Norman K.Towner was born Oct 3, 1816 in Bloomfield, Ontario, New York, USA, the son of Ephraim Towner and Anna Kellogg. He died on Oct. 1, 1895 of a hernia, at the age of 78 years, 11 months, and 27 days. He was a bookkeeper.
According to:
White, Louis S. (1891). Portrait and Biographical Album of Washtenaw County, Michigan. Chicago: Biographical Publishing Company, pp. 624-625:
(Norman K. Towner) was reared in Batavia on a farm. When fourteen years of age he began clerking, following that business until 1836 when he went to Chicago, coming all the way by stage. In 1839 he went to Rochester, N. Y. where he obtained the first commission for buying wheat in Chicago. He was employed as clerk, also book-keeper in a general store, but he soon engaged in business for himself as ship chandler, supplying vessels for two years. About 1847 he became connected in the Galena & Chicago Union Railroad as book-keeper and later was Secretary and Treasurer of the operating department of the same road. He staid with them until 1855. In 1856 he came to Ypsilanti, where he now resides. He was married, May 16, 1854, to Miss Jeannette Spencer, who was born in Connecticut in 1836. She is a daughter of Norman Spencer, a native of Connecticut. Her ancestors came from England in 1628. ... To the parents ... five children were born — Carrie L., Guy C. (deceased), Anna H., Tracy Lay and Laura M. (deceased).
According to:
White, Louis S. (1891). Portrait and Biographical Album of Washtenaw County, Michigan. Chicago: Biographical Publishing Company, pp. 624-625:
(Norman K. Towner) was reared in Batavia on a farm. When fourteen years of age he began clerking, following that business until 1836 when he went to Chicago, coming all the way by stage. In 1839 he went to Rochester, N. Y. where he obtained the first commission for buying wheat in Chicago. He was employed as clerk, also book-keeper in a general store, but he soon engaged in business for himself as ship chandler, supplying vessels for two years. About 1847 he became connected in the Galena & Chicago Union Railroad as book-keeper and later was Secretary and Treasurer of the operating department of the same road. He staid with them until 1855. In 1856 he came to Ypsilanti, where he now resides. He was married, May 16, 1854, to Miss Jeannette Spencer, who was born in Connecticut in 1836. She is a daughter of Norman Spencer, a native of Connecticut. Her ancestors came from England in 1628. ... To the parents ... five children were born — Carrie L., Guy C. (deceased), Anna H., Tracy Lay and Laura M. (deceased).
Norman K.Towner was born Oct 3, 1816 in Bloomfield, Ontario, New York, USA, the son of Ephraim Towner and Anna Kellogg. He died on Oct. 1, 1895 of a hernia, at the age of 78 years, 11 months, and 27 days. He was a bookkeeper.
According to:
White, Louis S. (1891). Portrait and Biographical Album of Washtenaw County, Michigan. Chicago: Biographical Publishing Company, pp. 624-625:
(Norman K. Towner) was reared in Batavia on a farm. When fourteen years of age he began clerking, following that business until 1836 when he went to Chicago, coming all the way by stage. In 1839 he went to Rochester, N. Y. where he obtained the first commission for buying wheat in Chicago. He was employed as clerk, also book-keeper in a general store, but he soon engaged in business for himself as ship chandler, supplying vessels for two years. About 1847 he became connected in the Galena & Chicago Union Railroad as book-keeper and later was Secretary and Treasurer of the operating department of the same road. He staid with them until 1855. In 1856 he came to Ypsilanti, where he now resides. He was married, May 16, 1854, to Miss Jeannette Spencer, who was born in Connecticut in 1836. She is a daughter of Norman Spencer, a native of Connecticut. Her ancestors came from England in 1628. ... To the parents ... five children were born — Carrie L., Guy C. (deceased), Anna H., Tracy Lay and Laura M. (deceased).
According to:
White, Louis S. (1891). Portrait and Biographical Album of Washtenaw County, Michigan. Chicago: Biographical Publishing Company, pp. 624-625:
(Norman K. Towner) was reared in Batavia on a farm. When fourteen years of age he began clerking, following that business until 1836 when he went to Chicago, coming all the way by stage. In 1839 he went to Rochester, N. Y. where he obtained the first commission for buying wheat in Chicago. He was employed as clerk, also book-keeper in a general store, but he soon engaged in business for himself as ship chandler, supplying vessels for two years. About 1847 he became connected in the Galena & Chicago Union Railroad as book-keeper and later was Secretary and Treasurer of the operating department of the same road. He staid with them until 1855. In 1856 he came to Ypsilanti, where he now resides. He was married, May 16, 1854, to Miss Jeannette Spencer, who was born in Connecticut in 1836. She is a daughter of Norman Spencer, a native of Connecticut. Her ancestors came from England in 1628. ... To the parents ... five children were born — Carrie L., Guy C. (deceased), Anna H., Tracy Lay and Laura M. (deceased).
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