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Isaac Ambrose Barber (1852-1909) —
also known as Isaac A. Barber —
of Easton, Talbot
County, Md.
Born near Salem, Salem
County, N.J., January
26, 1852.
Republican. Physician;
president, Farmers and Mechanics National Bank of Easton;
member of Maryland
state house of delegates, 1896; U.S.
Representative from Maryland 1st District, 1897-99; Maryland
Republican state chair, 1900-04.
Quaker.
Died, from the effects of a fall, in
Easton, Talbot
County, Md., March 1,
1909 (age 57 years, 34
days).
Interment at Spring
Hill Cemetery, Easton, Md.
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Albert Alexander Blakeney (1850-1924) —
also known as Albert A. Blakeney —
of Franklinville, Baltimore
County, Md.; Savage, Howard
County, Md.; Baltimore,
Md.
Born in Baltimore,
Md., September
28, 1850.
Republican. Cotton
manufacturer; hotel
business; banker; U.S.
Representative from Maryland 2nd District, 1901-03, 1921-23;
defeated, 1922; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention
from Maryland, 1916.
Member, Union
League.
Died at Franklin Square Hospital,
Baltimore,
Md., October
15, 1924 (age 74 years, 17
days).
Interment at Green
Mount Cemetery, Baltimore, Md.
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James Bruce (1892-1980) —
of Eccleston, Baltimore
County, Md.; Finksburg, Carroll
County, Md.
Born in Baltimore,
Md., December
23, 1892.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; banker;
vice-president, National Dairy
Products Corp.; director, Republic Steel Co.;
director, Chicago, Rock Island, and Pacific Railway;
director, American Airlines;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Maryland, 1940
(alternate), 1952,
1956;
U.S. Ambassador to Argentina, 1947-49.
Episcopalian.
Member, American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Moose.
Died July 17,
1980 (age 87 years, 207
days).
Interment somewhere
in Baltimore, Md.
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James Caldwell (1770-1838) —
of Belmont
County, Ohio.
Born in Baltimore,
Md., November
30, 1770.
Democrat. Merchant;
banker; delegate
to Ohio state constitutional convention from Belmont County,
1802; Belmont
County Clerk of the Court, 1806-10; member of Ohio
state senate from Belmont County, 1809-13; served in the U.S.
Army during the War of 1812; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 4th District, 1813-17; candidate for
Presidential Elector for Ohio.
Died in Wheeling, Ohio
County, Va (now W.Va.), May 5,
1838 (age 67 years, 156
days).
Interment at Methodist
Cemetery, St. Clairsville, Ohio.
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J. P. Cooley (b. 1845) —
of Tabor, Bon Homme
County, S.Dak.
Born in Rowlandsville, Cecil
County, Md., February
26, 1845.
Democrat. Farmer; livestock
grower; banker; member
Dakota territorial council, 1872-73; member of South
Dakota state senate 4th District, 1903-04, 1907-08, 1911-14.
Burial location unknown.
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Image source:
South Dakota Legislative Manual, 1903 |
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John Jacob Cornwell (1867-1953) —
also known as John J. Cornwell —
of Romney, Hampshire
County, W.Va.
Born in Ritchie
County, W.Va., July 11,
1867.
Democrat. Lawyer;
owner and editor of The Hampshire Review newspaper;
financed and built Hampshire Southern Railroad;
president, Bank of Romney; director and general counsel,
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from West Virginia, 1896,
1912
(member, Platform
and Resolutions Committee), 1924
(member, Platform
and Resolutions Committee), 1932,
1940;
member of West
Virginia state senate, 1899-1906 (12th District 1899-1902, 15th
District 1903-06); Governor of
West Virginia, 1917-21; defeated, 1904.
Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Elks.
Died in Cumberland, Allegany
County, Md., September
8, 1953 (age 86 years, 59
days).
Interment at Indian
Mound Cemetery, Romney, W.Va.
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Fred Lewis Crawford (1888-1957) —
also known as Fred L. Crawford —
of Saginaw, Saginaw
County, Mich.
Born near Dublin, Erath
County, Tex., May 5,
1888.
Republican. Accountant;
builder, financier, and operator of beet sugar
mills; director, Michigan National Bank; director, Petroleum
Transit Corporation; U.S.
Representative from Michigan 8th District, 1935-53; defeated in
primary, 1952.
Methodist.
Member, Elks.
Died in Washington,
D.C., April
13, 1957 (age 68 years, 343
days).
Interment at Cedar
Hill Cemetery, Suitland, Md.
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Thomas Cumming (1765-1834) —
of Augusta, Richmond
County, Ga.
Born in Frederick
County, Md., 1765.
Banker; mayor
of Augusta, Ga., 1798.
Died in Augusta, Richmond
County, Ga., 1834
(age about
69 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Caleb Dorsey (1833-1896) —
of Pike
County, Mo.; Stanislaus
County, Calif.
Born in Patapsco, Anne
Arundel County, Md., September
7, 1833.
Colonel in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; livestock
raiser; bank director; member of California
state assembly 5th District, 1877-80.
Member, Freemasons.
Shot
and killed by
his mining partner, J. T. Newcomer, at Snell Mine, near Columbia, Tuolumne
County, Calif., April
21, 1896 (age 62 years, 227
days). Newcomer claimed self-defense, but was convicted of murder
and sentenced to prison.
Interment at Stockton
Rural Cemetery, Stockton, Calif.
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Robert Lee Doughton (1863-1954) —
also known as Robert L. Doughton —
of Laurel Springs, Alleghany
County, N.C.
Born in Laurel Springs, Alleghany
County, N.C., November
7, 1863.
Democrat. Farmer;
banker; member of North
Carolina state senate 35th District, 1908-10; U.S.
Representative from North Carolina, 1911-53 (8th District
1911-33, 9th District 1933-53); delegate to Democratic National
Convention from North Carolina, 1940.
Baptist.
Died in Laurel Springs, Alleghany
County, N.C., October
1, 1954 (age 90 years, 328
days).
Interment at Laurel
Springs Baptist Church Cemetery, Laurel Springs, N.C.
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Francis Victor du Pont (1894-1962) —
also known as Francis V. du Pont; Frank V. du
Pont —
of Greenville, New Castle
County, Del.; Cambridge, Dorchester
County, Md.
Born in Johnstown, Cambria
County, Pa., May 28,
1894.
Republican. Engineer;
member, Delaware State Highway Commission, 1922-49; president,
Equitable Trust Company of Wilmington; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Delaware, 1944,
1948;
member of Republican
National Committee from Delaware, 1952; Commissioner, U.S. Bureau
of Public Roads, 1953-56.
Died, from lung
cancer, in University Hospital,
Baltimore,
Md., May 16,
1962 (age 67 years, 353
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Charles Carroll Frick (1867-1926) —
also known as Charles C. Frick —
of York, York
County, Pa.
Born in Baltimore,
Md., December
4, 1867.
Republican. Investment banker; candidate for Pennsylvania
state senate 28th District, 1906.
Died in York, York
County, Pa., March
16, 1926 (age 58 years, 102
days).
Interment at Prospect
Hill Cemetery, York, Pa.
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John Work Garrett (1872-1942) —
also known as John W. Garrett —
of Baltimore,
Md.
Born in Baltimore,
Md., May 19,
1872.
Republican. Banker; Foreign Service officer; U.S. Minister to
Venezuela, 1910-11; Argentina, 1911-13; Netherlands, 1917-19; Luxembourg, 1917-19; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Maryland, 1920,
1924;
U.S. Ambassador to Italy, 1929-33.
Died in Baltimore,
Md., June 26,
1942 (age 70 years, 38
days).
Interment at Green
Mount Cemetery, Baltimore, Md.
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Robert Garrett (b. 1875) —
of Roland Park, Baltimore,
Md.
Born in Baltimore
County, Md., June 24,
1875.
Republican. Banker; candidate for Maryland
state house of delegates, 1903, 1905; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Maryland 2nd District, 1904, 1906, 1908;
member of Maryland
Republican State Central Committee, 1912; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Maryland, 1912.
Presbyterian.
Member, American
Historical Association; American
Academy of Political and Social Science; Alpha
Delta Phi.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Thomas Harrison Garrett and Alice Dickinson (Whitridge) Garrett;
brother of John
Work Garrett; married, May 1,
1907, to Katharine Barker Johnson. |
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James Albert Gary (1833-1920) —
also known as James A. Gary —
of Baltimore,
Md.
Born in Uncasville, Montville, New London
County, Conn., October
22, 1833.
Cotton duck
manufacturer; Whig candidate for Maryland
state senate, 1858; Republican candidate for U.S.
Representative from Maryland 5th District, 1870, 1872; delegate
to Republican National Convention from Maryland, 1872,
1876,
1880,
1884,
1888,
1892,
1896
(member, Resolutions
Committee); Republican candidate for Governor of
Maryland, 1879; member of Republican
National Committee from Maryland, 1880-96; Maryland
Republican state chair, 1883; U.S.
Postmaster General, 1897-98; vice-president, Consolidated Gas
Company; president, Citizens National Bank of Baltimore.
Presbyterian.
Died in Baltimore,
Md., October
31, 1920 (age 87 years, 9
days).
Interment at Loudon
Park Cemetery, Baltimore, Md.
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Relatives:
Married 1856 to Lavin
Corrie. |
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Phillips Lee Goldsborough (1865-1946) —
also known as Phillips L. Goldsborough —
of Cambridge, Dorchester
County, Md.; Annapolis, Anne
Arundel County, Md.; Baltimore,
Md.
Born in Cambridge, Dorchester
County, Md., August
6, 1865.
Republican. Lawyer;
banker; Maryland
state comptroller, 1898-1900; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Maryland, 1900,
1908,
1912,
1932;
U.S. Collector of Internal Revenue for Maryland, 1909; Governor of
Maryland, 1912-16; U.S.
Senator from Maryland, 1929-35; member of Republican
National Committee from Maryland, 1932-36.
Episcopalian.
Died in Baltimore,
Md., October
22, 1946 (age 81 years, 77
days).
Interment at Christ
Episcopal Church Cemetery, Cambridge, Md.
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George Graham (1770-1830) —
of Fairfax
County, Va.
Born in Dumfries, Prince
William County, Va., May 16,
1770.
Member of Virginia
state house of delegates from Fairfax County, 1808-09; U.S.
Secretary of War, 1816-17; U.S. Special Diplomatic Agent to Texas Republic, 1818; president, Washington branch, Bank
of the United States, 1819-23; Commissioner of the General Land
Office, 1823-30; died in office 1830.
Died in Montgomery
County, Md., August
8, 1830 (age 60 years, 84
days).
Original interment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Washington, D.C.; reinterment in 1906 at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Gilbert Hunton Green (1851-1909) —
also known as Gilbert H. Green —
of New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La.
Born in Prince
William County, Va., August
17, 1851.
Banker; Vice-Consul
for Uruguay in New
Orleans, La., 1892-1907.
Presbyterian.
Died in Baltimore,
Md., February
9, 1909 (age 57 years, 176
days).
Interment at Greenwich Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Greenwich, Va.
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Relatives: Son
of Charles Green and Lucinda Irland (Hunton) Green; married, June 4,
1879, to Annie H. Hunton. |
| | | Epitaph: "Thou Wilt Keep Him In Perfect
Peace / Whose Mind Is Stayed On Thee." |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Dwight Palmer Griswold (1893-1954) —
also known as Dwight P. Griswold —
of Gordon, Sheridan
County, Neb.; Scottsbluff, Scotts
Bluff County, Neb.
Born in Harrison, Sioux
County, Neb., November
27, 1893.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I;
banker; newspaper
editor; member of Nebraska
state house of representatives, 1921-23; member of Nebraska
state senate, 1925-29; Governor of
Nebraska, 1941-47; defeated, 1932, 1934; U.S.
Senator from Nebraska, 1952-54; died in office 1954.
Presbyterian.
Member, Alpha
Tau Omega; American
Legion; Freemasons;
Shriners.
Died, in Bethesda
Naval Hospital, Bethesda, Montgomery
County, Md., April
12, 1954 (age 60 years, 136
days).
Interment at Fairview
Cemetery, Scottsbluff, Neb.
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Emerson Columbus Harrington (1864-1945) —
also known as Emerson C. Harrington —
of Cambridge, Dorchester
County, Md.
Born in Madison, Dorchester
County, Md., March
26, 1864.
Democrat. Lawyer; Dorchester
County State's Attorney, 1899-1903; Maryland Insurance
Commissioner, 1911; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Maryland, 1912,
1916
(Honorary
Vice-President; member, Platform
and Resolutions Committee), 1924,
1936,
1940;
Maryland
state comptroller, 1912-16; Governor of
Maryland, 1916-20; president, People's Loan Savings and Deposit
Bank; director, Cambridge Hospital.
Episcopalian.
Member, Elks; Rotary.
Died in Cambridge, Dorchester
County, Md., December
15, 1945 (age 81 years, 264
days).
Interment at Christ
Episcopal Church Cemetery, Cambridge, Md.
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Daniel Hiester (1774-1834) —
of West Chester, Chester
County, Pa.
Born in Chester
County, Pa., 1774.
Chester
County Prothonotary and Clerk, 1800-09; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 3rd District, 1809-11;
banker; chief
burgess of West Chester, Pennsylvania, 1815-17.
Died in Hagerstown, Washington
County, Md., March 8,
1834 (age about 59
years).
Interment at Congressional
Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Thomas Clayton Horsey (1879-1949) —
also known as T. Clayton Horsey —
of Denton, Caroline
County, Md.
Born in Greensboro, Caroline
County, Md., January
2, 1879.
Democrat. Banker; alternate delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Maryland, 1928.
Died in Dover, Kent
County, Del., November
10, 1949 (age 70 years, 312
days).
Interment at Greensboro Cemetery, Greensboro, Md.
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John Hubner (1840-1920) —
of Baltimore,
Md.; Catonsville, Baltimore
County, Md.
Born in Lonnerstadt, Bavaria, Germany,
December
26, 1840.
Democrat. Naturalized U.S. citizen; brick
manufacturer; real estate
developer; bank director; member of Maryland
state house of delegates, 1887-92; Speaker of
the Maryland State House of Delegates, 1891-92; member of Maryland
state senate, 1893-96, 1901-04.
Lutheran.
German
ancestry. Member, Freemasons.
Died in Baltimore,
Md., September
8, 1920 (age 79 years, 257
days).
Burial location unknown.
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William Newton Jackson (b. 1893) —
also known as W. Newton Jackson —
of Salisbury, Wicomico
County, Md.
Born in Salisbury, Wicomico
County, Md., October
21, 1893.
Republican. Insurance
business; director, Salisbury National Bank; director,
Peninsula General Hospital;;
member of Maryland
Republican State Central Committee, 1932-50; alternate delegate
to Republican National Convention from Maryland, 1948.
Methodist.
Member, Kiwanis.
Burial location unknown.
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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, Salisbury, Md.
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Thomas James Keating (1829-1898) —
of Centreville, Queen
Anne's County, Md.
Born in Smyrna, Kent
County, Del., May 3,
1829.
Democrat. Lawyer; newspaper
editor; Queen
Anne's County State's Attorney, 1860-76; delegate
to Maryland state constitutional convention, 1867; Maryland
state comptroller, 1878-84; banker; chair of
Queen Anne's County Democratic Party, 1893.
Episcopalian.
Died in Centreville, Queen
Anne's County, Md., June 1,
1898 (age 69 years, 29
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Michael Keating and Elizabeth Jane (Palmer) Keating; married 1862 to Sarah
F. Webster. |
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John Brown Kimberly (b. 1855) —
also known as John B. Kimberly —
of Fort Monroe, Elizabeth City County (now part of Hampton),
Va.
Born in Baltimore,
Md., December
31, 1855.
Republican. Merchant;
hotel
owner; steamship
agent; postmaster;
director of banks and electric
railways; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention
from Virginia, 1912,
1916,
1920,
1924.
Episcopalian.
Member, Rotary.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of William H. Kimberly and Ann (Brown) Kimberly; married, October
28, 1888, to Leonora V. Allen. |
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William Bladen Lowndes (1875-1941) —
also known as W. Bladen Lowndes —
of Baltimore,
Md.
Born in Cumberland, Allegany
County, Md., November
25, 1875.
Republican. Banker; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Maryland, 1920
(member, Resolutions
Committee), 1924.
Died in Baltimore,
Md., May 30,
1941 (age 65 years, 186
days).
Interment at Rose
Hill Cemetery, Cumberland, Md.
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John Alexander Luetkemeyer (1910-1998) —
also known as John Luetkemeyer —
of Homeland, Baltimore,
Md.; Roland Park, Baltimore,
Md.
Born in Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio, February
12, 1910.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II;
banker; Maryland
state treasurer, 1963-73.
German
ancestry.
Died in Roland Park, Baltimore,
Md., September
17, 1998 (age 88 years, 217
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Gustave Luetkemeyer and Julie (Lueke) Luetkemeyer; married to Anne
McLanahan. |
| | | See also Wikipedia
article |
| | | Image source: Baltimore Sun, September
20, 1998 |
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Hervey Gilbert Machen (1916-1994) —
also known as Hervey Machen —
of Hyattsville, Prince
George's County, Md.
Born in Washington,
D.C., October
14, 1916.
Democrat. Lawyer;
banker; served in the U.S. Army during World War II; vice-chair of
Maryland Democratic Party, 1953-57; member of Maryland
state house of delegates, 1955-65; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Maryland, 1964;
U.S.
Representative from Maryland 5th District, 1965-69; defeated,
1968, 1970.
Episcopalian.
Member, Kiwanis;
Moose.
Died in Annapolis, Anne
Arundel County, Md., November
29, 1994 (age 78 years, 46
days).
Interment at St.
Barnabas Church Cemetery, Upper Marlboro, Md.
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Hector MacLean (1920-2012) —
of Lumberton, Robeson
County, N.C.
Born in Baltimore,
Md., September
15, 1920.
Democrat. Major in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer;
president, Bank of Lumberton; president, Virginia and Carolina
Southern Railroad;
mayor
of Lumberton, N.C., 1949-53; member of North
Carolina state senate, 1961-71; alternate delegate to Democratic
National Convention from North Carolina, 1964.
Presbyterian.
Died in Lumberton, Robeson
County, N.C., December
7, 2012 (age 92 years, 83
days).
Interment at Meadowbrook
Cemetery, Lumberton, N.C.
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George Thomas Marye Jr. (1849-1933) —
also known as George T. Marye —
of Burlingame, San Mateo
County, Calif.
Born in Baltimore,
Md., December
13, 1849.
Democrat. Lawyer;
banker; candidate for Presidential Elector for California; California
Democratic state chair, 1888-93; U.S. Ambassador to Russia, 1914-16.
Anglican.
Member, Loyal
Legion.
Died September
2, 1933 (age 83 years, 263
days).
Interment at Cypress
Lawn Memorial Park, Colma, Calif.
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Charles McCurdy Mathias (b. 1886) —
also known as Charles M. Mathias —
of Frederick, Frederick
County, Md.
Born in Baltimore,
Md., December
16, 1886.
Republican. Banker; treasurer and director, Frederick Iron and
Steel Co.; director, Staley Motor Co.; secretary and director,
Frederick Hotel
Co.; director, Peoples Fire
Insurance Co.; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Maryland, 1924.
Episcopalian.
Member, Rotary.
Burial location unknown.
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Eleazer McComb (1740-1798) —
of Dover, Kent
County, Del.; Wilmington, New Castle
County, Del.
Born in Cumberland, Allegany
County, Md., August
11, 1740.
Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; merchant;
Delegate
to Continental Congress from Delaware, 1783-84; Delaware
state auditor, 1787-93; bank director.
Scotch-Irish
ancestry.
Died, from yellow
fever, in Wilmington, New Castle
County, Del., December, 1798
(age 58
years, 0 days).
Interment at Wilmington
and Brandywine Cemetery, Wilmington, Del.
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Hugh McCulloch (1808-1895) —
of Fort Wayne, Allen
County, Ind.; Washington,
D.C.; Vansville, Prince
George's County, Md.
Born in Kennebunk, York
County, Maine, December
7, 1808.
Republican. Lawyer;
banker; U.S. Comptroller of the Currency, 1863-65; U.S.
Secretary of the Treasury, 1865-69, 1884-85.
Died in Vansville, Prince
George's County, Md., May 24,
1895 (age 86 years, 168
days).
Interment at Rock
Creek Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Relatives: Son
of Hugh McCulloch (1773-1830) and Abigail (Perkins) McCulloch;
married, June 23,
1834, to Eunice Hardy; married, March
21, 1838, to Susan Maria Man. |
| | | McCulloch Hall (dormitory, built 1926), at
Harvard University
Business School, Boston,
Massachusetts, is named for
him. — The World War II Liberty
ship SS Hugh McCulloch (built 1943 at Richmond,
California; scrapped 1962) was named for
him. |
| | | Coins and currency: His portrait
appeared on $20 U.S. national bank notes in 1902.
|
| | | See also Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier — Find-A-Grave
memorial — Comptrollers
of the Currency |
| | | Image source: Life and Work of James G.
Blaine (1893) |
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Hooper Steele Miles (1895-1964) —
also known as Hooper S. Miles —
of Salisbury, Wicomico
County, Md.
Born in Cambridge, Dorchester
County, Md., January
27, 1895.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Maryland
state house of delegates, 1925; banker; Maryland
state treasurer, 1935-63; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Maryland, 1936.
Died, in Johns Hopkins Hospital,
Baltimore,
Md., March 8,
1964 (age 69 years, 41
days).
Interment at Druid
Ridge Cemetery, Pikesville, Md.
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Charles Edward Mitchell (1870-1937) —
also known as Charles E. Mitchell —
of Institute, Kanawha
County, W.Va.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in St. Michaels, Talbot
County, Md., May 30,
1870.
Republican. Business manager, West Virginia State College, 1904-31;
president, Mutual Savings and Loan Company of Charleston,
1920-31; member of West Virginia
Republican State Committee, 1921-29; U.S. Minister to Liberia, 1930-33; U.S. Consul General in Monrovia, as of 1932; member of New York
Republican State Committee, 1937.
African
ancestry.
Died, from an embolism
which developed after surgery, in Harlem Hospital,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., March
29, 1937 (age 66 years, 303
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Harry Whinna Nice III (b. 1935) —
also known as Harry W. Nice III —
of Baltimore,
Md.
Born in Baltimore,
Md., December
9, 1935.
Investment banker; member of Maryland
state house of delegates from Baltimore city 3rd District,
1967-70.
Episcopalian.
Member, Phi
Gamma Delta.
Still living as of 1970.
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Charles Nitze (1830-1909) —
of Baltimore,
Md.
Born in Magdeburg, Germany,
August
18, 1830.
Banker; Vice-Consul
for Russia in Baltimore,
Md., 1879-1903.
German
ancestry.
Died, from a stroke of
paralysis, in Roland Park, Baltimore,
Md., October
21, 1909 (age 79 years, 64
days).
Interment at Loudon
Park Cemetery, Baltimore, Md.
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Charles Oliver O'Donnell (1822-1877) —
also known as C. Oliver O'Donnell —
of Baltimore,
Md.
Born in Baltimore,
Md., January
20, 1822.
Commission
merchant; insurance
business; vice-president, Gaslight
Company of Baltimore; director, Union Bank of Maryland;
director, Baltimore and Ohio Railroad;
Vice-Consul
for Brazil in Baltimore,
Md., 1864-76.
Catholic.
Died, from apoplexy,
in the Pequod House Hotel,
New London, New London
County, Conn., August
12, 1877 (age 55 years, 204
days).
Interment at New
Cathedral Cemetery, Baltimore, Md.
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Hermann Oelrichs (1850-1906) —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Baltimore,
Md., June 8,
1850.
Democrat. Steamship
agent; banker; member of Democratic
National Committee from New York, 1888.
German
ancestry.
Died, from liver
trouble, on
board the S.S. Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse, in the North
Atlantic Ocean, September
1, 1906 (age 56 years, 85
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Bronx, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of Henry Ferdinand Oelrichs and Julia Matilda (May) Oelrichs; married
1890 to
Theresa Alice 'Tessie' Fair (daughter of James
Graham Fair). |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Image source: Washington Times,
September 4, 1906 |
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George Edmund Price (b. 1848) —
also known as George E. Price —
of Frederick, Frederick
County, Md.; Keyser, Mineral
County, W.Va.; Charleston, Kanawha
County, W.Va.
Born in Moorefield, Hardy
County, Va. (now W.Va.), November
9, 1848.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of West
Virginia state senate 12th District, 1883-90; President
of the West Virginia State Senate, 1885-87; vice-president,
Kanawha Banking & Trust Co.; director, Bouvier-Jaeger Coal Land
Co.
Presbyterian.
Member, American Bar
Association.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of George Richard Coale Price and Catharine (Cunningham) Price;
married, June 12,
1878, to Sallie A. Dorsey. |
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John Armfield Proctor (1880-1957) —
also known as John A. Proctor —
of Berkeley Springs, Morgan
County, W.Va.
Born in Bel Air, Harford
County, Md., October
27, 1880.
Democrat. Banker; farmer;
member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Morgan County, 1923-24;
member of West
Virginia state senate 16th District, 1939-42; chair of
Morgan County Democratic Party, 1940-42.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks; Kiwanis.
Died in Berkeley Springs, Morgan
County, W.Va., October
28, 1957 (age 77 years, 1
days).
Interment at Greenway
Cemetery, Berkeley Springs, W.Va.
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Relatives: Son
of Charles Wesley Proctor and Sophia Elizabeth (Spencer) Proctor;
married 1908 to Mary
Edna Brady; married 1914 to Cecil
Alline Speer. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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John Wirt Randall (1845-1912) —
of Annapolis, Anne
Arundel County, Md.
Born in Annapolis, Anne
Arundel County, Md., March 6,
1845.
Lawyer;
banker; member of Maryland
state house of delegates, 1884-85; member of Maryland
state senate, 1888-90, 1896-98.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Roland Park, Baltimore,
Md., August
16, 1912 (age 67 years, 163
days).
Interment at St.
Anne's Cemetery, Annapolis, Md.
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Brazilla Carroll Reece (1889-1961) —
also known as B. Carroll Reece —
of Butler, Johnson
County, Tenn.; Johnson City, Washington
County, Tenn.
Born in a log
cabin near Butler, Johnson
County, Tenn., December
22, 1889.
Republican. School
teacher; served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
banker; U.S.
Representative from Tennessee 1st District, 1921-31, 1933-47,
1951-61; died in office 1961; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Tennessee, 1932,
1936,
1944,
1948
(speaker),
1956,
1960;
member of Republican
National Committee from Tennessee, 1939-40; Chairman
of Republican National Committee, 1946-48; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Tennessee, 1948; Tennessee
Republican state chair, 1958.
Baptist.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Economic Association; American
Statistical Association; American
Academy of Political and Social Science; Delta
Sigma Pi; Freemasons;
Shriners.
Died, in Bethesda
Naval Hospital, Bethesda, Montgomery
County, Md., March
19, 1961 (age 71 years, 87
days).
Interment at Monte
Vista Memorial Park, Johnson City, Tenn.
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Samuel Caldwell Sample (1796-1855) —
also known as Samuel C. Sample —
of South Bend, St. Joseph
County, Ind.
Born in Elkton, Cecil
County, Md., August
15, 1796.
Whig. Carpenter;
lawyer;
circuit judge in Indiana, 1836-43; U.S.
Representative from Indiana 9th District, 1843-45; banker.
Died in South Bend, St. Joseph
County, Ind., December
2, 1855 (age 59 years, 109
days).
Interment at South
Bend City Cemetery, South Bend, Ind.
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John Walter Smith (1845-1925) —
of Snow Hill, Worcester
County, Md.
Born in Snow Hill, Worcester
County, Md., February
5, 1845.
Democrat. Lumber
business; banker; member of Maryland
state senate, 1890-98; Maryland
Democratic state chair, 1895; U.S.
Representative from Maryland 1st District, 1899-1900; Governor of
Maryland, 1900-04; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Maryland, 1900,
1904,
1912
(speaker),
1916;
U.S.
Senator from Maryland, 1908-21; defeated, 1920; member of Democratic
National Committee from Maryland, 1920-21.
Presbyterian.
Died April
19, 1925 (age 80 years, 73
days).
Interment at Makemie
Presbyterian Cemetery, Snow Hill, Md.
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Charles Morton Stewart (1828-1900) —
also known as C. Morton Stewart —
of Baltimore,
Md.
Born in Maryland, July 16,
1828.
Coffee
importer;
bank director; Consul
for Argentina in Baltimore,
Md., 1864-98; Consul
for Venezuela in Baltimore,
Md., 1875-77.
Died in Hampton,
Va., August
13, 1900 (age 72 years, 28
days).
Interment at St.
Thomas Episcopal Church Cemetery, Owings Mills, Md.
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Charles Morton Stewart Jr. (1870-1956) —
also known as C. Morton Stewart, Jr. —
of Baltimore,
Md.; Garrison, Baltimore
County, Md.; Eccleston, Baltimore
County, Md.
Born in Eccleston, Baltimore
County, Md., May 10,
1870.
Importer;
investment banker; Consul-General
for Honduras in Baltimore,
Md., 1896, 1898-1911; Honorary
Consul-General for Guatemala in Baltimore,
Md., 1896-1921; Consul-General
for Central America in Baltimore,
Md., 1897-98; Consul-General
for Nicaragua in Baltimore,
Md., 1899-1900; Honorary
Consul for Honduras in Baltimore,
Md., 1931.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa.
Died November
13, 1956 (age 86 years, 187
days).
Interment at St.
Thomas Episcopal Church Cemetery, Owings Mills, Md.
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Roger Brooke Taney (1777-1864) —
also known as Roger B. Taney —
of Baltimore,
Md.
Born in Calvert
County, Md., March
17, 1777.
Lawyer;
member of Maryland
state house of delegates, 1799-1800; bank director; member
of Maryland
state senate, 1816-21; Maryland
state attorney general, 1827-31; U.S.
Attorney General, 1831-33; U.S.
Secretary of the Treasury, 1833-34; Chief
Justice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1836-64; died in office 1864.
Catholic.
First
Catholic to hold a U.S. cabinet position.
Died in Washington,
D.C., October
12, 1864 (age 87 years, 209
days).
Interment at St.
John's Catholic Church Cemetery, Frederick, Md.; statue at State
House Grounds, Annapolis, Md.
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Relatives: Son
of Michael Taney and Monica (Brooke) Taney; married, January
7, 1806, to Anne Phoebe Charlton Key (sister of Francis
Scott Key; niece of Philip
Barton Key (1757-1815); aunt of Philip
Barton Key (1818-1859)). |
| | | Political family: Pendleton-Lee
family of Maryland (subset of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | Cross-reference: John
Merryman |
| | | Taney County,
Mo. is named for him. |
| | | Epitaph: "He was a profound and able
lawyer, an upright and fearless judge, a pious and exemplary
Christian." |
| | | See also Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier — Find-A-Grave
memorial — Biographical
Directory of Federal Judges |
| | | Books by Roger Taney: Memoir
of Roger Brooke Taney : Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the U.
S. |
| | | Books about Roger Taney: Bernard
Christian Steiner, Life
of Roger Brooke Taney, Chief Justice of the United States Supreme
Court — Charles Smith, Roger
B. Taney : Jacksonian Jurist — Suzanne Freedman, Roger
Taney : The Dred Scott Legacy (for young readers) |
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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, Crisfield, Md.
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William Hallam Tuck (1808-1884) —
Born in Annapolis, Anne
Arundel County, Md., November
20, 1808.
Lawyer;
bank director; member of Maryland
state house of delegates, 1836-43; Speaker of
the Maryland State House of Delegates, 1837; delegate
to Maryland state constitutional convention, 1851; Judge,
Maryland Court of Appeals, 1851-61; member of Maryland
state senate, 1872-75.
Died in Annapolis, Anne
Arundel County, Md., March
17, 1884 (age 75 years, 118
days).
Interment at St.
Anne's Cemetery, Annapolis, Md.
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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, Chestertown, Md.
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Relatives: Son
of William Barger Usilton and Mary Frances (Frazier) Usilton; married
to Hannah Ball Maslin. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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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, Havre de Grace, Md.
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James Valentine Wagner (1848-1903) —
also known as James V. Wagner —
of Baltimore,
Md.
Born in Baltimore,
Md., November
8, 1848.
Cashier, National Marine Bank; Honorary
Consul for Nicaragua in Baltimore,
Md., 1891-96; Honorary
Consul for Venezuela in Baltimore,
Md., 1901-03.
Died, from pneumonia,
in Baltimore,
Md., January
31, 1903 (age 54 years, 84
days). Following his death, it was discovered
that he had embezzled
about $30,000 from the bank.
Interment at Green
Mount Cemetery, Baltimore, Md.
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John W. Walker (b. 1849) —
of Gaithersburg, Montgomery
County, Md.
Born in Frederick
County, Md., October
29, 1849.
Democrat. Farmer;
director, First National Bank of Gaithersburg; mayor
of Gaithersburg, Md., 1906-08, 1918-24.
Methodist.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Nathan J. Walker and Evelyn (King) Walker; married to Amanda C.
Thompson and Frances Elnora Sibley. |
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George W. Waters Jr. (1869-1933) —
of Laurel, Prince
George's County, Md.
Born in Laurel, Prince
George's County, Md., June 30,
1869.
Democrat. Banker; mayor of
Laurel, Md., 1912-18; Prince
George's County Treasurer, 1924-26.
Episcopalian.
Member, American
Bankers Association; Freemasons.
Died March
26, 1933 (age 63 years, 269
days).
Interment at Ivy Hill Cemetery, Laurel, Md.
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Edward Oscar Weant (1869-1930) —
also known as E. O. Weant —
of Westminster, Carroll
County, Md.
Born in Carroll
County, Md., November
28, 1869.
Democrat. Lawyer; Carroll
County State's Attorney, 1900-04, 1909-13; attorney or director
for several banks; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Maryland, 1924,
1928
(member, Committee
on Rules and Order of Business).
Christian
Reformed. Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias; Elks.
Died June 28,
1930 (age 60 years, 212
days).
Interment at Westminster
Cemetery, Westminster, Md.
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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, Near Churchville, Harford County, Md.
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Morris Whitridge (1865-1935) —
of Baltimore,
Md.
Born in Baltimore,
Md., August
4, 1865.
Investment banker; importer;
Vice-Consul
for Denmark in Baltimore,
Md., 1896-97; Consul
for Denmark in Baltimore,
Md., 1898-1903.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons.
Died, from pneumonia,
in Johns Hopkins Hospital,
Baltimore,
Md., December
22, 1935 (age 70 years, 140
days).
Interment at Green
Mount Cemetery, Baltimore, Md.
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Thomas Whitridge (1869-1895) —
of Baltimore,
Md.
Born in Baltimore,
Md., December
28, 1869.
Banker; Vice-Consul
for Denmark in Baltimore,
Md., 1892-95; Consul
for Chile in Baltimore,
Md., 1892-95.
Member, Delta
Phi.
When his house was on fire, he
and his wife, attempting to escape through a window onto a ladder, fell to
their deaths twenty feet below, in Baltimore,
Md., January
15, 1895 (age 25 years, 18
days).
Interment at Green
Mount Cemetery, Baltimore, Md.
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Henry Buckley Wilcox (1864-1931) —
also known as Henry B. Wilcox; Harry B.
Wilcox —
of Baltimore,
Md.
Born in Baltimore,
Md., May 23,
1864.
Republican. Banker; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Maryland, 1916,
1920
(alternate), 1924;
Honorary
Consul for Bolivia in Baltimore,
Md., 1923-31.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Sons of
the American Revolution.
Hit by
a car and killed, while crossing Charles Street, at University
Parkway, Baltimore,
Md., April
22, 1931 (age 66 years, 334
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Woodlawn, Md.
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Relatives: Son
of William Littleton Wilcox and Susannah Helen (Perry) Wilcox;
married, November
5, 1889, to Katherine Elizabeth 'Kate' Wirt. |
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Nutter Jerome Wimbrow (1867-1957) —
also known as N. Jerome Wimbrow —
of Whaleyville, Worcester
County, Md.
Born in Salisbury, Wicomico
County, Md., October
5, 1867.
Republican. Merchant;
sawmill
business; banker; member of Maryland
state house of delegates, 1916-18; alternate delegate to
Republican National Convention from Maryland, 1920,
1936.
Died in Whaleyville, Worcester
County, Md., September
15, 1957 (age 89 years, 345
days).
Interment at Dale Cemetery, Worcester County, Md.
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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, Princess Anne, Md.
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Relatives: Son
of Dr. John Woolford and Ann Irving (Gillis) Woolford; married to
Miss Atkinson and Annie E. Waters. |
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