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Bradford County, PA

Charles Cooper Townsend, Jr.

Male 1927 - 2010  (83 years)


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  • Name Charles Cooper Townsend  [1
    Suffix Jr. 
    Born 1927  Bryn Mawr, PA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Gender Male 
    Died 27 Aug 2010  Bryn Mawr, PA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I4201  Clark-Hart
    Last Modified 9 Apr 2017 

    Father Charles Cooper Townsend,   b. Abt 1903, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1986  (Age 83 years) 
    Mother Ethel Hart Heckscher,   b. 02 Jun 1906, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 2 Nov 1975  (Age 69 years) 
    Married 19 Jun 1926  Radnor, Delaware, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3
    Family ID F1255  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
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  • Notes 
    • TOWNSEND, CHARLES COOPER JR. died at home on August 27, 2010 after a long illness. He was the beloved husband of Daphne A. Townsend, who survives him. Born in 1927 in Bryn Mawr, Pa., he was predeceased by his parents, Charles C. Townsend and Ethel H. Townsend and by his wives Ann T. Frothingham and Mary Elizabeth Carr. Also surviving him are his sister Barbara Crawford, his brother-in-law Alan, his children by his first wife, Charles C. Townsend, III and Elinor T. Mahony, four grandchildren, and many nieces and nephews. Mr. Townsend attended Episcopal Academy, Overbrook, PA, and graduated from The Pomfret School. He received his BSEE from Princeton University, summa cum laude, Class of 1949, where he was a member of the Ivy Club. He was a Baker Scholar at Harvard Business School, Class of 1956.
      He served in the 82nd Airborne Division of the United States Army, stationed in Italy, and was honorably discharged in 1948. He was employed at The Atlantic Refining Company, Philadelphia, Pa. and Seatrain Lines, New York. In 1978, he retired from partnership at Morgan Stanley & Co. to farm and raise polled Hereford cattle at Raynham Farms, in Hopewell, NJ.
      Mr. Townsend served on the boards of The Bunbury Company, W. P. Carey & Co., Collier Enterprises, The Evergreens, Stockton State College, Stony Brook-Millstone Watershed Association, Trinity Counseling Service, University Medical Center at Princeton, and The Windham Foundation.
      He loved the out-of-doors and was an avid fly-fisherman. He was a member of The Bedens Brook Club, Harvard Club of New York, Nassau Club, Pohoqualine Fishing Association, and a former member of the Tobique Salmon Club. A Memorial Service will be held Tuesday Sept. 14, 2010 at 11 A.M. at Trinity Episcopal Church, Princeton. In lieu of flowers, contributions can be made to Princeton Healthcare System Fdn., 253 Witherspoon St., Princeton, NJ 08540.
      Published on Philly.com on Sept. 2, 2010 - See more at: http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/philly/obituary.aspx?pid=145037642#sthash.ReOAyqOB.dpuf

  • Sources 
    1. [S10] 1940 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;), Year: 1940; Census Place: Lower Merion, Montgomery, Pennsylvania; Roll: T627_3580; Page: 14A; Enumeration District: 46-80.
      Record for Chas C Townsend

    2. [S5] Pennsylvania and New Jersey, Church and Town Records, 1708-1985, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2011;), Historical Society of Pennsylvania; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Collection Name: Historic Pennsylvania Church and Town Records.
      Record for Charles Cooper Townsend

    3. [S5] Pennsylvania and New Jersey, Church and Town Records, 1708-1985, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2011;), Historical Society of Pennsylvania; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Collection Name: Historic Pennsylvania Church and Town Records; Reel: 1071.
      Record for Charles Cooper Townsend