Find A Grave - Old Saint Pauls Cemetery

Armistead, George b. April 10, 1780 d. April 25, 1818
United States Army Officer. Served as Major and commander of Fort McHenry, Baltimore, Maryland. He was in command of the Fort during the War of 1812 when the British unsuccessfully attempted to force its capitulation by an naval artillery bombardment. The attack was witnessed by Francis Scott Key, who immortalized it in the words of "The Star Spangled Banner". Major Armistead was the uncle of Civil War Confederate General Lewis Armistead, who is buried next to him. (Bio by: Russ Dodge)
Old Saint Pauls Cemetery, Baltimore, Baltimore City, Maryland, USA
Plot: Buried next to his nephew Confederate General Lewis Armistead who was killed at the Battle of Gettysburg
Armistead, Lewis Addison b. February 18, 1817 d. July 5, 1863
Civil War Confederate Brigadier General. He began his career graduating form the US Military Academy in 1839 and was commissioned a 2nd Lieutenant in the US Infantry. With the start of the Civil War, he resigned his commission, joined the Confederate Army and given the rank of Major. In late 1861, he was promoted Colonel and commanded the 57th Virginia Regiment in defense of the Blackwater Virginia, that winter. On April 1, 1862, he was promoted Brigadier General and distinguished himself for...[Read More] (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
Old Saint Pauls Cemetery, Baltimore, Baltimore City, Maryland, USA
Atzerodt, George Andrew b. June 12, 1835 d. July 7, 1865
Lincoln Assassination Conspirator. At the age of eight, his parents immigrated to America and settled in Maryland, but he never became a naturalized US Citizen. He and his older brother, John, set up a carriage repair shop at Port Tobacco, Maryland, located at the mouth of Pope's Creek near its entry into the Potomac River. The two brothers separated, and John moved to Baltimore and George remained to operate the business. This was a favorite point from which Confederate spies and contraband...[Read More] (Bio by: Paul S.)
Cause of death: Executed by hanging
Old Saint Pauls Cemetery, Baltimore, Baltimore City, Maryland, USA
Biddle, Edward b. 1738 d. September 5, 1779
Continental Congressman. A native of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, he served as a Member of the Pennsylvania State Legislature in 1767, and as a Delegate to the Continental Congress from Pennsylvania in 1774. (Bio by: K)
Old Saint Pauls Cemetery, Baltimore, Baltimore City, Maryland, USA
Carroll, James b. December 2, 1791 d. January 16, 1873
US Congressman. Elected to represent Maryland's 4th District in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1839 to 1841. Also served as a State Court Judge. (Bio by: K)
Old Saint Pauls Cemetery, Baltimore, Baltimore City, Maryland, USA
Chase, Samuel b. April 17, 1741 d. June 19, 1811
Signer of the Declaration of Independence from Maryland. Born in Somerset County, Maryland, his mother died soon after his birth, and when he was three years old, his father, a minister, moved the family to Baltimore. There he received his early schooling from his father, before studying law in Annapolis. When he was twenty, he set up practice as a lawyer, and the same year, married Anne Baldwin. They would have seven children. In 1764, he was elected to serve in the Maryland General...[Read More] (Bio by: Kit and Morgan Benson)
Old Saint Pauls Cemetery, Baltimore, Baltimore City, Maryland, USA
Hindman, William b. April 1, 1743 d. January 19, 1822
US Congressman, US Senator, Continental Congressman. Elected to represent Maryland's 6th and 7th Districts and as At-Large in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1793 to 1799. Also served as a Member of the Maryland State Senate from 1777 to 1785, 1791 to 1793, and 1798 to 1800, Delegate to the Contonental Congress from Maryland from 1784 to 1786, and United States Senator from Maryland from 1800 to 1801.
Old Saint Pauls Cemetery, Baltimore, Baltimore City, Maryland, USA
Howard, George b. November 21, 1789 d. August 2, 1846
Maryland Governor. He served as the Governor of Maryland from 1831 to 1833.
Old Saint Pauls Cemetery, Baltimore, Baltimore City, Maryland, USA
Howard, John Eager b. June 4, 1752 d. October 12, 1827
Revolutionary War Continental Army Officer, Continental Congressman, US Senator. In July 1776, he accepted a Captaincy in the 2nd Maryland Battalion of the Flying Camp and was sent to White Plains, New York, where he battled the British. He distinguished himself with leadership and bravery at Germantown, the Battle of Camden, and the Battle of Cowpens. Congress voted him a medal and he became known as the “Hero of Cowpens”. At the conclusion of the war, he returned to Baltimore and was a...[Read More] (Bio by: Christos Christou Jr.)
Old Saint Pauls Cemetery, Baltimore, Baltimore City, Maryland, USA
Key, Francis Scott [cenotaph] b. August 1, 1779 d. January 11, 1843
Lawyer, poet who penned the national anthem of the United States of America. Born at Terra Rubra, his family's 1,865 acre plantation in Frederick County just north of Keymar which today is in Carroll County, Maryland, the son of judge John Ross Key and his wife Anne Phebe Penn Dagworthy Charlton. He went to St. John's School in Annapolis and then continued to study law with his uncle's firm there. He considered the ministry more than once in his life and became a leader in the Sunday school...[Read More] (Bio by: D C McJonathan-Swarm)
Old Saint Pauls Cemetery, Baltimore, Baltimore City, Maryland, USA
Plot: Cenotaph - Howard Vault
McKim, Isaac b. July 21, 1775 d. April 1, 1838
US Congressman. He represented Maryland's 5th District in the US House from 1823 to 1825 and from 1833 to 1835, and its 4th District from 1835 until his death. A native of Baltimore, he received a public school education and was initially active as a merchant. During the War of 1812 he served as aide-de-camp to General Samuel Smith in the defense of Baltimore (1814). His first public office was as a member of the State Senate (1821 to 1823). In 1822, when General Smith resigned from the...[Read More] (Bio by: Robert Edwards)
Old Saint Pauls Cemetery, Baltimore, Baltimore City, Maryland, USA
Reinagle, Alexander b. April 23, 1756 d. September 21, 1809
Composer. Known as the "Master of Music," He wrote numerous operas and oratorios. (Bio by: Laurie)
Old Saint Pauls Cemetery, Baltimore, Baltimore City, Maryland, USA
Walsh, Thomas Yates b. 1809 d. January 20, 1865
US Congressman. Elected to represent Maryland's 4th District in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1851 to 1853. (Bio by: K)
Old Saint Pauls Cemetery, Baltimore, Baltimore City, Maryland, USA

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