Sylvanus Cobb TUFTS

Birth:
22 Nov 1830
Wilton, Franklin, Maine
Death:
21 Mar 1875
Compton, Los Angeles, California
Burial:
1911- Pioneer Cemetery, Sierra Madre, Los Angeles, California
Marriage:
16 Mar 1858
Delaware, Ripley, Indiana
Father:
Blocked
Mother:
Blocked
Notes:
                   Tower family bible in possession of Ellis 1995. Fold handwritten notes entitled family record and Marriages birth and deaths
1860 census Farmington, Cedar, Iowa
Emily Melissa BURTON
Birth:
30 Mar 1835
Maineville, Warren, Ohio
Death:
24 Dec 1911
Sierra Madre, Los Angeles, California
Burial:
27 Dec 1911
Pioneer Cem., Sierra Madre, Los Angeles, California
Notes:
                   1860 census Farmington, Cedar, Iowa
1880 census San antonio, Los Angeles, CA
1900 census Portland, Cumberland, Maine living iwth Bovard's
Undated picture says "Snapshot of house of sister of my grandmother Tower. Handwriting is that of Inez Josephine Clark. Her grandmother Tower would be Philena Melvina Burton, wife of Joseph Hunter Tower. She speaks of Aunt Emma. Suppose this must be Emily Burton who married Sylvanus Tufts. "Aunt Emma Tufts" is living in Sierra Madre, Los Angeles County, California. Other Tower family members lived in California in the early 1900's.
Children
Marriage
1
Clarence TUFTS
Birth:
Abt 1859
of Iowa
Death:
 
Marr:
 
Notes:
                   1860 census Farmington, Cedar, Iowa
2
Mary F. TUFTS
Birth:
Jan 1861
Iowa
Death:
Orlando DRANGA 
Marr:
Abt 1886
 
Notes:
                   1880 census San Antonio, Los Angeles, CA
1900 census Captain Grande, San Diego, CA
3
Charles N. TUFTS
Birth:
Mar 1865
Iowa
Death:
Mrs. Eucina TUFTS 
Marr:
Abt 1889
CA 
Notes:
                   1880 census San Antonio, Los Angeles, CA
1900 census Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA
4
Philena S. TUFTS
Birth:
Feb 1868
Wilton, Iowa
Death:
William Sherman BOVARD 
Marr:
10 Dec 1889
of Muscatine, Iowa 
Notes:
                   1880 census San Antonio, Los Angeles, CA
1900 census Portland, Cumberland, Maine
5
Alice Elizabeth TUFTS
Birth:
24 Mar 1869
Wilton, Iowa
Death:
14 Jan 1949
Los Angeles, California
 
Marr:
 
Notes:
                   1880 census San Antonio, Los Angeles, CA
1900 census Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA
1930 census Pasadena, Los Angeles, CA
California death records
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Sylvanus Cobb Tufts - Emily Melissa Burton

Sylvanus Cobb Tufts was born at Wilton, Franklin, Maine 22 Nov 1830.

He married Emily Melissa Burton 16 Mar 1858 at Delaware, Ripley, Indiana . Emily Melissa Burton was born at Maineville, Warren, Ohio 30 Mar 1835 daughter of Hiram Burton and Sybil Eliza Dudley .

They were the parents of 5 children:
Clarence Tufts born Abt 1859.
Mary F. Tufts born Jan 1861.
Charles N. Tufts born Mar 1865.
Philena S. Tufts born Feb 1868.
Alice Elizabeth Tufts born 24 Mar 1869.

Sylvanus Cobb Tufts died 21 Mar 1875 at Compton, Los Angeles, California .

Emily Melissa Burton died 24 Dec 1911 at Sierra Madre, Los Angeles, California .