C. B. Tozer

TOZER, NORTHROP, HARVEY, HAINES

Posted By: Ken Wright (email)
Date: 8/19/2010 at 07:54:14

History of Jackson County, Iowa, 1910, J. W. Ellis

Charles B. TOZER.

For the past thirty years C. B. Tozer has been conducting a livery business in Baldwin, and his success and the honorable record of his life entitle him to mention among the substantial men of Jackson county. He was born in Grand Detour, Ogle county, Illinois, February 1, 1844, a son of Benjamin and Eunice (Northrop) Tozer. The father, a native of the Green Mountain state and of Scotch-Yankee parentage, spent the early years of his life in Vermont, whence he went to Canada. Later, returning to the states, he settled in Ogle county, Illinois, and about 1856 came to Monmounth township, Jackson county, Iowa. He finally took up his residence in Baldwin, where he lived until his death, which occurred about fifteen years ago. He was a mason by trade and had followed that occupation the greater part of his life. His wife, who was Miss Eunice Northrop before her marriage, was born in Nova Scotia and was of German extraction. They were married in Canada and she died in Baldwin about two years before her husband. Unto them were born seven children, as follows: Emily and Maria, who are deceased; C. B., the subject of this review; Arthur who has passed away; Lucretia Delphine, the wife of Ira Willard, at one time auditor for Jackson county but now a resident of South Dakota, living near Spearfish; Mary, deceased; and one who died in infancy.
C. B. Tozer was reared under the parental roof and after completing his elementary education in the public school attended college at Mount Morris, Illinois. He remained at home until his marriage, when he engaged in farming in Monmouth township, following that occupation with fair success for more than a decade. About thirty years ago he came to Baldwin and started a livery business, to which he has given his attention continuously since. Like many other enterprises it began in a small way, but it has grown steadily until now it has reached gratifying proportions. Ten horses are kept in the stables and carriages, of different kinds are maintained in good condition to meet a varied demand. Of late years Mr. Tozer has had the assistance of his son in the business, the firm name being Tozer & Son, and the younger man, like the older, is deserving a conspicuous place among the enterprising and progressive citizens of Baldwin. Mr. Tozer owns the building the livery occupies and also a house in the town, besides having forty acres elsewhere in Jackson county and half a section of land in Shelby county, Iowa. As this valuable property represents what he has accomplished through his own efforts he has every reason to be gratified with the result of his years of unwearying labor. Mr. Tozer is a republican in his political views and that he is public spirited and interested in the welfare of his fellow citizens is manifest by the acceptable service he rendered as the incumbent of many of the township offices, and after the town of Baldwin was incorporated as councilman and as mayor. He was the chief executive of the village for four years, and his administration was marked by the same good judgment and progressive ideas that distinguished his management of his private affairs. In his religious beliefs he is a spiritualist, having become convinced of the fundamental truths of spiritualism about twenty-five years ago, as the result of his own investigations, although his father was an ardent advocate of that religion. The latter began inquiries into the subject at the Rochester rappings.
In 1861 Mr. Tozer wedded Miss Mary Anne Harvey, a resident of Clinton county, Iowa, and unto them were born two children: Kate, who with her brother owns half a section of land near Philip, South Dakota, and lives at home; and Emma, who died at the age of fourteen months. The wife and mother died and was laid to rest in Buckhorn cemetery. In 1875 Mr. Tozer married a second time, his wife having been Miss Lorette Haines, and they became the parents of three children: one who died in infancy; Guy M., who has a half interest in his father's business and with his sister owns half a section of land near Philip, South Dakota; and Lena, who is the wife of W. W. Welch, of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.

Charles B. Tozer Grave
 

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