Towsons in MDLandRec Baltimore City Indices

 According to MDLandRec Baltimore City Superior Court Land Records, Grantee Index:

• February 1852, Mathias Benzinger and wife to Charles Towson, deed, Lot N. W. Biddle St, E.D. No 6 182
• April 1852, Eliza F. Carr (adminx) to Charles Towson, asst, Lot S Mulberry St, E.D. No 10 144
• Sept 1852, William F. Frick to Thomas Towson, rev. mtge, Lot S.W. Cor Saratoga and St. Paul Sts, E.D. No 20. 290
• June 1853, John W. Selby to Charles Towson, mortgage, Lot N.W. S. Biddle Street, E.D. 38 57
• Sept 1853, Francis L'Homme to Charles Towson, deed, Lot S.W.S. Madison Ave, E.D. 43 367
• Mar 1854, Sarah Root to Obadiah G. Towson, mortgage, Lot S.S. Chappel St?, E.D. 55 207
• Nov 1854, William C. Moreland to Obediah G. Towson, asst, Lot N.S. Madison St, E.D. 72 95
• June 1855, Bernard Clark to William O. Towson, asst, Lot S.E.S. Fayette Street, E.D. 84 396
• June 1855, James Birckhead Jr. and Wife to Charles Towson and others, deed, Lot on Sharp and Hamburg St., E.D. 84 428
• Sept 1855, John L. Reese Jr. and wife to Charles Towson, lease, Lot W.S. Oregon St., E.D. 91 95
• 1856, Thomas M. Lanahan to Charles Towson, bond inst., Lot E. Side Eutaw St, E.D. 100 74
• 1856, Randolph B. Latimer to Charles Towson (in trust), mortgage, Lot E. Side Eutaw St, E.D. 11 261
• 1856, Alfred Brenton to Charles Towson Jr., assign, Lot Franklin St, E.D. 127 499
• Mar 1858, John B. Morris to Charles Towson, lease, Lot E.S. Eutaw St binding? on Garden St, G.E.S. 144 40
• October 1858, James L.B. Gosnell to Thomas Towson, surrender, Lot S.E.S. Bolton St cor Tyson St, G.E.S. 158 454
• Jan 1859, Alfred Brenton to Charles Towson, asst in trust, Lot N.S. Franklin St, GES 164 150
• Dec 1859, James R. Ward to Obadiah G. Towson trustee, asst, Low. S.W.S. High St, GES 181 247
• May 1860, Thomas Coburn & co to Obadiah G. Towson, release, Lot N.S. Madison St, GES, 190 16
• April 1861, Samuel White to Charles Towson, asst, Lot N.E. cor Ramsey and Amity Streets, GES 208 34

According to MDLandRec Baltimore City Superior Court Land Records, Grantor Index:

• April 1852, Charles Towson to Alexander Carr, asst, Lot S. Side Mulberry St, E.D. 10 145
• June 1852, Charles Towson & co to Arthur Henry, asst, Lot S. Side Mulberry St, E.D. 14 42
• Sept 1852, Thomas Towson to Fielding Lucas Jr., asst, Lot Saratoga and St Paul Sts, E.D. 20 292
• February 1853, Charles Towson and wife to Savings Bank of Baltimore, mortgage, Lot W.S. Biddle St, E.D. 29 450
• Aug 1854, Charles Towson & co to James C. Magraw, bond, Lot N.W.S. Biddle St, E.D. 66 47
• Aug 1854, Charles Towson & co to John W. Selby, release, Lot N.W.S. Biddle St, E.D. 66 50
• Oct 1854, Charles Towson & wife to Jacob Wolf, mortgage, Lot S.W.S. Madison Ave, E.D. 70 453
• Nov 1855, Obadiah G. Towson to Sarah Root, release, E.D. 94 356
• March 1856, Charles Towson & wife to Thomas M. Lanahan, deed, Lot N.W. Side Biddle St, E.D. 100 48
• May 1856, Charles Towson & wife & co to John Dietz, lease, Lot E. Side Sharp ST, E.D. 103 372
• June 1856, Charles Towson & wife & co to Conrad Dietz, lease, Lot S. Side Hamburg ST., E.D. 106 421
• Aug 1856, Charles Towson Trust. & wife & co to Randolph B. Latimer, asst, Lot E. Side Eutaw St, E.D. 111 256
• Sept 1856, Thomas Towson to James L.B. Gosnell, sub lease, Lot S.E. Side Bolton St, E.D. 111 442
• April 1859, Charles Towson and Savings Bank of Baltimore, mortgage, 2 lots N.W. Side of Biddle St, GES 169 70
• June 1859, Charles Towson trustee to C.F. Bodensick, bond, Lot N.S. Franklin St, GES 173 138
• Aug 1859, Charles Towson & co to Geo Sauer, lease, Lot S.W. Cor Peach Al & Hamburg St, GES 175 113
• Aug 1859, Charles Towson to Geo W. Davis, deed, Lot W.S. Peach Al, GES 175 293
• Oct 1859, Charles Towson trustee to R.B. Latimer, release, Lot E.S. Eutaw St, GES 178 283
• Dec 1859, Obadiah G. Towson to Sarah H. Coburn, mortgage, Lot N.S. Madison St, GES 181 278
• May 1860, Obadiah G. Towson to Emma Foul & co, asst, Lot N.S. Madison St, GES 190 17
• June 1860, Charles Towson to Ichabod Jean, grant use of wall on E.S. Eutaw St, GES 191 418
• Nov 1860, Charles Towson to Henry C. Dallam, asst, Lot E.S. Eutaw St, GES 200 356
• Dec 1860, Charles Towson & wife to William J. Deagan, deed, Lot S.W.S. Madison Ave, GES 202 494
• Feb 1861, Charles Towson to O.P. Merryman, asst, Lot N.S. Mulbery St, GES 204 254
• Apr 1861, Charles Towson to Samuel White, asst, Lot N.E. cor Ramsey & Amity Sts, GES 208 35

The Family of John E. Towson and Emma J. Wills

John E. Towson was born about May 1850. He was most likely the son of James Henry Towson and Sophia A. Webster or Janney. He married Emma J. Wills on November 7, 1880 at Emory parsonage in Baltimore, Maryland. Emma was the daughter of Captain Richard C. Wills– read more about his family here.

 

Source: ProQuest Historical Newspapers, The Baltimore Sun (1837-1988); Nov 13, 1880; pg. 2.

Source: ProQuest Historical Newspapers, The Baltimore Sun (1837-1988); Apr 29, 1926; pg. 21.

John and Emma had seven children: Richard H. Towson (1882-); George E. Towson (1883-1961); Emma I (1885-); Corine I. (1887-1904); Charles Roland Towson (1890-1952); Gertrude (1894-1904) and Lawrence Eugene (1898-1904).

John, Corine, Gertrude and Lawrence all died within weeks of each other in early 1904, seemingly all of scarlet fever. They were buried in the Odd Fellows Cemetery in Philadelphia, PA in lots 412 and 547.

Richard H. Towson was born June 1881 in Maryland (present in the 1910 Census). According to the 1910 Census, he was married and had been for four years. Separately enumerated are his wife, Lena who is 28 years old, his step-daughter Florence M. Chenoweth, and his 3-year-old son Robert Henry Towson. Lena was a German immigrant and had been widowed when her first husband died in the line of duty as a firefighter. A notice in the Baltimore Sun in 1909 reported that he had been charged with desertion. I can't find evidence that they divorced, and I cannot find him in Baltimore after 1912. Lena and Robert would move to Ohio and Lena would list herself as a widow, so he may have died.

George Edward Towson was born December 21st, 1883 in Chillicothe, Ohio. His wife was Anna M. Schaefer. Their children were Ethel R. (1921-2000) and George Edward, Jr. (b. 1928). George was an electrician and at one point worked for the Bethlehem Steel Mill in Sparrows Point. He died July 19th, 1961 and is buried in Loudon Park Cemetery.

Emma I. Towson was born December 1885 (not in the household in the 1910 Census). She married Charles William Martin, a native of Berlin, Germany, who worked for the American Can Company. He died November 11th, 1922 of an infection that resulted from a defensive stab wound incurred 10 days prior. By 1910, they had had four children, only two of them living at the time: 3 year old Gladys Irene Martin and a two week old son who had not yet been named, but who would later be known as Carl William Martin. They also had at least one more child, Dorothy Amelia Martin, in 1913.

Corine I. Towson was born December 1887 and died January 14th 1904 at the age of 16 (source).

Charles Roland Towson was born August 20th, 1890 in Laurel, Maryland. According to the 1940 census, he was a laborer, had a third grade education, and was divorced. His first wife was Helena Marie Towson. He died November 26th, 1952 and is buried in Loudon Park Cemetery.

Source: ProQuest Historical Newspapers, The Baltimore Sun (1837-1988); Jul 27, 1920; pg. 11.

Source: ProQuest Historical Newspapers, The Baltimore Sun (1837-1988); Aug 12, 1928; pg. 5.

 Source: ProQuest Historical Newspapers, The Baltimore Sun (1837-1988); Nov 28, 1952; pg. 24. 

Gertrude Towson was born September 1894 and died February 3rd 1904 at the age of nine years, four months.

Source: GenealogyBank.com, The Baltimore American; Feb 4, 1904; pg. 1.

Lawrence Eugene Towson as born January 10th, 1898 and died January 26th 1904 at the age of six of a “hemmorhage of small pox" (source).