Marie Townsend

Mary Mansfield Townsend Allen (July 16, 1851 – July 2, 1912) was an American author and composer   who published her works under the names Marie Townsend and Mansfield Townsend.

Townsend was born in Canton, Pennsylvania, to Mary Ann Sharpe and Herman Townsend. She married William LeBaron Gibbs Allen on November 2, 1869, in Kidder, Missouri.

Townsend's publications include:

Opera

 * Hawaii

Plays

 * Bobs and Nabobs: A Domestic Drama in Four Acts 
 * Ceramics, a Summer Idyll: An Original Comedy in Five Acts

Songs

 * "Hammock Song"
 * "Summer Days"