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• Bell, George    b. March 12, 1828  d. January 2, 1907
  Civil War Union Brevet Brigadier General. Graduated from the USMA in 1853. Held the rank of 1st Lieutenant in the United States Regular Army Artillery at the start of the Civil War. However, he spent most of the War in a staff position in the United States Army Commissary of Subsistence. Promoted up to Lieutenant Colonel, and served first as Chief Commissary of Subsistence for the Alexandria (Virginia) Army Depot, then as the Chief of the Washington, DC Depot. In that position he was...[Read More] (Bio by: Russ Dodge)
  Rose Hill Cemetery, Hagerstown, Washington County, Maryland, USA
  Plot: Section K, Lot 78
   
• Hamilton, William Thomas    b. September 8, 1820  d. October 26, 1888
  Democrat politician from Maryland. He served in the House Of Representatives (1849-1855), US Senate (1869-1875) and as Governor of Maryland (1879-1883). (Bio by: Tim Crutchfield)
  Rose Hill Cemetery, Hagerstown, Washington County, Maryland, USA
   
• Lane Jr., William Preston    b. May 12, 1892  d. February 7, 1967
  Maryland Governor. A native of Hagerstown, Maryland, he served in the United States Army during the First World War. He served as the Maryland State Attorney General from 1930 to 1934, Presidential Elector from Maryland in 1936, Member of the Democratic National Committee from Maryland from 1940 to 1950, Delegate to the Democratic National Convention from Maryland in 1944, and as the Governor of Maryland from 1947 to 1951. As Governor he introduced the first sales tax, and also was Chairman of...[Read More] (Bio by: K)
  Rose Hill Cemetery, Hagerstown, Washington County, Maryland, USA
   
• Mason Jr., John Thomson  b. May 9, 1815  d. March 28, 1873
  US Congressman. Ater graduating from Princeton College in 1836, he studied law, was admitted to the bar, and established a practice in Hagerstown, Maryland. Elected to Congress as a Democrat from Maryland in 1840, he served a single term, from 1841 to 1843. He was collector of customs in Baltimore from 1857 to 1861, before retiring to Annapolis, where he died. (Bio by: Garver Graver)
  Rose Hill Cemetery, Hagerstown, Washington County, Maryland, USA
   
• Maxim, Hiram Percy   b. September 2, 1869  d. February 17, 1936
  "The Old Man" Hiram Percy Maxim was the Father of organized amateur (HAM) radio. In 1914 the American Radio Relay League was organized and launched by the famous inventor and "ham operator" Hiram Percy Maxim whose amateur radio call-sign was W1AW. He was also the inventor of the Maxim silencer which was the first mass produced firearms silencer, the automobile muffler, and was a pioneer in air compressor technology.
  Rose Hill Cemetery, Hagerstown, Washington County, Maryland, USA
   
• McComas, Louis Emory    b. October 28, 1846  d. November 11, 1907
  US Congressman, US Senator. He was elected to represent Maryland in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1883 to 1891. He was then elected as a Senator from Maryland to the United States Senate, serving from 1899 to 1905.
  Rose Hill Cemetery, Hagerstown, Washington County, Maryland, USA
   
• Roman, James Dixon    b. August 11, 1809  d. January 19, 1867
  US Congressman. After studying law, he was admitted to the bar in 1834 and established a practice in Hagerstown, Maryland. Elected as a Whig to Congress in 1846, he served a single term, from 1847 to 1849. He returned to Hagerstown and was president of the Old Hagerstown Bank from 1851 until his death in 1867. He was a member of the peace convention held in Washington, D. C., in 1861 in an effort to devise means to prevent the impending war. (Bio by: Garver Graver)
  Rose Hill Cemetery, Hagerstown, Washington County, Maryland, USA
   
• Rose, Robert Lawson  b. 1804  d. 1877
  US Congressman. Elected to represent New York's 29th District in the United States House of Representatives, he served from 1847 to 1851. (Bio by: K)
  Rose Hill Cemetery, Hagerstown, Washington County, Maryland, USA
   
• Wilson, William O.   b. 1867  d. January 18, 1928
  Indian Campaigns Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient. He served as a Corporal in the US Army in Company I, 9th US Cavalry. He was awarded the Medal of Honor for action during the Sioux Campaign in 1890. His citation reads "Bravery." (Bio by: Don Morfe)
  Rose Hill Cemetery, Hagerstown, Washington County, Maryland, USA
   

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