1835 - 1912 Composer of "['Twas a gift so divine]" in Beautiful Songs; a new and choice collection of songs for the sunday school. Also, a responsive service for each month in the year Towne, T. Martin. (Coleraine, Franklin County, Massachusetts, May 31 [sic], 1835-- ). Methodist. Attended Williston's Seminary, East Hampton, Mass. 1855 to Hudson, New York, then Albany. Taught in Ypsilanti, Michigan, then Detroit. Settled in Janesville, Wisconsin. Served in the Civil War. Settled in Chicago; married Belle Kellogg.
Keith C. Clark, DNAH Archives
T. Martin Towne