Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial. (Wilmington, Del.) 1878-1928, 1918-09-30
|. SCOTT TOWNSEND,
BANKER, IS DEAD
Well Known Wilmingtonian and
President of the Firm OF
Laird g. Co,

Having been i'll since July l. Scott
Townsend, president Of laird \ -;
bankers. and one az the host known and
most highly esteemed citizens Of Delaware,
died about o clock SATURDAY evening AZ
the Union Inhrmary ~ Baltimore. Md
whrrc he had been under treatment for
sunc time Nrs Townsend and tho
Younger daughter were At ms bcdslde
when tho end came
Mr.. Townsend was first taken seriously
III IN July. when he tainted ~. ms desk ~
LAIRD 4 Go 5 office llr Willard Spring
II who attended him. found that he was
suffering from enlarged liver ana advised.
his consulting Or Frledcnwald Who - an
authority IN such cases DIR Springer
accompanied MIR Townsend 10 BaltI-
more. and saw to his being taken 70 2
S3nltarlum which nr tuCdcnvald con
ducts The patient condition seemed 70
h improving until TUESDAY September
10 when alarming symptoms Developed
and an immediate operation was decided
mon, and he was removed to Union In
Urinary II was found that pcrsonitis
had set IN
Careful treatment. and the manner m
which MIR Townsend responded to It, led
has friends to believe that hc would ~
cover. Saturday afternoon DR. Irieden-
wald rcnortcd that the perltonitIs had
apparently disappeared but later Mr.
Townsend took sudden turn for the
worse Mrs Townsend had hccn with
her husband since he was operated upon,
and SATURDAY, morning thplr Younger
daughter Miss Sarah y Tow nsCnd wcut
ID baltimore Air Townsend business
associate William W Laird. and his
brothcT. ) y Townsend. hastcncd 10
Baltimore also as soon rs hey learned III
Mr. Townsend alarming condition Mir
Laird bad been with HIM for adSomo days
following the operation, bat treasured by
the apparent continued Improvement IN
his condition. had returned home
Mr. Townsend lived on fnc country
place az Rockiand, which he bought
four wears ago and greatly improved
Funeral eryIccs will IL held tomorrow
afternoon 1T I a clock. IN charge az Rev
William II Lard lntcrmcnt will bc
made At Old Drawer $ e, uctcrN. Odessa
The body was brought 10 this city
Yesterday afternoon and taken charge
OF hv | ndcrtaker James I handler
MR. TOWNSEND CAREER
l. Scott Townsend. a son OF the late
George l.. Townsend once mcmhcr Of
the Delaware Legislature, collector Of
customs and nTtcd StstCs marshal and
a grandson Of the late Rev Lew Scott a
bishop Of the Methods; Episcopal hurch
was born December 81 lN61 His birth
place was the old Tow nScnd farm, ia
Pcncadcr hundred, which was. Cwncd by
/ TownscndS for five generations While he
was an infant his parents moved 10 the
old Scott homestead near Odessa He
Il H.. srf... Al Nd
the WILMINGTON Conference Academy
When n wears old he came 10 " lining
ton and entered the employ Of the Sc
curity Trust and Safe Deposit Co IN
who's bank he advanced from clerk 70
vicc-prcsident Three years ago while
retaining the positions OF vicc-prcsilent
and director of the Security, be became
/ vlcc-prcsldent Of Lard & o investment
bankers. and last spring was elected
president He also Was vicc-presidcnt OF
the Peoples Bank of Middletown and d
director of the Diamond Ice and C0al
Co. the American NulcanIzcd llhrc Co.
the kcnnett Turnpike Co and the
Farmers Insurance Co
] or many wears he was treasurer Of the
Delaware State Fair He was . director
Of Hope Farm and the Delaware Hospital
Recently he was made chairman 81 tho
finance committee of the Associated
/ Charities and director to raise q fund Of
ST.. 01O for It's use
Iic owned and operated i've farms and
resided on Rockland Farm. IN Brandy
vi.e hundred IL the Patrons % Hus-
handry and Masonry he was prominent,
beng pas, master Of West Brandywine
Grange and member Of Temple Lodge
Delaware Consi-tory and Lulu Temple
His clubs Wcrc the Wilmington, Whining
ton Country Young Men Republican
and Rose Tree FoN Hunting lie was j
county auditor. jury commissioner and
member Of tho state Educational Survey
Commission
Surviving arc Mrs. Townsend and four
rhildren--Julia Sarah ID. L. Scott and
" Laird His aged mother resides in
Odessa a brother, Sylvester ID, Jr
Is vice-presidcnt Of the Wilmington Trust
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