Alan Craig Mulford

Other Events:

• Died: 05 Mar 1966, Vietnam; Killed By Gernade

Notes:

Died:
# In Memory
Pfc. Alan Craig Mulford, USMC
b. March 25, 1946
KIA March 5, 1966
Quang Ngai, South Vietnam
His remains were recovered.

He was somebody's son.
He was somebody's friend.
He will live on in the hearts and minds
of those who knew and loved him.
Rest in peace, soldier.
You are not forgotten.
http://stonewall63.tripod.com/craig.html

# MULFORD ALAN CRAIG PFC MARINES SEATTLE WA 05MAR66 S.VIETNAM 25MAR46 HOSTILE,KILLED
http://www.1stmarinedivisionassociation.org/wall/Washington.htm

# MULFORD ALAN CRAIG ´tabªPFC ´tabªMARINES ´tabªSEATTLE ´tabªWA ´tabª05MAR66 ´tabªS.VIETNAM ´tabª25MAR46 ´tabªHOSTILE, KILLED
http://www.archives.gov/research/vietnam-war/casualty-lists/wa-by-town.html

# MULFORD ALAN CRAIG´tabªPFC´tabªMARINES´tabªSEATTLE´tabª03/25/46´tabª03/05/66
http://www.distantcousin.com/military/vietnam/wa/m.html

K.W. married M. (?). [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

While Jonathan Burnett and wife, Myra Catherine Watt were moving
from New Providence, Iowa, to Harrison, Arkansas, Harry Mulford was born
in the back of the covered wagon crossing Decateur County, Kansas.
The Mulford homestead is still there, where Edgar
Mulford resides presently. Also a cementary where many Mulfords are
found, exists there.

The following was submitted as
the first entry for inclusion in a family history book of Lewis County,
Washington, by Clyde Mulford.

By Clyde Mulford

Winlock
My father, Harry Mulford, came to Chehalis from Harrison,
Ark., in 1908. He met Florence Towner while working at the Carnation
[milk] plant in Chehalis, and they were married in September, 1909.
Harry had four brothers who came to Chehalis about the
same time. He and his brother Arthur went together in what they called
"Mulford Bros. 2nd Hand Store" at 960 Chehalis Ave. in 1909. After a year
or two, Art got a job carrying mail, so Harry bought out his brother's
interest and continued to run the store until 1927. He bought used
furniture and household goods and reconditioned them to sell, and filed
saws and re-covered umbrellas.
In those days the milkman delivered milk in glass bottles
using a horse and wagon. The water wagon and the fire wagon were both
pulled by horses.

One day there was a fire in the rooming house above the
store, but most of the damage to the store was from the water coming
through the ceiling. What I remember most about the fire was that the
people who came to watch the fire brought the kids along in baby buggies
and little wagons. In those days you could tell where the fire was by the
number of chimes of the fire bell, as the different parts of town were
numbered for that purpose.
I [Clyde] am the oldest of our family of eight boys and
one girl. Four of us were born in Chehalis. In 1908, the folks bought an
80-acre farm four miles up Coal Creek, where we raised our meat, milk
and eggs and always had a large garden.
My dad, who used crutches all his life because of
childhood T.B. of the bone, continued to run the store until 1927. He
drove back and forth to work with a horse and buggy, taking a sack of
hay which he fed to the horses in Hayseed Park, which was between the
streetcar tracks and Market Street.
Streetcars ran between Chehalis and Centralia for many
years, but later buses were used. There were two cars, one going each
way, passing at the fairgrounds using what is now North National and
South Gold. The electricity for the streetcars came from a coal-fired
plant on Coal Creek.
H.H. Scribner's Harness Shop was next door to the second
hand store, and along the curb, there were several rings where you could
tie your horse.
I finished grade school in the one-room Lower Coal Creek
School. To get to high school the first three years, I had to walk or bum
a ride, but the fourth year I had a bicycle. I graduated from Chehalis
High School in 1929. That fall, they put on a school bus, which my
brother Basil got a job driving for $20 a month.
I worked 10 years for the Department of Natural Resources
on state lookouts. Then I moved to Longview, where I spent 11 years on
the planer gate selling Presto Logs for Weyerhauser Co. I am now retired
and live in Winlock.
Two brothers, Roy and Ervin, are living just north of
Centalia. Basil is up near Olympia, and Don is just east of Vancover. The
rest of the family is out of state.

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1910 Washington Census, Chehalis City , Lewis County on April 2 1900
Ward of City - South
Supervisor District #2, ED# 136, Sheet 12 B
Mulford, Harry H. 29, married for 6 months Born in Kansas, Father in New
York, Mother in Iowa, Occupation Merchant, Second Hand Store.
Florence, 22 born in South Dakota

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1920 Washington Soundex

Vol.27, E.D. 133, sheet 14, Line 81
Lewis County
age
born

Mulford, Harry H. 39
Kansas
race - White
Mulford, Florence Wife 32
South Dakota
Clyde Son 9
Washington
Basil E. Son 7
Washington
Roy E. Son 6
Washington
Ervin H. Son 4 and 4/12
Washington
Mildred E. Daughter 2 and 8/12
Washington
Donald Son 1 and 1/12
Washington

Harry married Florence Rose Towner on 18 Sep 1909 in Chehalis, Lewis County, Washington. Florence (daughter of William Ezekial Towner and Frances (Fanny) Johnson) was born on 28 Jan 1888 in Wessington Springs, South Dakota; died on 17 Feb 1974 in Centralia, Lewis County, Washington. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Name: Flonnie Towner
• Census: 1900, Salzer, Lewis County, Washington; 1900 Federal Census

Notes:

OBITUARY OF LON'S GRANDMOTHER

MRS. FLORENCE R. VINCENT

Mrs. Florence R. Vincent, 86, a lifetime resident of Centralia, died
at a nursing home Sunday.
Mrs. Vincent was born January 28, 1888, in South Dakota. Her family
moved to Centralia early in her life and she attended Centralia schools.
She was a retired registered nurse and a member of the Alder Street
Baptist Church, Centralia.
Survivors include a daughter, Mrs. Samuel ( Elaine) Byrd, Lebanon,
Oregon; eight sons, Clyde Mulford, of Castle Rock, Basil Mulford,
Olympia, , Roy and Ervin Mulford, Centralia, Don Mulford, Toledo, Marvin
Mulford, Springfield, Oregon, Kenneth Mulford, Seattle, and Harry Mulford
Jr. address unknown; a sister Mrs. Lily Shore, Tacoma: 20 grandchildren
and numerous nieces and nephews.
Services will be Wednesday at 2 P. M. at the Newell- Hoerling's
Centralia, with the rev. M. Holt Sodeman officiating. Interment will
follow at Mt. View Cemetery, Centralia. Casket bearers will be her sons.
Dated February 18, 1974.

Florence was born in a covered wagon, in South Dakota, according to
her daughter Elaine.

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Florence Rose Towner was born in South Dakota January 28, 1888 in
Wessington Springs. She went one year to Centralia High School. Married
Harry Hayes Mulford and lived in Chehalis. Harry died of Bright's Disease
when their youngest child was about a year old and left her with nine
children. She studied and got a Practical Nurses Degree and raised her
family of 8 boys and 1 girl.

Census:
1900 United States Federal Census Record
about Flonnie Towner
Name: ´tabªFlonnie Towner
Home in 1900: ´tabªSalzer, Lewis, Washington
Age: ´tabª12
Estimated Birth Year: ´tabªabt 1888
BirthPlace: ´tabªSouth Dakota
Relationship to head-of-house: ´tabªDaughter
Father's name: ´tabªWilliam E
Mother's name: ´tabªFrancis
Race: ´tabªWhite
Occupation: ´tabªView Image
Neighbors: ´tabªView others on page

Notes:

Jonathan Burnett Mulford was born August 5, 1835 at East
Bloomfield, Ontario County, New York and died November 1912 at Chehalis,
Washington.
He drove a government freight wagon from Fort Leavenworth
Kansas to Salt Lake, hauling supplies to soldiers. Jonathan Burnett and 3
others bought a span of mules and a spring wagon and drove to Marrysville
California in 1850, where he worked in the mines and hauling logs for
several years. While there he injured one hand and later he became a
tinner. He later returned to Iowa and had a tin shop at New Providence.
He married Myra Catherine Watt November 22, 1864. He had 7
boys and one girl.

Compiled February 27, 1959 by Basil Mulford

Jonathan married M.C. Watt [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Died: stomach trouble
• Name: William E Towner
• Reference Number: 35
• Census: 1860, Jewett, Greene County, New York; 1860 Federal Census
• Census: 02 Aug 1870, Alcona Township, Alcona County, Michigan; 1870 Federal Census
• Occupation: 02 Aug 1870, Alcona Township, Alcona County, Michigan; Works on farm
• Census: 15 Jun 1880, Alcona Township, Alcona County, Michigan; 1880 Federal Census
• Occupation: 15 Jun 1880, Alcona Township, Alcona County, Michigan; Farmer
• Census: 1900, Salzer, Lewis County, Washington; 1900 Federal Census
• Census: 1910, Salzer, Lewis County, Washington; 1910 Federal Census

Notes:

" William E. Towner, 21, and Frances Johnson, 16, were married
in Alcona County, Harrisville, Michigan on June 28, 1869. This county was
organized in early 1869, and their marriage license was the 4th one
issued in the new county. They walked to Alcona from home about 7 miles,
and to get the license they had to go to Harrisville, so they took off
their shoes and walked down the beach about 8 miles, got married by a
Rev. W. J. Johnston [no relation], bought a broom and walked home about 9
miles." Milo N. Johnson

"12 children in S. Dakota then moved to Washington, Beck's place, married twice - Fanny then Cally. 1. Frances "Fanny" Johnson Towner - Will @ 19and Fran @ 15 married in Alcona County, Michigan then moved to Iowa,South Dakota, then to Washington in Vinegar Valley past the Viaduct in Centralia." Info from Paul Firth as written by his Aunt Joan Towner as told to her during an interview with her father Alfred Towner.
Source: email from Pat Holling

(Research):

Birth:
abt 1850 ny
- 1880 census

Census:
1860 United States Federal Census Record
about William Towner
Name: ´tabªWilliam Towner
Age in 1860: ´tabª9
Birth Year: ´tabªabt 1851
BirthPlace: ´tabªNew York
Home in 1860: ´tabªJewett, Greene, New York
Gender: ´tabªMale
Post Office: ´tabªHunter
Value of real estate: ´tabªView image
Household Members: ´tabª
Name ´tabªAge
William D Towner ´tabª40
Margaret Towner ´tabª37
Rachel M Towner ´tabª15
Susan Towner ´tabª14
William Towner ´tabª9
George Towner ´tabª8
Ezekiel Towner ´tabª72
Susan Towner ´tabª65

Census:
Alcona, Alcona County, Michigan
August 2, 1870
12 12 Towner, William 22 m w works on farm 230 New York 1 (cit)
Fanny 19 f w keeping house Canada 1 1
Fanny 1/12 f w Michigan 1 Apr

Census:
#1880 United States Federal Census Recordinfo
about William E. Towner
Name: ´tabªWilliam E. Towner
Age: ´tabª30
Estimated birth year: ´tabª<1850>
Birthplace: ´tabªNew York
Occupation: ´tabªFarmer
Relationship to head-of-household: ´tabªSelf
Home in 1880: ´tabªAlcona, Alcona, Michigan
Marital status: ´tabªMarried
Race: ´tabªWhite
Gender: ´tabªMale
Spouse's name: ´tabªFrancis Towner
Father's birthplace: ´tabªNY
Mother's birthplace: ´tabªNY

Census:
1900 United States Federal Census Record
about William E Towner
Name: ´tabªWilliam E Towner
Home in 1900: ´tabªSalzer, Lewis, Washington
Age: ´tabª49
Estimated Birth Year: ´tabªabt 1851
BirthPlace: ´tabªNew York
Relationship to head-of-house: ´tabªHead
Spouses's Name: ´tabªFrancis
Race: ´tabªWhite
Occupation: ´tabªView Image
Neighbors: ´tabªView others on page
Household Members: ´tabª
Name ´tabªAge
William E Towner ´tabª49
Francis Towner ´tabª46
George Towner ´tabª20
Keibin Towner ´tabª18
Milo Towner ´tabª3
Maggie Towner ´tabª16
Allice Towner ´tabª14
Flonnie Towner ´tabª12
Grace Towner ´tabª9
Lillie Towner ´tabª2

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WASHINGTON SOUNDEX 1900
( VOL 10 / ED123 / SHEET 4 / LINE 20 ) SOUNDEX CODE T560

Lewis County, Saltzer Precinct (N. C. D.)

(race) born
age birth place
Towner, William E. White August 1850 49 New York
Towner, Frances Wife February 1854 46 Canada(England N.R.)
Towner, George Son October 1879 20 Michigan
Towner, Rubin Son March 1882 18 Iowa
Towner, Milo Son January 1897 3 Washington
Towner, Maggie Daughter April 1884 16 South Dakota
Towner, Alice Daughter March 1886 14 South Dakota
Towner, Florence Daughter January 1888 12 South Dakota
Towner, Grace Daughter June 1890 9 South Dakota
Towner, Lillie Daughter November 1897 2 Washington

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#
CENSUS: 1900 Salzer, Lewis, Washington page 4a
William E Towner 49 yrs b. NY Aug 1850 maried 31 yrs farmer
Francis b. Feb 1854 Canada 46 yrs
George b. Oct 1879 MI 20 yrs
Rubin b. Mar 1882 IA 18 yrs
Milo b. Jan 1897 WA 3 yrs
Maggie b. Apr 1884 S. Dakota 16 yrs
Alice b. Mar 1886 S. Dakota 14 yrs
Florence b. Jan 1888 S. Dakota 12 yrs
Grace b. June 1890 S. Dakota 10 yrs
Lillie b. 1896 WA 2 yrs

Census:
1910 United States Federal Census Record
about William E Towner
Name: ´tabªWilliam E Towner
[William E Fowner]
Age in 1910: ´tabª59
Estimated Birth Year: ´tabªabt 1851
BirthPlace: ´tabªNew York
Relation to Head of House: ´tabªHead
Father's Birth Place: ´tabªNew York
Mother's Birth Place: ´tabªNew York
Spouses's Name: ´tabªFrancis
Home in 1910: ´tabªSalzer, Lewis, Washington
Marital Status: ´tabªMarried
Race: ´tabªWhite
Gender: ´tabªMale
Neighbors: ´tabªView others on page
Household Members: ´tabª
Name ´tabªAge
William E Towner ´tabª59
Francis Towner ´tabª56
Milo Towner ´tabª14
Willie Towner ´tabª12
Earnest B Johnson ´tabª16

1910 Washington Census, Lewis County, Saltzer Precinct,
Supervisor Dist. No. 21, ED 124, Sheet #6b

1. Towner, William E. Age 59 Born in New York
Father was born in New York, Mother was born in New York, Occupation Farmer
2. Towner, Francis Wife Age 56, Married for 40 years, gave
birth to 14 Children and 12 are living. Francis was born in Canada,
Father England and mother England.
3. Towner, Milo Son 14 years old born in Washington
4. Towner, Lillie Daughter 12 years old born in Washington

CENSUS: 1910 Salzer, Lewis Co., WA
William E Towner 59 yrs b. MI
Francis 56 yrs b. Canada
Nils 14 yr sb. WA
Lillian 12 yrs b. WA
Earnest R Johnson Nephew 16 yr sb. MI
Source: email from Pat Holling

William married Frances (Fanny) Johnson on 28 Jun 1869 in Harrisville, Haynes Twp, Alcona County, Michigan. Frances (daughter of Robert Johnson and Jane Mary Storey) was born on 04 Feb 1854 in McAlpin Township, Ontario, Canada; died on 19 Nov 1910 in Centralia, Lewis County, Washington. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Died: stroke
• moved: Centralia, Lewis County, Washington
• Name: Francis Towner
• Reference Number: 422
• BAPM: 12 Mar 1854; At Early Wesley Methodist
• Census: 02 Aug 1870, Alcona Township, Alcona County, Michigan; 1870 Federal Census
• Census: 15 Jun 1880, Alcona Township, Alcona County, Michigan; 1880 Federal Census
• Census: 1900, Salzer, Lewis County, Washington; 1900 Federal Census
• Census: 1910, Salzer, Lewis County, Washington; 1910 Federal Census

Notes:

I'm not sure why , but Lon's Father Marvin Stanley Mulford stated
that Frances Johnson was called "The Crazy French Candian" .
Mulford Gedom

Died of stroke in 1910
Susans list

Was French-Canadian

Birth:
February 4 1854 McAlpin Twp, Canada West

abt 1854 canada
- 1880 census

moved:
Susans List

Census:
Alcona, Alcona County, Michigan
August 2, 1870
12 12 Towner, William 22 m w works on farm 230 New York 1 (cit)
Fanny 19 f w keeping house Canada 1 1
Fanny 1/12 f w Michigan 1 Apr

Census:

1880 United States Federal Census
about Francis Towner
Name: ´tabªFrancis Towner
Home in 1880: ´tabªAlcona, Alcona, Michigan
Age: ´tabª26
Estimated Birth Year: ´tabªabt 1854
Birthplace: ´tabªCanada
Relation to head-of-household: ´tabªWife
Spouse's name: ´tabªWilliam E.
Father's birthplace: ´tabªEngland
Mother's birthplace: ´tabªEngland
Neighbors: ´tabªView others on page
Occupation: ´tabªKeeping House
Marital Status: ´tabªMarried
Race: ´tabªWhite
Gender: ´tabªFemale
Cannot read/write:

Blind:

Deaf and dumb:

Otherwise disabled:

Idiotic or insane:
´tabª
View Image
Household Members: ´tabª
Name ´tabªAge
William E. Towner ´tabª30
Francis Towner ´tabª26
Rachel Towner ´tabª10
Jane Towner ´tabª7
Arthur Towner ´tabª5
Annie Towner ´tabª3
George Towner ´tabª8M

Census:
1900 United States Federal Census Record
about Francis Towner
Name: ´tabªFrancis Towner
Home in 1900: ´tabªSalzer, Lewis, Washington
Age: ´tabª46
Estimated Birth Year: ´tabªabt 1854
BirthPlace: ´tabªCanada English
Relationship to head-of-house: ´tabªWife
Spouses's Name: ´tabªWilliam E
Race: ´tabªWhite
Occupation: ´tabªView Image
Immigration year: ´tabª1867
Neighbors: ´tabªView others on page

Census:
1910 United States Federal Census Record
about Francis Towner
Name: ´tabªFrancis Towner
[Francis Fowner]
Age in 1910: ´tabª56
Estimated Birth Year: ´tabªabt 1854
BirthPlace: ´tabªCanada English
Relation to Head of House: ´tabªWife
Father's Birth Place: ´tabªEngland
Mother's Birth Place: ´tabªIreland
Spouses's Name: ´tabªWilliam E
Home in 1910: ´tabªSalzer, Lewis, Washington
Marital Status: ´tabªMarried
Race: ´tabªWhite
Gender: ´tabªFemale
Neighbors: ´tabªView others on page

Died:
Nov 19 1910 Centralia Wash
Susans list

Notes:

Married:
June 28, 1869 Michigan
Susans List

# FRANCES JOHNSON m WILLIAM E TOWNER 28 JUN 1869
http://www.usgennet.org/usa/mi/county/alcona/alconamarriages.html

# JOHNSON,FRANCES - JOHNSON,TOWNER,WILLIAM E TOWNER,ALCONA,,28 JUN 1869,--,--,--,--
http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/mi/alcona/vitals/marriages/dbn-aug2005-h-j.txt