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Index to Locations
Private or family graveyards
Aberdeen Baker's Cemetery
Aberdeen Grove Cemetery
Bel Air St. Ignatius Cemetery
Churchville Presbyterian Cemetery
Near Churchville Calvary Cemetery
Emmorton Mt. Carmel Methodist Church
Cemetery
Emmorton St. Mary's Cemetery
Havre de Grace Angel Hill Cemetery
Joppa Old St. John's Cemetery
Joppa Union Chapel United Methodist
Church Cemetery
Near Madonna Bethel Cemetery
Perryman Spesutia Churchyard
Spesutia Island St. George's
Churchyard
Private or family
graveyard
Harford County, Maryland
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James Wray Williams (1792-1842) —
of Maryland.
Born in Maryland, October
8, 1792.
Democrat. Member of Maryland
state house of delegates, 1825, 1837-39; Speaker of
the Maryland State House of Delegates, 1839; U.S.
Representative from Maryland 3rd District, 1841-42; died in
office 1842.
Slaveowner.
Died in Harford
County, Md., December
2, 1842 (age 50 years, 55
days).
Interment in a private or family graveyard; cenotaph at Congressional
Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Baker's
Cemetery
Aberdeen, Harford County, Maryland
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William Benjamin Baker (1840-1911) —
also known as William B. Baker —
of Aberdeen, Harford
County, Md.
Born near Aberdeen, Harford
County, Md., July 22,
1840.
Republican. Fruit
packing business; member of Maryland
state house of delegates, 1882; member of Maryland
state senate, 1894-96, 1906-08; U.S.
Representative from Maryland 2nd District, 1895-1901.
Methodist.
Died in Aberdeen, Harford
County, Md., May 17,
1911 (age 70 years, 299
days).
Interment at Baker's Cemetery.
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Grove
Cemetery
34 Old Post Road
Aberdeen, Harford County, Maryland
See also Findagrave
page for this location.
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William Smith James (1914-1993) —
also known as William S. James —
of Havre de Grace, Harford
County, Md.
Born in Aberdeen, Harford
County, Md., February
14, 1914.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Maryland
state house of delegates, 1946-54; defeated, 1942; member of Maryland
state senate, 1954-74; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Maryland, 1964;
Maryland
Democratic state chair, 1971-75; Maryland
state treasurer, 1975-87.
Died in Aberdeen, Harford
County, Md., April
17, 1993 (age 79 years, 62
days).
Interment at Grove Cemetery.
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St. Ignatius
Cemetery
Bel Air, Harford County, Maryland
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Thomas H. Robinson (1860-1930) —
of Bel Air, Harford
County, Md.
Born in Harford
County, Md., March 2,
1860.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Maryland,
1904,
1924,
1928;
Maryland
state attorney general, 1923-30; nominated, but died before the
election 1930; died in office 1930.
Died in Bel Air, Harford
County, Md., October
12, 1930 (age 70 years, 224
days).
Interment at St. Ignatius Cemetery.
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Relatives: Son
of Dr. Samuel S. Robinson and Mary C. (Prigg) Robinson; married to
Clara C. Cain. |
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Presbyterian
Cemetery
Churchville, Harford County, Maryland
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Stevenson Archer (1786-1848) —
of Maryland.
Born near Churchville, Harford
County, Md., October
11, 1786.
Democrat. Member of Maryland
state house of delegates, 1809-10; U.S.
Representative from Maryland 6th District, 1811-17, 1819-21; judge of
Mississippi territorial supreme court, 1817-18; Judge,
Maryland Court of Appeals, 1823-48; died in office 1848.
Presbyterian.
Slaveowner.
Died near Churchville, Harford
County, Md., June 26,
1848 (age 61 years, 259
days).
Interment at Presbyterian Cemetery.
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John Archer (1741-1810) —
of Maryland.
Born in Cecil
County, Md., May 5,
1741.
Democrat. Physician;
member of Maryland
state house of delegates, 1777, 1779-80; served in the
Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; candidate for
Presidential Elector for Maryland; U.S.
Representative from Maryland at-large, 1801-07.
Presbyterian.
Slaveowner.
Died near Churchville, Harford
County, Md., September
28, 1810 (age 69 years, 146
days).
Interment at Presbyterian Cemetery.
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Stevenson Archer (1827-1898) —
of Bel Air, Harford
County, Md.
Born near Churchville, Harford
County, Md., February
28, 1827.
Lawyer;
member of Maryland
state house of delegates, 1854; U.S.
Representative from Maryland 2nd District, 1867-75; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Maryland, 1868,
1876;
Maryland
state treasurer, 1886-90; Maryland
Democratic state chair, 1887-89.
In April, 1890, following an investigation
which revealed a shortage
of $132,000, he was arrested,
removed
from office as State Treasurer, and charged
with embezzlement.
He pleaded
guilty and wrote to the court: "No part of the State's money or
securities was ever used by me in gambling, stock speculation, or for
political purposes; nor have I at this time one dollar of it left."
Sentenced
to five years in prison.
Due to his failing health, was pardoned
by Gov. Frank
Brown in May 1894.
Slaveowner.
Died, in Baltimore City Hospital,
Baltimore,
Md., August
2, 1898 (age 71 years, 155
days).
Interment at Presbyterian Cemetery.
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Calvary
Cemetery
Near Churchville, Harford County, Maryland
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Edwin Hanson Webster (1829-1893) —
also known as Edwin H. Webster —
of Bel Air, Harford
County, Md.
Born near Churchville, Harford
County, Md., March
31, 1829.
Republican. Lawyer;
candidate for Presidential Elector for Maryland; member of Maryland
state senate, 1856-58; U.S.
Representative from Maryland 2nd District, 1859-65; colonel in
the Union Army during the Civil War; U.S. Collector of
Customs, 1865-69, 1882-86; banker.
Presbyterian.
Died in Bel Air, Harford
County, Md., April
24, 1893 (age 64 years, 24
days).
Interment at Calvary Cemetery.
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Mt. Carmel
Methodist Church Cemetery
Emmorton, Harford County, Maryland
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John Montgomery (1764-1828) —
of Bel Air, Harford
County, Md.; Baltimore,
Md.
Born in Carlisle, Cumberland
County, Pa., 1764.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Maryland
state house of delegates, 1793-98, 1800-05, 1819; U.S.
Representative from Maryland 6th District, 1807-11; Maryland
state attorney general, 1811-18; mayor
of Baltimore, Md., 1820-22, 1824-26.
Methodist.
Slaveowner.
Died in Baltimore,
Md., July 17,
1828 (age about 64
years).
Interment at Mt. Carmel Methodist Church Cemetery.
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St. Mary's
Cemetery
Emmorton, Harford County, Maryland
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Herman Stump (1837-1917) —
of Maryland.
Born in Harford
County, Md., August
8, 1837.
Democrat. Member of Maryland
state senate, 1878-80; U.S.
Representative from Maryland 2nd District, 1889-93.
Episcopalian.
Died near Bel Air, Harford
County, Md., January
9, 1917 (age 79 years, 154
days).
Interment at St. Mary's Cemetery.
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Angel Hill
Cemetery
Havre de Grace, Harford County, Maryland
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Millard Evelyn Tydings (1890-1961) —
also known as Millard E. Tydings —
of Havre de Grace, Harford
County, Md.
Born in Havre de Grace, Harford
County, Md., April 6,
1890.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Maryland
state house of delegates, 1916-17, 1920; Speaker of
the Maryland State House of Delegates, 1920; colonel in the U.S.
Army during World War I; member of Maryland
state senate, 1922-24; U.S.
Representative from Maryland 2nd District, 1923-27; U.S.
Senator from Maryland, 1927-51; defeated, 1950; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Maryland, 1928,
1936,
1940,
1944,
1948,
1952.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons.
Died near Havre de Grace, Harford
County, Md., February
9, 1961 (age 70 years, 309
days).
Interment at Angel Hill Cemetery.
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Murray Vandiver (1845-1916) —
of Havre de Grace, Harford
County, Md.
Born in Havre de Grace, Harford
County, Md., September
14, 1845.
Democrat. Lumber
business; member of Maryland
state house of delegates, 1876-80, 1892; Speaker of
the Maryland State House of Delegates, 1892; mayor
of Havre de Grace, Md., 1885-86; bank
director; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Maryland, 1892,
1896,
1900,
1904,
1908;
Maryland
Democratic state chair, 1897-1916; Maryland
state treasurer, 1900-16.
Died, from liver
problems and tuberculosis,
in Blue Ridge Summit, Franklin
County, Pa., May 23,
1916 (age 70 years, 252
days).
Interment at Angel Hill Cemetery.
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Robert Rice Vandiver (1805-1885) —
also known as Robert R. Vandiver —
of Havre de Grace, Harford
County, Md.
Born in Brandywine (now part of Wilmington), New Castle
County, Del., July 22,
1805.
Democrat. Contractor;
delegate
to Maryland state constitutional convention, 1867; member of Maryland
state house of delegates, 1868.
Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows.
Died, from dysentery,
in Havre de Grace, Harford
County, Md., September
4, 1885 (age 80 years, 44
days).
Interment at Angel Hill Cemetery.
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Old St. John's
Cemetery
Joppa, Harford County, Maryland
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Benjamin Rumsey (1734-1808) —
of Maryland.
Born in Bohemia Manor, Cecil
County, Md., October
6, 1734.
Delegate
to Continental Congress from Maryland, 1776-77; Judge,
Maryland Court of Appeals, 1778-1806.
Episcopalian.
Died in Joppa, Harford
County, Md., March 7,
1808 (age 73 years, 153
days).
Interment at Old St. John's Cemetery.
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Union Chapel
United Methodist Church Cemetery
Old Joppa Road
Joppa, Harford County, Maryland
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Charles Stanley Blair (1927-1980) —
also known as C. Stanley Blair —
of Whiteford, Harford
County, Md.; Darlington, Harford
County, Md.
Born in Kingsville, Baltimore
County, Md., December
20, 1927.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Maryland
state house of delegates, 1963-67; candidate for Maryland
state senate District 14, 1966; secretary
of state of Maryland, 1967-69; candidate for Governor of
Maryland, 1970; U.S.
District Judge for Maryland, 1971-80; died in office 1980.
Member, American Bar
Association.
Died in Fallston, Harford
County, Md., April
20, 1980 (age 52 years, 122
days).
Interment at Union Chapel United Methodist Church Cemetery.
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Relatives: Son
of Charles Edward Blair and Beulah (Gibson) Blair; married, June 27,
1964, to Opal Whiteford. |
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Bethel
Cemetery
Near Madonna, Harford County, Maryland
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James Turner (1783-1861) —
of Maryland.
Born near Bel Air, Harford
County, Md., November
7, 1783.
Democrat. Member of Maryland
state house of delegates, 1824-32, 1837-38, 1852-54; U.S.
Representative from Maryland, 1833-37 (4th District 1833-35, 3rd
District 1835-37); member of Maryland
state senate, 1856-58.
Died near Parkton, Baltimore
County, Md., 1861
(age about
77 years).
Interment at Bethel Cemetery.
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Spesutia
Churchyard
Perryman, Harford County, Maryland
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Gabriel Christie (1756-1808) —
of Maryland.
Born in Perryman, Harford
County, Md., November
29, 1756.
U.S.
Representative from Maryland 5th District, 1793-97, 1799-1801;
member of Maryland
state senate, 1802-06; U.S. Collector of
Customs, 1806-08; died in office 1808.
Episcopalian.
Slaveowner.
Died in Baltimore,
Md., April 1,
1808 (age 51 years, 124
days).
Interment at Spesutia Churchyard.
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St. George's
Churchyard
Spesutia Island, Harford County, Maryland
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Jacob Alexander Preston (1796-1868) —
also known as Jacob A. Preston —
of Harford
County, Md.
Born near Bel Air, Harford
County, Md., March
12, 1796.
Whig. Candidate for Presidential Elector for Maryland; U.S.
Representative from Maryland 5th District, 1843-45.
Episcopalian.
Slaveowner.
Died in Perryman, Harford
County, Md., August
2, 1868 (age 72 years, 143
days).
Interment at St. George's Churchyard.
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