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).