TOWLER, Herbert Lincoln

   Cause of his death was suicide by gunshot to head.

  General Notes:

Minnie's obituary indicates that Herbert Towler died 25 years before her. 1930 census shows Minnie as widowed.

Have undated newspaper clipping of Marjorie Rose Towler's engagement announcement, which lists many names and relations.

Birth date and place from 1910 census.
death date verified by Minnesota DI.

TOWLER-ROSE WEDDING
("1888" written in here)

On Wednesday Oct. 17^th, at Roseland, the residence of Edward Rose, one of the most respected and wealthy citizen of Caledonia, in the county of Shiawassee, occurred the social event of the season, when the parents gave their only daughter, Minnie, in marriage to Mr. H. L. Towler, of Cleveland, Ohio. At about three o'clock carriages began pouring in from all directions, and before the time designated for the ceremony to take place, the gathering was complete. Mr. And Mrs. Rose received their guest in a hospitable and genial manner, and all seemed to feel the warmth of the welcome. Precisely at four o'clock in the afternoon, with Miss Collins at the piano, to the sweet strains of the wedding march, Miss Minnie M. Rose and Mr. Herbert L. Towler passed into the parlor and stood under a beautiful wedding bell, with true lovers knot and horse shoe decorations of roses, at the west side of the room, where a beautiful marriage ceremony was performed by Reverend Thomas Towler of Oakland [illegible], the father of the groom, which made them one, with Miss Hattie Harper, daughter of Judge Harper, one of Corunna's most beautiful and accomplished young ladies, as bridesmaid, and Willard A. Towler, of Detroit, a brother of the bridegroom, as groomsman. The bride wore a beautiful cream colored silk dress, entrain with ornaments, white kid gloves and slippers of the same. "How beautiful she looks!" came from all parts of the room as she stood before the reverend gentleman who preformed the marriage ceremony. The groom wore a very nice dark suit of clothes, in the latest style. His manly form and gentlemanly bearing making the occasion one to be long remembered by those who were so fortunate as to witness the affair. The expression on the faces of Mr. and Mrs. Rose, the father and mother of the bride, as their daughter joined hands with the manly being at her side, so soon to be her husband, clearly indicated the "God bless you, my daughter," which was uppermost in their hearts. After the ceremony and congratulations of friends was over, the bridal party was invited into the adjoining room, where Minnie was presented , by Mr. A. T. Nichols, on behalf of her associates and many friends, with numerous, costly and beautiful presents. It has never been our lot to witness so many and so costly presents on such an occasion, and we will not attempt to give a full listing of them, but we can not resist the temptation to mention a few of the more costly ones, viz: A solid, coin silver water set, consisting of a large pitcher, six cups and a server, with a picture of a Grecian wedding handsomely engraved on each piece, costing not less than $150; a water pitcher and plate, ornamented with gold and silver; a clock with a little man bobbing up and down acting as a pendulum, quite a curiosity and very pretty indeed; a library lamp on a nickle staff, so arranged as to be raised lowered or moved to any part of the room at will; a large silver and porcelain piano lamp; a solid silver ladle, sugar bowl and cake basket, etc. There were at least forty other beautiful presents that we cannot mention of want of space. But the grandest gift had been left until the last, and no one was more surprised than Minnie when Mr. A. R. McBride took a beautiful plush box that her father handed him, into which Mr. and Mrs. Rose, the father and mother of the bride, had carefully placed 150 twenty dollar gold pieces and handed it to Minnie, as he did so saying: "On behalf of your father and mother, who delight to honor you on this occasion, I present you this box and its contents. You will find the box contains 150 double eagles; you will observe that each bright and shining piece has wings upon it; you must take care that they do not to their wings and fly away from you. Take them; they are a free gift from your loving parents to a loving and obedient daughter, who is now passing out from under the kind care of the most loving parents into the keeping of one who has this day taken upon himself the most solemn obligation to love and protect you." After the presentation of the presents, a bountiful repast was served, and when all had partaken thereof, the time had arrived for Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Towler to take their departure, and after saying hood bye to the friends present, the happy couple took the seven o'clock train at Corunna for Cleveland, whither they have gone to make their future home, with the very brightest of prospects before them.

- transcribed by Lynn Wilder Ford from old newspaper clippings

  Noted events in his life were:

• Occupation: traveling salesman.

Herbert married Minnie W ROSE, daughter of Edward ROSE and Ann Eliza CRANDALL, on 17 Oct 1889 in Caledonia Twp, Shiawassee, Michigan. (Minnie W ROSE was born on 25 May 1867 in Corunna, MI, died on 20 Sep 1958 in California and was buried in Mountain View Cemetery, Oakland, CA.)