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H. Ford Towner

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, May 28, 2011

Born: 1881

Died: 1955

Married: Madge Clare Hutchins (1884 - 1980)

Children: Dean Towner, George Towner, Ruth Towner

Hamilton Ford Towner come to Saranac Lake to work at Sherrill's Grocery. He later managed the A & P when it was located in the Spaulding Block. He was a director of the Saranac Lake Band. In 1948, he served as Recording Secretary to the Odd Fellows, and in 1954 he served as their District Deputy Grand Master.

He lived at 37 Neil Street from 1950 to 1967. His widow lived at 151 River Street in 1969.

He is buried in Harrietstown Cemetery.


Malone Palladium, January 3, 1907

Towner-Hutchins.

The marriage of H. Ford Towner, of Saranac Lake, and Miss Madge Hutchins, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Hollie Hutchins, of Constable, was solemnized at the home of the bride Christmas day. The ceremony was attended only by relatives and near friends of the young couple. The bride is one of Constable's favorite daughters and the groom is one of Saranac Lake's more estimable young citizens, director of Towner's Orchestra, and a valuable member of the corps of C. L. Sherrill. The young couple have a large and ever increasing circle of friends who wish for them a happy wedded life. Mr. and Mrs. Towner will reside in Saranac Lake.—Adirondack Enterprise.

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