CORNELIUS L. TOWER. Oakland county and Oakland township have no more enthusiastic advocates than Cornelius L. Tower, who follows farming and stock raising and who always advocates these branches of industry as desirable for young men who want to consider health, wealth and happiness in their choice of a life's vocation . Mr. Tower was born in Oakland on July 18, 1849. He is a son of Lemuel P. and Annie E. ( Irwin ) Tower, both of whom were natives of New York. They came to Michigan about 1840, locating in Oakland county. Lemuel P. Tower followed farming always. Their family comprised six children: Henry, the first born, died in infancy; Lydia became the wife of Frances Whipple and resides in Lapeer county: Adela is deceased; the fourth child was Cornelius; William, his younger brother, resides in Oakland county; and Emily, the youngest child, married A. O. Harris, of Macomb county.

At the age of twenty Cornelius Tower took up farming and has followed it steadily with stock raising for a correlated industry. Dur ing his career he has bought and sold considerable land. He now owns one hundred and forty-five acres in section 28 of Oakland township. He married Myrtle J. Goodison, a daughter of William and Margaret Goodison. Mr. and Mrs. Cornelius Tower had three children, the first two dying in infancy and Elmer, the third, is living in Detroit. Mr. Tower is a stalwart Republican in his political preferences. He has held the various minor offices of his township. In his religious connection he holds membership in the Methodist church. He is a good citizen in every sense of the word.