His wife commissioned the "Townsend House" in Washington D.C., designed by Carrère & Hastings in 1898, and which now serves as the Cosmos Club. They had just one daughter who was married twice but died without children.
Parents
Dr. Richard Holmes Townsend
M.D., Physician & President of the Philadelphia Fountain Society
1817-1898
Mary (Van Syckel) Townsend
Mrs Mary Smith (Van Syckel) Townsend
1822-1892
Spouse
Mary Tracy (Scott) Townsend
Mrs Mary Tracy (Scott) Townsend, of the "Townsend House" Washington D.C.
1854-1931
Children
Mathilde (Townsend) Welles
Mrs Mathilde Scott (Townsend) Gerry, afterwards Welles
