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*'''1868''': partnered in subdividing and selling lots in the "Bay View Addition". | *'''1868''': partnered in subdividing and selling lots in the "Bay View Addition". | ||
*'''1868''': was a county road commissioner | *'''1868''': was a county road commissioner | ||
*'''1879''': was with brother-in-law Jack Sloan | *'''1879''': was with brother-in-law [[Sloan, Andrew Jackson|Jack Sloan]] when he was killed in an attack by three men while the two were riding on the Watsonville road after dark in the Arana Gulch area. | ||
**[https://cdnc.ucr.edu/?a=d&d=SCWS18791115.1.2&srpos=148&e=-------en--20-SCWS-141-byDA-txt-txIN-Towne-------1 "A Desperado Killed", ''Santa Cruz Weekly Sentinel'', 15 November 1879, 2:2] | **[https://cdnc.ucr.edu/?a=d&d=SCWS18791115.1.2&srpos=148&e=-------en--20-SCWS-141-byDA-txt-txIN-Towne-------1 "A Desperado Killed", ''Santa Cruz Weekly Sentinel'', 15 November 1879, 2:2] | ||
*'''1888''': had a house built on Marine Parade, designed by Edward Van Cleek. | *'''1888''': had a house built on Marine Parade, designed by Edward Van Cleek. | ||
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Latest revision as of 19:27, 20 November 2025
John W. Towne (1822-1901), a native of Vermont, appears in the Santa Cruz Weekly Sentinel as early as 1862.
- 1863-65: County Supervisor. Was on a subcommittee with F. A. Hihn to manage contracting for construction of the County jail in 1864.
- 1866: sold a farm "on the road between Santa Cruz and Soquel"
- 1867: bought ~9 acres on Lincoln Street (northwest corner of Rincon) from S. A. Bartlett (parcel shown on 1866 town map)
- 1868: partnered in subdividing and selling lots in the "Bay View Addition".
- 1868: was a county road commissioner
- 1879: was with brother-in-law Jack Sloan when he was killed in an attack by three men while the two were riding on the Watsonville road after dark in the Arana Gulch area.
- 1888: had a house built on Marine Parade, designed by Edward Van Cleek.
- The Sidewalk Companion to Santa Cruz Architecture (4th ed. 2023), Appendix B: Van Cleek, page 287