1986, M2090, and M2097 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
• "Michigan Obituaries, 1820-2006," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QGPT-2NSC : 17 March 2018), Mr Asa C Towns, 1969; citing , Obituary, Grand Rapids Public Library, Michigan; FHL microfilm 1,358,330.
• "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JP9M-WJS : 20 May 2014), Asa Towns, Nov 1969; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).
• Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 29 November 2019), memorial page for Asa Charles Towns (19 Sep 1890–30 Nov 1969), Find A Grave Memorial no. 84150648, citing Denmark Township Cemetery, Reese, Tuscola County, Michigan, USA ; Maintained by Linda T (contributor 47275033).

See Also

• "Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : modified 30 November 2019, 03:07), entry for Asa Charles Towns(PID https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:LRG4-6SB); contributed by various users.
• "Public Member Trees kih1962/ageorgiaangel", database, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/89779966/person/182147704343/facts : accessed 29 Nov 2019), profile for Asa Charles Towns.

Acknowledgement

Towns-41 was created by Krissi Hall on 2 Nov 2011. See the Changes page for the details of edits by Krissi and others.