Merchant (Dry Goods)
Centurion, 1877–1896
Born 7 October 1829 in New York (Manhattan), New York
Died 2 February 1904 in New York (Manhattan), New York
Buried Youngs Memorial Cemetery
, Oyster Bay, New York
Proposed by John A. Weekes, Samuel B. Dana, Henry J. Scudder, and Abraham R. Lawrence
Elected 2 June 1877 at age forty-seven
Archivist’s Note: Brother of J. J. Townsend; uncle of John J. Townsend
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