Biography

06/06/1843 - 06/18/1900

TOWLER, Dr. Samuel S., a Representative from Forest County; born, June 6, 1843 in Manchester, England; M.D., Michigan University Medical School, 1873; quartermaster, United States Army (1863-1865, Civil War); engaged, insurance business; physician (1873-1900); engaged, lumbering; elected as a Republican to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives for the 1891 term; not a candidate for reelection to the House (1892); reelected to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives for the 1899 term; died while in office, June 18, 1900 in Marionville, Forest County, Pennsylvania; interred, North Forest Cemetery, Marienville, Forest County, Pennsylvania.