Wallace Townsend [SEP] educated at
Italia James. In 1894, Townsend moved with his family to the capital city of Little Rock, where his brother, A. E. "Jack" Townsend, was the long-term assistant postmaster. In 1902, Wallace Townsend obtained a Bachelor of Arts degree from Hendrix College in Conway, Arkansas, and became an educator for eight years. From 1906 to 1910, he was principal of Little Rock High School, in which capacity he obtained the first accreditation of the institution.
Legal and political career.
In 1906
two years as a lightship, condemned, laid up in January 1918 and sold for $150 April 27, 1920.
Private ownership.
The new owner installed power propulsion and renamed the ship "W. J. Townsend" which was scrapped in 1945.
External links.
- Bush Bluff Lightship (Chesapeake Chapter, USLHS)
- "The Sea-Serpent" Science 8 (189):258. 17 Sep 1886 reproduced at Cape Cod History