Obituary: Rock County, Wisconsin: B. W. TOWNS

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Submitted by Ruth Ann Montgomery, <rmontgomery@cishome.com> May 2005

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PROMINENT FARMER CLAIMED BY DEATH

B. Towns, Town of Porter, Dies Sunday in Home Near Gibbs Lake; Buried
Tuesday

B. W. Towns, 61, well-known farmer in the town of Porter, died in his home
near Gibbs Lake at 4:15 a.m. Sunday following a week's illness from
complications. Funeral services were held in the home at 1:30 Tuesday, the
Rev. Wilson Denny, Beloit, officiating. Burial was made here in Maple Hill
cemetery.

Mr. Towns, youngest son of John and Mary Towns, was born Mar. 3, 1868, in
Bedfordshire, England, and came to this country with his parents, two
sisters, and a brother when four years old. The family settled northeast of
the city in Cooksville where another sister was born.

Following the death of his parents, two years later, Mr. Towns made his
home with Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Mayo until he was 14 years old when he went
to live with Mr. and Mrs. Ben Peach. He attended rural schools and the
Evansville Seminary and on March 16, 1889 was married to Sarah Jane Peach
settling on his present farm.

Mr. Towns had been a member of the Fulton Congregational church since 1902
and was treasurer and charter member of the Farmers' Insurance Company of
the Porter township. He was the last charter member of the telphone concern
in that township.

Besides his wife, the deceased is survived by one son, Malcolm; two
sisters, Mrs. Charles Sargeant, Cherokee, Ia., and Mrs. James Mullenbach,
Chicago; and one brother, William Towns, Albany.

January 23, 1930, Evansville Review, pp 1 & 8, Evansville, Wisconsin