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Horsey family of Maryland and Delaware

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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. Slaveowner. Died near Petersville, Frederick County, Md., June 9, 1842 (age 65 years, 96 days). Interment at St. John's Catholic Church Cemetery, Frederick, Md.
  Relatives: Son of William Horsey and Eleanor (Walles) Horsey; father of Outerbridge Horsey (1819-1902); great-grandfather of Outerbridge Horsey (1910-1983); first cousin thrice removed of Thomas Clayton Horsey; third cousin once removed of Charles H. G. Horsey.
  Political family: Horsey family of Maryland and Delaware (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Outerbridge Horsey (1819-1902) — of Burkittsville, Frederick County, Md. Born in Delaware, February 28, 1819. Democrat. Lawyer; distiller; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Maryland, 1876; member of Democratic National Committee from Maryland, 1880. Died January 5, 1902 (age 82 years, 311 days). Interment at St. Mary's Cemetery, Petersville, Md.
  Relatives: Son of Outerbridge Horsey (1777-1842) and Eliza Digges (Lee) Horsey; married to Anna Carroll; grandfather of Outerbridge Horsey (1910-1983); second cousin twice removed of Thomas Clayton Horsey; fourth cousin of Charles H. G. Horsey.
  Political family: Horsey family of Maryland and Delaware (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Charles H. G. Horsey (c.1848-1885) — of Seaford, Sussex County, Del. Born in Delaware, about 1848. Democrat. Postmaster at Seaford, Del., 1885. Died December 21, 1885 (age about 37 years). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Nathaniel Horsey and Arcadia (Cannon) Horsey; third cousin once removed of Outerbridge Horsey (1777-1842); fourth cousin of Outerbridge Horsey (1819-1902).
  Political family: Horsey family of Maryland and Delaware (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  Joseph Wilcox Jenkins Lee (1870-1949) — also known as Joseph W. J. Lee — of Knoxville, Frederick County, Md. Born October 9, 1870. U.S. Minister to Ecuador, 1905-07; Guatemala, 1907. Died in 1949 (age about 78 years). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Charles O'Donnell Lee and Matilda (Jenkins) Lee; married, May 18, 1911, to Mary Kuhn Harris; father of Mary Hamilton Lee (who married Outerbridge Horsey).
  Political family: Horsey family of Maryland and Delaware (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also U.S. State Dept career summary
  Thomas Clayton Horsey (1879-1949) — also known as T. Clayton Horsey — of Denton, Caroline County, Md. Born in Greensboro, Caroline County, Md., January 2, 1879. Democrat. Banker; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Maryland, 1928. Died in Dover, Kent County, Del., November 10, 1949 (age 70 years, 312 days). Interment at Greensboro Cemetery, Greensboro, Md.
  Relatives: Son of Nathaniel Horsey and Sarah Comegys 'Sallie' (Sangston) Horsey; married, October 25, 1905, to Nellie Wilson Fisher; first cousin thrice removed of Outerbridge Horsey (1777-1842); second cousin twice removed of Outerbridge Horsey (1819-1902); fourth cousin of Outerbridge Horsey (1910-1983).
  Political family: Horsey family of Maryland and Delaware (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Outerbridge Horsey (1910-1983) — Born in New York, New York County, N.Y., October 1, 1910. U.S. Vice Consul in Naples, 1938-39; Budapest, 1940-41; Madrid, 1942-47; U.S. Consul in Rome, 1947-55; U.S. Ambassador to Czechoslovakia, 1962-66. Died August 18, 1983 (age 72 years, 321 days). Interment at St. Mary's Cemetery, Petersville, Md.
  Relatives: Son of Outerbridge Horsey (1875-1931) and Mary Digges (Lee) Horsey; married 1946 to Mary Hamilton Lee (daughter of Joseph Wilcox Jenkins Lee); grandson of Outerbridge Horsey (1819-1902); great-grandson of Outerbridge Horsey (1777-1842); second great-grandnephew of John Lee; third great-grandson of Thomas Sim Lee; first cousin six times removed of Richard Henry Lee, Francis Lightfoot Lee and Arthur Lee; second cousin twice removed of John Lee Carroll; second cousin five times removed of Alexander Contee Hanson, Henry Lee, Charles Lee, Richard Bland Lee, Edmund Jennings Lee and Alexander Contee Magruder; fourth cousin of Thomas Clayton Horsey.
  Political family: Horsey family of Maryland and Delaware (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also U.S. State Dept career summary — NNDB dossier — Find-A-Grave memorial
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