Robert T. Townsend

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Husband Robert T. Townsend ^{1 2}

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         Father: Edward P. Townsend (1843-1910) 3 4 5
         Mother: Emma Critchlow (      -1881) 1

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General Notes: Husband - Robert T. Townsend

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Robert T. Townsend was president and general manager of Townsend Company; John M. Townsend was vice-president; Vincent L. Bradford (Townsend), secretary and treasurer; Arthur C. Townsend, mill manager. The business thus conducted operated the first wire mill to be established west of the Allegheny Mountains. An old directory of the City of Pittsburgh (at that time a small town) refers to the Townsend Wire Mill as one "from whence the great valley of the middle West is supplied." Besides wire-rivets and wire-nails, various wire products were made, and the output grew to large proportions.

1 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Beaver County, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Co., 1914), Pg 1030.

2 George P. Donehoo, Pennsylvania - A History (SW) (New York, NY; Chicago, IL: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, Inc., 1926), Pg 154.

3 —, History of Beaver County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia and Chicago: A. Warner & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 818.

4 —, Book of Biographies, Biographical Sketches of Leading Citizens of Beaver County, Pennsylvania (Buffalo, NY: Biographical Publishing Company, 1899), Pg 12.

5 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Beaver County, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Co., 1914), Pg 1029.