According to:
White, Louis S. (1891). Portrait and Biographical Album of Washtenaw County, Michigan. Chicago: Biographical Publishing Company, pp. 624-625:
TRACY LAY TOWNER, LL. B. is a promising young attorney of Ypsilanti and Ciicuit Court Commissioner of Washtenaw Countv. His father, Norman K. Towner, was born in Batavia, N. Y. October 3, 1816. His grandfather, Gen. Ephraim Towner, was born in Goshen, Litchfield County, Conn., and was but a young man when he moved to West Bloomfield, Ontario County, thence to Batavia, Genesee County, N. Y. where he followed the occupation of a tanner and manufacturer of leather; he also engaged in farming having an improved farm near Batavia. In 1835 he came to Michigan locating in Ypsilanti where he engaged in the grocery business. He died in 1851. Gen. Ephraim Towner entered a New York Regiment as Lieutenant in the War of 1812. Later on he was active in the State Militia and was General of a division, also Commander-in-Chief of the troops between Buffalo and Canandaigua. (His) ancestors originally came from England in 1689.
Our subject's grandmother, Anna Kellogg, was born in Berkshire County, Mass. She died in Batavia, N. Y., in 1816. Her father, Elijah Kellogg, was a native of Massachusetts and was in the War of the Revolution.
Mr. Towner's father 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. His mother came to Michigan when she was a year old and was married here. To the parents of our subject five children were born—Carrie L., Guy C. (deceased), Anna H., Tracy Lay and Laura M. (deceased).
Tracy Lay Towner was born in Ypsilanti, March 2, 1864, where he was reared and educated attending the public schools. At the age of fifteen years he was apprenticed to learn the trade of a printer in the Commercial office under Charles Moore, for two years. He was afterward with Mr. M. T. Woodruff on the Ypsilantian. He then was under Capt. Spencer as clerk in the Post-office. In 1885 he began the study of law under Regent Whitman, remaining with him for about one year, and in 1886 entered the University of Michigan in the law department, graduating in 1888 with the degree of Bachelor of Law. He was a practicing attorney in Judge Ninde's office until he died. He and E. P. Allen now occupy the same office. June 10, 1891 he was appointed Circuit Court Commissioner.
White, Louis S. (1891). Portrait and Biographical Album of Washtenaw County, Michigan. Chicago: Biographical Publishing Company, pp. 624-625:
TRACY LAY TOWNER, LL. B. is a promising young attorney of Ypsilanti and Ciicuit Court Commissioner of Washtenaw Countv. His father, Norman K. Towner, was born in Batavia, N. Y. October 3, 1816. His grandfather, Gen. Ephraim Towner, was born in Goshen, Litchfield County, Conn., and was but a young man when he moved to West Bloomfield, Ontario County, thence to Batavia, Genesee County, N. Y. where he followed the occupation of a tanner and manufacturer of leather; he also engaged in farming having an improved farm near Batavia. In 1835 he came to Michigan locating in Ypsilanti where he engaged in the grocery business. He died in 1851. Gen. Ephraim Towner entered a New York Regiment as Lieutenant in the War of 1812. Later on he was active in the State Militia and was General of a division, also Commander-in-Chief of the troops between Buffalo and Canandaigua. (His) ancestors originally came from England in 1689.
Our subject's grandmother, Anna Kellogg, was born in Berkshire County, Mass. She died in Batavia, N. Y., in 1816. Her father, Elijah Kellogg, was a native of Massachusetts and was in the War of the Revolution.
Mr. Towner's father 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. His mother came to Michigan when she was a year old and was married here. To the parents of our subject five children were born—Carrie L., Guy C. (deceased), Anna H., Tracy Lay and Laura M. (deceased).
Tracy Lay Towner was born in Ypsilanti, March 2, 1864, where he was reared and educated attending the public schools. At the age of fifteen years he was apprenticed to learn the trade of a printer in the Commercial office under Charles Moore, for two years. He was afterward with Mr. M. T. Woodruff on the Ypsilantian. He then was under Capt. Spencer as clerk in the Post-office. In 1885 he began the study of law under Regent Whitman, remaining with him for about one year, and in 1886 entered the University of Michigan in the law department, graduating in 1888 with the degree of Bachelor of Law. He was a practicing attorney in Judge Ninde's office until he died. He and E. P. Allen now occupy the same office. June 10, 1891 he was appointed Circuit Court Commissioner.
According to:
White, Louis S. (1891). Portrait and Biographical Album of Washtenaw County, Michigan. Chicago: Biographical Publishing Company, pp. 624-625:
TRACY LAY TOWNER, LL. B. is a promising young attorney of Ypsilanti and Ciicuit Court Commissioner of Washtenaw Countv. His father, Norman K. Towner, was born in Batavia, N. Y. October 3, 1816. His grandfather, Gen. Ephraim Towner, was born in Goshen, Litchfield County, Conn., and was but a young man when he moved to West Bloomfield, Ontario County, thence to Batavia, Genesee County, N. Y. where he followed the occupation of a tanner and manufacturer of leather; he also engaged in farming having an improved farm near Batavia. In 1835 he came to Michigan locating in Ypsilanti where he engaged in the grocery business. He died in 1851. Gen. Ephraim Towner entered a New York Regiment as Lieutenant in the War of 1812. Later on he was active in the State Militia and was General of a division, also Commander-in-Chief of the troops between Buffalo and Canandaigua. (His) ancestors originally came from England in 1689.
Our subject's grandmother, Anna Kellogg, was born in Berkshire County, Mass. She died in Batavia, N. Y., in 1816. Her father, Elijah Kellogg, was a native of Massachusetts and was in the War of the Revolution.
Mr. Towner's father 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. His mother came to Michigan when she was a year old and was married here. To the parents of our subject five children were born—Carrie L., Guy C. (deceased), Anna H., Tracy Lay and Laura M. (deceased).
Tracy Lay Towner was born in Ypsilanti, March 2, 1864, where he was reared and educated attending the public schools. At the age of fifteen years he was apprenticed to learn the trade of a printer in the Commercial office under Charles Moore, for two years. He was afterward with Mr. M. T. Woodruff on the Ypsilantian. He then was under Capt. Spencer as clerk in the Post-office. In 1885 he began the study of law under Regent Whitman, remaining with him for about one year, and in 1886 entered the University of Michigan in the law department, graduating in 1888 with the degree of Bachelor of Law. He was a practicing attorney in Judge Ninde's office until he died. He and E. P. Allen now occupy the same office. June 10, 1891 he was appointed Circuit Court Commissioner.
White, Louis S. (1891). Portrait and Biographical Album of Washtenaw County, Michigan. Chicago: Biographical Publishing Company, pp. 624-625:
TRACY LAY TOWNER, LL. B. is a promising young attorney of Ypsilanti and Ciicuit Court Commissioner of Washtenaw Countv. His father, Norman K. Towner, was born in Batavia, N. Y. October 3, 1816. His grandfather, Gen. Ephraim Towner, was born in Goshen, Litchfield County, Conn., and was but a young man when he moved to West Bloomfield, Ontario County, thence to Batavia, Genesee County, N. Y. where he followed the occupation of a tanner and manufacturer of leather; he also engaged in farming having an improved farm near Batavia. In 1835 he came to Michigan locating in Ypsilanti where he engaged in the grocery business. He died in 1851. Gen. Ephraim Towner entered a New York Regiment as Lieutenant in the War of 1812. Later on he was active in the State Militia and was General of a division, also Commander-in-Chief of the troops between Buffalo and Canandaigua. (His) ancestors originally came from England in 1689.
Our subject's grandmother, Anna Kellogg, was born in Berkshire County, Mass. She died in Batavia, N. Y., in 1816. Her father, Elijah Kellogg, was a native of Massachusetts and was in the War of the Revolution.
Mr. Towner's father 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. His mother came to Michigan when she was a year old and was married here. To the parents of our subject five children were born—Carrie L., Guy C. (deceased), Anna H., Tracy Lay and Laura M. (deceased).
Tracy Lay Towner was born in Ypsilanti, March 2, 1864, where he was reared and educated attending the public schools. At the age of fifteen years he was apprenticed to learn the trade of a printer in the Commercial office under Charles Moore, for two years. He was afterward with Mr. M. T. Woodruff on the Ypsilantian. He then was under Capt. Spencer as clerk in the Post-office. In 1885 he began the study of law under Regent Whitman, remaining with him for about one year, and in 1886 entered the University of Michigan in the law department, graduating in 1888 with the degree of Bachelor of Law. He was a practicing attorney in Judge Ninde's office until he died. He and E. P. Allen now occupy the same office. June 10, 1891 he was appointed Circuit Court Commissioner.
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