Norton Strange Townshend
Norton Strange Townshend | |
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Andrew Stuart | |
Member of the Ohio House of Representatives from the Lorain County district | |
In office December 4, 1848 – December 2, 1849 | |
Preceded by | Elah Park |
Succeeded by | Joseph L. Whiton |
Member of the Ohio Senate from the 27th district | |
In office January 2, 1854 – January 6, 1856 | |
Preceded by | Aaron Pardee |
Succeeded by | Herman Canfield |
Personal details | |
Born | Democratic | December 25, 1815
Alma mater | Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons |
Norton Strange Townshend (December 25, 1815 – July 13, 1895) was an American physician and politician who served on term as a
Biography
Born in Clay Coton, Northamptonshire, England, in 1830 he migrated to the United States with his parents, who settled in Avon, Ohio. He educated himself by the use of his father's library, taught a district school for a short time, and was graduated from the Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons in New York in 1840.
Townshend was a delegate to the
In 1854 and 1855, Townshend was a member of the Ohio Senate and during the American Civil War was a medical inspector of the Union Army with the rank of lieutenant colonel from 1863 to 1865.
He engaged in agricultural pursuits near Avon, was director of the State board of agriculture from 1858 to 1869 and 1886 to 1889, was professor of agriculture in Iowa Agricultural College in 1869, and was appointed in 1870 as one of the first trustees of
The Norton Strange Townshend Family Papers are located at the William L. Clements Library in Ann Arbor, Michigan.
Townshend Hall on the campus of Ohio State University was named for the professor on May 19, 1896.[2]
His descendants include his great-grandson Norton Townshend Dodge, an economist and art collector.
References
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- United States Congress. "Norton Strange Townshend (id: T000338)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved on February 2, 2013
- ^ "Townshend Hall - Buckeye Stroll". osu.edu. Retrieved November 26, 2012.
- "Honest Independence: The Life of Norton Strange Townshend" (online exhibit
External links
Media related to Norton Strange Townshend at Wikimedia Commons