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    Amanda Pomeroy (Towne)

    Birth: 1840

    Death: 11-17-1883

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Amanda (Towne) Pomeroy was born in Cincinnati, Ohio. She married George Throop Pomeroy of Auburn, New York, and the couple had one child, a daughter named Grace Towne Pomeroy. Amanda and George resided both in Auburn and in Chicago, Illinois. Amanda's sister, Mary Towne Burt, was a well-known temperance advocate in New York State. Both Amanda and Mary are referenced in Frances "Fanny" Seward's 1866 diary as being baptized in Auburn's Protestant Episcopalian Church.

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Amanda (Towne) Pomeroy was born in Cincinnati, Ohio. She married George Throop Pomeroy of Auburn, New York, and the couple had one child, a daughter named Grace Towne Pomeroy. Amanda and George resided both in Auburn and in Chicago, Illinois. Amanda's sister, Mary Towne Burt, was a well-known temperance advocate in New York State. Both Amanda and Mary are referenced in Frances "Fanny" Seward's 1866 diary as being baptized in Auburn's Protestant Episcopalian Church.

Citation Type: 
Book or Book Chapter
Book or Monograph Title: 
History and genealogy of the Pomeroy family : collateral lines in family groups, Normandy, Great Britain and America
Author(s) or Editor(s): 
Albert A. Pomeroy
Publisher Location: 
Salem, MA
Publisher Name: 
Higginson Book Company
Year: 
1912
Start Page: 
757
Citation Notes: 
https://archive.org/details/historyandgenea02pomegoog/page/757/mode/2up?q=%22george+throop+pomeroy%22
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Citation URL: 
Ancestry.com
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Citation Notes: 
Source Citation Year: 1880; Census Place: Brooklyn, Kings, New York; Roll: 855; Page: 372B; Enumeration District: 236 Source Information Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. 1880 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2010. 1880 U.S. Census Index provided by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints © Copyright 1999 Intellectual Reserve, Inc. All rights reserved. All use is subject to the limited use license and other terms and conditions applicable to this site. Original data: Tenth Census of the United States, 1880. (NARA microfilm publication T9, 1,454 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C.
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Website
Citation URL: 
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/65440380/amanda-pomeroy
Title of Webpage: 
Amanda Pomeroy - Find A Grave
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