Elmer D TowneAge: 79 years1868–1947
- Name
- Elmer D Towne
- Given names
- Elmer D
- Surname
- Towne
- Also known as
- Elmer D Townes
 Birth | September 5, 1868 |
 Historical Event | Transcontinental Railroad completed 1869 (Age 3 months)Note: The First Transcontinental Railroad was a 1,907-mile contiguous railroad line constructed between 1863 and 1869 across the western United States to connect the Pacific coast with the existing Eastern U.S. rail network - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Transcontinental_Railroad |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 1878 (Age 9 years)Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever |
 Marriage | Flora Jane Hale — View this family April 18, 1889 (Age 20 years) |
 Birth of a daughter#1 | Edna Towne August 1889 (Age 20 years) Note: Birth year/place based on 1900 Census |
| Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 29 years)Note: The Spanish-American War was a conflict in 1898 between Spain and the United States, the result of American intervention in the Cuban War of Independence - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish%E2%80%93American_War |
 Census | June 8, 1900 (Age 31 years) |
| Marriage of a child | Ira Earl Snyder — Edna Towne — View this family May 25, 1910 (Age 41 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #1 | Mildred Lucille Snyder November 5, 1911 (Age 43 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #2 | Dale Earl Snyder April 6, 1915 (Age 46 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 47 years)Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1 |
| Birth of a grandson #3 | Dearborn Towne “Derb” Snyder March 13, 1918 (Age 49 years) |
| Historical Event | World War I between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 48 years)Note: The United States enters 'The Great War' where more than nine million combatants were killed- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_I |
| Historical Event | Spanish Influenza Epidemic 1918 (Age 49 years)Note: Spanish Influenza killed over 500,000 people in the United States, and somewhere between 20 and 40 million in what has been cited as the most devastating epidemic in history - http://virus.stanford.edu/uda/ |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 61 years)Note: The Wall Street Crash sets off the Great Depression, the most severe worldwide economic depression in the 20th century - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Depression |
| Marriage of a child | Leslie Halford Stark — Edna Towne — View this family before 1940 (Age 71 years) |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 73 years)Note: The United States enters World War II after the attack at Pearl Harbor, a global war that involved the vast majority of the world's nations and including all of the great powers - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II |
| Historical Event | Vietnam War between 1946 and 1975 (Age 77 years)Note: The Vietnam War was a long, costly armed conflict that pitted the communist regime of North Vietnam and its southern allies, known as the Viet Cong, against South Vietnam and its principal ally, the United States. The divisive war, increasingly unpopular at home, ended with the withdrawal of U.S. forces in 1973 and the unification of Vietnam under Communist control two years later. More than 3 million people, including 58,000 Americans, were killed in the conflict. - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnam_War |
 Death | December 2, 1947 (Age 79 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Union Ridge Cemetery |
| Family with Flora Jane Hale |
| himself |
Elmer D Towne Birth: September 5, 1868 — Astoria, Fulton, Illinois, United States Death: December 2, 1947 — Palatine, Cook, Illinois, United States |
| wife |
Flora Jane Hale Birth: April 10, 1872 — Fulton, Illinois, United States Death: March 21, 1951 |
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Marriage: April 18, 1889 — Mason, Illinois, United States |
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4 months daughter |
Edna Towne Birth: August 1889 20 17 — Illinois, United States Death: August 17, 1979 — Ventura, California, United States |
No family available
| Census | 1900 United States - Census transcript - Elmer D Towne - Household
Woodland, Fulton, Illinois, United States
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