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Somerset County
Maryland

Cemeteries and Memorial Sites of Politicians in Somerset County

Index to Locations Private or family graveyards Crisfield Asbury Cemetery Crisfield Sunny Ridge Memorial Park Cemetery Marion Station St. Paul's Protestant Episcopal Cemetery Near Oriole St. Peter's Cemetery Princess Anne Antioch Methodist Episcopal Cemetery Princess Anne Manokin Cemetery Princess Anne Manokin Presbyterian Cemetery Princess Anne Manokin Presbyterian Church Cemetery Princess Anne St. Andrew's Cemetery Princess Anne St. Andrew's Churchyard Princess Anne St. Andrew's Episcopal Churchyard Private or family graveyards Somerset County, Maryland Politicians buried here:   Levin Winder (1757-1819) — of Maryland. Born in Somerset County, Md., September 4, 1757. Colonel in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; member of Maryland state house of delegates, 1789-93, 1806-09; candidate for Presidential Elector for Maryland; 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.   Relatives: Son of William Winder and Esther (Gillis) Winder; married to Mary Sloss.   See also National Governors Association biography   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. Slaveowner. Died in Princess Anne, Somerset County, Md., October 16, 1865 (age 57 years, 18 days). Interment in a private or family graveyard.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page Asbury Cemetery Crisfield, Somerset County, Maryland See also Findagrave page for this location. Politicians buried here:   Harry Clifton Byrd (1889-1970) — also known as Harry C. Byrd; Curley Byrd — Born in Crisfield, Somerset County, Md., February 12, 1889. Democrat. Athletic coach; president, University of Maryland, 1936-54; candidate for Governor of Maryland, 1954; candidate for U.S. Senator from Maryland, 1964; candidate for U.S. Representative from Maryland, 1966. Member, Moose; Rotary. Died, from heart disease, in the University of Maryland Hospital, Baltimore, Md., October 2, 1970 (age 81 years, 232 days). Interment at Asbury Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of William Franklin Byrd and Sallie May Byrd; married 1912 to Katherine Dunlop Turnbull.   See also Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial Sunny Ridge Memorial Park Cemetery Crisfield, Somerset County, Maryland Politicians buried here:   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. 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; Maryland state treasurer, 1973-75. 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.   Relatives: Son of James Beauregard Tawes and Alice Virginia (Byrd) Tawes; married, December 25, 1915, to Helen Avalynne Gibson.   See also National Governors Association biography — Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier — Find-A-Grave memorial St. Paul's Protestant Episcopal Cemetery Marion Station, Somerset County, Maryland Politicians buried here:   Harry T. Phoebus Jr. (1928-2000) — of Somerset County, Md. Born in Oriole, Somerset County, Md., November 27, 1928. 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.   Relatives: Son of Harry Thomas Phoebus. St. Peter's Cemetery Near Oriole, Somerset County, Maryland Politicians buried here:   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.   Relatives: Father of Harry T. Phoebus Jr.. Antioch Methodist Episcopal Cemetery Princess Anne, Somerset County, Maryland Politicians buried here:   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. 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.   Relatives: Son of Alfred Nicholls and Ann (Davis) Nicholls; married, February 26, 1896, to Sarah Ann Hughes.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page Manokin Cemetery Princess Anne, Somerset County, Maryland Politicians buried here:   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, 1900 (speaker), 1904 (member, Credentials Committee; speaker), 1912 (speaker), 1924; U.S. Collector of Internal Revenue for Maryland, 1917-19. Presbyterian. Died in Baltimore, Md., March 4, 1929 (age 70 years, 85 days). Interment at Manokin Cemetery.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page Manokin Presbyterian Cemetery Princess Anne, Somerset County, Maryland Politicians buried here:   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. Slaveowner. Died in Princess Anne, Somerset County, Md., January 12, 1897 (age 90 years, 65 days). Interment at Manokin Presbyterian Cemetery.   Relatives: Father of Henry Page.   Political family: Page family of Princess Anne, Maryland.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page Manokin Presbyterian Church Cemetery Princess Anne, Somerset County, Maryland Politicians buried here:   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. Democrat. Lawyer; delegate to Maryland state constitutional convention, 1867; Somerset County State's Attorney, 1870-84; candidate for Presidential Elector for Maryland; 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.   Relatives: Son of John Woodland Crisfield; father of Henry Page (1870-1954).   Political family: Page family of Princess Anne, Maryland.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page St. Andrew's Cemetery Princess Anne, Somerset County, Maryland Politicians buried here:   Robert Franklin Bratton (1845-1894) — also known as Robert F. Bratton — 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; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Maryland, 1884; 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.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page St. Andrew's Churchyard Princess Anne, Somerset County, Maryland Politicians buried here:   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. Slaveowner. Died in Kingston, Somerset County, Md., August 12, 1882 (age 60 years, 126 days). Interment at St. Andrew's Churchyard.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page   Levin Woolford (1819-1890) — of Princess Anne, Somerset County, Md. Born near Princess Anne, Somerset County, Md., 1819. 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.   Relatives: Son of Dr. John Woolford and Ann Irving (Gillis) Woolford; married to Miss Atkinson and Annie E. Waters. St. Andrew's Episcopal Churchyard Princess Anne, Somerset County, Maryland Politicians buried here:   Joseph Stewart Cottman (1803-1863) — also known as Joseph S. Cottman — of Somerset County, Md. Born near Allen, Wicomico County, Md., August 16, 1803. Whig. Member of Maryland state house of delegates, 1831-32, 1834, 1839; member of Maryland state senate, 1836-37; candidate for Presidential Elector for Maryland; U.S. Representative from Maryland 6th District, 1851-53. Slaveowner. Died near Allen, Wicomico County, Md., January 28, 1863 (age 59 years, 165 days). Interment at St. Andrew's Episcopal Churchyard.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page

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