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

JUNIUS ALEXANDER TOWNSEND.
    Junius Alexander Townsend, owner and proprietor of the Townsend Hotel at Hot
Springs, was born in Robeson county, North Carolina. November 2, 1853. There he
was reared, pursuing his education in private schools. His youthful days were
spent upon his father's plantation, and in September, 1882, he first visited Hot
Springs, stopping here on his way to Texas, as he thought, but he decided to
remain and secured a clerkship in a dry goods store, in which he was employed
for three years. For eight years before removing to Arkansas he had been engaged
in clerking in a dry goods store in North Carolina, so that he brought knowledge
and experience to his work here. Moreover, he was ambitious to establish
business on his own account and carefully saved his earnings until in 1885 he
was able to open a small store, purchasing a stock of dry goods which he
increased as the years passed by and prosperity attended his efforts. He
conducted the business for fifteen years and then sold the store, after which he
was out of business for several years. He then turned his attention to the hotel
business and in the meantime be assisted in organizing the Citizens National
Bank, of which he was president for two years. In 1909 he erected the Townsend
Hotel, which was opened on the 6th of January. 1910, with fifty-seven guest
rooms. It is situated on Chapel street and has been a popular hostelry, well
patronized from the beginning. It is conducted along high standards of hotel
service and the business has therefore proven a profitable one.

    On the 25th of September, 1888, Mr. Townsend was united in marriage to Miss
Sarah L. Warren of Cape Girardeau. Missouri, and they have become parents of
five children: Junius M.: Richard W.; Sarah L., who died at the age of seventeen
months; Hubert F.; and Martha E. The second son, Richard W., was captain of
Company H of the Three Hundred and Fifty-seventh Infantry, Ninetieth Division,
in the World war and died from wounds received in action on the 12th of
September, 1918, having been wounded in the St. Mibiel drive. Junius M. was also
overseas as a member of Company A, Three Hundred and Forty-third Field
Artillery, Ninetieth Division, and following the signing of the armistice was
with the Army of Occupation in Germany for six months.

    Junius A. Townsend's religious faith is that of the Methodist church. The
sterling worth of his character is widely recognized by all and he finds warm
friendships among those who appreciate the embodiment of advanced principles in
human conduct.


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


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