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Henry Town, Formerern IrmiiMIWaupun Warden, DiesThwoulcity(Continued from page 1) jnsllt;tjlt;mal facilities available to prisoners.woulto pits pWlt;orgagove ed UMade .Money for StateAs a business man he made money for the state through hi« roop conduct of prison institutions. The , binder twine plant at Waupun was . 'established during his administration and the manufacture of auto license plates also was launched at the prison under his direction. ' ..Born in Onandaga county, N. Y.,!July 5. 1861, Warden Town moved j er“® to Michigan with his parents at the lt;T|! ! age of 8 and was educated in the i Prcommon schools and a commercial wlt*1college of that state. In 1881, at }j°us the age of 2d. he was made fore- j man of the workshop in the Michi-! Th gan state penitentiary at Jack-on. eonsiTwo years later he was appointed thatforeman of the Illinois penitentiary j whir shops at Joliet, 111., where he re- fanii maiued three years before coming P«om to Madison to take over the south- clarrem Wisconsin agency of the Singer Sewing Machine company. ObKc-itmcd In I9J1 theIn 1S02, during the administra- it taltion of Gov, Robert M. Iji Kollette.the state board of control was seek- ed, r ing a capable vtr4m lor the peni- aclt; «tertiary at Waupun and Town's jugprevious experience in prison work connearned him the appointment. MmmHe served until July, 1111, when Su the Rev. W. L. Woodward was ap- settii pointed to th# position, and Town agati mas reappointed in 1515, continuing forci to serve as warden until 1921. when the i he was appointed as a member of with the state board of control to sac- able reed K A. Everett of Kagie River italb He resigned In 1923, devoting the rest remainder of his lift to supervision of personal Investments in Madison Th properties. pareSurviving are bis widow, two meet sons, Henry. Jr., of Madison, and WenGeorge, of Waukesha, besides one loll slater, Mrs. Ida Barrington, Jack- Hast son. Mich. i82€A ustJames Bonham, Baraboo, MiET I rv * jr% I n
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Wisconsin State Palladium
Madison, Wisconsin, US
Wed, Jun 29, 1932
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