Ogden Standard-Examiner | 1924-08-04 | Page 3 | Former Solon Drops Dead

FORMER SOLON DROPS DEAD Ex Senator Townsend Defender of Newberry Stricken J JACKSON o Mich Aug 4 Former United States Senator Charles E Townsend dropped lend dead Sunday night at the th home hornot of Doctor and Mrs Mra Mr T G Harris where r he Mrs Irs Townsend Town nd and Mrs D S Loomis her mother were guests lIe He H was vas s 68 S Sears old Senator Townsend Townsen 1 was defeat defeat defeat- defeated defeated ed for tor reelection to the th senate senat in 1922 by former Governor Wood Wood- WoodbrIdge Woodbridge Wood brIdge N Fen Is a Democrat The Tho Thelast last t part of 01 his time as ai a senator a was de demoted to the detent defense ot of his Is colleague Senator Newberry who resIgned after a long tight fight over ht campaign expenditures After Atter his retirement he h e II appointed s a member ot of o the international joint commission slon which handles boundary questions between bet the United States and Canada Former Senator Tow To n end mar mar- marred mar married red ried Miss 1189 Nannette B Loomis ot of Jackson in March l 1921 his first wife having died the previous year