Source, Rutland Daily Herald--Dec. 15, 1931. MRS. E. J. TOWSLEY, POULTNEY, BURIED. POULTNEY, Dec.14--The funeral of Mrs. Emma Jane Towsley was held Saturday afternoon at the home of her daughter, Mrs. George Baker,with whom she had made her home for the past two years. Rev. R. Hawley Fitch, pastor of the Congregational church of Dorset, officiated, with prayer by Rev. William Laughton, Pastor of the East Poultney Baptist church. Burial was in North Rupert cemetery. The bearers were Henry Roberts, Charles Roberts, Leroy Roberts, Stedman Aldrich, Forrest Montgomery and Harry Loveland, grandsons of Mrs. Towsley. Mrs. Towsley was born in Pawlet March 28, 1848, daughter of Leonard and Lydia Vail. She was married November 18, 1865, to Henry D. Towsley. They resided in Rupert, later moving to East Rupert, where they lived for many years. Early in life Mrs. Towsley united with the Disciple church of West Rupert, later with the Congregational church at Dorset, and was teacher, later superintendent of the Church school in East Rupert. She was a member of William J. Fuller Relief corps of Dorset, of which she was president for many years, also of the state aid of the W.R.C. Besides her daughter, Mrs. George Baker, she is survived by one son, Edward Towsley of Shaftsbury, and a daughter, Mrs. A. A. Roberts of Dorset, four granddaughters, Mrs. Orrie Graham of East Poultney, Mrs. Forrest Montgomery of Shaftsbury, Mrs. Bessie Dennison of Eagle Bridge, N.Y., and Mrs. Harry Loveland of Hebron, N.Y., three grandsons, Henry Roberts of Eagle Bridge, N.Y., Charles Roberts and Leroy Roberts of Dorset, five great- grandchildren, Robert, Vivian and Marjorie Aldrich, Ernest and Virginia Dennison of Dorset, and three sisters, Mrs. Alta Horton of Detroit, Mich., Mrs. Myrtle Horton of Bennington and Mrs. C. L. Jenkins of Clifton Park, N.Y., and one brother, Elwin Vail. Transcribed by Joan H. Bixby Genealogy not just a hobby, but a labor of love.