James Wm 7 James Wm 6 Caleb 5 James 4 Caleb 3 Caleb 2.
s/o James William Towle & Sarah Jane Brown; b 28 May 1882 Chester NH; m 19
Apr 1905 in Chester Alice Linnie Marden d/o Jay E H Marden & Sarah Augusta
Lane; divorced by 1930; he d 17 Aug 1955 Chester & is buried with his father
and Valeria. Children: James William - b 18 Mar 1906 in Chester m 12 Dec 1927
Eleanor Beatrice Watt & had 8 children; Chester Phillip - b 2 Oct 1915 in
Chester m1 Esther Dunn m2 Rose Lambert, had 3 children; Olive Esther - b 15 Jan
1921 Derry NH m1 Ernest Whittier West m2 Louis E J Currier, had 3 children
[Jamie Towle typescript genealogy; see Caleb Towle 3].
b 21 Feb 1862; m 26 Feb 1883 in Chester Augusta S Lane d/o Seth D & Mary L
(Basford) Lane. She was b 23 Jul 1861 in Chester & d 18 Jun 1943 in the Marden
homestead on Lane Road in Chester (later the Richardson residence). He d 22
Oct 1925 Chester. Children b Chester: Alice Linnie - b 1 Dec 1888 in Chester,
m19 Aug 1905 Edward Austin Towle (b 28 May 1882, d 17 Aug 1955, s/o James Wm 7
& Sarah Jane (Brown) Towle of Chester); Lena Mary Marden - b 31 Aug 1894 m
Harry Estes & had issue [Jamie Towle typescript genealogy; see Caleb Towle 3].
FAMILY RECORD:
William Roberts - d1675 m Dorothy _____ liv Durham NH Quaker. Children:
William - dy
dau - m1 _____ Sias m2 Salathiel Denbo m3 William Graves
Elizabeth - m1 Nicholas Dunn m2 Thomas Allen
Sarah - m John Harmon
Hannah - m1 William Hill m2 John Cox
Grace - m1 after 1683 Philip Duley m2 Timothy Moses; illegit child b1677
by John Muchmore; illegit child b1683 attrib to Ezekiel Pitman
[data mainly from Gen. Dict. of Me. & N.H. , the Hist. Durham N.H. and data
provided by Ruth Burell-Brown].CHRONOLOGICAL ITEMS:
1747 Mar 10 - from Elizabeth Allen of Durham widow, for 40#, to James Davis
husbandman of Durham, two tracts in Durham, being 1/5th part of 200a granted to
my father William Roberts by the town of Dover. Sig: by mark. Wit: Sam'l
James Stevens & Thomas Rines. Ack: 10 Apr 1747. Rec: 10 Nov 1747 [NH Prov
Deeds 34/234].
1785 Aug 6 - of Lee petitioned for Dr James Brackett of Lee to be appointed
a JP [NH State Papers XII/391].
1787 - Richard Martin appears on Lee NH tax list [NH State Papers XII/393].
1790 - Lee NH - Martin, Rich'd 1m16+ 3m15- 5f [Census].
FAMILY RECORD:
Charles W Towle - s/o James Wm Towle & Sarah Jane Brown; b 13 Jan 1887
Chester NH; m Clara A Willey (b 1891 d 1951 buried Fremont); he d 1927 buried
Fremont NH. Children:
a) Gerald -.
b) George - b1921; m Janet _____ & had 2 daus [Jamie Towle typescript
genealogy; see Caleb Towle 3].CHRONOLOGICAL ITEMS:
1887 Jan 13 - Charles W Towle b Chester NH, male, white, living, 4th c/o
James William Towle b Chester NH white ae 35 res Chester blacksmith & Sarah J
Brown b Sandown NH white ae 29 [NHVR].
1912 Jan 20 - Charles W Towle of Fremont ae 25 white cooper b Chester s/o
William Towle of Chester ae 60 white blacksmith b Chester & Sarah J Brown of
Fremont ae 54 white housework b Sandown NH, marr at Epping NH by Harry E Little
of Epping clergyman, Clara A Willey of Fremont ae 20 white school teacher b
Fremont d/o Geroge F Willey of Fremont ae 46 white teamster b Epping & Rose Ann
Gagnon of Fremont ae 39 white housewife b Lawrence MA, 1st marr for both,
intentions filed 15 Jan 1912 [NHVR].
1912 Jan 20 - Charles W Towle of Fremont ae 25 cooper b Chester s/o William
J Towle blacksmith b Chester & Sarah J Brown b Sandown, marr at Epping by Harry
E Little clergyman of same, Clara A Willey of Fremont ae 20 teacher b Fremont
d/o George F Willey teamster b Epping & Rose Ann Gammon [sic] b Lawrence MA,
1st marr for both [Fremont Annual Report].
1912 Jan - North Fremont - Miss Clara Willey, d/o Mr & Mrs George Willey was
married to Charles Towle of Fremont, who is a son of Mrs. Amos Sanborn,
Saturday at the Advent parsonage by the Rev H E Little of West Epping; they
will make their home with the groom's mother; the bride is a graduate of
Sanborn Seminary and has taught in our town schools for two years; her many
friends wish them both lots of happiness [Exeter News-Letter 22 Jan 1912].
1912 Oct 22 - Gerald Charles Towle b Fremont 1st c/o Charles W Towle cooper
b Chester & Clara A Willey b Raymond [Fremont Annual Report].
1912 Oct 22 - Gerald Charles Towle b Fremont NH, male, white, living, 1st
c/o Chas W Towle b Chester NH white ae 25 res of Fremont cooper & Clara A
Willey b Raymond NH white ae 21 housewife, reported by Ernest W Love MD of
Fremont NH; this is a corrected certificate of birth filed by Effie L Hooke,
Clerk of Fremont on 22 Jun 1948 [NHVR]. Note that the record does not indicate
who requested the correction, the nature of the correction, or the nature of
the error in any previously filed certificate; perhaps there was not earlier
certificate filed [LCT].
1920 Jun 5 - George William Towle b Fremont s/o Charles W Towle b Chester &
Clara A Willey b Raymond [Fremont Annual Report].
1927 Mar 12 - Charles William Towle d Exeter Hospital, Exeter NH after 2 day
stay; from Fremont NH; ae 41y 2m; b Chester NH 14 Jan 1886; male, white,
cooper; died of carcimona of rectum; s/o William Towle, farmer, & Sarah Brown;
attending physician W H Nute MD of Exeter; internment 16 Mar 1927 Fremont
cemetery, Thomas Brewitt of Exeter undertaker [NHVR].
1927 Mar 12 - Charles William Towle d Exeter ae 41 b Chester s/o William
Towle & Sarah Brown [Fremont Annual Report].
1927 Mar 12 - Charles Wm Towle d Exeter ae 41-2-0, b Chester, married, s/o
Wm Towle & Sarah Brown [Exeter Town Report].
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1927 Mar 12 - Mr Charles W Towle of Fremont d at Exeter Hospital ae 41y 2m.
Fremont - "For the third time, the whole town is called to mourn for the
untimely death of one of our young men, Charles W. Towle, who in the prime of
life, has been called to lay down his implements on earth and to pass to the
higher life. He was born in Chester, Jan. 14, 1887, the son of the late James
W. Towle, of that town. As a small boy he came with his mother to this town to
live in the ancestral home near the village, which has since been his
residence. He married Miss Clara Willey, daughter of George F. Willey, Jan.
20, 1912. He was a member of the order of the American Mechanics, General
Marston Council, of Atkinson, and also of Fremont Grange. Besides the esteemed
widow, he leaves to mourn his loss his devoted mother, two young sons, Gerald
C. and George W., also a sister, Mrs. Ernest S Beede of this town, and two
brothers, James Towle of Exeter, and Edward of Chester, and a host of friends.
The funeral services were Wednesday in the Church by pastor, Rev. Mr. Stotts.
"Charlie," as he was always called, has gone, but he has left a good name
behind him and will not soon be forgotten. 'Every Year the Father calleth Some
loved ones to eternal rest, And our hearts, though filled with anguish, Can but
cry, "He knowest best"'."
Card of thanks in the same paper: "We wish to thank ouf friends and
Neighbors for their kind acts and expressions of sympathy during the illness
and loss of our loved one; and for the beautiful floral tributes we give
sincere thanks. Mrs. Clara A Towle and children; Mrs. Sarah J Sanborn; Mr. &
Mrs. James Towle and family; Mr. & Mrs. Ernest Beede & family; Mr. & Mrs.
Edward A. Towle and family [Exeter News-Letter 18 Mar 1927].
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1927 - Estate of Charles W Towle. Pet for admin 25 Mar 1927 - Clara A Towle
of Fremont states that Charles W Towle, late of Fremont, d at Exeter 12 Mar
1927 intestate leaving widow Clara A Towle and sons - Gerald C Towle & George W
Towle of Fremont. Clara A Towle apptd admin on bond of $500 with sureties,
John H Ellis & A D LeComte of Fremont (309/351). Inventory 10 Jun 1927 by John
H Elkins of Fremont included savings acct $112.54 + personal prop $255.50 =
$367.84 total; no real estate (311/176). Inventory included 2 chicken houses
$55.00, 2 brooder stoves $60.00, 1 touring car, a 1921 Studebaker $75.00, 1
brass horn $40.00, 1 share stock in Int Correspondence School $25.00, Provident
Inst for Savings, Amesbury $2.73, Amoskeag Bank Manchester $110.11 [Rock Co
Probate #23202].
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1928 Jun - Fremont - an article on grammar school exercises mentions Clara
Towle as a teacher there [Exeter News-Letter 15 Jun 1928].
1929 Jul - Fremont - Mrs Clara Towle and son Gerald, and Mrs Nellie Bennett,
will work at the Hill Crest Hotel at Hampton Beach [Exeter News-Letter 12 Jul
1929].
1939 Aug 8 - deed from Mabel M Haverstock & George H Haverstock of Fremont
to Clara A Towle of same, for $1, land in Fremont on N side of road from
Fremont village to Fremont Depot as described in 865/213 [Rock Co NH Deeds
955/344].
1940 Jan 9 - mortgage from Clara A Towle for $1500 to Strafford Savings Bank
of Dover on land & buildings in Fremont on N side of road from Fremont Village
to Fremont Depot' prop per deed of Mabel M Haverstock & George H Haverstock to
Clara A Towle dated 8 Aug 1939 (865/213). Signed: Clara A Towle. Mortgage
discharged 23 Jan 1956 [Rock Co NH Deeds 963/328].
1948 Oct 21 - will of Clara A Towle of Fremont: bequeathed to son Gerald W
(sic) Towle "wherever he may be, if alive, upon my decease" $1.00; grandson
Laird Towle of Exeter, $1.00; daughter-in-law Jeanette Towle "my Plymouth
sedan"; rest and residue to son George W Towle of Fremont; Noel D E Bromley of
Exeter, Executor. Wit: Noel D E Bromley, Rosemond M Fieldsend, & Russell J
Fieldsend Sr, all of Exeter. Proved 23 Jan 1951 [Rock Co NH Probate #37103 Bk
395/108]. Inventory mentions equity in a 1 1/2 story house & single garage in
Fremont on plot 50'x132' valued at $5,500.00 & personal estate valued at
$1815.38 [388/279]. Bond of $3,000 for Bromley [390/53. Petition to State
Tres [399/160]. Acct & Recpts [397/150, 399/344, 399/424].
1951 Jan 10 - Clara A Towle d Fremont [Rock Probate #37103].
1951 Jan 10 - Clara A Towle d Fremont ae 59 b Raymond s/o George F Willey &
Roseann Gagnon [Fremont Annual Report].
1951 Jan 10 - Clara Ann Willey Towle d Fremont NH ae 59; res for 50yrs;
grade school teacher; female, white, widow; b 30 Sep 1891 Raymond NH d/o George
F Willey & Roseann Gagnon; informant George Towle; metastatic carcinoma of
liver & lungs, 1yr, carcinoma of sigmoid, 3yr, generalized anasa_ca, 3mos;
attending physician Willard C Montgomery MD of Epping; buried 12 Jan 1951
Village Cemetery Fremont NH; undertaker Richard S Brewitt of Epping [NHVR].MISCELANEOUS ITEMS:
Monument in Fremont Cemetery opposite meeting house:
Isaac Brown, 3 Sep 1812 - 7 Jun 1895, Knights of Pythias flag holder
Aphia S, his wife, 5 Jun 1821 - 10 Aug 1880William C Brown, no dates
Annie E, his wife, 8 Jul 1855 - 4 May 1882Sarah J Sanborn, 1857-1939
James Towle, 19 Nov 1877 - 16 Dec 1955
Ella Josephine Sanborn, his wife, 22 Dec 1879 - 13 Apr 1936Charles W Towle, 1887-1927, Odd Fellows & Jr OUAM #5 markers
Clara A Willey, his wife, 1891-1951
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I went to Lowell Tech in Lowell MA for two years and lived with Elmer Willey
& his wife; you [LCT] are named for a classmate [Gerald C Towle, 1983].
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Charles Wm Towle worked at Spaulding & Frost; Clara A Willey was badly
burned as a child, and did not expect to have children; she lived in the 2nd
house up from the church in Fremont; son George lived on the 1st floor there
after getting married; Clara was teaching school in Fremont when she married;
she went back to schol teaching after the death of her husband; she always
taught in Fremont until she began teaching in Saugus MA late in life; she was
working in Saugus when she came down with her final illness; she worked at
other jobs in the summer; she worked in food service at the Y in Boston
c1944-5, and did waitress work at Ogunquit ME at least one summer [Gladys
(Willey, Page) Philbrick, c1983].
Sources:
Other : Stackpole, Hist Durham NH 2/129
Sources:
Other : Stackpole, Hist Durham NH 2/129
Sources:
Other : Stackpole, Hist Durham NH 2/129, 130
m1 1933 Wilma Lois Buzzell, m2 1953 Freda ___
FAMILY RECORD:
Gerald C Towle - lived in Lowell MA about 1930 with his uncle Charles P
Willey while GCT attended Lowell Textile Institute [Wilma (Buzzell, Towle)
Regan].
Gerald C Towle - left home in October [1936?], sent his mother a Mother's
Day card the following spring from New York, and was not heard from after that
[Gladys (Willey, Page) Philbrick, c1983].CHRONOLOGICAL ITEMS:
1928 Jun - Kingston - Sanborn Seminary awarded debating prizes, including a
membership in the National Forensic League, to several students, including
Geral C Towle [Exeter News-Letter 22 Jun 1928].
1929 Jun - West Epping - Mr & Mrs Charles Willey [Charlie & Lettie], and Mrs
Nelson Page [Gladys Willey] attended the graduation exercises of their nephew,
Gerald Towle, at Sanborn Seminary in Kingston on June 21st. [Gerald Towle
graduated at ae 16 because he skipped two years in elementary school. Clara
later realized that he graduated before he was prepared to enter the adult
world; she said she would not let his brother George skip grades, even if he
was able to, because of the problems Gerald had.] [Exeter News-Letter 28 Jun
1929, annotated by Wilma (Buzzell, Towle) Regan].
1929 Jul - Fremont - Mrs Clara Towle and son Gerald, and Mrs Nellie Bennett,
will work at the Hill Crest Hotel at Hampton Beach [Exeter News-Letter 12 Jul
1929].
1933 Feb 5 - Gerald C Towle ae 20 s/o Charles W Towle b Chester & Clara A
Willey b Fremont, marr at Fremont by S B Enman, M E minister of same, Wilmar
[sic] L Buzzell ae 20 d/o Charles L Buzzell b Exeter & Clyde L Brown b
Northwood [Fremont Annual Report].
1933 Feb 5 - Gerald C Towle of Fremont ae 20 wood heel shop b Fremont NH s/o
Charles W Towle & Clara A Willey, marr at Fremont by Rev Sam'l B Erman ME
Minister of same, Wilmar L Buzzell of Raymond ae 20 clerk b Brookline MA d/o
Charles L Buzzell & Clyde L Brown [Raymond Annual Report].
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1936 Jul - Petition for divorce presented to the Superior Court of
Rockingham County NH:
"Wilma L. Towle, of Brentwood in said County, complains against Gerald C.
Towle, of said Brentwood, and says that she was lawfully married to him at
Fremont, in said County, on the fifth day of February, 1933, and that she has
always behaved as a dutiful, faithful wife.
"Yet the said Gerald C. Towle, wholly regrdless of his marriage covenant,
has been guilty of extreme cruely toward said libellent, and has committed
assaults upon his said wife and on the nineth day of July, last, threw her
violently upon a couch and struck her with his fist so that she was rendered
unconscious and her face discolored and made swollen; that at various other
times between the first day of July, 1934, and the ninth day of July, 1936, has
struck and committed other assaults upon his said wife.
"The said Wilma L. Towle and Gerald C. Towle, since their intermarriage, has
resided in Raymond, insaid County, and in Brentwood, in said County, and the
said libellee has resided and now resides in said Brentwood.
"That one child, Laird, was born to said Wilma L. Towle and Gerald C. Towle
on the thirteenth day of September, 1933.
"Wherefore said Wilma L. Towle prays that a divorce from the bonds of
matrimony between herself and said Gerald C. Towle be decreed; that the custody
of said Laird Towle be awarded to the said Wilma L. Towle; that provision for
the support of the said Wilma L. Towle and her child be decreed; that during
the pendency of this libel, the said Gerald C. Towle be ordered to provide for
the support of his said wife and child; and for such other relief as may be
just." Signed: Wilma L. Towle [Rock Co NH Div File #3217, microfilm #31-1162].
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1936 Jul 31 - Gerald C Towle was served with divorce papers ordering him to
appear at the Superior Court in Exeter on the fourth Tuesday in October 1936
[Rock Co NH Div File #3217, microfilm #31-1162].
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1936 Aug 6 - the Master, Amos S Rundlett of Exeter, heard the divorce case
and made the following findings and recommendations:
"(1) that the total earnings for the first thiry weeks of this year totals
$652.39 or an average wage of $21.74 per week. The pay at the present time is
very small as the machinery in the shop is being moved to Erving, Mass. Last
week he earned about $7.63, and thinks it will be less this week probably about
$5.00. He has paid his wife $17.00 in the last four weeks. He now lives with
his parents.
"(2) Mrs. Towle has hired three rooms for which she pays $5.pr month. The
boy has whooping cough and is under the care of the doctor who has made three
visits already as child also has bronchitis.
"(3) Mrs. Towle is also under the doctor's care for a nervous condition and
also internal troubles.
"(4) Mrs. Towle has taken some of the furniture to fix up her rooms and has
a few pieces stored.
"It is recommended:
"A. That the libellant have the custody of the child and the libellee to
have the opportunity to see child at reasonable times, and also to have child
with him from Satruday after-noon to Sunday after-noons.
"B. That none of the furniture be sold by either party until after hearing
upon the merits of the libel.
"C. That Libelee pay to libellant $5.pr week until Sept. 5 '36 and $8.per
week thereafter for the support of the libellant and child." [Rock Co NH Div
File #3217, microfilm #31-1162].
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1936 Dec 3 - Wilma L Towle was granted a divorce from Gerald C Towle on
grounds of extreme cruely; she was give custody of their child, Laird; Gerald
was to pay $5 per week alimony & child support when earning less that $15.00
per week, and $7 per week when earning more [Rock Co NH Div File #3217,
microfilm #31-1162].
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1937 Mar - Petition of Wilma L Towle to Superior Court re Equity case #3217:
"Wilma L. Towle, of Exeter, in the County of Rockingham and State of New
Hampshire, petitioner in the above libel states that on December 3rd, last, a
divoce from Gerald C.Towle, of Brentwood, in said County, was granted and an
order for support was issued by said court for five dollars per week. That
said libellee has never paid the full amount in accordance with said order
since February 13th, last, and he is now behind in his payments in the sum of
ten dollars, and that said payments are necessary for the support of said
libellant and her child. That at present said libellee may earn more than
twelve dollars per week in which case the said libellant is entittled to seven
dollars and fifty cents per week. That said libellee is now employed outside
of the State of New hampshire, rendering it impossible for said libellant to
learn the correct amount which said libellee may now earn.
"Wherefore said libellant prays that said libellee may be committed for
contempt in his refusal to pay said order." Signed: Wilma L. Towle [Rock Co NH
Div File #3217, microfilm #31-1162]
[At the bottom of the typed document is a hand-written notation: "Mar 10,
1937 - Order to issue in accordance with prayer. Clerk of Court to hear case
as Master." this is followed by an illegible signature which is probably that
of the judge; it is not the signature of Ernest G Templeton, attorney for WLT,
nor is it the signature of Amos S Rundlett, the Clerk of the Superior Court
[LCT].
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1937 Nov - Petition of Wilma L Towle to Superior Court re Equity case #3217:
"Wilma L. Towle, of Exeter, in the County of Rockingham and State of New
Hampshire, petitioner in the above libel states that on December 3rd, last, a
decree of divorce from Gerald C. Towle, of Brentwood, in said County, was
granted and an order for support was issued by said court for five dollars per
week. That there is due from said libellee two payments due in February,last;
that he has failed to make any payments for the last five weeks, and he is now
behind in his payments in the sum of thirty-five dollars, and that said
payments are necessary for the support of said libellant and her child.
"Therefore said libellant prays that said libellee may be committed for
contempt in his refusal to pay said order." signed: Wilma L Towle [Rock Co NH
Div File #3217, microfilm #31-1162]. At the bottom of the document is a
hand-written note: "11/23/37 Petition granted. Copies to issue." followed by an
illegible signature [LCT].
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1937 Nov 24 - a warrant was issued to "the sheriff of any county or his
deputy" for the arrest of Gerald C Towle of Brentwood who was to be brought
before the Superior Court in Exeter on the first Tuesday of January 1938 [Rock
Co NH Div File #3217, microfilm #31-1162].
m1 1933 Wilma Lois Buzzell, m2 1953 Freda ___
FAMILY RECORD:
Gerald C Towle - lived in Lowell MA about 1930 with his uncle Charles P
Willey while GCT attended Lowell Textile Institute [Wilma (Buzzell, Towle)
Regan].
Gerald C Towle - left home in October [1936?], sent his mother a Mother's
Day card the following spring from New York, and was not heard from after that
[Gladys (Willey, Page) Philbrick, c1983].CHRONOLOGICAL ITEMS:
1928 Jun - Kingston - Sanborn Seminary awarded debating prizes, including a
membership in the National Forensic League, to several students, including
Geral C Towle [Exeter News-Letter 22 Jun 1928].
1929 Jun - West Epping - Mr & Mrs Charles Willey [Charlie & Lettie], and Mrs
Nelson Page [Gladys Willey] attended the graduation exercises of their nephew,
Gerald Towle, at Sanborn Seminary in Kingston on June 21st. [Gerald Towle
graduated at ae 16 because he skipped two years in elementary school. Clara
later realized that he graduated before he was prepared to enter the adult
world; she said she would not let his brother George skip grades, even if he
was able to, because of the problems Gerald had.] [Exeter News-Letter 28 Jun
1929, annotated by Wilma (Buzzell, Towle) Regan].
1929 Jul - Fremont - Mrs Clara Towle and son Gerald, and Mrs Nellie Bennett,
will work at the Hill Crest Hotel at Hampton Beach [Exeter News-Letter 12 Jul
1929].
1933 Feb 5 - Gerald C Towle ae 20 s/o Charles W Towle b Chester & Clara A
Willey b Fremont, marr at Fremont by S B Enman, M E minister of same, Wilmar
[sic] L Buzzell ae 20 d/o Charles L Buzzell b Exeter & Clyde L Brown b
Northwood [Fremont Annual Report].
1933 Feb 5 - Gerald C Towle of Fremont ae 20 wood heel shop b Fremont NH s/o
Charles W Towle & Clara A Willey, marr at Fremont by Rev Sam'l B Erman ME
Minister of same, Wilmar L Buzzell of Raymond ae 20 clerk b Brookline MA d/o
Charles L Buzzell & Clyde L Brown [Raymond Annual Report].
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1936 Jul - Petition for divorce presented to the Superior Court of
Rockingham County NH:
"Wilma L. Towle, of Brentwood in said County, complains against Gerald C.
Towle, of said Brentwood, and says that she was lawfully married to him at
Fremont, in said County, on the fifth day of February, 1933, and that she has
always behaved as a dutiful, faithful wife.
"Yet the said Gerald C. Towle, wholly regrdless of his marriage covenant,
has been guilty of extreme cruely toward said libellent, and has committed
assaults upon his said wife and on the nineth day of July, last, threw her
violently upon a couch and struck her with his fist so that she was rendered
unconscious and her face discolored and made swollen; that at various other
times between the first day of July, 1934, and the ninth day of July, 1936, has
struck and committed other assaults upon his said wife.
"The said Wilma L. Towle and Gerald C. Towle, since their intermarriage, has
resided in Raymond, insaid County, and in Brentwood, in said County, and the
said libellee has resided and now resides in said Brentwood.
"That one child, Laird, was born to said Wilma L. Towle and Gerald C. Towle
on the thirteenth day of September, 1933.
"Wherefore said Wilma L. Towle prays that a divorce from the bonds of
matrimony between herself and said Gerald C. Towle be decreed; that the custody
of said Laird Towle be awarded to the said Wilma L. Towle; that provision for
the support of the said Wilma L. Towle and her child be decreed; that during
the pendency of this libel, the said Gerald C. Towle be ordered to provide for
the support of his said wife and child; and for such other relief as may be
just." Signed: Wilma L. Towle [Rock Co NH Div File #3217, microfilm #31-1162].
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1936 Jul 31 - Gerald C Towle was served with divorce papers ordering him to
appear at the Superior Court in Exeter on the fourth Tuesday in October 1936
[Rock Co NH Div File #3217, microfilm #31-1162].
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1936 Aug 6 - the Master, Amos S Rundlett of Exeter, heard the divorce case
and made the following findings and recommendations:
"(1) that the total earnings for the first thiry weeks of this year totals
$652.39 or an average wage of $21.74 per week. The pay at the present time is
very small as the machinery in the shop is being moved to Erving, Mass. Last
week he earned about $7.63, and thinks it will be less this week probably about
$5.00. He has paid his wife $17.00 in the last four weeks. He now lives with
his parents.
"(2) Mrs. Towle has hired three rooms for which she pays $5.pr month. The
boy has whooping cough and is under the care of the doctor who has made three
visits already as child also has bronchitis.
"(3) Mrs. Towle is also under the doctor's care for a nervous condition and
also internal troubles.
"(4) Mrs. Towle has taken some of the furniture to fix up her rooms and has
a few pieces stored.
"It is recommended:
"A. That the libellant have the custody of the child and the libellee to
have the opportunity to see child at reasonable times, and also to have child
with him from Satruday after-noon to Sunday after-noons.
"B. That none of the furniture be sold by either party until after hearing
upon the merits of the libel.
"C. That Libelee pay to libellant $5.pr week until Sept. 5 '36 and $8.per
week thereafter for the support of the libellant and child." [Rock Co NH Div
File #3217, microfilm #31-1162].
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1936 Dec 3 - Wilma L Towle was granted a divorce from Gerald C Towle on
grounds of extreme cruely; she was give custody of their child, Laird; Gerald
was to pay $5 per week alimony & child support when earning less that $15.00
per week, and $7 per week when earning more [Rock Co NH Div File #3217,
microfilm #31-1162].
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1937 Mar - Petition of Wilma L Towle to Superior Court re Equity case #3217:
"Wilma L. Towle, of Exeter, in the County of Rockingham and State of New
Hampshire, petitioner in the above libel states that on December 3rd, last, a
divoce from Gerald C.Towle, of Brentwood, in said County, was granted and an
order for support was issued by said court for five dollars per week. That
said libellee has never paid the full amount in accordance with said order
since February 13th, last, and he is now behind in his payments in the sum of
ten dollars, and that said payments are necessary for the support of said
libellant and her child. That at present said libellee may earn more than
twelve dollars per week in which case the said libellant is entittled to seven
dollars and fifty cents per week. That said libellee is now employed outside
of the State of New hampshire, rendering it impossible for said libellant to
learn the correct amount which said libellee may now earn.
"Wherefore said libellant prays that said libellee may be committed for
contempt in his refusal to pay said order." Signed: Wilma L. Towle [Rock Co NH
Div File #3217, microfilm #31-1162]
[At the bottom of the typed document is a hand-written notation: "Mar 10,
1937 - Order to issue in accordance with prayer. Clerk of Court to hear case
as Master." this is followed by an illegible signature which is probably that
of the judge; it is not the signature of Ernest G Templeton, attorney for WLT,
nor is it the signature of Amos S Rundlett, the Clerk of the Superior Court
[LCT].
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1937 Nov - Petition of Wilma L Towle to Superior Court re Equity case #3217:
"Wilma L. Towle, of Exeter, in the County of Rockingham and State of New
Hampshire, petitioner in the above libel states that on December 3rd, last, a
decree of divorce from Gerald C. Towle, of Brentwood, in said County, was
granted and an order for support was issued by said court for five dollars per
week. That there is due from said libellee two payments due in February,last;
that he has failed to make any payments for the last five weeks, and he is now
behind in his payments in the sum of thirty-five dollars, and that said
payments are necessary for the support of said libellant and her child.
"Therefore said libellant prays that said libellee may be committed for
contempt in his refusal to pay said order." signed: Wilma L Towle [Rock Co NH
Div File #3217, microfilm #31-1162]. At the bottom of the document is a
hand-written note: "11/23/37 Petition granted. Copies to issue." followed by an
illegible signature [LCT].
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1937 Nov 24 - a warrant was issued to "the sheriff of any county or his
deputy" for the arrest of Gerald C Towle of Brentwood who was to be brought
before the Superior Court in Exeter on the first Tuesday of January 1938 [Rock
Co NH Div File #3217, microfilm #31-1162].
CHRONOLOGICAL ITEMS:
1910 Jan 3 - Charles L Buzzell ae 19 b Newfields s/o Arthur C Buzzell &
Mabel F Burgess, marr at Exeter by Rev Ansley E Woodsum, Clyde L Brown ae 17 b
Nottingham d/o Andrew G Brown & Nora V Holmes, 1st marr for both [Exeter Town
Report].
1910 Mar 27 - Meyel [sic] Leola Buzzell b Exeter 1st c/o Charles L Buzzell b
Newfields & Clyde L Brown b Nottingham [Exeter Town Report].
1914 - entry from the diary of Charles Lester Buzzell: "Grandmother Buzzell
came from Durham to Exeter to live with my Ma on Tuesday, Sept. 13, 1904. She
died Oct. 7. at 5 p.m. and was buried Oct. 10, 1904 at Durham, N.H. Her body
with all the rest of those buried in the lot on the farm was transferred to the
burying ground in Lee in the Spring of 1905."
1917 Jan 9 - Ruth Buzzell d Boston MA ae 2-2-3, bur Lee [Lee Annual Report].
1920 Jan 12 - federal census Worcester MA dist 316 image 8, Park Avenue:
Buzzell, Charles L head renter m w 29 marr bNH
Buzzell, Clyde L wife f w 26 marr bNH
Buzzell, Meryle L dau f w 4 single bNH
Buzzell, Wilma L dau f w 1 single bMA
Buzzell, Ruth [I?] dau f w 11/12 single bMA
1970 Jan 10 - Clyde Lind Buzzell d Kittery ME ae 77 bur Lee [Lee Annual
Report].
1970 Jan 10 - Clyde Lind Brown d Kittery ME ae 77 b NH d/o Andrew G Brown &
Nora V Holmes [Northwood Annual Report].
1974 Jul 31 - Charles Lester Buzzell d Portland ME ae 83 bur Lee [Lee Annual
Report].
1974 Jul 31 - Charles Lester Buzzell d at Maine Medical Center in Portland;
buried Lee Hill NH in Buzzell family lot, row 5 no 2 [per WTR]. Will dated 3
Jun 1971 & codicil dated 23 Apr 1974, file #51814 [Rock Co NH Probate Records].MISCELANEOUS ITEMS:
About 1918-19 a woman by the name of Mary Buzzell from Wilton NH was working
on a Buzzell genealogy and contacted Charles L Buzzell while he was living in
Worcester MA [per CLB].
Ruth nmn Buzzell - b 6 Nov 194 & d 9 Jan 1917 [per her mother, Clyde Lind
(Brown) Buzzell, c1970].
Dover (NH) Community News, 14 March 2003
Ruth I. Simpson
Active in communityRuth I. Simpson, 84, formerly of Waldron Towers, died late Saturday, March 1, 2003 at Langdon Place of Dover with her family by her side.
Born January 13, 1919 in Worcester, MA she was the daughter of the late Charles L. Buzzell and Clyde L. (Brown) Buzzell.
Ruth graduated from Coe-Brown Academy in 1937. She was a past member of the Women’s Auxiliary in Northwood, 8/40 Auxiliary, Northwood Women’s Club and the Back River Community Club.
Ruth was a homemaker and loved the ocean. She also enjoyed reading and loved her cat Simba
Ruth was pre-deceased by three sisters, Meryl Burklund, Ruth Buzzell, and Wilma Regan.
She is survived by one son, Robert Simpson, Jr. and his wife LeeAnn of Dover; two daughters, Dawn Delude and her husband Richard of Durham, Maureen Pomeroy and her husband Norman of Gulf Breeze, FL., five grandchildren, and three great grandchildren.
Services were March 5 from the Wiggin-Purdy-McCooey-Dion Funeral Home, with The Reverend Ann Robertson, officiating.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Cocheco Valley Humane Society, 262 County Farm Road, Dover, NH 03820
Sources:
Other : Stackpole, Hist Durham, 1913, 2/157
Sources:
Other : Stackpole, Hist Durham, 1913, 2/157