Hello Pat.....
I did a little poking around and can only find one marriage record for your
Samuel TOWER/s.......... I did find him in the 1910 and 1920 Martin Co.,
Indiana Census....... The 1910 census indicates that he has been married
twice....... And Mattie [Martha] has been married four times........ I
cannot locate Samuel in the FTM 1900 Census Index and Images or the LDS
1880 Census....... Also, there is not any TOWER/TOWERS in the Heritage
Quest Census Index for Martin Co., IN....... Also.... I looked in the
Indiana Birth Index and cannot find any Samuel listed as the 'Child" or
"Father" of a child........ This leads me to believe that Samuel was
living in one of the counties that was not indexed by the WPA.........
Since Samuel and Pierce were still living in 1920, there should be a death
certificate available for both of them........ The following info is all
that I can find.......
Hope it is of some help...
Janet
1910 Martin Co., Indiana Federal Census - T624-370
Township: Center Township
Incorporated Place: Shoals Town
E.D.: 113
Sheet: 2-B
Lines: 51 thru 52
Printed Page No.: 25-B
Date: April 16, 1910
TOWER, Samuel - 48 - IN - IN - IN [Note: Married twice]
TOWER, Mattie - 57 - IN - OH - OH [Note: Married four times]
NOTE: Samuel and Mattie have been married for 3 years
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1920 Martin Co., Indiana Federal Census - T625-442
Township: Center
Incorporate Place: Shoals
E.D.: 138
Sheet: 1-A
Lines: 20 thru 23
Printed Page No.: 191-A
Date: January 2, 1920
TOWER, Samuel H - 58 - IN - IN - IN
TOWER, Martha - 60 - IN - OH - OH
TOWER, Pierce (son) - 35 - IN - IN - IN
DUSTIN, Harry (grandson) - 11 - IN - IN - IN
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Indiana Vital Records Index: Marriage L-Z
Surname,Given Name,Sex,Color,Age,Spouse,Spouse
Surname,Month,Day,Year,Father,Mother,Maiden Name,B/L Month,B/L Day,B/L
Year,County,Book,Page,Fiche
TOWER,SAMUEL H,,W,0,MATTIE,ELLIS,JUN,19,1906,,,,AUG,5,1861,MARTIN,8,80,4106
Indiana Vital Records Index: Marriage L-Z
Surname,Given Name,Sex,Color,Age,Spouse,Spouse
Surname,Month,Day,Year,Father,Mother,Maiden Name,B/L Month,B/L Day,B/L
Year,County,Book,Page,Fiche
ELLIS,MATTIE,W,0,SAMUEL H,TOWER,JUN,19,1906,,,,APR,2,1858,MARTIN,8,80,4106
NOTE: There is not any marriage records for Pierce TOWERS in the Heritage
Quest Marriage Index
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----- Original Message -----
From: <PatChetHatfield(a)cs.com>
To: <INMARTIN-L(a)rootsweb.com>
Sent: Sunday, July 21, 2002 6:14 AM
Subject: Re: [INMARTIN] WHERE SHALL I START?
| Hi,
| And thanks for your help. His name was Samuel Homer Towers. Not
sure
| about a birth date but believe it was about 1859- 1863. Is there an URL
for
| the 1870 census of Martin County available or is it in Web site? I must
have
| overlooked it.
|
| Sincerely,
| Pat
|
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