John P. Townsend
John P. Townsend | |
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A sketch of John P. Townsend, 1894 | |
| Born | John Pomeroy Townsend 1832 Middlebury, Vermont, U.S. |
| Died | 10 September 1898 (aged 66) Tarrytown, New York, U.S. |
| Occupation | banker |
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| Spouse | Elizabeth A. Baldwin (1853) |
| Children | 3 |
John Pomeroy Townsend (1832–1898) was an American financier of the Gilded Age. He proudly claimed descent from "old Puritan stock", tracing his ancestry to a Thomas Townsend who settled at Lynn, Massachusetts in 1637.