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2111. Wiley Goodrich Towry1449,1450 was born in Jun 1888 in Lincoln County, Tennessee.1449,1450 He died in 1944 in Lincoln County, Tennessee.

• 1920 Census for Lincoln County, Tennessee, shows Goodrich Towry, age 31, a farmer, as head of household containing: wife Ossie, age 25 (census was taken Jan 16, 1920, less than one month before her death); son Alton, age 8; son Sumner, age 5; son Howard, age 3+; and son Fleming, less than 1 year old.

• 1930 Census for Fayetteville, Lincoln County, Tennessee, shows Goodrich Towery, age 40, who is employed as an officer (type not specified) for the city, as head of household containing: wife Annie, age 45; son Alton, age 18, employed as a laborer in a restaurant; son Sumners, age 16; son Howard, age 13; son Flemmons, age 10; daughter Mercedes, age 7; daughter Christine, born about March, 1926; and son Roy, born about Sept 1928. They are renting a house for $16/mo.

Wiley Goodrich Towry and Lula Beard were married on 26 Dec 1908 in Lincoln County, Tennessee.

Wiley Goodrich Towry and Ossie Mae Hopkins were married on 24 Dec 1910 in Lincoln County, Tennessee.1450 Ossie Mae Hopkins (daughter of Wiley H. Hopkins and Mary Ann McDougal) was born on 20 Feb 1893 in Lincoln County, Tennessee.1450 She died on 12 Feb 1920 in Pleasant Grove, Lincoln County, Tennessee.1450

Note: One source says she died, another that they divorced. Unknown which is correct. Wiley Goodrich Towry and Ossie Mae Hopkins had the following children:

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James Alton Towry.

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ii.

John Sumner Towry.

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iii.

Wiley Howard Towry.

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iv.

Carl Fleming Towery.

Wiley Goodrich Towry and Cora Annie Mullins were married on 5 Nov 1921 in Lincoln County, Tennessee. Wiley Goodrich Towry and Cora Annie Mullins had the following children:

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i.

Nancy J. Towry.

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ii.

Roy Goodrich Towry.

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iii.

Mercedes Towry.

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iv.

Christine Towry.