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Caroline County
Maryland

Cemeteries and Memorial Sites of Politicians in Caroline County


Index to Locations

  • Private or family graveyards
  • Denton Denton Cemetery
  • Federalsburg Hillcrest Cemetery
  • Ridgely Denton Cemetery


    Private or family graveyard
    Caroline County, Maryland
    Politicians buried here:
      Thomas Culbreth (1786-1843) — of Denton, Caroline County, Md. Born in River Bridges, Kent County, Del., April 13, 1786. Democrat. Member of Maryland state house of delegates, 1813; U.S. Representative from Maryland 7th District, 1817-21; state court judge in Maryland, 1822. Died near Greensboro, Caroline County, Md., April 16, 1843 (age 57 years, 3 days). Interment in a private or family graveyard.
      See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page


    Denton Cemetery
    Denton, Caroline County, Maryland
    Politicians buried here:
      Thomas Alan Goldsborough (1877-1951) — also known as T. Alan Goldsborough — of Denton, Caroline County, Md. Born in Greensboro, Caroline County, Md., September 16, 1877. Son of Washington E. Goldsborough and Martha P. (Laird) Goldsborough. Democrat. Lawyer; Caroline County State's Attorney, 1904-08; U.S. Representative from Maryland 1st District, 1921-39; Judge of U.S. District Court, 1939-41. Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons. Died in Washington, D.C., June 16, 1951 (age 73 years, 273 days). Interment at Denton Cemetery.
      Relatives: Third great-grandson of Robert Goldsborough; great-grandson of Charles Goldsborough; son of Washington E. Goldsborough and Martha P. (Laird) Goldsborough; married, June 16, 1909, to Laura Hall. See Goldsborough family of Maryland.
      See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page


    Hillcrest Cemetery
    Federalsburg, Caroline County, Maryland
    Politicians buried here:
      William Oswald Mills (1924-1973) — also known as William O. Mills — of Easton, Talbot County, Md. Born in Bethlehem, Caroline County, Md., August 12, 1924. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; U.S. Representative from Maryland 1st District, 1971-73; died in office 1973; delegate to Republican National Convention from Maryland, 1972. Methodist. Committed suicide, in Easton, Talbot County, Md., May 24, 1973 (age 48 years, 285 days). Interment at Hillcrest Cemetery.
      See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier


    Denton Cemetery
    Ridgely, Caroline County, Maryland
    Politicians buried here:
      Thomas Alexander Smith (1850-1932) — also known as Thomas A. Smith — of Ridgely, Caroline County, Md. Born near Greenwood, Sussex County, Del., September 3, 1850. Democrat. Member of Maryland state senate, 1894-96; U.S. Representative from Maryland 1st District, 1905-07. Methodist. Died in Newark, New Castle County, Del., May 1, 1932 (age 81 years, 241 days). Interment at Denton Cemetery.
      See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page


     

     


     
       
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