Smyrna times., 1918-10-02
DEATH RECORD OF THE WEEK

L. Scott Townsend, Prominent Will
.mingtOn Banker, Son of the Late
George l.. Townsend, of Odessa
L. SsOtt Townsend, aged 81, promi-
nent Wilmington banker, son of the
late George L. Townsend, Sr., of
Odessa, died in Union Infirmary, Bal
timore, Saturday evening following an
operation for enlargement of the liver.
He was reported as recovering nicely
when peritonities developed and caus-
ed his untimly death. He had been
i'll since July. The. sudden death of
Scott Townsend was a shock to his
thousands of friends and acquaint-
ances all over Delaware. His success
and popularity as a banker was
phenominal. When 21 years old he
went to Wilmington and entered the
employ of the Security Trust and Safe
Deposit Co., in whose bank he advanc-
ed from clerk to vice-president. Three
years agO,while retaining the positions
of vice-president and director of the
Security, he became vice-president of
Laird & Co., investment bankers, and
last spring was elected president.
Gifted as fnancier, genial and
affable an manner, combined with and
honesty and integrity that won him
the cOnfidency of large clientele he
became one of the states leading bank
ers. He also was vice-president of
the Peoples Bank of Middletown and
a director of the Diamond Ice and
Coal Co., the American Vulcanized
Fibre Co., the Kennett Turnpike Co.
and the Farmers Insurance Co. For
many years he was treasurer of the
Delaware State Fair, a director of
Hope Farm and the Delaware Hos
pital. He owned and operated five
farms and resided on Rockland Farm,
in Brandywine hundred. He was a
Mason, Granger, and staunch Re-
publican though never an Office seeker.
Surviving are Mrs. Townsend and
four children-Julia, Sarah D., L.
Scott and w. Laird. His aged mother
resides in Odessa. Several brothers
including Sylvester D. Townsend
vice-president of the Wilmington
Trust O., and George L. Townsend Jr.
a well known Wilmington lawyer also
survive His funeral took place yes
terday with interment at Old Draw
yers, Odessa.
DIR. Horace n. Marvin Dies at Camden
DR.. Horace Newell Marvin, 73 years
old, well-known grange and farm
bureau worker, died Sunday at the
home of his son, Charles H. Marvin
at Camden. Doctor Marvin's funera
will be held this Wednesday, after
noon. Burial will be made in Lake
side Cemetery, Dover. The day afte
Doctor Marvin arrived in Delaware
in 1907, to live on large farm nea
Kits Hammock, his young son, ,Horac
Marvin, Jr., years old, disappeared
After a worldwide search for the lad
who was thought to have been kid
naped, the body was found in a poo
Of water on the Marvin farm, wher
he walked on slightly frozen ice an
fell in.
Ezekiel w. Dawson Loses Only Son.
Edward H.Dawson, ,aged23 years, so
of Mr.. and Mrs. E. w. Dawson, 0
near Elkton, Md, formely of Ches
void, died last Monday, September 2;
from pneumonia, following influenz;
, At the time of his death he wa
managing his fathers farm. He wa
eager to enter the military service G
the nation, but had failed, after
several attempts, to pass the physics
requirements. Funeral services weH
l held at the home of his parents &
, Elkton, Midland interment was mad
: in the Barrett's Chapel buryin
e ground, near Frederica on Friday la:
S September the 9th.
e Death of E. |. Elliott of CheswOld.
CheswOld, Oct. Elmer l. Ellio
, died Sunday at his home in Cheswol
! of the Spanish Influenza. He was a
employee of the Railroad Co., fC
many years. He is survived by h
wife and three brothers. Funer
services were held at Laurel to-day.