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Alexander Contee Hanson (1786-1819) —
also known as Alexander C. Hanson —
of near Elkridge, Howard
County, Md.
Born in Annapolis, Anne Arundel
County, Md., February
27, 1786.
Member of Maryland
state house of delegates, 1811-15; U.S.
Representative from Maryland 3rd District, 1813-16; U.S.
Senator from Maryland, 1816-19; died in office 1819.
Episcopalian.
Died near Elkridge, Howard
County, Md., April 23,
1819 (age 33 years, 55
days).
Interment in a private or family graveyard.
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Edwin Warfield (1848-1920) —
of Maryland.
Born in Howard
County, Md., May 7,
1848.
Son of Albert Gallatin Warfield and Margaret Gassaway (Watkins)
Warfield.
Democrat. Lawyer; Howard
County Register of Wills, 1874-81; member of Maryland
state senate, 1882-86; Surveyor of the Port of Baltimore,
1886-90; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Maryland, 1896;
Governor
of Maryland, 1904-08.
Presbyterian.
Member, Sons of
the American Revolution; American Bar
Association.
Died in Baltimore,
Md., March 31,
1920 (age 71 years, 329
days).
Interment in a private or family graveyard.
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Thomas Watkins Ligon (1810-1881) —
also known as Thomas W. Ligon —
of Ellicotts Mills (now Ellicott City), Howard
County, Md.
Born near Farmville, Prince
Edward County, Va., May 10,
1810.
Democrat. Member of Maryland
state house of delegates, 1843; U.S.
Representative from Maryland 3rd District, 1845-49; Governor of
Maryland, 1854-58.
Episcopalian.
Died near Ellicott City, Howard
County, Md., January
12, 1881 (age 70 years, 247
days).
Interment at St. John's Cemetery.
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Thomas Beale Dorsey (1780-1855) —
also known as Thomas B. Dorsey —
of Maryland.
Born in Anne Arundel
County, Md., October
17, 1780.
Son of John Worthington Dorsey and Comfort Dorsey.
U.S.
Attorney for Maryland, 1810-12; Maryland
state attorney general, 1822-24; Judge,
Maryland Court of Appeals, 1824-51.
Died December
26, 1855 (age 75 years, 70
days).
Interment at St. John's Cemetery.
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Married to Milcah Goodwin. |
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Edward Hammond (1812-1882) —
of Maryland.
Born in Howard
County, Md., March 17,
1812.
Democrat. Member of Maryland
state house of delegates, 1839-42, 1861-62, 1867; member of Maryland
state senate, 1849; U.S.
Representative from Maryland 3rd District, 1849-53; state court
judge in Maryland, 1867-82.
Episcopalian.
Died in Howard
County, Md., October
19, 1882 (age 70 years, 216
days).
Interment at St. John's Cemetery.
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