Towne, John W.
From Santa Cruz County history wiki
John W. Towne (1822-1901), a native of Vermont, appears in the Santa Cruz Weekly Sentinel as early as 1862.
- 1863-65: County Supervisor. Was on a subcommittee with F. A. Hihn to manage contracting for construction of the County jail in 1864.
- 1866: sold a farm "on the road between Santa Cruz and Soquel"
- 1867: bought ~9 acres on Lincoln Street (northwest corner of Rincon) from S. A. Bartlett (parcel shown on 1866 town map)
- 1868: partnered in subdividing and selling lots in the "Bay View Addition".
- 1868: was a county road commissioner
- 1879: was with brother-in-law Jack Sloan, who was killed in an attack by three men while the two were riding on the Watsonville road after dark in the Arana Gulch area.
- 1888: had a house built on Marine Parade, designed by Edward Van Cleek.
- The Sidewalk Companion to Santa Cruz Architecture (4th ed. 2023), Appendix B: Van Cleek, page 287
