Towle, Amos
educator, was born July 23, 1823, in Exeter, N. H. He received a thorough education and attended the Phillips Exeter academy. He attained success in educational work, and taught two years in the Bristol academy of Taunton, Mass., before he moved in 1844 to Mobile, Ala. He then taught in private schools until 1853, when he engaged in building up the public schools until 1860.
He then entered the Mobile college for eight years; then established Towle's institute for Boys, which flourished until he ceased to teach, after fifty-three years of active service in the cause of civilization.