Edmund Town
- Born: 4 Sep 1794, Deerfield, Franklin County, Massachusetts
- Marriage (1): Sarah Straw circa 1830
- Died: 18 May 1881, Floyd County, Iowa at age 86
- Buried: Hillside Cemetery in Marble Rock, Iowa
 General Notes:
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Family Tree of micdavis17890 on www.ancestry.com; s/o David and Lydia (Slate) Towne
SHABBONA TOWNSHIP Named after the famous Pottawattamie Chief, Chief Shabbona. This township was settled in 1836 by Edmund Town and David Smith. [USGen Web - Histroy of DeKalb County, IL]
1850 Shabbona, DeKalb Co, IL Edmund Town age 56 MA [c1794] Sarah Town 47 VT [1803] Lucius Town 1831 NY Mary Town 1832 NY Electa Town 11834 OH Sarah M. Town 1836 OH Chester Town 1839 IL Synthia Town 1840 IL Russell Town 1843 IL Daniel Town 1846 IL
1860 Shabbona, IL with Edmund, Sarah, Cynthia, Daniel and Russell and Mary Hare age 12
1870 Edmund is age 75 [Sarah not listed] and living Union, Floyd county, IA with his married dau Cynthia (Town) Rosencrans, her husband and family.
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Son of David Town (1762-1828) and Lydia Slate (1764-1815)
U.S. Army, Register of Enlistments, 1798-1914
Name: Edmond Town
Birthyear: abt 1795
Birthplace: Vermont, United States
Enlistment Date: 20 Aug 1813
Enlistment Age: 18
Enlisted for one year in 1813 -- reenlisted on 30 Apr 1814
Iowa Cemetery Records
Name: Edmund Town
Death Date: 18 May 1881
Page #: 115
Birth Date: 1794
Cemetery: Hillside
Town: Marble Rock
Level Info: Tombstone Records of Floyd County
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Parents:
David Town (1762 - 1828)
Lydia Slate Town (1764 - 1815)
Spouse:
Sarah Straw Smith Town (1803 - ____)*
Children:
Mary Jane Town Rosenkrans (1832 - ____)*
Cynthia M Town Rosenkrans (1840 - 1920)*
Edmund married Sarah Straw, daughter of Deacon David Straw and Mary Cady, circa 1830. (Sarah Straw was born in 1805 in Waterbury, Washington County, Vermont, died in Shabbona, DeKalb county, Illinois and was buried in Hillside Cemetery in Marble Rock, Iowa.)
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