Mathilde (Townsend) Welles (1885-1949)

Mrs Mathilde Scott (Townsend) Gerry, afterwards Welles

She was her parents only child. She inherited the Townsend House in Washington D.C. and divided her time between there and the 49-room Oxon Hill Manor in Forest Heights, Maryland. She was married twice but died without children.

Parents

Richard Holmes Townsend

of the "Townsend House" 2121 Massachusetts Avenue, N.W., Washington D.C.

1851-1902

Mary Tracy (Scott) Townsend

Mrs Mary Tracy (Scott) Townsend, of the "Townsend House" Washington D.C.

1854-1931

Spouses

Peter Goelet Gerry

Peter G. Gerry, U.S. Senator from Rhode Island

1879-1957

Sumner Welles

(Benjamin) Sumner Welles III, Ambassador & U.S. Under Secretary of State

1892-1961