Calaveras
County
Biographies
R. H. TOWNSEND
R. H. Townsend, superintendent of
the Calaveras Cement Company, is a man of considerable practical experience in
engineering affairs and since becoming identified with his present company has
been a large factor in its success. He
was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts, on the 24th of September,
1882, a son of Robert Harvey and Susan (Freeman) Townsend. The father, now deceased, was a member of an
old and well known New England family, and a successful businessman. The mother is living.
R. H. Townsend received his early
education in the public and high schools, after which he entered Harvard
University and was graduated with the degree of Master of Arts in 1909,
receiving also in the following year the degree of Mining Engineer from
Columbia University. He then went to
Durango, Mexico, where for thirteen years he served as manager of the San Louis
Mining Company. Afterward for two years,
he had charge of oil development work for Frank Hitchcock on the eastern coast
of Mexico. He spent three years in New
York City, and in June, 1926, came to San Andreas, California, as
superintendent of the Calaveras Cement Company, which under his efficient
supervision, has developed one of the leading industries of this section of the
valley. The office of his company is
located at 315 Montgomery Street, San Francisco.
Mr. Townsend was united in marriage
to Miss Juana Leonards, who is of Spanish descent. He gives his political support to the
Republican Party and is a member of the Harvard Club. Since coming to San Andreas, Mr. Townsend has
formed a wide acquaintance and won many warm and lasting friendships, for he
possesses sincerity and earnestness of purpose that have gained for him the
confidence and respect of all who know him.
Transcribed by
Gerald Iaquinta.
Source:
Wooldridge, J.W.Major History of Sacramento Valley
California, Vol. 3, Page 297. Pioneer Historical
Publishing Co. Chicago 1931.
© 2010
Gerald Iaquinta.
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