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Robert Wright (1752-1826) —
of Maryland.
Born near Centreville, Queen Anne's
County, Md., November
20, 1752.
Son of Solomon Wright and Mary (Tidmarsh) Wright.
Democrat. Member of Maryland
state house of delegates, 1777-78, 1780, 1784, 1786-87, 1791-92;
member of Maryland
state senate, 1801; U.S.
Senator from Maryland, 1801-06; Governor of
Maryland, 1806-09; U.S.
Representative from Maryland 7th District, 1810-17, 1821-23;
state court judge in Maryland, 1823-26.
Episcopalian.
Died in Queen Anne's
County, Md., September
7, 1826 (age 73 years, 291
days).
Interment in a private or family graveyard.
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Elbert Nostrand Carvel (1910-2005) —
also known as Elbert N. Carvel; "Big
Bert" —
of Laurel, Sussex
County, Del.
Born in Shelter Island, Suffolk
County, Long Island, N.Y., February
9, 1910.
Son of Arnold Wrightson Carvel and Elizabeth (Nostrand) Carvel.
Democrat. Fertilizer
manufacturer; Lieutenant
Governor of Delaware, 1945-49; Delaware
Democratic state chair, 1946-47, 1955; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Delaware, 1948,
1952,
1956,
1960;
Governor
of Delaware, 1949-53, 1961-65; defeated, 1952; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Delaware, 1958, 1964; candidate for Presidential
Elector for Delaware, 1972.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Lions;
Grange;
Sigma
Delta Kappa; Alpha
Zeta.
Died in Laurel, Sussex
County, Del., February
6, 2005 (age 94 years, 363
days).
Interment in a private or family graveyard.
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James Lloyd (1745-1830) —
of Maryland.
Born near Chestertown, Kent
County, Md., 1745.
Democrat. Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary
War; member of Maryland
state house of delegates, 1778-79, 1781-83, 1793, 1795; member of
Maryland
state senate, 1784-85; U.S.
Senator from Maryland, 1797-1800; general in the U.S. Army during
the War of 1812.
Episcopalian.
Died near Easton, Talbot
County, Md., September
20, 1830 (age about 85
years).
Interment in a private or family graveyard.
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Turbutt Wright (1741-1783) —
of Maryland.
Born near Centreville, Queen Anne's
County, Md., February
5, 1741.
Delegate
to Maryland state constitutional convention, 1776; Delegate
to Continental Congress from Maryland, 1781-82; member of
Maryland state legislature, 1781-82.
Episcopalian.
Died near Centreville, Queen Anne's
County, Md., 1783
(age about
42 years).
Interment in a private or family graveyard.
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William Hemsley (1737-1812) —
of Maryland.
Born near Queenstown, Queen Anne's
County, Md., January
23, 1737.
Member of Maryland
state house of delegates, 1778; member of Maryland
state senate, 1779-81, 1786-87; Delegate
to Continental Congress from Maryland, 1782-83.
Episcopalian.
Died near Queenstown, Queen Anne's
County, Md., June 5,
1812 (age 75 years, 134
days).
Interment in a private or family graveyard.
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Richard Bennett Carmichael (1807-1884) —
of Queenstown, Queen
Anne's County, Md.
Born in Centreville, Queen Anne's
County, Md., December
25, 1807.
Democrat. Member of Maryland
state house of delegates, 1831, 1841, 1867; U.S.
Representative from Maryland 2nd District, 1833-35; state court
judge in Maryland, 1858-64; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Maryland, 1864,
1876;
delegate
to Maryland state constitutional convention, 1867.
Episcopalian.
Died near Queenstown, Queen Anne's
County, Md., October
21, 1884 (age 76 years, 301
days).
Interment in a private or family graveyard.
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Charles Hopper Gibson (1842-1900) —
also known as Charles H. Gibson —
of Easton, Talbot
County, Md.
Born near Centreville, Queen Anne's
County, Md., January
19, 1842.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from Maryland 1st District, 1885-91; U.S.
Senator from Maryland, 1891-97.
Episcopalian.
Died in Washington,
D.C., March 31,
1900 (age 58 years, 71
days).
Interment at Chesterfield Cemetery.
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John Brown (d. 1815) —
of Maryland.
Born in Maryland.
Democrat. Member of Maryland
state house of delegates, 1807-08; U.S.
Representative from Maryland 7th District, 1809-10.
Methodist.
Died in Centreville, Queen Anne's
County, Md., December
13, 1815.
Interment at Chesterfield Cemetery.
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John Brewer Brown (1836-1898) —
also known as John B. Brown —
of Maryland.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., May 13,
1836.
Democrat. Member of Maryland
state house of delegates, 1870; member of Maryland
state senate, 1888-94; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Maryland, 1888
(member, Committee
on Permanent Organization); U.S.
Representative from Maryland 1st District, 1892-93.
Episcopalian.
Died in Centreville, Queen Anne's
County, Md., May 16,
1898 (age 62 years, 3
days).
Interment at Chesterfield Cemetery.
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