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Maryland

Cemeteries and Memorial Sites of Politicians in Washington County

Index to Locations

  • Private or family graveyards
  • Clear Spring Montpelier Hill
  • Hagerstown Rose Hill Cemetery
  • Hagerstown South Potomac Street Presbyterian Church Cemetery
  • Hagerstown Zion Reformed Graveyard
  • Sharpsburg Antietam National Cemetery
  • Williamsport Riverview Cemetery


    Private or family graveyards
    Washington County, Maryland
    Politicians buried here:
      Samuel Ringgold (1770-1829) — of Hagerstown, Washington County, Md. Born in Chestertown, Kent County, Md., January 15, 1770. Democrat. Member of Maryland state house of delegates, 1795; member of Maryland state senate, 1801-05; county judge in Maryland, 1806-10, 1822-26; U.S. Representative from Maryland 4th District, 1810-15, 1817-21. Episcopalian. Slaveowner. Died in Frederick, Frederick County, Md., October 18, 1829 (age 59 years, 276 days). Interment in a private or family graveyard.
      See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page
      Frisby Tilghman (1773-1847) — of Washington County, Mo. Born in Queen Anne's County, Md., August 4, 1773. Candidate for Presidential Elector for Maryland; colonel in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812. Died in Washington County, Md., April 14, 1847 (age 73 years, 253 days). Interment in a private or family graveyard.
      Relatives: Son of James Joseph Tilghman and Susanna (Steuart) Tilghman; married to Anna Maria Ringgold; married, September 23, 1819, to Louisa Lamar; grandnephew of Matthew Tilghman; first cousin once removed of William Tilghman and Tench Tilghman; second cousin once removed of Charles Carroll, Barrister, Edward Lloyd (1744-1796) and Edward Tilghman Paca; third cousin of Edward Lloyd (1779-1834); third cousin once removed of Philip Barton Key; third cousin twice removed of Francis Key Pendleton and Henry Lloyd.
      Political families: Pendleton-Lee family of Maryland; Lee-Randolph family; Carroll family of Maryland (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).


    Montpelier Hill
    Clear Spring, Washington County, Maryland
    Politicians buried here:
      John Thomson Mason (1765-1824) — Born in Stafford County, Va., March 15, 1765. U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia, 1801; Maryland state attorney general, 1806. Died December 10, 1824 (age 59 years, 270 days). Interment at Montpelier Hill.
      Relatives: Son of Thomson Mason and Mary King (Barnes) Mason; brother of Stevens Thomson Mason (1760-1803); married 1797 to Elizabeth Beltzhoover; father of John Thomson Mason Jr.; nephew of George Mason; uncle of Armistead Thomson Mason and John Thomson Mason (1787-1850); granduncle of Stevens Thomson Mason (1811-1843); third great-granduncle of Jerauld Wright; first cousin once removed of Thomson Francis Mason and James Murray Mason.
      Political family: Mason family of Virginia (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
      See also Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial


    Rose Hill Cemetery
    Hagerstown, Washington County, Maryland
    Politicians buried here:
      William Thomas Hamilton (1820-1888) — also known as William T. Hamilton — of Hagerstown, Washington County, Md. Born in Boonsboro, Washington County, Md., September 8, 1820. Democrat. Member of Maryland state house of delegates, 1846; U.S. Representative from Maryland, 1849-55 (2nd District 1849-53, 5th District 1853-55); delegate to Democratic National Convention from Maryland, 1860; U.S. Senator from Maryland, 1869-75; Governor of Maryland, 1880-84. Presbyterian. Died in Hagerstown, Washington County, Md., October 26, 1888 (age 68 years, 48 days). Interment at Rose Hill Cemetery.
      See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — National Governors Association biography
      Louis Emory McComas (1846-1907) — also known as Louis E. McComas — of Hagerstown, Washington County, Md.; Williamsport, Washington County, Md. Born near Hagerstown, Washington County, Md., October 28, 1846. Republican. U.S. Representative from Maryland 6th District, 1883-91; defeated, 1876, 1890; delegate to Republican National Convention from Maryland, 1892, 1900; Associate Justice, U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, 1892-99; resigned 1899; U.S. Senator from Maryland, 1899-1905; member of Republican National Committee from Maryland, 1904; Associate Justice of U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, 1905-07; died in office 1907. Lutheran. Died in Washington, D.C., November 10, 1907 (age 61 years, 13 days). Interment at Rose Hill Cemetery.
      Relatives: Grandfather of Katharine Edgar Byron; great-grandfather of Goodloe Edgar Byron.
      Political family: Byron family of Williamsport, Maryland.
      See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — federal judicial profile — Biographical Directory of Federal Judges
      Richard Henry Alvey (1826-1906) — also known as Richard H. Alvey — of Hagerstown, Washington County, Md. Born in St. Mary's County, Md., March 2, 1826. Democrat. Lawyer; candidate for Presidential Elector for Maryland; member of Maryland state house of delegates, 1867; delegate to Maryland state constitutional convention, 1867; circuit judge in Maryland, 1867-83; Judge, Maryland Court of Appeals, 1883-93; Judge of U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, 1893-1905; resigned 1905. Died in Hagerstown, Washington County, Md., September 14, 1906 (age 80 years, 196 days). Interment at Rose Hill Cemetery.
      Relatives: Son of George Alvey and Harriet (Wicklie) Alvey; married 1856 to Mary Wharton; married 1862 to Julia Hays.
      See also federal judicial profile — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial
      William Preston Lane Jr. (1892-1967) — of Hagerstown, Washington County, Md. Born in Hagerstown, Washington County, Md., May 12, 1892. Democrat. Lawyer; attorney for several railroads; served in the U.S. Army during World War I; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Maryland, 1928, 1940, 1944, 1948; Maryland state attorney general, 1930-34; candidate for Presidential Elector for Maryland; member of Democratic National Committee from Maryland, 1940-50; Governor of Maryland, 1947-51; defeated, 1950. Episcopalian. Member, Phi Kappa Psi; Phi Delta Phi; American Bar Association; Elks; Rotary. Died in Hagerstown, Washington County, Md., February 7, 1967 (age 74 years, 271 days). Interment at Rose Hill Cemetery.
      Relatives: Son of William Preston Lane and Virginia Lee (Cartwright) Lane; married, January 17, 1922, to Dorothy Byron; relative *** of LeRoy Webster Preston.
      See also National Governors Association biography — Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier
      John Thomson Mason Jr. (1815-1873) — of Baltimore, Md. Born near Hagerstown, Washington County, Md., May 9, 1815. Democrat. Member of Maryland state house of delegates, 1838-39; U.S. Representative from Maryland 6th District, 1841-43; Judge, Maryland Court of Appeals, 1851-57; U.S. Collector of Customs, 1857-61; secretary of state of Maryland, 1872-73. Catholic. Slaveowner. Died in Elkton, Cecil County, Md., March 28, 1873 (age 57 years, 323 days). Interment at Rose Hill Cemetery.
      Relatives: Son of John Thomson Mason (1765-1824) and Elizabeth (Beltzhoover) Mason; married, December 14, 1842, to Margaret Augusta Cowan; nephew of Stevens Thomson Mason (1760-1803); grandson of Thomson Mason; grandnephew of George Mason; first cousin of Armistead Thomson Mason, John Thomson Mason (1787-1850) and James Murray Mason; first cousin once removed of Stevens Thomson Mason (1811-1843); first cousin four times removed of Jerauld Wright; second cousin of Thomson Francis Mason.
      Political family: Mason family of Virginia (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
      See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article
    Alexander Armstrong Alexander Armstrong (1877-1939) — of Hagerstown, Washington County, Md.; Ruxton, Baltimore County, Md. Born in Hagerstown, Washington County, Md., June 28, 1877. Republican. Lawyer; Washington County State's Attorney, 1908-12; Maryland state attorney general, 1919-23; candidate for Governor of Maryland, 1923; delegate to Republican National Convention from Maryland, 1924 (member, Credentials Committee); director, Potomac Edison electric utility, Chesapeake & Potomac Telephone Co., Blue Ridge Fire Insurance Co. Presbyterian. Member, American Bar Association; Phi Beta Kappa; Sons of the American Revolution; Freemasons. Died, from heart disease, in Ruxton, Baltimore County, Md., November 20, 1939 (age 62 years, 145 days). Interment at Rose Hill Cemetery.
      Relatives: Son of Alexander Armstrong (1847-1905) and Elizabeth Key (Scott) Armstrong; married, January 25, 1911, to Mary Rebekah Woods.
      See also Find-A-Grave memorial
      Image source: Baltimore Sun, September 18, 1923
      Robert Lawson Rose (1804-1877) — of New York. Born in Geneva, Ontario County, N.Y., October 2, 1804. Whig. Farmer; paper manufacturer; U.S. Representative from New York 29th District, 1847-51. Died in Pleasant Grove, Washington County, Md., March 14, 1877 (age 72 years, 163 days). Interment at Rose Hill Cemetery.
      Relatives: Son-in-law of Nathaniel Allen; son of Robert Selden Rose.
      Political family: Rose family of Geneva, New York.
      See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page
      Andrew K. Syester (1828-1891) — of Washington County, Md. Born in Berkeley County, Va. (now W.Va.), March 11, 1828. Member of Maryland state house of delegates, 1854, 1868; delegate to Maryland state constitutional convention, 1867; Maryland state attorney general, 1871-75; circuit judge in Maryland, 1882-89. Methodist. Died in Hagerstown, Washington County, Md., March 25, 1891 (age 63 years, 14 days). Interment at Rose Hill Cemetery.
      Relatives: Son of Daniel Syester and Sarah (Moudy) Syester; married to Catharine G. Harry.
      James Dixon Roman (1809-1867) — of Maryland. Born in Chester County, Pa., August 11, 1809. Member of Maryland state senate, 1847; U.S. Representative from Maryland 2nd District, 1847-49; candidate for Presidential Elector for Maryland. Presbyterian. Slaveowner. Died near Hagerstown, Washington County, Md., January 19, 1867 (age 57 years, 161 days). Original interment at South Potomac Street Presbyterian Church Cemetery; reinterment at Rose Hill Cemetery.
      See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page
      George Updegraff (1798-1869) — of Hagerstown, Washington County, Md. Born August 12, 1798. Whig. Postmaster at Hagerstown, Md., 1849-53. Died August 10, 1869 (age 70 years, 363 days). Interment at Rose Hill Cemetery.
      See also Find-A-Grave memorial


    South Potomac Street Presbyterian Church Cemetery
    Hagerstown, Washington County, Maryland
    Politicians formerly buried here:
      James Dixon Roman (1809-1867) — of Maryland. Born in Chester County, Pa., August 11, 1809. Member of Maryland state senate, 1847; U.S. Representative from Maryland 2nd District, 1847-49; candidate for Presidential Elector for Maryland. Presbyterian. Slaveowner. Died near Hagerstown, Washington County, Md., January 19, 1867 (age 57 years, 161 days). Original interment at South Potomac Street Presbyterian Church Cemetery; reinterment at Rose Hill Cemetery.
      See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page


    Zion Reformed Graveyard
    Hagerstown, Washington County, Maryland
    Politicians buried here:
      Daniel Hiester (1747-1804) — Born in Upper Salford Township, Montgomery County, Pa., June 25, 1747. U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania, 1789-96 (at-large 1789-93, 4th District 1793-95, 5th District 1795-96); U.S. Representative from Maryland at-large, 1801-04; died in office 1804. Christian Reformed. Slaveowner. Died in Washington, D.C., March 7, 1804 (age 56 years, 256 days). Interment at Zion Reformed Graveyard; cenotaph at Congressional Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
      Relatives: Son of Daniel Hiester (1713-1795) and Catharina (Shuler) Hiester; brother of John Hiester; married 1770 to Rosanna Hager; uncle of Daniel Hiester (1774-1834) and William Hiester; granduncle of Daniel Robeadeau Clymer, Isaac Ellmaker Hiester and Hiester Clymer; third great-granduncle of Edward Brooke Lee; fourth great-granduncle of Blair Lee III and Edward Brooke Lee Jr.; first cousin of Joseph Hiester; first cousin twice removed of Henry Augustus Muhlenberg; first cousin four times removed of Frederick Augustus Muhlenberg and Hiester Henry Muhlenberg.
      Political families: Lee-Randolph family; Muhlenberg-Hiester family of Pennsylvania (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
      See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page


    Antietam National Cemetery
    Sharpsburg, Washington County, Maryland
    Politicians buried here:
      Goodloe Edgar Byron (1929-1978) — also known as Goodloe E. Byron — of Frederick, Frederick County, Md. Born in Williamsport, Washington County, Md., June 22, 1929. Democrat. Lawyer; Frederick County Attorney, 1959-62; member of Maryland state house of delegates, 1963-66; member of Maryland state senate District 2, 1967-70; U.S. Representative from Maryland 6th District, 1971-78; defeated, 1968; died in office 1978. Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons; Shriners; Elks; Eagles; Redmen; Optimist Club; Ruritan; Kappa Alpha Order. Died near Williamsport, Washington County, Md., October 11, 1978 (age 49 years, 111 days). Interment at Antietam National Cemetery.
      Relatives: Son of William Devereux Byron and Katharine Edgar Byron; married, December 20, 1952, to Beverly Barton Butcher; great-grandson of Louis Emory McComas.
      See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page


    Riverview Cemetery
    Williamsport, Washington County, Maryland
    Politicians buried here:
      William Devereux Byron (1895-1941) — also known as William D. Byron — of Williamsport, Washington County, Md. Born in Danville, Va., May 15, 1895. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; mayor of Williamsport, Md., 1926-30; member of Maryland state senate, 1930-34; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Maryland, 1936; U.S. Representative from Maryland 6th District, 1939-41; died in office 1941. Episcopalian. Killed in an airplane crash at Jonesboro, Clayton County, Ga., February 27, 1941 (age 45 years, 288 days). Interment at Riverview Cemetery.
      Relatives: Son of Col. Joseph C. Byron and Jane (Wilson) Byron; married to Katharine Edgar; father of Goodloe Edgar Byron (who married Beverly Barton Butcher).
      See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page
      Katharine Edgar Byron (1903-1976) — also known as Katharine E. Byron; Katharine Edgar — of Williamsport, Washington County, Md.; Washington, D.C. Born in Detroit, Wayne County, Mich., October 25, 1903. Democrat. U.S. Representative from Maryland 6th District, 1941-43. Female. Episcopalian. Died in Washington, D.C., December 28, 1976 (age 73 years, 64 days). Interment at Riverview Cemetery.
      Relatives: Daughter of Gen. Clinton Goodloe Edgar and Mary (McComas) Edgar; married to William Devereux Byron; mother of Goodloe Edgar Byron (who married Beverly Barton Butcher); granddaughter of Louis Emory McComas.
      Political family: Byron family of Williamsport, Maryland.
      See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — NNDB dossier

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