Alonzo George "Lon" Titsworth was born on June 14, 1861 and was the son of Nancy (Getty) and Elias Titsworth.

He married Margaret Jane "Maggie" Stocker in 1886 and they had three children:

  1. Charles James Titsworth

  2. Adeline Mathilda (Titsworth) Copeland

  3. Sylvia Bell (Titsworth) Stanley

Margaret who was born on December 19, 1871, died in Flint, Michigan on October 8, 1941, at the age of 69.

Alonzo died on November 2, 1897 at the age of 36 at Torch Lake, Antrim County, Michigan.
 

"Alonzo George was born on June 14, 1861, and before he was a year old, Elias talked Nancy into going back to New York. It was there, at Elmira, that Alexander was born on December 25, 1863. Soon Elias became restless again, and they traveled back to Michigan.

He worked by the month as a farm hand for the local farmers. After his parents separated, he continued to live with his mother, and bought a twenty acre parcel on the County Line Road from her on October 29, 1878.

In 1887, Lon sold his 20 acres to his half brother, Charles James Downing, and he moved into Britton. He operated a grocery store in the Beasley Block on the south side of M50. On a Friday, September 20, 1888, along with several other stores, his grocery was destroyed by fire.

After his store burned, his outlook was very gloomy, there not being that many opportunities for employment. His uncle, William Getty, suggested he come north to Antrim County, where the logging "business was really booming". So he and his family gathered their few belongings and left for the north woods.

Lon worked in the lumber camps, and on November 2, 1897, at the age of 36 years, 4 months, and 19 days, he died as a result of an accident in a shingle mill. He was buried in the Bay View Cemetery at Eastport, in Torch Lake Township, Antrim County.

Maggie remarried a man by the name of Oliver Henry Titsworth. He was born near Adrian, Michigan, on June 30, 1873, to William H. and Fannie E. (Carmer) Titsworth. It is believed that he was Lon's cousin. Maggie and Oliver continued to live in Northern Michigan. They had five children: John, Lawrence, Bernice, Fannie and Marguerita."