1850–1919

Introduction

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Born: Ap­ril 5, 1850, Town­er Hill, Rome, Penn­syl­van­ia.

Died: Oc­to­ber 3, 1919, Long­wood, Mis­sou­ri, while lead­ing the mu­sic for an evan­gel­is­tic meet­ing.

Buried: Rose­hill Ce­me­te­ry, Chi­ca­go, Il­li­nois.

Pseudonym: Ro­bert Be­ver­ly.

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Biography

Daniel was the son of John Grif­fin Tow­ner and Ju­lia Forbes, and hus­band of Mary E. Mc­Go­ni­gle (mar­ried De­cem­ber 1870).

He stud­ied mu­sic un­der his fa­ther (a well known sing­er and teach­er in his own right), John How­ard, George Root, and James Webb.

He was mu­sic di­rect­or at the Cen­ten­ary Me­tho­dist Church in Bing­ham­ton, New York (1870–82); the York Street Me­tho­dist Epis­co­pal Church, Cin­cin­na­ti, Ohio (1882–84); the Un­ion Me­tho­dist Epis­co­pal Church, Cov­ing­ton, Ken­tuc­ky (1884–85); and the Mo­ody Bi­ble In­sti­tute, Ch­ica­go, Il­li­nois (1893–1919).

The Am­eri­can Tem­per­ance Uni­ver­si­ty in Har­ri­man, Ten­nes­see, award­ed Town­er a Doc­tor­ate of Mu­sic in 1900.

Works

Sources

Music