Smyrna times., 1936-04-23

ctote Senate. A man of strong
,oorvictions he fought for that in
,,nich he believed and usually at
+ainad what he went after. In
carly life Mr.. Walls married Miss
Elizabeth Beck, daughter of the
l1ota Edward Beck. To them three
children were born: F. Irving
walls who died last Fall; Mar
oa ref CMrs. Paul ]. Rutan) of Ro-
Chester. N. Y, and Carlton 3.
walls of Lancaster Pa. A year
or more following the death of his
wife he married Mrs. Fannie
Walls of Sudlersville, Nd, who
survives. Besides his son and
daughter he is survived by six
grandchildren. At this writing no
definite time has been set for the
funeral altho it is expected to be
saturday afternoon.
Col. Theodore Townsend, Passes
Colonel Theodore Townsend,
founder of the Milford Chronicle,
and one of the oldest publishers on
the Delmarva peninsula, died
Thursday night at his home in Mil
ford after an illness of about six
months. He was 81 years old.
His funeral, largely attended, took
place from his home Saturday af-
ternoon at 1:30 o'clock. Interment
was in Odd Fellows cemetery, Mil
ford. Colonel Townsend was one
of the leaders in the development
of Milford and founded the Milford
Chronicle, a weekly newspaper, to-
gether with Julius E. Scott in Oc-
tober, 1873. One year later Mr..
Scott withdrew from the paper and
his interest was purchased by Will
liam P. Corsa. Two years later
this partnershipw as dissolved and
Colonel Townsend continued the
publication alone. Under his
guidance it had grown to be one of
the leading newspapers of Della
ware. Born in Milford, on March
16, 1855, the son of the late Elias
and Mary E. Cropper Townsend,
Colonel Townsend was taken to
Philadelphia when an infant but
returned to Milford to live with an
uncle in 1861. After receiving his
education in Milford schools, Col
onel Townsend moved to Newark,
N. j., where he learned the art of
manufacturing gold jewelry. 1t
was while in Newark that Colonel
Townsend became interested in the
business and became a
reporter for the Newark Call. He
Travelled for that paper, writing
special articles. For a time he was
connected with the Forney Press
of Philadelphia and covered the
Centennial of 1876. He returned
to Milford shortly afterward and
4OuudCQ IAC hAllOIo Olll OlllClc. I1G
was at one time president of the
Del-Mar-Va Press Association and
a director of the National Editor
ial Association. Colonel Townsend
became interested in military af-
fairs and was the first quarter
master of Delaware's militia. He
was placed in command of the re
militia of Delaware in
1879. He served as major of the
First Volunteers Infantry during
the Spanish-American War. Ap-
pointed colonel in 1912, he retired
from the National Guard in 1916.
Colonel Townsend was a Republi-
can and served as state auditor
from 1912 to 1914. He was ap-
pointed aide-de-camp. with the
rank of colonel, on the staffs of
several governors. During the
World War he assisted Governor
John G. Townsend, Jr., with mil
itary problems affecting Delaware.
Col. Townsend served 27 years on
the Milford Town Board, was a
former member of the Kent Coun-
ty School Commission and the
State Board of Education. He was
a member of the Milford Hospital
Board and the Board of Trustees
OF the State Hospital at Farnhurst.
he was a prominent Mason,
knight Templar, Odd Fellow and
other organizations and member
OF the Presbyterian Church. In
1888 Colonel Townsend married
May Jane Lynch of Milford, who
him. They had four chill
dren, two of whom are living, G..
Marshall Townsend, Milford, and
Mrs. Pauline Townsend Hanley,
Buffalo, N. Y. There are three
grandchildren.
Nathaniel G. Severson, Clayton
Nathaniel G. Severson, aged IS,
a retired railroad conductor, and
one of Clayton's best known citiz-
ems, died at his home in Clayton
saturday after a lingering illness.
he had been in falling health for a
year or more. The death of Nat
Seyerson removes a good citizen
and one of Clayton's most popular
and useful men. For more than
thlrtY wears he WAS a Pannsul-