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Wicomico County
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Cemeteries and Memorial Sites of Politicians in Wicomico County

Index to Locations Private or family graveyards Delmar Unknown location Delmar St. Stephen's Cemetery Salisbury Parsons Cemetery Salisbury Wicomico Memorial Park Private or family graveyard Wicomico County, Maryland Politicians buried here:   Thomas Bayly (1775-1829) — of Princess Anne, Somerset County, Md. Born near Quantico, Wicomico County, Md., September 13, 1775. Democrat. Member of Maryland state house of delegates, 1804-05, 1808-10, 1812-15; U.S. Representative from Maryland 8th District, 1817-23. Slaveowner. Died near Quantico, Wicomico County, Md., September 18, 1829 (age 54 years, 5 days). Interment in a private or family graveyard.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page Unknown Location Delmar, Wicomico County, St. Stephen's Cemetery Delmar, Wicomico County, Maryland Politicians buried here:   Doda Hearn (1886-1942) — also known as Joseph Edward Hearn — of Delmar, Wicomico County, Md. Born in 1886. Clothing merchant; member of Maryland state house of delegates, 1929; service station operator. Member, Freemasons. Suffered a stroke, was incapacitated, and died the following month, September 27, 1942 (age about 56 years). Interment at St. Stephen's Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of Thomas Edward Hearn and Josephine Hearn; married to Iva Pearl West. Parsons Cemetery Salisbury, Wicomico County, Maryland Founded 1875 See also Findagrave page for this location. Politicians buried here:   Elihu Emory Jackson (1837-1907) — also known as Elihu E. Jackson — of Salisbury, Wicomico County, Md. Born near Delmar, Wicomico County, Md., November 3, 1837. Democrat. Merchant; lumber business; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Maryland, 1880; member of Maryland state house of delegates from Wicomico County, 1882; member of Maryland state senate from Wicomico County, 1884-86, 1896-98; Governor of Maryland, 1888-92. Methodist. Died in Baltimore, Md., December 27, 1907 (age 70 years, 54 days). Interment at Parsons Cemetery.   Relatives: Brother of William Humphreys Jackson; married to Annie Rider.   Political family: Jackson #2 family of Salisbury, Maryland.   See also National Governors Association biography — Find-A-Grave memorial   William Purnell Jackson (1868-1939) — also known as William P. Jackson — of Salisbury, Wicomico County, Md. Born in Salisbury, Wicomico County, Md., January 11, 1868. Republican. Lumber manufacturer; banker; delegate to Republican National Convention from Maryland, 1908; member of Republican National Committee from Maryland, 1908-32; U.S. Senator from Maryland, 1912-14; Maryland state treasurer, 1918-20. Methodist. Member, Freemasons; Knights Templar. Died in Salisbury, Wicomico County, Md., March 7, 1939 (age 71 years, 55 days). Interment at Parsons Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of William Humphreys Jackson and Arabella (Humphreys) Jackson; married 1890 to Sallie McCoombs; married 1900 to Katherine Shelmerdine; father of William Newton Jackson.   Political family: Jackson #2 family of Salisbury, Maryland.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial   William Humphreys Jackson (1839-1915) — also known as William H. Jackson — of Salisbury, Wicomico County, Md. Born near Delmar, Wicomico County, Md., October 13, 1839. Republican. Cattle dealer; lumber dealer; U.S. Representative from Maryland 1st District, 1901-05, 1907-09. Methodist. Died in Salisbury, Wicomico County, Md., April 3, 1915 (age 75 years, 172 days). Interment at Parsons Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of Hugh Jackson; brother of Elihu Emory Jackson; married to Arabella Humphreys and Jennie Hmphreys; father of William Purnell Jackson; grandfather of William Newton Jackson.   Political family: Jackson #2 family of Salisbury, Maryland.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Find-A-Grave memorial   David Jenkins Ward (1871-1961) — also known as David J. Ward — of Salisbury, Wicomico County, Md. Born in Salisbury, Wicomico County, Md., September 17, 1871. Democrat. Member of Maryland state house of delegates, 1916-17; Maryland Democratic state chair, 1918-26; member of Maryland state senate from Wicomico County, 1927-34, 1939; U.S. Representative from Maryland 1st District, 1939-45. Methodist. Died in Salisbury, Wicomico County, Md., February 18, 1961 (age 89 years, 154 days). Interment at Parsons Cemetery.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Find-A-Grave memorial   Jesse Dashiell Price (1863-1939) — also known as Jesse D. Price — of Salisbury, Wicomico County, Md. Born in White Haven, Wicomico County, Md., August 15, 1863. Democrat. Member of Maryland state senate from Wicomico County, 1908-14; U.S. Representative from Maryland 1st District, 1914-19. Methodist. Died in Baltimore, Md., May 14, 1939 (age 75 years, 272 days). Interment at Parsons Cemetery.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Find-A-Grave memorial   Amos Walter Wright Woodcock (1883-1964) — also known as Amos W. W. Woodcock — of Salisbury, Wicomico County, Md. Born in Salisbury, Wicomico County, Md., 1883. Republican. Lawyer; major in the U.S. Army during World War I; delegate to Republican National Convention from Maryland, 1920 (member, Committee on Rules and Order of Business); U.S. Attorney for Maryland, 1927-31; director, U.S. Bureau of Prohibition, 1930-33; president, St. John's College, Annapolis, 1934-37. Died in 1964 (age about 81 years). Interment at Parsons Cemetery.   Edward Homer White Jr. (1911-1998) — also known as E. Homer White, Jr. — of Salisbury, Wicomico County, Md. Born in Salisbury, Wicomico County, Md., April 5, 1911. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; shoe merchant; member of Maryland state house of delegates, 1947-69; candidate for U.S. Representative from Maryland 1st District, 1968; member of Maryland state senate 36th District, 1975-78. Methodist. Member, Rotary. Died, in a nursing home, at Salisbury, Wicomico County, Md., August 9, 1998 (age 87 years, 126 days). Interment at Parsons Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of Edward Homer White and Lella Amiss (Morgan) White; married 1941 to Rebecca Beach; nephew of Wallace Henry White and Arthur Percival White; grandson of King Valentine Dennis White; grandnephew of Edward Southey White; first cousin once removed of John Edward White, Frederick Paul Adkins and Elijah Dale Adkins; second cousin of Bertha Sheppard Adkins and Elijah Dale Adkins Jr.; second cousin twice removed of Merrill Henry Tilghman; second cousin four times removed of Littleton Dennis and John Dennis (1771-1806); third cousin thrice removed of Littleton Purnell Dennis and John Dennis (1807-1859).   Political family: White-Adkins-Dennis-Tilghman family of Maryland.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial   Elijah Dale Adkins Jr. (1915-1982) — also known as E. Dale Adkins, Jr. — of Wicomico County, Md. Born in Maryland, December 7, 1915. Republican. Member of Maryland state senate from Wicomico County, 1951-53; resigned 1953. Died in Salisbury, Wicomico County, Md., June 15, 1982 (age 66 years, 190 days). Interment at Parsons Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of Jessie (Graham) Adkins and Elijah Dale Adkins; nephew of Frederick Paul Adkins; grandson of Elijah Stanton Adkins; first cousin of Bertha Sheppard Adkins; first cousin once removed of Wallace Henry White and Arthur Percival White; second cousin of Edward Homer White Jr.; second cousin twice removed of Merrill Henry Tilghman.   Political family: White-Adkins-Dennis-Tilghman family of Maryland.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial   Elijah Dale Adkins (1883-1951) — also known as E. Dale Adkins — of Salisbury, Wicomico County, Md.; Easton, Talbot County, Md. Born in Worcester County, Md., August 14, 1883. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Maryland, 1912 (alternate), 1948; member of Maryland state senate from Wicomico County, 1924. Died September 25, 1951 (age 68 years, 42 days). Interment at Parsons Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of Elijah Stanton Adkins and Henrietta Frances (Tilghman) Adkins; brother of Frederick Paul Adkins; married, June 5, 1913, to Jessie Graham; father of Elijah Dale Adkins Jr.; uncle of Bertha Sheppard Adkins; first cousin of Wallace Henry White and Arthur Percival White; first cousin once removed of Edward Homer White Jr.; second cousin once removed of Merrill Henry Tilghman.   Political family: White-Adkins-Dennis-Tilghman family of Maryland.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial   Bertha Sheppard Adkins (1906-1983) — also known as Bertha S. Adkins — of Salisbury, Wicomico County, Md. Born in Salisbury, Wicomico County, Md., August 24, 1906. Republican. Dean of Women, Western Maryland College, Westminster, Md., 1934-42; Dean of Residence, Bradford Junior College, Bradford, Mass., 1942-46; member of Republican National Committee from Maryland, 1948-58; delegate to Republican National Convention from Maryland, 1956 (member, Resolutions Committee; speaker), 1960 (alternate). Female. Methodist. Member, American Association of University Women; Pi Lambda Theta. Died in Oxford, Talbot County, Md., January 14, 1983 (age 76 years, 143 days). Interment at Parsons Cemetery.   Relatives: Daughter of Edna May (Sheppard) Adkins and Frederick Paul Adkins; niece of Elijah Dale Adkins; granddaughter of Elijah Stanton Adkins; first cousin of Elijah Dale Adkins Jr.; first cousin once removed of Wallace Henry White and Arthur Percival White; second cousin of Edward Homer White Jr.; second cousin twice removed of Merrill Henry Tilghman.   Political family: White-Adkins-Dennis-Tilghman family of Maryland.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial   John Purnell Owens (1841-1911) — also known as John P. Owens — of Ocean City, Worcester County, Md.; Salisbury, Wicomico County, Md. Born in Maryland, December 20, 1841. Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; postmaster at Ocean City, Md., 1878-81; Salisbury, Md., 1882-86. Died in Maryland, October 16, 1911 (age 69 years, 300 days). Interment at Parsons Cemetery.   Relatives: Married to Martha J. Porter.   Elijah Stanton Adkins (1849-1912) — also known as Elijah S. Adkins — of Salisbury, Wicomico County, Md. Born in Powellville, Wicomico County, Md., June 25, 1849. Republican. Lumber merchant; postmaster at Salisbury, Md., 1898-1902. Died in Salisbury, Wicomico County, Md., November 28, 1912 (age 63 years, 156 days). Interment at Parsons Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of Stanton Adkins and Elizabeth W. (Parsons) Adkins; married to Henrietta Frances 'Hennie' Tilghman; father of Frederick Paul Adkins and Elijah Dale Adkins; grandfather of Bertha Sheppard Adkins and Elijah Dale Adkins Jr..   Political family: White-Adkins-Dennis-Tilghman family of Maryland.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial   Frederick Paul Adkins (1878-1963) — also known as Frederick P. Adkins — of Salisbury, Wicomico County, Md. Born in Wicomico County, Md., November 9, 1878. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Maryland, 1916. Methodist. Member, Freemasons; Scottish Rite Masons. Died in Maryland, March 9, 1963 (age 84 years, 120 days). Interment at Parsons Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of Elijah Stanton Adkins and Henrietta Frances (Tilghman) Adkins; brother of Elijah Dale Adkins; married, November 21, 1902, to Edna Mae Sheppard; father of Bertha Sheppard Adkins; uncle of Elijah Dale Adkins Jr.; first cousin of Wallace Henry White and Arthur Percival White; first cousin once removed of Edward Homer White Jr.; second cousin once removed of Merrill Henry Tilghman.   Political family: White-Adkins-Dennis-Tilghman family of Maryland.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial Wicomico Memorial Park 721 Snow Hill Road Salisbury, Wicomico County, Maryland See also Findagrave page for this location. Politicians buried here:   William W. Travers (1902-1979) — of Wicomico County, Md. Born in Nanticoke, Wicomico County, Md., February 12, 1902. Democrat. Lawyer; member of Maryland state senate from Wicomico County, 1947; resigned 1947; circuit judge in Maryland, 1964-72. Episcopalian. Member, American Bar Association. Died in Salisbury, Wicomico County, Md., May 27, 1979 (age 77 years, 104 days). Interment at Wicomico Memorial Park.   Relatives: Son of William S. Travers and Minnie L. Travers.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial

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