- ALLEN R. TOWLE, proprietor of livery stable; born in Portland,
Me., Jan. 20, 1854; son of
- Samuel T. TOWLE, who served in the 10th Maine V. I. during
the late war; removed to Minnesota in 1854, and resided there
about seven years; Allen R. TOWLE was in the Government employ,
Indian Agency Department, about eighteen months; he was in the
drug business at Hastings, Minn., one year; removed to Chicago
in 1873, and resided there until he came to Janesville in 1878;
during the time he was in Chicago, he was one year proprietor
of a restaurant, and for two years conducted a bakery, and was
one year engaged in livery business; since locating in Janesville,
he has given his entire attention to the livery business, and
has now one of the best conducted stables in the city.
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- Taken from "The History of Rock County, Wis."
(c)1879, p. 726.
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- Courtesy of Carol
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