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John Knapp Towner

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John Knapp Towner

Birth
Avoca, Steuben County, New York, USA
Death
11 Oct 1861 (aged 63–64)
Belvidere, Boone County, Illinois, USA
Burial
Belvidere, Boone County, Illinois, USA Add to Map
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Arrived in Boone County, IL in July of 1835. He owned the "Big Thunder Hotel" in Belvidere. His wife Hannah was the first white woman in Belvidere. Known children: John L.; Almira M. (unmarried); Eliza J.; Hiram G.; Emily (m. John Jackson); Francis A. "Frank" (m. Jane Eliza Leach--died in Custer County, SD); Sophia M.; Charles M.; and David M.(m. Louisa N. Faulkner).
Arrived in Boone County, IL in July of 1835. He owned the "Big Thunder Hotel" in Belvidere. His wife Hannah was the first white woman in Belvidere. Known children: John L.; Almira M. (unmarried); Eliza J.; Hiram G.; Emily (m. John Jackson); Francis A. "Frank" (m. Jane Eliza Leach--died in Custer County, SD); Sophia M.; Charles M.; and David M.(m. Louisa N. Faulkner).


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