Marcus Fayette Towne

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Marcus F. Towne was born June 21st, 1824, on the farm in Thompson, where his whole life, with the exception of a single year, has been spent. He attended the common school, and for a short period the high school, after which his attention was given to farming. He also became proficient as a blacksmith, and combined this with his other duties. Mr. Towne entered into a co-partnership with his father, and while farming operated a thresher. He also did more or less teaming. Receiving before his father's death a deed of a portion of the farm, he subsequently added to this a valuable tract by purchase. He also owns fifty acres in Woodstock, which is used as a pasture land for the fattening of beef for the market.

Mr. Towne is a director of the Thompson Savings Bank. He has been for many years director and for two years president of the Woodstock Agricultural Society. He is in politics a republican, was for the years 1873 and 1854 a member of the Connecticut house of representatives, has been for seven years a selectman, and for a long period on the school district committee. He has been for thirty-two years an active, exemplary and useful member of the Congregational church of Thompson, and a portion of that time one of its deacons. He was November 29th, 1848, married to Lucy Ann, daughter of Jason Wakefield, of the same town. Their only child, a son, died in his fourteenth year. He was again married July 6th, 1856, to Mary J., daughter of Paul Kinney, of Union, Connecticut. Their children are Lucy A., George V. and Adfer M.

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Marcus married Lucy Ann Wakefield on 28 Nov 1848 in Thompson, Windham, Connecticut, USA. Lucy (daughter of Jason Wakefield) was born in 1824 in Thompson, Windham, Connecticut, USA; died on 2 Mar 1856 in Thompson, Windham, Connecticut, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Marcus married Mary Jane Kinney on 6 Jul 1856 in Thompson, Windham, Connecticut, USA. Mary (daughter of Paul Kinney) was born in Nov 1829 in Pomfret, Windham, Connecticut, USA; died on 22 Aug 1915 in Thompson, Windham, Connecticut, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Lucy Ann Towne was born on 13 Nov 1858 in Thompson, Windham, Connecticut, USA.
2. George Vernon Towne was born on 27 May 1864 in Thompson, Windham, Connecticut, USA; died on 18 Sep 1919 in Thompson, Windham, Connecticut, USA.
3. Adfer Marcus Towne was born on 14 Feb 1870 in Thompson, Windham, Connecticut, USA; died on 11 May 1928 in Putnam, Windham, Connecticut, USA; was buried in Putnam, Windham, Connecticut, USA.

George married Sally Tyler on 29 Dec 1816 in Thompson, Windham, Connecticut, USA. Sally (daughter of Rufus Tyler) was born on 21 Dec 1793 in Branford, New Haven, Connecticut, USA; died on 27 Dec 1863 in Thompson, Windham, Connecticut, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

David married Lucy Upham on 30 Jan 1793 in Thompson, Windham, Connecticut, USA. Lucy was born on 13 Mar 1768 in Thompson, Windham, Connecticut, USA; died in May 1834 in Killingly Center, Windham, Connecticut, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Joseph married Abigail Thompson on 23 Nov 1762 in Thompson, Windham, Connecticut, USA. Abigail was born on 27 May 1741 in Bellingham, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA; died on 12 Aug 1798 in Thompson, Windham, Connecticut, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]