Background
Towne, Edward Owings was born on February 19, 1859 in Pella, Iowa, United States. Son of Review Edward Owings and Mary Virginia (Shull) Towne.
Towne, Edward Owings was born on February 19, 1859 in Pella, Iowa, United States. Son of Review Edward Owings and Mary Virginia (Shull) Towne.
Educated Iowa Central U.
1 son, Fennimore Cooper (deceased). Admitted to bar, 1888. Practiced at Chicago, 10 years mainly as a trial lawyer
Became widely known in the Eugene V. Debs conspiracy case, and others
Became a writer and playwright, and produced his own comedy “Other People's Money,” et cetera Removed to New York, 1902.
President New Era Book Corporation. Director and attorney Studdabud Creations, Incorporated., Eldorado Press, Incorporated.
Lecturer and recitalist.
Author of several brochures, plays. Home: Glenwood-on-Hudson, Yonkers, New York Deceased.
Married Sara Johnston Cooper, 1887 (died 1935).