Background
Townsend, Smith Delancey was born on March 27, 1860 in N. Attleboro, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Review Julius Sylvester and Martha Louise (Rice) Townsend.
Townsend, Smith Delancey was born on March 27, 1860 in N. Attleboro, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Review Julius Sylvester and Martha Louise (Rice) Townsend.
Bachelor of Arts, Hobart College, 1880, Master of Arts, 1883, Doctor of Divinity, 1901. Doctor of Philosophy, Saint Stephen’s College, 1894. Doctor of Laws, Saint John's College, Annapolis, Maryland., 1903.
Became deacon, 1883, priest, 1884, Protestant Episcopal Church. Rector Saint Luke’s, Whitewater, Wisconsin, 1884-1887. Associate rector, 1887-1897, rector, 1897-1928, All Angels’ Church, New York City.
Now rector emeritus.
Club: Century.
Married Kathryn Cranston Smith, October 2, 1884. Married second, Mistress. Children: Mary Allen, Kathryn Van Vleck (Lady Upcott, wife of Sir Gilbert Upcott, London).