E. Town

TOWN, WILLIS, ADAIR

Posted By: Diane Wilson (email)
Date: 5/26/2004 at 14:00:55

E. Town is a son of E. and Jane (Willis) Town. He was born in Franklin county, Vermont, April 15, 1832. He was brought up on a farm, and followed that occupation until 1855. In December, of that year, he arrived at Shell Rock, Iowa, and during the remainder of the winter, worked in the old saw mill. The next spring he began working, as a millwright, in the grist mill. In 1873 he embarked in the hardware trade, followed that business three years, and then engaged in the lumber and grain business for the same length of time.
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Mr. Town has held the offices of mayor and justice of the peace. He was married, in 1860, to Miss M. J. Adair, a daughter of George W. Adair. They have been blessed with seven children, five of whom are now living – Charles O., Ella L., Willis W., Dana E., and Flora E.
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Source: History of Butler and Bremer Counties, Iowa
Union Publishing Co., Springfield, IL, 1883
Page 722