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Notes for Henry Troth TOWNSEND

Henry Troth Townsend, of Lower Merion township, Montgomery county, Pennsylvania, eldest son of Edward Y. and Henrietta M. (Troth) Townsend, was born October 1, 1851. He was educated at private schools in the city of Philadelphia, and in 1870 he graduated from the Polytechnic College of Pennsylvania, taking the degree of Mechanical Engineer. In 1872 he was elected treasurer of the Logan Iron and Steel Company, which position he held for ten years, when he was elected president of the company. After a continuous service in that capacity for twenty-two years and a service of thirty-two years in all with the same company, he declined a re-election as president in January, 1903, although continuing to serve as a director. For a number of years he has served as a director in the Southwark Foundry and Machine Company, in the Bryn Mawr Hotel Company, and in the Philadelphia National Bank. Mr. Townsend is a member of the council of the Philadelphia Board of Trade. He also holds membership in the Merion Cricket Chub, the Art Club of Philadelphia, the Engineers Club, the Church Club, and the American Institute of Mining Engineers. Mr. Townsend was married, in 1874, to Maria Potts, daughter of Robert S. Potts, a member of an old Montgomery county family, residents of Pottstown, and they immediately settled at Bryn Mawr, where they have since continued to reside. They are the parents of one son Edward Y. Townsend-and three daughters.Source: Bios: Vol 1 - Part 3: Ellwood Roberts' Biographical Annals.
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