Clarence Page Townsley was a career United States Army officer who became superintendent of the United States Military Academy.
Clarence Townsley was born September 24, 1855, at De Kalb village, New York, son of Elias P. Townsley and his wife Louise Thompson. Townsleys grandfather Gideon had become postmaster, was elected town supervisor and operated a tannery close to the Oswegatchie River. Townsleys father Elias was also postmaster, was elected De Kalb town supervisor and also to the New York State Assembly.
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