Joseph W. Tower, aged 83 years, a pioneer of Kankakee county, and one of the best known men of this community, died at his home at 202 Locust Street, this city, last Saturday, May 19, 1929, at the noon hour.
He was born in Ira township, Rutland county, Vermont, March 9th, 1846, a son of Joseph and Sarah A. (Bates) Tower, both natives of the Green Mountain state. His father died in 1893 at the age of 82. He was the youngest of four children, three brothers, George W., Henry C., and Emmet M., who grew to manhood, and have preceded him in death.
He arrived in Kankakee county March of 1866 settling on a farm five miles southwest of Momence. In 1882 he went to Brown County, South Dakota and became the owner of nine-hundred acres of land, of which he farmed between six and seven hundred and used the rest for grazing purposes. In Feb. 1895 he returned to Momence and soon after was established in the position of secretary of the Momence Building and Loan Association, in which position he faithfully served for twenty-eight years.
Three years after coming to Kankakee county he was united in marriage to Helen M., daughter of Capt. Bela T. Clark, at the latter's residence in Ganeer township, Oct. 5th, 1869. To this union were born two children, Joseph B. of Chicago and Elwyn H. of Lorain, Ohio. Mrs. Tower passed away in this city in Nov. 1908 and Mr. Tower was again married July 15, 1909 to Mrs. Eva Bowen of south Bend, Wash., a sweetheart of his early boyhood in the east, who together with his two sons and six grandchildren, and other relatives survive him.
Deceased was a former member of the I.O.O.F lodge and of the A.O.U.W. of Aberdeen, South Dakota, and a member of the Christian Science church.
Funeral services were conducted at 2:30 o'clock Monday afternoon from the Canaday Funeral Home with Rev. F.F. Rasmussen, of the Baptist church officiating. Interment was made in the Mt. Ayr cemetery.
The was a man of splendid business ability, one who at all times was ready and willing to help all those worthy of succor. His kindly disposition acquired for him friends on every hand and in all walks of life. In his attitude toward present day affairs he represented the union of New England conservation and central western purpose and vitality. He had learned lessons from many sources and from widely separated conditions. By no means exceptionally or unusually dowered he presented an encouraging example of what may be accomplished by making the best of practical abilities and opportunities. He personally reflected an absolute fearlessness of inconsequential things and an abiding belief in the existence of good in all human kind.
credit: The Momence Progress May 24th, 1929. A copy of the full article is available on Facebook at Momence Genealogy Corner.
He was born in Ira township, Rutland county, Vermont, March 9th, 1846, a son of Joseph and Sarah A. (Bates) Tower, both natives of the Green Mountain state. His father died in 1893 at the age of 82. He was the youngest of four children, three brothers, George W., Henry C., and Emmet M., who grew to manhood, and have preceded him in death.
He arrived in Kankakee county March of 1866 settling on a farm five miles southwest of Momence. In 1882 he went to Brown County, South Dakota and became the owner of nine-hundred acres of land, of which he farmed between six and seven hundred and used the rest for grazing purposes. In Feb. 1895 he returned to Momence and soon after was established in the position of secretary of the Momence Building and Loan Association, in which position he faithfully served for twenty-eight years.
Three years after coming to Kankakee county he was united in marriage to Helen M., daughter of Capt. Bela T. Clark, at the latter's residence in Ganeer township, Oct. 5th, 1869. To this union were born two children, Joseph B. of Chicago and Elwyn H. of Lorain, Ohio. Mrs. Tower passed away in this city in Nov. 1908 and Mr. Tower was again married July 15, 1909 to Mrs. Eva Bowen of south Bend, Wash., a sweetheart of his early boyhood in the east, who together with his two sons and six grandchildren, and other relatives survive him.
Deceased was a former member of the I.O.O.F lodge and of the A.O.U.W. of Aberdeen, South Dakota, and a member of the Christian Science church.
Funeral services were conducted at 2:30 o'clock Monday afternoon from the Canaday Funeral Home with Rev. F.F. Rasmussen, of the Baptist church officiating. Interment was made in the Mt. Ayr cemetery.
The was a man of splendid business ability, one who at all times was ready and willing to help all those worthy of succor. His kindly disposition acquired for him friends on every hand and in all walks of life. In his attitude toward present day affairs he represented the union of New England conservation and central western purpose and vitality. He had learned lessons from many sources and from widely separated conditions. By no means exceptionally or unusually dowered he presented an encouraging example of what may be accomplished by making the best of practical abilities and opportunities. He personally reflected an absolute fearlessness of inconsequential things and an abiding belief in the existence of good in all human kind.
credit: The Momence Progress May 24th, 1929. A copy of the full article is available on Facebook at Momence Genealogy Corner.
Joseph W. Tower, aged 83 years, a pioneer of Kankakee county, and one of the best known men of this community, died at his home at 202 Locust Street, this city, last Saturday, May 19, 1929, at the noon hour.
He was born in Ira township, Rutland county, Vermont, March 9th, 1846, a son of Joseph and Sarah A. (Bates) Tower, both natives of the Green Mountain state. His father died in 1893 at the age of 82. He was the youngest of four children, three brothers, George W., Henry C., and Emmet M., who grew to manhood, and have preceded him in death.
He arrived in Kankakee county March of 1866 settling on a farm five miles southwest of Momence. In 1882 he went to Brown County, South Dakota and became the owner of nine-hundred acres of land, of which he farmed between six and seven hundred and used the rest for grazing purposes. In Feb. 1895 he returned to Momence and soon after was established in the position of secretary of the Momence Building and Loan Association, in which position he faithfully served for twenty-eight years.
Three years after coming to Kankakee county he was united in marriage to Helen M., daughter of Capt. Bela T. Clark, at the latter's residence in Ganeer township, Oct. 5th, 1869. To this union were born two children, Joseph B. of Chicago and Elwyn H. of Lorain, Ohio. Mrs. Tower passed away in this city in Nov. 1908 and Mr. Tower was again married July 15, 1909 to Mrs. Eva Bowen of south Bend, Wash., a sweetheart of his early boyhood in the east, who together with his two sons and six grandchildren, and other relatives survive him.
Deceased was a former member of the I.O.O.F lodge and of the A.O.U.W. of Aberdeen, South Dakota, and a member of the Christian Science church.
Funeral services were conducted at 2:30 o'clock Monday afternoon from the Canaday Funeral Home with Rev. F.F. Rasmussen, of the Baptist church officiating. Interment was made in the Mt. Ayr cemetery.
The was a man of splendid business ability, one who at all times was ready and willing to help all those worthy of succor. His kindly disposition acquired for him friends on every hand and in all walks of life. In his attitude toward present day affairs he represented the union of New England conservation and central western purpose and vitality. He had learned lessons from many sources and from widely separated conditions. By no means exceptionally or unusually dowered he presented an encouraging example of what may be accomplished by making the best of practical abilities and opportunities. He personally reflected an absolute fearlessness of inconsequential things and an abiding belief in the existence of good in all human kind.
credit: The Momence Progress May 24th, 1929. A copy of the full article is available on Facebook at Momence Genealogy Corner.
He was born in Ira township, Rutland county, Vermont, March 9th, 1846, a son of Joseph and Sarah A. (Bates) Tower, both natives of the Green Mountain state. His father died in 1893 at the age of 82. He was the youngest of four children, three brothers, George W., Henry C., and Emmet M., who grew to manhood, and have preceded him in death.
He arrived in Kankakee county March of 1866 settling on a farm five miles southwest of Momence. In 1882 he went to Brown County, South Dakota and became the owner of nine-hundred acres of land, of which he farmed between six and seven hundred and used the rest for grazing purposes. In Feb. 1895 he returned to Momence and soon after was established in the position of secretary of the Momence Building and Loan Association, in which position he faithfully served for twenty-eight years.
Three years after coming to Kankakee county he was united in marriage to Helen M., daughter of Capt. Bela T. Clark, at the latter's residence in Ganeer township, Oct. 5th, 1869. To this union were born two children, Joseph B. of Chicago and Elwyn H. of Lorain, Ohio. Mrs. Tower passed away in this city in Nov. 1908 and Mr. Tower was again married July 15, 1909 to Mrs. Eva Bowen of south Bend, Wash., a sweetheart of his early boyhood in the east, who together with his two sons and six grandchildren, and other relatives survive him.
Deceased was a former member of the I.O.O.F lodge and of the A.O.U.W. of Aberdeen, South Dakota, and a member of the Christian Science church.
Funeral services were conducted at 2:30 o'clock Monday afternoon from the Canaday Funeral Home with Rev. F.F. Rasmussen, of the Baptist church officiating. Interment was made in the Mt. Ayr cemetery.
The was a man of splendid business ability, one who at all times was ready and willing to help all those worthy of succor. His kindly disposition acquired for him friends on every hand and in all walks of life. In his attitude toward present day affairs he represented the union of New England conservation and central western purpose and vitality. He had learned lessons from many sources and from widely separated conditions. By no means exceptionally or unusually dowered he presented an encouraging example of what may be accomplished by making the best of practical abilities and opportunities. He personally reflected an absolute fearlessness of inconsequential things and an abiding belief in the existence of good in all human kind.
credit: The Momence Progress May 24th, 1929. A copy of the full article is available on Facebook at Momence Genealogy Corner.
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