page_title: George W. Towns
section_title: Biography
hierarchical_section_title: George W. Towns / Biography
caption_attribution_description: English: This is a photo of the George W. B. Towns House in Talbotton, GA. It was listed on the NRHP on May 7, 1973.
context_page_description: George Washington Bonaparte Towns was a United States lawyer, legislator, and politician. He was a U.S. Representative, and the 39th Governor of Georgia from 1847 to 1851.
context_section_description: Towns was born in Wilkes County, Georgia to Margaret George Hardwick and John Towns in 1801. His parents were Virginians who had moved to Georgia and settled in Wilkes County.
  Shortly after his birth, the Towns family moved throughout Georgia, where he received a small preparatory education. He then began to study medicine in Eatonton, but after his studies were interrupted by an injury, he moved to Montgomery, Alabama, which had recently joined the Union. There, he studied law and, in 1824 was admitted to the Montgomery bar.
  As time went by, Towns continued to gain prominence and in 1826 acquired the Alabama Journal newspaper. During that same year he married his first wife, Margaret Jane Campbell, whose poor health led to her death several days after the marriage ceremony. Following the death of his wife, Towns moved back to Georgia and settled in Talbot County.
caption: The George W. Towns House in Talbotton, Georgia was added to the National Register of Historic Places on May 7, 1973.
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