Llewellyn Tozer was born around 1844 in Maine to Daniel and Jane Tozer. His father was a farmer who owned $1,200 of real estate and $519 of personal property by 1860. He grew up and attended school in Vienna, Maine, and by 1860, he was also working as a farmer.

 

He enlisted in the Union army on August 11, 1862, and he mustered in as a private in the 4^th Maine Light Artillery. The regiment took part in the Battle of Antietam, the Overland Campaign, the siege of Petersburg, and the Appomattox campaign. He was promoted to corporal in 1864 and then to sergeant in 1865. He mustered out on June 17, 1865.

 

He moved to Sacramento, California, around 1867, and he married Hannah Augusta Whittier two years later. They had at least two children: Bertie, born around 1871; and Walter, born around 1876. He worked as a clerk in a paint and oil store, and by 1870, he owned $300 of personal property.

 

According to an early biographer, he became a “substantial business man and honored citizen.” He supported the Republican Party, and he served two terms on the Sacramento City Council. Among his most notable accomplishments was a filtration system for the city’s waterworks. He ran for mayor in 1897, but he lost the election. He moved to San Francisco, California, in the early 1900. He was injured in a streetcar accident in March 1908, and he died in San Francisco on March 24, 1908.

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