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Author: S. J. Clarke (Publisher, 1922)

CHARLES KENNARD TOWNSEND, M. D.
    Dr. Charles Kennard Townsend, a physician and surgeon, active and
conscientious in the performance of his professional duties and junior partner
with his father in the firm of Townsend & Townsend of Arkadelphia, was born at
Black Rock, Lawrence county, Arkansas, August 14, 1890, his parents being Dr.
Noble Robert and Roxie (Creekmore) Townsend, mentioned at length on another page
of this work. Having attended the public schools of his native city he continued
his education in Ouachita College of Arkadelphia and in 1910 matriculated as a
medical students in Tulane University at New Orleans. From that institution he
was graduated with the class of 1915, at which time his M. D. degree was
conferred upon him. One year during his attendance at college he was connected
with the Shreveport (La.) Charity Hospital. Following his graduation he served
for two years as an interne in Tauro Infirmary of New Orleans and thus gained
broad and valuable experience. In 1917 he returned to his home at Arkadelphia
and in May, 1918, he enlisted in the Medical Corps of the United States army for
service in the World war. He was assigned to duty at Camp Gordon, Georgia, and
was later transferred to Fort Bayard, New Mexico, where he remained until
receiving his discharge in May, 1920. He was commissioned a first lieutenant at
the time of his enlistment.

    Following his return to Arkadelphia, Dr. Townsend was admitted to a
partnership by his father, Dr. Noble Robert Townsend, and they have since been
associated in practice. They are called upon for important professional duty and
the son, like the father, is recognized as an able physician and surgeon,
carefully diagnosing his cases and performing his professional service with the
utmost conscientiousness, realizing fully the responsibility that devolves upon
the physician and surgeon.

    On the 5th of July, 1919, Dr. Townsend was united in marriage to Miss Ethel
Pratt of El Dorado, Arkansas, and they have many friends in the city where they
make their home. Dr. Townsend is a member of Arkadelphia Lodge, No. 1149, B. P.
0. E. He is also identified with three Greek letter societies, the Pi Cappa
Alpha, the Phi Beta Pi and the Alpha Omega Alpha. He is likewise a member of the
Baptist church and along strictly professional lines he is connected with the
Clark County Medical Society, with the Arkansas State Medical Society, the
Southern Medical Association and the American Medical Association.


Additional Comments:
Citation:
Centennial History of Arkansas
Volume II
Chicago-Little Rock: The S. J. Clarke Publishing Company
1922


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