Somerset County
Maryland
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Somerset County
Maryland
Cemeteries and Memorial Sites of Politicians in Somerset County
Index to Locations
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Levin Winder (1757-1819) —
of Maryland.
Born in Somerset
County, Md., September
4, 1757.
Son of William Winder and Esther (Gillis) Winder.
Colonel in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; member
of Maryland
state house of delegates, 1789-93, 1806-09; Presidential Elector
for Maryland, 1792;
Governor
of Maryland, 1812-16.
Presbyterian.
Died in Baltimore,
Md., July 1,
1819 (age 61 years, 300
days).
Original interment at First
Presbyterian Church Burial Ground, Baltimore, Md.; reinterment at
in a private or family graveyard.
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Edward Henry Carroll Long (1808-1865) —
also known as Edward H. C. Long —
of Princess Anne, Somerset
County, Md.
Born in Princess Anne, Somerset
County, Md., September
28, 1808.
Member of Maryland
state house of delegates, 1833, 1835-36, 1839, 1844, 1860-61; U.S.
Representative from Maryland 6th District, 1845-47.
Died in Princess Anne, Somerset
County, Md., October
16, 1865 (age 57 years, 18
days).
Interment in a private or family graveyard.
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John Millard Tawes (1894-1979) —
also known as J. Millard Tawes —
of Crisfield, Somerset
County, Md.
Born in Crisfield, Somerset
County, Md., April 8,
1894.
Son of James Tawes and Alice (Byrd) Tawes.
Democrat. Secretary-treasurer, Tawes Shipbuilding
Co. and Tawes Baking Co.;
director, Bank of
Crisfield; Somerset
County Clerk of Court, 1930-38; Maryland
state comptroller, 1939-47, 1950-59; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Maryland, 1940,
1944,
1948,
1952,
1956;
Governor
of Maryland, 1959-67; member of Democratic
National Committee from Maryland, 1963.
Methodist.
Member, Elks; Knights
of Pythias; Rotary; Freemasons;
Order of the
Eastern Star; Shriners;
Tall
Cedars of Lebanon.
Died in Crisfield, Somerset
County, Md., June 25,
1979 (age 85 years, 78
days).
Interment at Sunny Ridge Memorial Park Cemetery.
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Harry T. Phoebus, Jr. (1928-2000) —
of Somerset
County, Md.
Born in Oriole, Somerset
County, Md., November
27, 1928.
Son of Harry
Thomas Phoebus.
Republican. Member of Maryland
state senate from Somerset County, 1965-66.
Died in Anne Arundel
County, Md., December
1, 2000 (age 72 years, 4
days).
Interment at St. Paul's Protestant Episcopal Cemetery.
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Harry Thomas Phoebus (1893-1964) —
also known as Harry T. Phoebus —
of Princess Anne, Somerset
County, Md.
Born in 1893.
Republican. Member of Maryland
state house of delegates from Somerset County, 1918; member of Maryland
state senate from Somerset County, 1935-37, 1947-64; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Maryland, 1956,
1960.
Died in 1964
(age about
71 years).
Interment at St. Peter's Cemetery.
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Thomas David Nicholls (1870-1931) —
also known as Thomas D. Nicholls —
of Scranton, Lackawanna
County, Pa.
Born in Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne
County, Pa., September
16, 1870.
Son of Alfred Nicholls and Ann (Davis) Nicholls.
Democrat. Coal miner;
president,
District 1, United Mine Workers of America, 1899-1909; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 10th District, 1907-11.
Member, United
Mine Workers.
Died in 1931
(age about
60 years).
Interment at Antioch Methodist Episcopal Cemetery.
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Joshua Weldon Miles (1858-1929) —
also known as Joshua W. Miles —
of Princess Anne, Somerset
County, Md.
Born near Marion, Somerset
County, Md., December
9, 1858.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from Maryland 1st District, 1895-97; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Maryland, 1912
(speaker),
1924.
Presbyterian.
Died in Baltimore,
Md., March 4,
1929 (age 70 years, 85
days).
Interment at Manokin Cemetery.
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John Woodland Crisfield (1806-1897) —
of Maryland.
Born near Chestertown, Kent
County, Md., November
8, 1806.
Member of Maryland
state house of delegates, 1836; U.S.
Representative from Maryland, 1847-49, 1861-63 (6th District
1847-49, 1st District 1861-63); delegate
to Maryland state constitutional convention, 1850.
Presbyterian.
Died in Princess Anne, Somerset
County, Md., January
12, 1897 (age 90 years, 65
days).
Interment at Manokin Presbyterian Cemetery.
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Henry Page (1841-1913) —
also known as John Woodland Crisfield, Jr. —
of Princess Anne, Somerset
County, Md.
Born in Princess Anne, Somerset
County, Md., June 28,
1841.
Son of John
Woodland Crisfield.
Democrat. Lawyer; delegate
to Maryland state constitutional convention, 1867; Somerset
County State's Attorney, 1870-84; Presidential Elector for
Maryland, 1888;
U.S.
Representative from Maryland 1st District, 1891-92; district
judge in Maryland, 1892-1908.
Presbyterian.
Member, Phi
Kappa Psi.
Died in Princess Anne, Somerset
County, Md., January
7, 1913 (age 71 years, 193
days).
Interment at Manokin Presbyterian Church Cemetery.
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Robert Franklin Bratton (1845-1894) —
of Maryland.
Born in Barren Creek, Wicomico
County, Md., May 13,
1845.
Democrat. Member of Maryland
state house of delegates, 1870; member of Maryland
state senate, 1874, 1880-82, 1888-90; U.S.
Representative from Maryland 1st District, 1893-94; died in
office 1894.
Died in Princess Anne, Somerset
County, Md., May 10,
1894 (age 48 years, 362
days).
Interment at St. Andrew's Cemetery.
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George Robertson Dennis (1822-1882) —
of Kingston, Somerset
County, Md.
Born in White Haven, Wicomico
County, Md., April 8,
1822.
Democrat. Member of Maryland
state senate, 1854-56, 1872-74; colonel in the Union Army during
the Civil War; member of Maryland
state house of delegates, 1867; U.S.
Senator from Maryland, 1873-79.
Episcopalian.
Died in Kingston, Somerset
County, Md., August
12, 1882 (age 60 years, 126
days).
Interment at St. Andrew's Churchyard.
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Levin Woolford (1819-1890) —
of Princess Anne, Somerset
County, Md.
Born near Princess Anne, Somerset
County, Md., 1819.
Son of Dr. John Woolford and Ann Irving (Gillis) Woolford.
Democrat. Lawyer; Somerset
County Circuit Court Clerk, 1851-69; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Maryland, 1860;
Maryland
state comptroller, 1870-78; Maryland state tax commissioner,
1878-90; banker.
Episcopalian.
Died of a stroke, in
Princess Anne, Somerset
County, Md., September
30, 1890 (age about 71
years).
Interment at St. Andrew's Churchyard.
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Joseph Stewart Cottman (1803-1863) —
of Maryland.
Born near Allen, Wicomico
County, Md., August
16, 1803.
Member of Maryland
state house of delegates, 1831-32, 1834, 1839; member of Maryland
state senate, 1836-37; U.S.
Representative from Maryland 6th District, 1851-53.
Died near Allen, Wicomico
County, Md., January
28, 1863 (age 59 years, 165
days).
Interment at St. Andrew's Episcopal Churchyard.
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