Information on family obtained via research done on the Ackley family.

Peggy Allen says he was the cousin of James Willard Towner.

Shirley said Alta died when she was 13 or 15 near Monroe ('49 or "51)This information agrees with new information submitted to Towner website:

Facts and Sources:
Name:
Added: 11/25/2002
SOURCE: Plano, Andrea Towner
Sex: Male
Birth: JUL 1881, Michigan
Death: 20 OCT 1949, West Branch, Michigan
Burial: 22 OCT 1949, Brookside Cemetery, West Branch, Michigan

1880 Census: Not yet born
1900 Census: Lived in Denton Twp., Roscommon, MI with parents age 18
1910 Census: ?
1920 Census: Lived in Detroit, MI with wife Ruby and children Guy, Glenn,Mamie and Marjorie.
1930 Census: Lived in Detroit, MI with wife Ruby and children Guy andGlenn.

1. 2. Leo Alton TOWNER   b. 2 Jun 1914, West Branch,Ogemaw,Michigan; d. 15 Sep 1914, West Branch,Ogemaw,Michigan; bur. Brookside Cemetery.
2. 3. Verna Marjorie TOWNER   b. 9 Aug 1918, Detroit,Michigan; d. 23 Jan 1921, Detroit,Michigan; bur. Grand Lawn Cemetery,Detroit,Michigan.

Sources:
Ogemaw County Vital Records
Brookside Cemetery Listing

Birth Certificate #17574
Lived at 150 Elm St, Detoit, MI
Father was an engineer at the waterworks
Fathers age was 37
Mothers age was 36

Death Certificate #5930
Lived at 3101 Harrison, Detoit, MI