Find A Grave - Dorchester County

Andrews, William Noble b. November 13, 1876 d. December 27, 1937
US Congressman. He was admitted to the bar in 1903, commenced law practice in Cambridge, Maryland and served as State Attorney for Dorchester County from 1904 to 1911. He was a member of the State House of Delegates in 1914 and served in the State Senate from 1918 until 1919. In 1919, he was elected as a Republican to the Sixty-sixth Congress, serving until 1921. An unsuccessful candidate for reelection, he resumed the practice of law until his death. (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
Washington Cemetery, Hurlock, Dorchester County, Maryland, USA
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
Goldsborough, Charles b. July 15, 1765 d. December 13, 1834
US Congressman, Maryland Governor. Elected to represent Maryland's 8th District and as At-Large in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1805 to 1817. Also served as a Member of the Maryland State Senate from 1791 to 1795, and 1799 to 1800, Member of the Maryland State House of Delegates in 1797, and 1801 to 1803, and Governor of Maryland in 1819. (Bio by: K)
Christ Episcopal Church Cemetery, Cambridge, Dorchester County, Maryland, USA
Goldsborough, Phillips Lee b. August 6, 1865 d. October 22, 1946
US Senator, Maryland Governor. Served as a United States Senator from Maryland from 1929 to 1935. Also served as a Delegate to the Republican National Convention from Maryland in 1932, Member of the Republican National Committee from Maryland from 1932 to 1936, and Governor of Maryland from 1912 to 1916. (Bio by: K)
Christ Episcopal Church Cemetery, Cambridge, Dorchester County, Maryland, USA
Goldsborough, Robert b. December 3, 1733 d. December 22, 1788
Continental Congressman. Served as a Delegate to the Continental Congress from Maryland from 1774 to 1776. Also served as a Member of the Maryland State Senate from 1777 to 1783. (Bio by: K)
Christ Episcopal Church Cemetery, Cambridge, Dorchester County, Maryland, USA
Harrington, Emerson Columbus b. March 26, 1864 d. December 15, 1945
Maryland Governor. He received bachelor's and master's degrees from St. John's College in Annapolis and became a teacher and school principal. He studied law and became an attorney in 1898. A Democrat, Harrington was Dorchester State's Attorney from 1899 to 1903. He was appointed state Insurance Commissioner in 1910 and elected State Comptroller in 1911. Harrington won the 1915 election for Governor and served from 1916 to 1920. His support of Prohibition and voting rights for women caused him...[Read More] (Bio by: Bill McKern)
Christ Episcopal Church Cemetery, Cambridge, Dorchester County, Maryland, USA
Henry, John b. November, 1750 d. December 16, 1798
Maryland Governor, US Senator, Continental Congressman. Served as the Governor of Maryland from 1797 until his death in 1798. Also served as a Member of the Maryland State House of Delegates from 1777 to 1780, Delegate to the Continental Congress from Maryland from 1778 to 1780, and 1785 to 1786, Member of the Maryland State Senate from 1780 to 1790, and United States Senator from Maryland from 1789 to 1797. (Bio by: K)
Christ Episcopal Church Cemetery, Cambridge, Dorchester County, Maryland, USA
Hicks, Thomas Holliday b. September 2, 1798 d. February 14, 1865
Maryland Governor, US Senator. Served as the Governor of Maryland from 1858 to 1862. Also served as a Member of the Maryland State House of Delegates from 1829 to 1830, and 1836, Delegate to the Maryland State Constitutional Convention in 1850, and United States Senator from Maryland from 1862 to 1865. (Bio by: K)
Cambridge Cemetery, Cambridge, Dorchester County, Maryland, USA
Kerr, Josiah Leeds b. January 10, 1861 d. September 27, 1920
US Congressman. He taught school in Cambridge, Maryland and was elected school examiner in 1898. In 1900, he was elected as a Republican to the Fifty-sixth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of John Walter Smith and served until 1901. (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
Christ Episcopal Church Cemetery, Cambridge, Dorchester County, Maryland, USA
Maguire, Richard Cromwell b. April 8, 1904 d. July 10, 1942
Aviation Pioneer. Captain Maguire made the first flight on instruments only in a commercial airliner in aviation history flying a DC-2 commercial airliner with 14 passengers on board from New York to Chicago. This historic flight on September 8. 1935, opened up a whole new era in the field of commercial aviation and was well documented by the Chicago and New York newspapers. Tragically, Captain Maguire died of a heart attack following an appendectomy. He was 38 years old. A group of pilots in...[Read More] (Bio by: Dan Moore)
Cambridge Cemetery, Cambridge, Dorchester County, Maryland, USA
Plot: cremated
Martin, Robert Nicols b. January 14, 1798 d. July 20, 1870
US Congressman. He studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1819, and established a practice in Princess Anne, Maryland. Elected to Congress from Maryland in 1824, he served a single term, from 1825 to 1827. After leaving Congress, he restablished his practice and settled in Baltimore. He served as judge of the superior court of Baltimore from 1859 to 1867, and was a professor of international law at the University of Maryland at Baltimore until his death in 1870. (Bio by: Garver Graver)
Christ Episcopal Church Cemetery, Cambridge, Dorchester County, Maryland, USA
Murray, William Vans b. February 9, 1760 d. December 11, 1803
US Representative from Maryland. He completed preparatory and law studies in 1787 at the Temple in London. He returned to the United States, was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Cambridge, Maryland. In 1791, he was member of the State house of delegates, elected as a Federalist to the Second, Third, and Fourth Congresses, March 4, 1791 to March 3, 1797. Served as Minister Resident to the Netherlands from March 2, 1797 to September 2, 1801. While holding this post he was also...[Read More] (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
Christ Episcopal Church Cemetery, Cambridge, Dorchester County, Maryland, USA
Radcliffe, George Lovic Pierce b. August 22, 1877 d. July 29, 1974
US Senator. Served as a United States Senator from Maryland from 1935 to 1947. Also served as Secretary of the State of Maryland from 1919 to 1920, and Delegate to the Democratic National Convention from Maryland in 1944. (Bio by: K)
Cambridge Cemetery, Cambridge, Dorchester County, Maryland, USA
Smoot, Homer Vernon b. March 23, 1878 d. March 25, 1928
Homer Smoot played major league baseball from 1902 through 1906, primarily as an outfielder for the St. Louis Cardinals. He hit .290 and in that "dead-ball" era only 15 homers were hit by Homer. (Bio by: David Vincent)
Galestown Cemetery, Galestown, Dorchester County, Maryland, USA
Steele, John Nevett b. February 22, 1796 d. August 13, 1853
US Congressman. Born at "Weston," an estate near Vienna that was owned by the prominent Steele and Henry families, he was educated in Dorchester County, studied law, and was admitted to the bar in 1819. In addition to practicing law Steele owned and operated a plantation near Vienna called "Indian Town." He served in the Maryland House of Delegates in 1822 and 1824, and again in 1829 and 1830. In 1832 he was one of Maryland's Electors in the contest for President, and cast his ballot for Henry...[Read More] (Bio by: Bill McKern)
Christ Episcopal Church Cemetery, Cambridge, Dorchester County, Maryland, USA
Stewart, James Augustus b. November 24, 1808 d. April 3, 1879
Us Congressman. He attended Dorchester County schools and Franklin College in Baltimore, studied law with a Baltimore attorney, and began a practice in Cambridge in 1829. Stewart was also active in several business ventures, including shipbuilding and home construction. In 1838 he was an unsuccessful candidate for the US House of Representatives, and he served in the Maryland House of Delegates from 1843 to 1845. Stewart was a Delegate to the Democratic national convention in 1844. From 1854 to...[Read More] (Bio by: Bill McKern)
Christ Episcopal Church Cemetery, Cambridge, Dorchester County, Maryland, USA

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