BIO: George E. TOWNS, Clearfield County, PA
 
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From Twentieth Century History of Clearfield County, Pennsylvania,
and Representative Citizens, by Roland D. Swoope, Jr.,
Chicago: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Company, 1911, pages 598 & 599.
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  GEORGE E. TOWNS, who is a representative business man of Penfield, Pa., 
dealing in hardware, tinware, farm machinery, etc., established his hardware 
business here in 1896 and moved to his present location in the following year.  
He was born May 11, 1864, at Home Camp, Pa., and is a son of Henry P. and Mary 
(Sarson) Towns.
  Henry P. Towns was born in Maine and reared there and was married to Mary 
Sarson in New England and they came to Clearfield county in 1860, locating first 
at Home Camp, where a relative by the name of Philip Blanchard was operating a 
timber tract.  From Home Camp Mr. Towns moved his family to Curwensville, where 
he followed his trade of shoemaking.  Subsequently he spent six months at 
Sabula, Clearfield county, and moved from there to Penfield, where his death 
occurred July 30, 1896.  His widow survived until December 3, 1903.  They had 
three children:  Ada, who is the wife of Coston Bartron; George E. and Annie, 
who is the wife of E. F. Mills.
  George E. Towns was quite young when the family moved to Penfield and he was 
yet a boy when he began working in the lumber mill.  In 1881 he entered the 
store of Robacker & Gray, as a clerk and later worked for other firms and then 
bought his present business from George R. Campbell and has successfully 
conducted it ever since.
  In February, 1896, Mr. Towns was married to Miss Frances M. Scudder, a 
daughter of the late William Scudder, and they have two children, Henry F. and 
Coston G.  Mr. Towns is a member of Penfield Lodge No. 567, Odd Fellows.  
Politically he is a Republican.  Both he and wife are members of the 
Presbyterian church.