Carroll, Anna Ella b. August 29, 1815 d. February 19, 1893 Author, Civil War reporter. She was born on Maryland's Eastern Shore in 1815. Often called an unofficial member of President Abraham Lincoln's cabinet, she was a Unionist author and newspaper reporter who had traveled extensively throughout the South and Midwest before the Civil War. Among her most popular books were "The War Powers Of The General Government" (1861) and "The Great American Battle" (1856). Just before the war, she journeyed through the Midwest and noted the importance of the...[Read More] (Bio by: Raymond Phillips) Old Trinity Church Cemetery, Church Creek, Dorchester County, Maryland, USA
Carroll, Thomas King b. April 29, 1793 d. October 3, 1873 Governor of Maryland. After graduating from the University of Pennsylvania in 1811, he studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1814. He entered politics and served in the Maryland House of Delegates. He was elected as a Democrat to be Governor of Maryland in 1830, defeating Governor Daniel Martin, but was himself defeated for reelection by Martin the following year. He was the father of Anna Ella Carroll, the political pamphleteer and constitutional theorist. (Bio by: Garver Graver) Old Trinity Church Cemetery, Church Creek, Dorchester County, Maryland, USA
b. August 29, 1815 d. February 19, 1893