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William Smallwood (1732-1792) —
of Charles
County, Md.
Born in Charles
County, Md., 1732.
Son of Bayne Smallwood and Priscilla (Heaberd) Smallwood.
General in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; Governor of
Maryland, 1785-88; member of Maryland
state senate, 1791-92.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Charles
County, Md., February
14, 1792 (age about 59
years).
Interment in a private or family graveyard.
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Daniel Jenifer (1791-1855) —
of Allens Fresh, Charles
County, Md.
Born in Charles
County, Md., April 15,
1791.
Member of Maryland
state house of delegates, 1817-19, 1829-30; U.S.
Representative from Maryland, 1831-33, 1835-41 (1st District
1831-33, 7th District 1835-41); U.S. Minister to Austria, 1841-45; delegate
to Maryland state constitutional convention, 1850.
Died near Port Tobacco, Charles
County, Md., December
18, 1855 (age 64 years, 247
days).
Interment in a private or family graveyard.
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Benjamin Contee (1755-1815) —
of Maryland.
Born in Prince
George's County, Md., 1755.
Delegate
to Continental Congress from Maryland, 1788; U.S.
Representative from Maryland at-large, 1789-91; state court judge
in Maryland, 1815.
Episcopalian.
Died near Port Tobacco, Charles
County, Md., November
30, 1815 (age about 60
years).
Interment in a private or family graveyard.
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Paul Henry Nitze (1907-2004) —
also known as Paul H. Nitze —
of Washington,
D.C.
Born in Amherst, Hampshire
County, Mass., January
16, 1907.
U.S. Ambassador to , 1986-89.
Received the Presidential
Medal of Freedom in 1985.
Died, of pneumonia,
in Washington,
D.C., October
19, 2004 (age 97 years, 277
days).
Interment in a private or family graveyard.
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Relatives:
Married 1932
to Phyllis Pratt (died 1987); married 1993 to
Elizabeth Scott Porter. |
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John Campbell (1765-1828) —
of Port Tobacco, Charles
County, Md.
Born near Port Tobacco, Charles
County, Md., September
11, 1765.
Member of Maryland
state house of delegates, 1792; member of Maryland
state senate, 1792-1800; U.S.
Representative from Maryland, 1801-11 (at-large 1801-07, 1st
District 1807-11); Charles
County Orphan's Court Judge.
Died in Charles
County, Md., June 23,
1828 (age 62 years, 286
days).
Interment in a private or family graveyard.
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Michael Jenifer Stone (c.1747-1812) —
of Maryland.
Born near Port Tobacco, Charles
County, Md., about 1747.
Member of Maryland
state house of delegates, 1781-83; U.S.
Representative from Maryland at-large, 1789-91; district judge in
Maryland, 1791-1802.
Episcopalian.
Died in Charles
County, Md., 1812
(age about
65 years).
Interment in a private or family graveyard.
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John Truman Stoddert (1790-1870) —
of Maryland.
Born in Charles
County, Md., October
1, 1790.
Member of Maryland
state house of delegates, 1815-16, 1820; U.S.
Representative from Maryland 8th District, 1833-35; delegate
to Maryland state constitutional convention, 1867.
Died in Charles
County, Md., July 19,
1870 (age 79 years, 291
days).
Interment in a private or family graveyard.
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Sydney Emanuel Mudd (1858-1911) —
also known as Sydney E. Mudd —
of Bryantown, Charles
County, Md.; La Plata, Charles
County, Md.
Born near La Plata, Charles
County, Md., February
12, 1858.
Republican. Member of Maryland
state house of delegates, 1880-82, 1896; Speaker of
the Maryland State House of Delegates, 1896; candidate for
Presidential Elector for Maryland, 1880;
U.S.
Representative from Maryland 5th District, 1890-91, 1897-1911;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Maryland, 1896
(speaker),
1900,
1908.
Catholic.
Died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., October
21, 1911 (age 53 years, 251
days).
Interment at St. Ignatius' Catholic Church Cemetery.
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Sydney Emanuel Mudd II (1885-1924) —
also known as Sydney E. Mudd —
of La Plata, Charles
County, Md.
Born near La Plata, Charles
County, Md., June 20,
1885.
Son of Sydney
Emanuel Mudd.
Republican. Candidate for Maryland
state house of delegates, 1909; Maryland
Republican state chair, 1910; U.S.
Representative from Maryland 5th District, 1915-24; died in
office 1924.
Catholic.
Died in Baltimore,
Md., October
11, 1924 (age 39 years, 113
days).
Interment at St. Ignatius' Catholic Church Cemetery.
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Frederick Stone (1820-1899) —
of Maryland.
Born in Charles
County, Md., February
7, 1820.
Son of Frederick D. Stone and Eliza (Payton) Stone (c.1802-1820; or
Patton/Peyton).
Democrat. Member of Maryland
state house of delegates, 1865-66, 1872; U.S.
Representative from Maryland 5th District, 1867-71; Judge,
Maryland Court of Appeals, 1881-90.
Episcopalian.
Died near La Plata, Charles
County, Md., October
17, 1899 (age 79 years, 252
days).
Interment at Mt. Rest Cemetery.
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John Grant Chapman (1798-1856) —
also known as John G. Chapman —
of Port Tobacco, Charles
County, Md.
Born in La Plata, Charles
County, Md., July 5,
1798.
Member of Maryland
state house of delegates, 1824-28, 1830, 1843-44; member of Maryland
state senate, 1831-36; U.S.
Representative from Maryland 1st District, 1845-49; delegate
to Maryland state constitutional convention, 1850.
Died in Charles
County, Md., December
10, 1856 (age 58 years, 158
days).
Original interment in private or family graveyard; reinterment at Mt.
Rest Cemetery.
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Andrew Grant Chapman (1839-1892) —
also known as Andrew G. Chapman —
of Port Tobacco, Charles
County, Md.
Born in La Plata, Charles
County, Md., January
17, 1839.
Son of John
Grant Chapman.
Democrat. Member of Maryland
state house of delegates, 1868-72, 1880, 1886; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Maryland, 1876
(member, Credentials
Committee); U.S.
Representative from Maryland 5th District, 1881-83.
Died near La Plata, Charles
County, Md., September
25, 1892 (age 53 years, 252
days).
Interment at Mt. Rest Cemetery.
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