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Kent County
Maryland

Cemeteries and Memorial Sites of Politicians in Kent County

Index to Locations Shrewsbury Cemetery Chestertown Chester Cemetery Near Chestertown St. Paul's Church Cemetery Worton Christ Church Cemetery Shrewsbury Cemetery Kent County, Maryland Politicians buried here:   James B. Merritt III — of Easton, Talbot County, Md. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Maryland, 1932. Interment at Shrewsbury Cemetery. Chester Cemetery Chestertown, Kent County, Maryland Founded 1861 Politicians buried here:   James Alfred Pearce (1805-1862) — also known as James A. Pearce — of Chestertown, Kent County, Md. Born in Alexandria, Va., December 14, 1805. Member of Maryland state house of delegates from Kent County, 1831; U.S. Representative from Maryland 2nd District, 1835-39, 1841-43; U.S. Senator from Maryland, 1843-62; died in office 1862. Episcopalian. Slaveowner. Died in Chestertown, Kent County, Md., December 20, 1862 (age 57 years, 6 days). Interment at Chester Cemetery.   Relatives: Father of James Alfred Pearce Jr..   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page   Ezekiel Forman Chambers (1788-1867) — also known as Ezekiel F. Chambers — of Chestertown, Kent County, Md. Born in Chestertown, Kent County, Md., February 28, 1788. Member of Maryland state senate, 1821-29; U.S. Senator from Maryland, 1826-34; state court judge in Maryland, 1834-51; delegate to Maryland state constitutional convention, 1850; delegate to Maryland state constitutional convention, 1864. Episcopalian. Slaveowner. Died in Chestertown, Kent County, Md., January 30, 1867 (age 78 years, 336 days). Interment at Chester Cemetery.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page   George Vickers (1801-1879) — of Maryland. Born in Chestertown, Kent County, Md., November 19, 1801. Democrat. Member of Maryland state senate, 1866-67; U.S. Senator from Maryland, 1868-73. Methodist. Slaveowner. Died in Chestertown, Kent County, Md., October 8, 1879 (age 77 years, 323 days). Interment at Chester Cemetery.   The World War II Liberty ship SS George Vickers (built 1943 at Baltimore, Maryland; scrapped 1960) was named for him.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page   James Alfred Pearce Jr. (1840-1920) — also known as J. Alfred Pearce, Jr. — of Chestertown, Kent County, Md. Born April 2, 1840. Democrat. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Maryland, 1876; Judge, Maryland Court of Appeals, 1897. Died December 9, 1920 (age 80 years, 251 days). Interment at Chester Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of James Alfred Pearce.   William Barger Usilton Jr. (1869-1949) — also known as William B. Usilton — of Chestertown, Kent County, Md. Born in Kent County, Md., August 22, 1869. Democrat. Newspaper editor; bank director; postmaster at Chestertown, Md., 1933-44 (acting, 1933-34). Died in Kent County, Md., May 20, 1949 (age 79 years, 271 days). Interment at Chester Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of William Barger Usilton and Mary Frances (Frazier) Usilton; married to Hannah Ball Maslin.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial St. Paul's Church Cemetery Near Chestertown, Kent County, Maryland Politicians buried here:   James Barroll Ricaud (1808-1866) — also known as James B. Ricaud — of Kent County, Md. Born in Baltimore, Md., February 11, 1808. Whig. Member of Maryland state house of delegates, 1834; member of Maryland state senate, 1836-37, 1838-43, 1864; Whig Presidential Elector for Maryland, 1836 (voted for William Henry Harrison and John Tyler); Whig Presidential Elector for Maryland, 1844 (voted for Henry Clay and Theodore Frelinghuysen); delegate to Maryland state constitutional convention, 1850; U.S. Representative from Maryland 2nd District, 1855-59; district judge in Maryland, 1864-66. Episcopalian. Slaveowner. Died in Chestertown, Kent County, Md., January 24, 1866 (age 57 years, 347 days). Interment at St. Paul's Church Cemetery.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page Christ Church Cemetery Worton, Kent County, Maryland Politicians buried here:   Philip Reed (1760-1829) — of Chestertown, Kent County, Md. Born near Chestertown, Kent County, Md., 1760. Member of Maryland state house of delegates, 1787-88; district judge in Maryland, 1794-1816; member of Maryland state executive council, 1805-06; U.S. Senator from Maryland, 1806-13; U.S. Representative from Maryland 6th District, 1817-19, 1822-23. Anglican. Slaveowner. Died in 1829 (age about 69 years). Interment at Christ Church Cemetery.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page

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