I’ve “rescued” an old photograph album which appears to have originally belonged to the TOWNE Family. The album includes identified photographs belonging mostly to the TOWNE, HART, KENNEDY, FOSTER, TAYLOR, BURNHAM, MESSENGER, and STORY Families. The photographs included in the album are as follows: TOWNE Family Photograph Album * Poem about angels, C. J. TOWNE from Lericia BASCOME * Unidentified Male, no studio or loc, 1870’s, in his 30’s * Unidentified Female, from Taylor & Preston Studio in Salem, MA, dated 1885, in her 30’s * Unidentified Male, from Taylor & Preston Studio in Salem, MA, dated 1885, in his 30’s * “Marion”, from E. Adams Studio in Gloucester, MA, 1870’s or 1880’s, child of about 4-6 years * “Grace”, from Adams Studio in Gloucester, MA, 1880’s, child of 4-6 years * “Grace”, from E. Adams Studio in Gloucester, MA, 1880’s, infant * Lewis TOWNE, from J. C. Moulton Studio in Fitchburg, MA, dated 1875, boy of about 4-6 years * Eldora HART, from Taylor & Preston Studio in Salem, MA, dated 1886, in her 40’s * Charles HART, from Taylor & Preston Studio in Salem, MA, dated 1886, in his 40’s Based on limited research I was able to find Charles B. & Eldora A. HART living in Townsend, MA during the 1880 census with Charles’ Mother, Lefy HART. Information in the 1880 census is that Charles is age 34, a Salesman, born in MA to MA born parents, his wife Eldora is age 33 and also born in MA to MA born parents. Charles’ Mother Lefy is age 79 and also born in MA to MA born parents. * “Dr. TOWNE’s Sister”, from Ritz Studio in Boston, MA, 1880’s, in her 40’s or 50’s * Charles W. FOSTER, from Arthur Nichols Studio in Foxboro, MA, 1890’s, in his 50’s * Mr. KENNEDY, from Schaffer Studio in Poughkeepsie, NY, 1880’s, in his 50’s * Ella KENNEDY, from Schaffer Studio in Poughkeepsie, NY, 1880’s, in her 30’s or 40’s * KENNEDY’s Son, from Schaffer Studio in Poughkeepsie, NY, 1880’s, boy of about 9-13 years old * Addie KENNEDY, from Schaffer Studio in Poughkeepsie, NY, 1880’s, girl of about 11-16 years old * Mrs. FOSTER “Dr’s Sister”, from Ritz Studio in Boston, MA, 1880’s, in her 40’s or 50’s, note same as Dr. TOWNE’s sister photo above * Unidentified Woman, from F. Glenton Studio in Nashua, NH, 1880’s, in her 20’s * Unidentified Male, from Elmer Chickering Studio in Boston, MA, 1880’s, in his 30’s * Unidentified Female, from Greyer South End Gallery in Boston, MA, 1880’s, in her teens or 20’s * Unidentified infant, from E. Adams Studio in Gloucester, MA, 1870’s or 1880’s, infant * Unidentified Woman, no studio or loc, 1870’s, in her 20’s or 30’s * Mr. TAYLOR, from H. C. Bailey Studio in Concord, NH, 1880’s or 1890’s, in his 60’s * “Gram TAYLOR”, from H. C. Bailey Studio in Concord, NH, 1880’s or 1890’s, in her 60’s * Unidentified Woman, from H. A. Lesure Studio in Keene, NH, 1880’s, in her 50’s * Unidentified Male, from E. E. Hubbard Studio in Milford, NH, 1880’s, in his 50’s, Note “For Caroline” * Mr. KENNEDY, from C. H. Gallup Studio in Poughkeepsie, NY, 1880’s, young man in teens * Carlotta MESSENGER of Munsonville, NH, from White Studio in Keene, NH, 1880’s, in her teens See note below regarding MESSENGER Family * Luther BURNHAM, from Hazelton Studio in Salem, 1890’s, in his 40’s see note below regarding Luther BURNHAM * Cora TOWNE BURNHAM, from Dexter Studio in Ipswich, MA, 1870’s, in her 20’s I believe this may be Cora L. TOWNE the niece of Charles J. & Nancy J. TOWNE. Cora was living with the family in Essex, MA during the 1880 census including, Charles J. TOWNE age 39, born in NH to NH born parents, a Physician, his wife Nancy J. age 29, born in MA to MA born parents, and two children, Marion E. age 2, and Cora L. age 21, born in NH to NH born parents. I am assuming that Cora is the child of Charles J. TOWNE’s brother and that Charles is the man referred to as “Dr. TOWNE”. I believe that Cora L. TOWNE was b. about 1857 in Stoddard, NH and that she married Luther Edwin BURNHAM on the 21st of Nov 1888 in Essex, MA. I believe that Luther BURNHAM was the son of Luther E. & Etta M. BURNHAM. I believe that Luther E. BURNHAM may have been previously married to Etta M. BURNHAM was they were recorded living in Essex, MA during the 1880 census. Luther was listed as age 31, born in MA, a Calker whose parents were also born in MA. Living with them at that time was Luther’s Father, Luther BURNHAM age 61, born in MA and widowed. I believe that Luther E. was born in Essex, MA and that his Mother was Hannah GRIFFIN. * Unidentified Child, from G. K. Dodge Studio in Ipswich, MA, 1880’s or 1890’s, girl age 2 years and 7 months (two copies of this photograph in album) * Unidentified Boy, from Haswell Studio in Salem, MA, 1880’s or 1890’s, boy age 5 ½ years old (two copies of this photograph in album) * Mr. MESSENGER, from White Studio in Keene, NH, 1880’s, in his 50’s or 60’s * Anne CUTTER MESSENGER, from Stowell Studio in Keene, NH, 1890’s, in her 50’s, note “Aunt to Cora” I believe that these may be photographs of Erskine E. & Anna R. MESSENGER who were living in Nelson, NH during the 1880 census. Erskine E. was age 45, born in NH to NH born parents and was working in a chair shop at the time, his wife Anna R. was age 38, born in NH to NH born parents, and they had one daughter in the household at the time, Carlotta L. age 9, also born in NH. * Marion STORY, from Haswell Studio in Salem, MA, 1890’s, in her teens or 20’s * Hattie TOWNE, from Warren Studio in Boston, MA, 1880’s, in her teens * Frank E. STORY, from Hazelton Studio in Salem, MA, 1890’s, in his teens * Marion TOWNE STORY, from Hazelton Studio in Salem, MA, 1890’s, in her teens, note same as Marion STORY pictured above * Unidentified Female, from Fairfield Studio in Augusta, ME, 1880’s, in her teens or 20’s * Annette WEELES, from W. W. Brown Studio in Concord, NH, 1890’s, in her 30’s or 40’s, note Dr’s niece (FOSTER) * Unidentified Boy, no studio or loc, dated 29 Sept 1900, boy age 8 years and 9 months * Luther BURNHAM, from Dexter Studio in Ipswich, MA, 1880’s, 8 months old (2 copies of this photograph in album) * Unidentified Boy, no studio or loc, dated November 1897, boy age 5 years and 11 months old * Unidentified Female, from Smith Studio in Salem, MA, 1890’s or 1900’s, in her 20’s * Unidentified Infant, from E. Adams Studio in Gloucester, MA, 1870’s, infant * Luther E. BURNHAM for Essex, MA, no studio or loc, 1900’s, age 90 years * Unidentified Boy, from Haswell Studio in Salem, MA, 1890’s, 3 ½ years old * Unidentified Male, from W. A. Stratton Studio in Boston, MA, 1880’s, man in his 30’s or 40’s * Unidentified Infant, from Elite Studio in Gloucester, MA, 1890’s, infant * Unidentified Boy, from Taylor & Preston Studio in Salem, MA, 1880’s, boy of about 5-7 years I am hoping to locate someone from one or more of these families so that the photograph album can be returned to its rightful place with family. If you are a member of this family, or know someone who might be, please contact me. Thanks, Shelley