Dr. Thomas Logan Towers

1884 - 1965  (81 years)

• Name	Thomas Logan Towers
  Prefix	Dr.
  Born	15 Jul 1884	Sarnia, Lambton Co., Ontario, Canada   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Military	WW1  [2]
  Occupation	1911	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  	Physician - Doctor - Dr.
  Residence	1911	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  	Presbyterian
  Music	1914	Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  	The Musicial The "BulBul"
  	Cast members of the amateur production of "Bulbul", a comic operetta performed at the town hall of Waterloo May 19-20, 1914. Left to right: John Bruegeman; Eleanor Kirsch; E.W. McKenzie; Gladys Devitt; Dr. Thomas Towers; Lottie Ahrens; William Clement; F.J. Rooney. Cast of Operetta 'BulBul', Waterloo, Ontario (no date) Waterloo Public Library Digital Collections. Available at: https://images.ourontario.ca/waterloo/47847/data?n=11 (Accessed: 26 November 2023).
  		The BulBul Group photograph of the principal cast members of the amateur production of "Bulbul", a comic operetta performed at the town hall of Waterloo May 19-20, 1914. Left to right: John Bruegeman; Eleanor Kirsch; E.W. McKenzie; Gladys Devitt; Dr. Thomas Towers; Lottie Ahrens; William Clement; F.J. Rooney. Cast of Operetta ‘BulBul’, Waterloo, Ontario (no date) Waterloo Public Library Digital Collections. Available at: https://images.ourontario.ca/waterloo/47847/data?n=11 (Accessed: 26 November 2023).
  Residence	1963	London, Middlesex, Ontario, Canada
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-174962
  Died	22 Sep 1965
  Buried	Lakeview Cemetery, Sarnia, Lambton Co., Ontario
  Person ID	I174962	Generations
  Last Modified	7 Nov 2024

  
  

• Photos

  Thomas Logan Towers University of Western Ontario - year book 1932

  
  

• Notes

  Dr. Thomas Logan Towers was born on the 15th of July, 1884 in Sarnia, Ontario. He was the 5th of 6 sons born to Thomas Ford Towers and the former Mary Ann Huggart. His father was an accountant and his siblings were; Alfred St. Clair Towers, Robert Irwin Towers, James Crawford Towers, Gordon King Towers and Norman Ewart Towers. Dr. Towers matriculated in Sarnia in 1902. He entered university in the fall of 1903. Dr. Towers took a year off from school for a medical leave. He graduated from The University of Toronto Faculty of Medicine in 1908. After interning, he set up his medical practice in Wallaceburg. Dr. Towers joined the College of Physicians and Surgeons on the 30th of June, 1909. Dr. Towers answered the call of World War I and enlisted in the Canadian Army on the 15th of January, 1915. Dr. Towers served as a Captain in the C.A.M.C. He served in France, Belgium, India and Mesopotamia until 1918. Dr. Towers was awarded the British War Medal and the Victory Medal. After his discharge Dr. Towers went to work at Westminster Hospital in London, Ontario. According to the 1921 census, Dr. Towers and his wife Anne Elizabeth were living in London. Mrs. Towers was born on the 20th of February, 1882. Dr. Towers was a member of the faculty at the University of Western Ontario from 1932 until 1934. Mrs. Towers died on the 24th of April, 1962. Dr. Towers died on the 22nd of September, 1965. Dr. and Mrs. Towers were buried at Lakeview Cemetery, 1016 Colborne Road in Sarnia. *Dr. Towers' brother Robert Irwin Towers served with the Canadian Armed Services in WWI. His brother Captain Norman Ewart Towers died from wounds he received at the Battle of the Somme on the 20th of September, 1916. Thomas Logan Towers (no date) ChathamKent Physician Tribute. Available at: https://ckphysiciantribute.ca/doctors/thomas-logan-towers/ (Accessed: 26 November 2023). ______________ TOWERS, THOMAS LOGAN was a graduate of the University of Toronto in 1908. His name is first encountered in the News Record on May 1, 1911. Drs. Karn and Towers, 84 Queen St. S. Dr. Towers is a graduate of Toronto School of Medicine, a member of the Ont. Coll of P. & S. and will be associated with Dr. Karn. The arrangement lasted until November 4, 1911. On November 8 his name alone appears in the card - until November 1913. In 1915. in January, the Daily Telegraph said he was with the ambulance corps with the 34th. Battalion at Guelph. After the war he practised at London. Dr. Alexander D. Campbell, Doctors in Waterloo County 1852-1925, 1986

  
  

• Sources

  [S340] Census - ON, Waterloo, Berlin - 1911, Div. 23 Page 8. [S157] Military - Canada - World War I - Attestation papers. NameThomas Logan Towers Age30 Birth Date15 Jul 1884 Birth LocationSarnia, Ontario Occ: Physician Military Date1914-1918 Next of KinThomas Ford Towers Guelph 25 Jan 1915

  
  

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  Born - 15 Jul 1884 - Sarnia, Lambton Co., Ontario, Canada Occupation - Physician - Doctor - Dr. - 1911 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Presbyterian - 1911 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Music - The Musicial The "BulBul" - 1914 - Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - 1963 - London, Middlesex, Ontario, Canada Buried - - Lakeview Cemetery, Sarnia, Lambton Co., Ontario  = Link to Google Earth