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After graduating, he went, in August, 1864, to Mount Vernon, New Hampshire,
where he became Principal of Appleton Academy, which is now known as McCollom
Institute. He remained in this position for two years, during which time he formed his
purpose of studying for the ministry. In September, 1866, he entered the Theological
Seminary at Andover, Massachusetts, and pursued his studies there for two years, when
he went to the Chicago Theological Seminary and completed his course, graduating in
May, 1869.
He was ordained and installed as pastor of the Congregational church at
Sandwich, Illinois, in June, 1869. After four years' labor with this church, he resigned his
pastorate in July, 1873, and accepted a call to the Congregational Church at South
Chicago, Illinois, where he remained for three years. He was then called to become
pastor of Bethany Congregational Church at Chicago, Illinois, which call he accepted,
and labored earnestly and faithfully with this charge for six years. After a few months of
needed rest, he accepted a call from the Congregational Church at Monticello, Iowa, in
December, 1882, where he is now laboring with earnest devotion to his work. He is
pleasantly located in a town which is beautiful for situation, in the midst of a rich
farming country, and his church is a leading one in numbers and influence.
In politics, he is a Republican.
He was married December 14, 1869, to Miss Mary Jennie Lay, of Chicago,
Illinois. They had five children: Nelson Lay, born September 19, 1870; Mary Etta, born
March 27, 1872; Ralph Elbert, born April 5, 1875 ; Nellie Sanborn, born June 16, 1877,
and Charles Augustus, Jr., born April 29, 1881.
Mrs. Towle died May 8, 1881, at Chicago, Illinois, aged thirty-eight years. She was
a woman of rare worth, and was sincerely mourned by all who knew her.
Source: "Memorialia
of the Class of '64 in Dartmouth College" complied by
John C. Webster, Shepard & Johnston, Printers, 1884,
Chicago
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