Los Angeles County CA Archives Biographies.....Towner, Charles C. 1870 - ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ca/cafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Joy Fisher sdgenweb@yahoo.com January 2, 2006, 12:09 am Author: Luther A. Ingersoll (1908) CHARLES C. TOWNER, lawyer, of Santa Monica, is a native of Randolph, Riley county, Kan., and was born November 15, 1870, a son of Charles E. Towner, well-known pioneer of Santa Monica. Mr. Towner was educated in the public schools of Riley county, passed through the Kansas State Normal School at Emporia, taught school six years, was Superintendent of City Schools of Mankato, Kan., entered Kansas State University and graduated therefrom in 1898. He then located at Abilene, the county seat of Dickison county, Kan., where he practiced law ten years. He served as City Attorney of Abilene two years and Prosecuting Attorney of Dickison county four years. Mr. Towner has a wife, a son, Charles, and daughter, Bertina. He came to California and located at Santa Monica in 1908, where as a member of the law firm of Hunter & Towner he is practicing his profession. Additional Comments: Extracted from: Ingersoll's century history, Santa Monica Bay cities: prefaced with a brief history of the state of California, a condensed history of Los Angeles County, 1542 to 1908: supplemented with an encyclopedia of local biography and embellished with views of historic landmarks and portraits of representative people. Los Angeles: Luther A. Ingersoll (1908) File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ca/losangeles/bios/towner228nbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/cafiles/ File size: 1.8 Kb