Dear Pat, I don't know if you have this information yet, but in the Past and Present of Lake County (1877) there is an extensive (in relation to others in the book) listing for Emory Tower. The listing is as follows: Tower, Emory, farmer; Sec. 27; P.O. Volo; born in Wyoming Co., NY in 1844; came to Lake Co. with his father's family in 1846; owns the farm on which his father first located; Rep.; married Fannie C. Allanson; she was born in England in 1844, and came to America with her parents in 1849;her father (Thomas Allanson) and one brother died of cholerat at St. Louis Mo., while on their wasy to Lake Co. Mr. Tower's father, J.D. Tower died in 1866; his mother (whose maiden name was Persis Buckles) lives with him; have one child - Ethel M. Wm. W. Tower enlisted in the army during the late war, and died in Georgia from the effect of wounds. Mr. Emory Tower owns 145 acres of land, work $35 per acre. Hope this helps valerie peiler