Charles W. Townsend schooling was gained at the Walton Academy and Eastman Business College, which he attended in 1864. Soon after leaving Eastman he went west, where he clerked for a year in the store of his cousin, Martin Rogers, at Wheatland, Iowa. He then came back east and secured a position with the firm of T. R. Helfrich & Co., in New York City, a produce commission house. Soon after he went with the commercial paper house of Orlando M. Bogart. After a few years here he purchased a seat on the New York Stock Exchange in 1877, and at the time of his retirement from the exchange in 1916, was one of its oldest members.
In spite of his years he always took an active interest in business and sports. Until within four years of his death it was always his custom, when opportunity afforded, to go in swimming in summer and to skate in winter. Generous, kind-hearted and sympathetic, he will be missed by a large circle of relatives and friends. (Source: The Walton Reporter, Oct. 24, 1925 issue, page 8)
In spite of his years he always took an active interest in business and sports. Until within four years of his death it was always his custom, when opportunity afforded, to go in swimming in summer and to skate in winter. Generous, kind-hearted and sympathetic, he will be missed by a large circle of relatives and friends. (Source: The Walton Reporter, Oct. 24, 1925 issue, page 8)
Charles W. Townsend schooling was gained at the Walton Academy and Eastman Business College, which he attended in 1864. Soon after leaving Eastman he went west, where he clerked for a year in the store of his cousin, Martin Rogers, at Wheatland, Iowa. He then came back east and secured a position with the firm of T. R. Helfrich & Co., in New York City, a produce commission house. Soon after he went with the commercial paper house of Orlando M. Bogart. After a few years here he purchased a seat on the New York Stock Exchange in 1877, and at the time of his retirement from the exchange in 1916, was one of its oldest members.
In spite of his years he always took an active interest in business and sports. Until within four years of his death it was always his custom, when opportunity afforded, to go in swimming in summer and to skate in winter. Generous, kind-hearted and sympathetic, he will be missed by a large circle of relatives and friends. (Source: The Walton Reporter, Oct. 24, 1925 issue, page 8)
In spite of his years he always took an active interest in business and sports. Until within four years of his death it was always his custom, when opportunity afforded, to go in swimming in summer and to skate in winter. Generous, kind-hearted and sympathetic, he will be missed by a large circle of relatives and friends. (Source: The Walton Reporter, Oct. 24, 1925 issue, page 8)
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