U.S. Data Repository http://www.us-data.org/ -- USGenNet Inc. -- Please read the U.S. Data Repository Copyright Statement on the following page: ------------------------------------------------------------------- Townsend, Frank S. (1857-1939) ------------------------------------------------------------------- The History of Upshur County West Virginia From its Earliest Exploration and Settlement to the Present Time by W. B. Cutright Buckhannon, W. Va., July 1, 1907 Page 589 REV. FRANK S. TOWNSEND, pastor of the First Methodist Church of Buckhannon, was born at East Greenwich, R. I., April 19, 1857. He was educated in the public schools and the East Greenwich Academy. For several years he taught school and studied law, but finally decided to enter the Methodist ministry. He also decided to take a full college course before entering upon the ministry. In 1885 he graduated from Wesleyan University at Middletown, Conn., taking special lessons in English literature and in the modern history. He had joined the New York East conference about three months before his graduation. He continued in that conference for twelve years, busily engaged in pastoral work. In April, 1897, he was transferred to the West Virginia conference and stationed at First Church in Parkersburg. After three years and a half there he was appointed to Buckhannon in October, 1900, and is in his seventh year in that church. He has been for the same length of time chairman of the Conference Board of Examiners, and is much interested in that work. He is very widely read in general literature and in history, is fond of literary pursuits and is an occasional contributor to the religious papers and reviews. He does not, however, allow these matters to divert him from his church work, to which he always faithfully attends. ------------------------------------------------------------------- From Death Certificate, Monongalia County, WV #3702 FULL-NAME: Frank S. Townsend BIRTH-DATE: April 19, 1857 BIRTH-PLACE: E. Greenwich, Rhode Island DEATH-DATE: March 25, 1939 (at age 81y-11m-6d) DEATH-PLACE: (at home) 10 McLane Ave., Morgantown, Monongalia Co., WV MARITAL-STATUS: unknown OCCUPATION: Minister FATHER: William Townsend (born in R.I.) MOTHER: Susan Capron (born in R.I.) CAUSE-OF-DEATH: generalized arterio-sclerosis INFORMANT: F. W. Stemple (of Morgantown, W.Va.) BURIAL: Buckhannon ------------------------------------------------------------------- If you've reached this file through a SEARCH, you can access other biographies for Upshur County, WV by going to the following URL: http://www.us-data.org/wv/upshur/bios.html -------------------------------------------------------------------