Arthur Melvin Townsend, Sr.

1875 - 1959

• Suffix	Sr.
  Born	26 Oct 1875	Winchester, Franklin County, Tennessee   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Died	20 Apr 1959	Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee   [1]
  Buried	Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee
  Person ID	I568	Nashville
  Last Modified	1 Jun 2008

  
  

  Father	Dock Anderson Townsend
  Mother	Emma A. Singleton
  Family ID	F183	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family	Willa Hadley
  Married	11 Jun 1902	Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee   [1, 2]
  Notes	Married: Married at Spruce Street Baptist Church
  Children	> 1. Arthur M. Townsend, Jr.,   b. 10 Sep 1903, Tennessee ,   d. 12 Apr 1971
  Last Modified	1 Jun 2008
  Family ID	F184	Group Sheet

  
  

• Photos

  Dr. Arthur M. Townsend Sr. Picture is from the book, Negro In Medicine by John Kenney.

  
  

  Documents

  Marriage Notice: A M Townsend & Willa Hadley From the Meharry News (1902)

  
  

  Headstones

  Townsend Family Mausoleum

  
  

• Sources

  [S1] Profiles of African-Americans in Tennessee, Annual Local Conference on Afro-American Culture and History, (http://www.tnstate.edu/library/digital/digitizing.html). [S104] Meharry News (1902), (Meharry Medical College), http://is.gd/oUc..