Benjamin Franklin Towne and Elizabeth S. Pratt

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Husband Benjamin Franklin Towne ¹

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            AKA: B. F. Town 2
           Born: 11 May 1822 - Granville, Washington Co, NY
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           Died: 22 Oct 1893 - North East, Erie Co, PA
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         Father: Bester Coleman Towne (1794-1870) 3
         Mother: Betsey M. Martin (Abt 1794-Abt 1871) 3 4

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Wife Elizabeth S. Pratt ¹

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           Died: 1910 1
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Children

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1 M Joseph I. Towne ¹

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           Died: Bef 1925
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2 F Bess May Towne ¹

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3 F Marietta Towne ¹

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           Born: 1847 1
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           Died: 21 Mar 1921 1
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4 M Charles F. Towne ¹

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           Born: 1849 1
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           Died: 1907 1
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5 F Jessie M. Towne ¹

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         Spouse: Capt. D. S. McDonald (      -Bef 1925) 1

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6 M Will J. Towne ¹

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           Born: 3 Aug 1865 - Wattsburg, Venango Twp, Erie Co, PA 1
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         Spouse: Zola E. Bigelow (      -      ) 5
           Marr: 1907 5

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General Notes: Husband - Benjamin Franklin Towne

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He settled at North East, Erie County, Pennsylvania, with his parents in 1829, and the early years of his life were spent assisting his father clear and improve his farm. After his marriage he left his parents' home and became the proprietor of a mercantile business at Wattsburg, Pennsylvania, but in 1870 returned to his father's farm on the state road.

1 John Elmer Reed, History of Erie County, Pennsylvania (Topeka, KS-Indianapolis, IN: Historical Publishing Company, 1925), Pg 949.

2 —, History of Erie County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Warner, Beers & Co., 1884), BS 151.

3 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Western Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1915), Pg 1309.

4 —, History of Erie County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Warner, Beers & Co., 1884), Pg 963, BS 151.

5 John Elmer Reed, History of Erie County, Pennsylvania (Topeka, KS-Indianapolis, IN: Historical Publishing Company, 1925), Pg 950.