Pueblo County CO Archives Biographies.....Townsend, Wood F. 1841 - 
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Author: R. M. Stevenson (1881)

CAPT. WOOD F. TOWNSEND.

    It does not require many years for a man of enterprise and merit to become
established in the "growing West." Although Capt. Townsend has lived in Colorado
not quite three years, yet he is prominently known, and has become identified
with many of the important interests of South Pueblo. He was born in New York
City May 3, 1841. When five years of age, his parents moved to Pennsylvania, and
settled at Minequa Springs, where he was raised and educated. He enlisted in the
Federal army when nineteen years of age, and served through the late war. He was
in many of the famous battles in Virginia, was wounded at Antietam, and
afterward detailed upon Gen. Schenck's staff. He was also for a time Enrolling
Clerk for Gen. Wallace. He was mustered out of the service in 1864, but entered
the army again in a few months, having organized a company, of which he became
Captain in the One Hundred and Ninety-sixth Ohio. After the war, Capt. Townsend
continued his law studies, in which he had already made some progress, and was
admitted to the bar on his birthday in 1866. Soon afterward, he located at
Danville, Ill., and then began the practice of law, living at that place
continuously for about twelve years. In 1878, his health failing, Capt. Townsend
decided to come West, and in November of that year he located at Pueblo. In May
following, he began the practice of law, which he has since continued with
eminent success. He assisted in organizing the South Pueblo Water Company, and
is now the company's Superintendent. Was one of the incorporators of the Pueblo
Street Railway, and is now a member of the Board of Directors and Attorney for
the company. He is City Attorney for South Pueblo, and is also Local Attorney
for the Denver & Rio Grande Railroad, Capt. Townsend has been twice married. He
was unfortunate in losing his first wife and children by death in Illinois, and
was married to his present wife in November, 1878.


Additional Comments:

Extracted from:

History of the  Arkansas Valley, Colorado
By J. Harrison Mills

O. L. Baskin & Co.
Chicago
1881


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