John Everett Towle of Exeter, NH Biography from A History of Rockingham County, New Hampshire (1915)

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Source: A History of Rockingham County, New Hampshire and Representative Citizens
         by Charles A. Hazlett, Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., Chicago, Ill, 1915

Page 1044

   JOHN EVERETT TOWLE, one of the progressive and practical
agriculturists of the town of Exeter, combines farming and dairying
with excellent results, his 60-acre farm being a profitable investment.
He was born at Danville, Rockingham County, N. H., June 13, 1865, and
is a son of Frederick A. and Lucy A. (Hunt) Towle. Both parents were
born in Rockingham County and the mother still resides at Danville.
The father, who followed farming through life, died September 15, 1874.
Their family consisted of five children: Ella, deceased; John Everett;
Emery C.; Carrie Elva, deceased, and Frederick A., deceased.
   John Everett Towle attended the public schools at Danville and
afterward remained on the home farm, managing it for his mother, until
he was twenty-two years of age, after this entering a grocery store at
Kingston as a clerk and remained there for five years. Mr. Towle then
embarked in the grocery business at that place for himself, conducting
his store for five years and during four of these was postmaster of
Kingston. After closing out his interests in that section he came to
Exeter, where, for a time he was with the electric company and for six
years was a clerk for a clothing company. In 1907 he purchased the farm
he is so successfully operating, which was known as the old Hayes farm.
He keeps 25 head of cattle and his dairy business is an important feature.
   In April, 1905, Mr. Towle was married to Miss Mary Frink Simpson,
who was born at Greenland, Rockingham County, a daughter of Joseph
Perkin and Sarah Olivia (Frink) Simpson. The mother of Mrs. Towle
resides with her daughter, the father having died in December, 1905.
He was a carpenter by trade and also followed farming. Mrs. Towle
has two brothers: John Simes and Joseph Ormand. Mr. and Mrs. Towle
attend the First Congregational Church at Exeter. He is a republican
in his political faith and fraternally is identified with the Royal Arcanum
and the Odd Fellows. The family is well known in Rockingham County
and has always stood high in public esteem.