Webster, Towner Keeney (1849-1922)

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American Association for Labor Legislation (AALL)

Jane Addams et al. to Members of the American Association for Labor Legislation, October 30, 1908

Jane Addams et al. to Dear Sir, [October 15, 1909]

John Bertram Andrews to Jane Addams, November 22, 1910

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Birth Date

1849-07-31

Death Date

1922-10-11

Birthplace

Ithaca, NY

Biographical Text

Towner Keeney Webster was raised in New York and at the age of twelve worked as a clerk in a country store before settling in Chicago in February 1867. He was the founder and president of the Webster Manufacturing Company, a Chicago firm that built elevators. Webster was a Republican, a member of the Union League Club, and a member the <span>Presbyterian </span>Church. He advocated for workmen's compensation laws and served on numerous labor arbitration boards. He was a member of the American Association for Labor Legislation and in 1914 he was a Progressive candidate for the Chicago Board of Review.<br /><br />He married Emma Kitchell in 1874, and the couple had four sons and two daughters. They lived in Evanston, Illinois. He died on October 11, 1922.

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Public domain

Gender

Male

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1908

Bibliography and Links

"Funeral Services Held for Towner K. Webster," Chicago Daily Tribune, October 15, 1922, p. 9.

John J. Flinn, The Hand-Book of Chicago Biography (Chicago: The Standard Guide Co., 1893), 380-81.

Men of Illinois (Chicago: Halliday Witherspoon, 1902), 247.

The Day Book (Chicago, IL), 28 October 1914, 2.

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“Webster, Towner Keeney (1849-1922),” Jane Addams Digital Edition, accessed May 13, 2024, https://digital.janeaddams.ramapo.edu/items/show/2186.