TOWELL, George
Source: Kingman Star Friday, August 14 1908
GEO. TOWELL one of the best known and most highly esteemed farmers of Fulton township died Monday afternoon about two o’clock from a form of blood poison. His illness was severed and of short duration, lasting a little over a week.
GEORGE TOWELL, son of Isaac and Elizabeth Towell, was born Jan. the 8th 1858 and departed this life Aug. 17th 1908 at the age of 50 years 7 months and 9 days leaving an aged mother, 3 sisters and 3 brothers to survive Him. He was brought up on the farm where he was born. For several years after he attained his majority he worked at the carpenter trade. On the 28th day of June 1893 he was united in marriage in Englewood, Ill., to Miss Maggie Hudson. From this union was born one daughter, Edith who with her mother mourns his loss (survives him.). Some time after his marriage he bought the old home farm and turned his attention to farming becoming a model and successful farmer. He was a man of unquestioned integrity, honest to a fault in all his dealings, a faithful husband, a kind father, a good and accommodating neighbor, and a loyal and faithful friend to all. He was naturally reticent and reserved and to fully appreciate the beauties of his character required an intimate acquaintance with him which the author of these lines enjoyed, having known him from his youth. The loss of such a man while more keenly felt by the immediate family and friends cannot help being felt by the community in which he lived. While he has passed from us he has left for us as a heritage a character which will continue to live and influence the community and to help make better the lives of those with whom he associated. While I believe he was not a member of any Church organization, he became greatly interested in the subject of Christianity and often told the author of this desire that he felt it his duty to live a Christian life. He assisted in the organization of a Sabbath School in the neighborhood and contributed of his time and means in carrying forward the work of the church, and lived as we believe a consistent Christian life. He seemed to be impressed from the first of his late illness that he would not recover and assured his friends and loved ones that if his time had come to change worlds that he was prepared to go. This is certainly a glorious consolation to the bereaved family and should inspire us one and all to live that when summons come to us we like him can say that we are ready.
Funeral services were conducted Wednesday at 2:30 o’clock from the M. E. church in this place by Rev. J. E. Miller, assisted by Rev. Cook. Interment was made in the Harveysburg cemetery north of this city. -s