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Thomas Johnson (1732-1819) —
of Anne
Arundel County, Md.
Born in Calvert
County, Md., November
4, 1732.
Son of Thomas Johnson and Dorcas (Sedgewick) Johnson.
Delegate
to Continental Congress from Maryland, 1774-76, 1779-81; general
in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; delegate
to Maryland state constitutional convention, 1776; Governor of
Maryland, 1777-79; member of Maryland
state house of delegates, 1780-81, 1786-88; state court judge in
Maryland, 1790-91; Justice
of U.S. Supreme Court, 1791-93.
Episcopalian.
Died near Frederick, Frederick
County, Md., October
26, 1819 (age 86 years, 356
days).
Original interment at All Saints' Episcopal
Churchyard; reinterment at Mt. Olivet Cemetery.
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Richard Potts (1753-1808) —
of Maryland.
Born in Upper Marlboro, Prince
George's County, Md., July 19,
1753.
Delegate
to Continental Congress from Maryland, 1781; member of Maryland
state senate, 1787; delegate to
Maryland convention to ratify U.S. constitution, 1788; U.S.
Attorney for Maryland, 1789-92; district judge in Maryland,
1791-92, 1796-1801; Presidential Elector for Maryland, 1792;
U.S.
Senator from Maryland, 1793-96; Judge, Maryland Court of
Appeals, 1801-06.
Anglican.
Died in 1808
(age about
54 years).
Original interment at All Saints' Parish
Cemetery; reinterment at Mt. Olivet Cemetery.
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Charles McCurdy Mathias, Jr. (1922-2010) —
also known as Charles McC. Mathias; Mac
Mathias —
of Frederick, Frederick
County, Md.; Chevy Chase, Montgomery
County, Md.
Born in Frederick, Frederick
County, Md., July 24,
1922.
Son of Charles
McCurdy Mathias and Theresa McElfresh (Trail) Mathias.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; lawyer;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Maryland, 1956
(alternate), 1972;
member of Maryland
state house of delegates, 1959-61; U.S.
Representative from Maryland 6th District, 1961-69; U.S.
Senator from Maryland, 1969-87.
Episcopalian.
Member, Council on
Foreign Relations; Society
of the Cincinnati.
Died, from complications of Parkinson's
disease, in Chevy Chase, Montgomery
County, Md., January
25, 2010 (age 87 years, 185
days).
Interment at Mt. Olivet Cemetery.
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James Cooper (1810-1863) —
of Gettysburg, Adams
County, Pa.; Pottsville, Schuylkill
County, Pa.
Born in Frederick
County, Md., May 8,
1810.
U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 12th District, 1839-43; Pennsylvania
state attorney general, 1848; resigned 1848; U.S.
Senator from Pennsylvania, 1849-55.
Died in Columbus, Franklin
County, Ohio, March 28,
1863 (age 52 years, 324
days).
Interment at Mt. Olivet Cemetery.
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Roger Nelson (1759-1815) —
of Frederick, Frederick
County, Md.
Born near Frederick, Frederick
County, Md., 1759.
Democrat. General in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary
War; member of Maryland
state house of delegates from Frederick County, 1792-93, 1800-02;
member of Maryland
state senate from Western Shore, 1802-04; U.S.
Representative from Maryland, 1804-10 (at-large 1804-07, 4th
District 1807-10); circuit judge in Maryland, 1810-15.
Episcopalian.
Died in Frederick, Frederick
County, Md., June 17,
1815 (age about 55
years).
Original interment at All Saints' Parish
Cemetery; reinterment at Mt. Olivet Cemetery.
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George Baer, Jr. (1763-1834) —
of Frederick, Frederick
County, Md.
Born in Frederick, Frederick
County, Md., 1763.
Member of Maryland
state house of delegates, 1794-95, 1808-09; U.S.
Representative from Maryland 4th District, 1797-1801, 1815-17;
state court judge in Maryland, 1813; mayor
of Frederick, Md., 1820-23.
Catholic.
Died in Hyattstown, Montgomery
County, Md., April 3,
1834 (age about 70
years).
Interment at Mt. Olivet Cemetery.
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John Ritchie (1831-1887) —
of Maryland.
Born in Frederick, Frederick
County, Md., August
12, 1831.
Democrat. Presidential Elector for Maryland, 1860;
U.S.
Representative from Maryland 4th District, 1871-73; defeated,
1872; circuit judge in Maryland, 1881-87; Judge,
Maryland Court of Appeals, 1881-87.
Episcopalian.
Died in Frederick, Frederick
County, Md., October
27, 1887 (age 56 years, 76
days).
Interment at Mt. Olivet Cemetery.
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Jacob Michael Kunkel (1822-1870) —
also known as Jacob M. Kunkel —
of Frederick, Frederick
County, Md.
Born in Frederick, Frederick
County, Md., July 13,
1822.
Democrat. Member of Maryland
state senate, 1852-53; U.S.
Representative from Maryland 5th District, 1857-61.
Episcopalian.
Died in Frederick, Frederick
County, Md., April 7,
1870 (age 47 years, 268
days).
Interment at Mt. Olivet Cemetery.
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Francis Brengle (1807-1846) —
of Maryland.
Born in Frederick, Frederick
County, Md., November
26, 1807.
Member of Maryland
state house of delegates, 1834-36; U.S.
Representative from Maryland 2nd District, 1843-45.
Died in Frederick, Frederick
County, Md., December
10, 1846 (age 39 years, 14
days).
Interment at Mt. Olivet Cemetery.
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Thomas Contee Worthington (1782-1847) —
of Maryland.
Born near Annapolis, Anne Arundel
County, Md., November
25, 1782.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; member of
Maryland
state house of delegates, 1818; U.S.
Representative from Maryland 4th District, 1825-27; member of Maryland
state executive council, 1831-33.
Episcopalian.
Died in Frederick, Frederick
County, Md., April 12,
1847 (age 64 years, 138
days).
Interment at Mt. Olivet Cemetery.
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Milton George Urner (1839-1926) —
of Maryland.
Born in Frederick
County, Md., July 29,
1839.
Republican. U.S.
Representative from Maryland 6th District, 1879-83; member of Maryland
state senate, 1888-90.
Methodist.
Died in Frederick, Frederick
County, Md., February
9, 1926 (age 86 years, 195
days).
Interment at Mt. Olivet Cemetery.
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John Columbus Motter (1844-1915) —
of Maryland.
Born December
4, 1844.
Circuit judge in Maryland.
Died June 12,
1915 (age 70 years, 190
days).
Interment at Mt. Olivet Cemetery.
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William G. Cole (d. 1877) —
also known as W. G. Cole —
of Frederick, Frederick
County, Md.
Mayor
of Frederick, Md., 1859-65.
Died July 25,
1877.
Interment at Mt. Olivet Cemetery.
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Francis Scott Key (1779-1843) —
of District of Columbia.
Born in Carroll
County, Md., August 1,
1779.
Son of John Ross Key (1754-1821) and Ann (Charlton) Key.
Lawyer;
U.S.
Attorney for the District of Columbia, 1833-41.
During the war of 1812, while on a mission to obtain the release of a
prisoner from British forces, witnessed the bombardment of Fort
McHenry from the deck of the British ship Surprise; that
night, September 13-14, 1814, he wrote a poem "The Spangled Banner".
The poem was published soon afterward, rapidly gained popularity, and
became the lyrics to the U.S. national anthem.
Died, from pleurisy, in
Baltimore,
Md., January
11, 1843 (age 63 years, 163
days).
Originally entombed at Old
St. Paul's Cemetery, Baltimore, Md.; later interred in 1866 at
Mt. Olivet Cemetery; memorial monument at Golden
Gate Park, San Francisco, Calif.
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Roger Brooke Taney (1777-1864) —
also known as Roger B. Taney —
of Baltimore,
Md.
Born in Calvert
County, Md., March 17,
1777.
Son of Michael Taney and Monica (Brooke) Taney.
Lawyer;
member of Maryland
state house of delegates, 1799-1800; member of Maryland
state senate, 1816-21; Maryland
state attorney general, 1827-31; U.S.
Attorney General, 1831-33; U.S.
Secretary of the Treasury, 1833-34; Chief
Justice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1836-64; died in office 1864.
Catholic.
First
Catholic to hold a U.S. cabinet position.
Died in Washington,
D.C., October
12, 1864 (age 87 years, 209
days).
Interment at St. John's Catholic Church Cemetery; statue at State
House Grounds, Annapolis, Md.
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Relatives: Son
of Michael Taney and Monica (Brooke) Taney; married, January
7, 1806, to Anne Phoebe Charlton Key (niece of Philip
Barton Key (1757-1815); sister of Francis
Scott Key; aunt of Philip
Barton Key (1818-1859)). See Livingston-Seymour-Lee-Williams
family of New York. |
| | | Taney County,
Mo. is named for him. |
| | | Epitaph: "He was a profound and able
lawyer, an upright and fearless judge, a pious and exemplary
Christian." |
| | | See also Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Books by Roger Taney: Memoir
of Roger Brooke Taney : Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the U.
S. |
| | | Books about Roger Taney: Bernard
Christian Steiner, Life
of Roger Brooke Taney, Chief Justice of the United States Supreme
Court (out of print) — Charles Smith, Roger
B. Taney : Jacksonian Jurist — Suzanne Freedman, Roger
Taney : The Dred Scott Legacy (for young readers) |
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Outerbridge Horsey (1777-1842) —
of Wilmington, New Castle
County, Del.
Born near Laurel, Sussex
County, Del., March 5,
1777.
Lawyer;
member of Delaware
state house of representatives, 1801-04; Delaware
state attorney general, 1806-10; U.S.
Senator from Delaware, 1810-21.
Died near Petersville, Frederick
County, Md., June 9,
1842 (age 65 years, 96
days).
Interment at St. John's Catholic Church Cemetery.
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Enoch Louis Lowe (1820-1892) —
of Maryland.
Born in Frederick, Frederick
County, Md., August
10, 1820.
Democrat. Member of Maryland
state house of delegates, 1845; Governor of
Maryland, 1851-54; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Maryland, 1856;
Presidential Elector for Maryland, 1860.
Catholic.
Died in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., August
23, 1892 (age 72 years, 13
days).
Interment at St. John's Catholic Church Cemetery.
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Louis Victor Baughman (1845-1906) —
also known as L. Victor Baughman; "Little Napoleon of
Western Maryland" —
of Frederick
County, Md.
Born in Frederick, Frederick
County, Md., April 11,
1845.
Son of John William Baughman and Mary Jane (Jamison) Baughman.
Democrat. Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; lawyer; newspaper
editor; farmer; horseman;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from Maryland 6th District, 1886; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Maryland, 1888;
Maryland
state comptroller, 1888-92; president, Chesapeake and Ohio Canal
Company; president, Frederick, Northern & Gettysburg Electric
Railway Company.
Died near Frederick, Frederick
County, Md., November
30, 1906 (age 61 years, 233
days).
Interment at St. John's Catholic Church Cemetery.
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