1835 - 1912 Person Name: Thomas Martin Towne Composer of "[When Jesus was asked by His servants one day]" in The Cyber Hymnal 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