Download or read book Isaac Towell & His Family written by Roy Harrison Towell and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Isaac Towell (1764-1845) was born in Pennsylvania, and came to Nashville, Tennessee in 1785. There he met and married Sarah McAdams (1775-1851), daughter of Samuel McAdams and Catherine Rainey, in 1792 in Sumner Co., Tenn. She was born in either Orange Co., N.C. or York Co., Pa. Couple settled on a farm six miles from the town of Gallatin, where twelve children were born to them. They later moved to Illinois. Descendants live in Illinois, Tennessee, Texas, Arkansas, and else- where.