Wilburn Branson Townsend
Born at Sugartree TN, on Aug. 17, 1907; insurance broker and auto dealer; Scotch-Irish descent; married Emma Lou Long on November 22, 1930. Attended the public schools of Decatur County; University of TN 1929; a member of the Baptist Church; a Democrat.
Mr. Townsend is engaged in the general insurance and automobile (chevrolet) business at Parson, Tenn. He has been in this business since 9130. He is the father of one child; Nancy Ann, aged 4. He is Chairman of the County Board of Education of Decatur County and Pres. of the Young Democrats. He is a member of the election committee and also the Farm Bureau. Hunting is his hobby.
Source: Prominent Tennesseans Pg 225
Wilburn Branson Townsend (1907 - )
HOUSE, 72nd and 82nd General Assemblies, 1941-43, 1961-63; representing Decatur and Benton counties; Democrat. Born at Sugar Tree, Decatur County; Aug. 17, 1907; son of Eli Mansfield and Cordelia Estelle (Harrison) Townsend. Attended elementary and high schools, Parsons, Decatur County, graduating from latter, 1928; Union University, Jackson, Madison County, 1929; University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Knox County, 1930. Married at Parsons, Nov. 23, 1930, to Emma Lou Long, daughter of James Connie and Ann (Austin) Long, of Parsons;children — Nancy Ann, Janell, and James Branson. Described self in 1957 as automobile dealer, insurance agent, and farmer;proprietor of Townsend Insurance Agency at Parsons for thirty-five years or more. Alternate delegate, 1952, to Democratic National Convention and delegate-at-large to national convention of 1960; chairman, board of education, 1956; co-manager in 7th congressional district for Edmund Orgill's candidacy for governor in Democratic primary of 1958. Member Baptist Church; Free and Accepted Masons? Order of the Mystic Shrine? Order of the Eastern Star; Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks;Farm Bureau; Tennessee Insurance Agents Ass'n; Tennessee Executive Club; Chamber of Commerce; Decatur County Livestock Ass'n.; a director in County Fair Ass'n. Residence (1965),403 Virginia Ave., So, Parsons.
Sources: Information supplied by self, Nov. 5, 1957, and by Tenn. Legislative Council; Decatur County Herald, Oct. 28, 1936; Apr. 29, 1938;J une 19, 1942; June 20, 1958? June 17, 1960; Parsons News Leader, June 6, Aug. 1, 1952; pg. 21, 1956;Tenn. Public Acts, 1941? Parsons Telephone Directory, 1965
Biographical Directory Tennessee General Assembly 1796-1969 Preliminary No. 13
Benton and Decatur Counties TN State Library and Archives
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