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Martha Horr

Female 1833 - 1891  (58 years)


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  • Name Martha Horr 
    Born 16 May 1833  Pelham, Hampshire Co, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Female 
    Census 1850 1860 
    Died 19 Dec 1891  Pelham, Hampshire Co, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried Ware, Hampshire Co, Massachusetts, USA (Quabbin Park Cemetery) Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I4114  A00 Hoar and Horr Families North America
    Last Modified 19 Feb 2013 

    Father Harmon Horr,   b. 29 Jan 1799, Pelham, Hampshire Co, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 10 Jan 1860, Pelham, Hampshire Co, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 60 years) 
    Mother Martha Hawley,   b. 20 May 1809, Amherst, Hampshire Co, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 23 Sep 1882, Pelham, Hampshire Co, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 73 years) 
    Married 28 Nov 1832  Amherst, Hampshire Co, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F6033  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Harrison D. Towne,   b. 16 Apr 1836, Belchertown, Hampshire Co, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 21 Nov 1894, Belchertown, Hampshire Co, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 58 years) 
    Married 5 May 1868  Belchertown, Hampshire Co, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Gertrude Gray Towne,   b. 2 Mar 1869, Pelham, Hampshire Co, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 23 May 1940, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 71 years)
    Last Modified 8 May 2010 
    Family ID F1757  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
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      Groom's Name: ...miean D. Town
      Groom's Birth Date: 1837
      Groom's Birthplace: Belchertown
      Groom's Age: 31
      Bride's Name: Martha A. Horr
      Bride's Birth Date: 1835
      Bride's Birthplace: Pelham
      Bride's Age: 33
      Marriage Date: 05 May 1868
      Marriage Place: Belchertown, Massachusetts
      Groom's Father's Name: Asher Town
      Groom's Mother's Name: Annabelle Town
      Bride's Father's Name: Harman P. Horr
      Bride's Mother's Name: Martha Horr
      Groom's Race: White
      Groom's Marital Status: Widowed
      Groom's Previous Wife's Name:
      Bride's Race: White
      Bride's Marital Status: Single
      Bride's Previous Husband's Name:
      Indexing Project (Batch) Number: M00896-5
      System Origin: Massachusetts-EASy
      Source Film Number: 1863562
      Reference Number:
      Collection: Massachusetts Marriages, 1695-1910

      Groom's Name: Harrison D. Town
      Groom's Birth Date: 1837
      Groom's Birthplace: Belchertown
      Groom's Age: 31
      Bride's Name: Martha A. Horr
      Bride's Birth Date: 1835
      Bride's Birthplace: Pelham
      Bride's Age: 33
      Marriage Date: 02 May 1868
      Marriage Place: Belchertown, Hampshire, Massachusetts
      Groom's Father's Name: Abner Town
      Groom's Mother's Name: Arabella
      Bride's Father's Name: Horace R. Horr
      Bride's Mother's Name: Martha
      Groom's Race:
      Groom's Marital Status: Unknown
      Groom's Previous Wife's Name:
      Bride's Race:
      Bride's Marital Status: Single
      Bride's Previous Husband's Name:
      Indexing Project (Batch) Number: M02872-5
      System Origin: Massachusetts-EASy
      Source Film Number: 186141
      Reference Number: p 20 cn 10
      Collection: Massachusetts Marriages, 1695-1910

      Name: Martha A. Horr Towne
      Gender: Female
      Burial Date:
      Burial Place: Prescott, Mass.
      Death Date: 19 Dec 1891
      Death Place: Pelham, Mass.
      Age: 57
      Birth Date: 1834
      Birthplace: Pelham, Ma
      Occupation: At Home
      Race: White
      Marital Status: Widowed
      Spouse's Name: Towne
      Father's Name: Herman P. Horr
      Father's Birthplace: Prescott
      Mother's Name: Martha Horr
      Mother's Birthplace: Amherst
      Indexing Project (Batch) Number: B02964-3
      System Origin: Massachusetts-EASy
      Source Film Number: 1863562
      Reference Number: Item 12, Pg. 434
      Collection: Massachusetts Deaths and Burials, 1795-1910

      Cemetery:
      http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Horr&GSiman=1&GScid=91487&GRid=75334417&

      [[The following census information was compiled and contributed by Joyce S.

      Living with parents in 1850.
      1850 Census: Pelham, Hampshire Co, Massachusetts
      Martha Ann, age 16, bp MA

      Living with mother in 1860.
      1860 Census: Pelham, Hampshire Co, Massachusetts
      Martha A. Horr, 26, Massachusetts

      1870 Census: Pelham, Hampshire, MA, PO Belchertown
      Martha A. Towne, age 36, bp MA, Keeping house
      Gertrude Towne, age 1, bp MA
      Martha Horr, age 61, bp MA, no occupation

      1880 Census Place: Pelham, Hampshire Co, Massachusetts
      Household: Page Number 150B
      Name Relation Marital Status Gender Race Age Birthplace Occupation Father's Birthplace Mother's Birthplace
      Martha TOWNE Self M Female W 46 MA Keeping House MA MA
      Gertrude TOWNE Dau S Female W 11 MA At School MA
      Note Martha states she was married.

      Martha Ann Horr is living next door to Martha Hawley- Horr, widow of Harmon Horr, her mother.

      After three months of marriage Martha returned to her mother's home, never returning to her marriage.
      Hampshire Gazette and Northampton Courier
      September 24, 1878
      Martha A. Town of Pelham, married Harrison D. Town, May 1, 1868, and on the first of August following she went back to her mother's. She "wasn't going to keep house any more for any one." That's the whole story, and furnishes ground for belief that the old saying should be changed from "marrying hastily and repenting leisurely", to marry hastily and repent ditto. He never could get her to go back and live with him after that, and the Judge thought it over awhile and sundered forever what God had joined together for three months. The following divorces were granted: Harrison D. from Martha A. Town; etc.
      Note:separate entries on page....
      Martha's mother: Martha Hawley Horr [ca. 1809-1882]
      Martha Ann Horr Towne [1833-1891]