Find A Grave - Frederick County

14th New Jersey Infantry Monument
This monument is located on the spot where the 14th New Jersey Infantry had encamped from 1862 to 1863, and where heavy fighting took place during the Battle of Monocacy on July 8,1864. The regiment was part of the Third Division of the Army of the Potomac's VI Corps that was hastily rushed by Union General Lew Wallace to halt the invading Confederates forces under General Jubal Early. The Union forces, numbering only about 5,800, fought the 18,000 man Confederate Army to a 24 hour stand still...[Read More] (Bio by: Russ Dodge)
Monocacy National Battlefield, Frederick, Frederick County, Maryland, USA
Baer Jr., George b. 1763 d. April 3, 1834
US Congressman. Elected to represent Maryland's 4th District in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1797 to 1801 and 1815 to 1817. Member of Maryland State House of Delegates (1794-1795, 1808-1809). State Court Judge (1813) and Mayor of Frederick, Maryland, (1820).
Mount Olivet Cemetery, Frederick, Frederick County, Maryland, USA
Bayley, James Roosevelt b. August 23, 1814 d. October 3, 1877
Roman Catholic Archbishop, Educator. He was the Founder of Seton Hall University in West Orange, New Jersey. The nephew of Elizabeth Ann Seton, the first American-born person to be canonized a saint by the Roman Catholic Church, he also descended from the first families of New York City, and was a cousin to two future United States Presidents, Theodore and Franklin D. Roosevelt. He was ordained for the Episcopal ministry in 1835, but after six years resigned his charge. One year later he...[Read More] (Bio by: Albert Ledoux)
National Shrine of Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton, Emmitsburg, Frederick County, Maryland, USA
Brengle, Francis b. November 26, 1807 d. December 10, 1846
US Congressman. He was admitted to the bar in 1829, practiced law in Frederick, Maryland and was a member of the State House of Delegates in 1832, 1834 and 1836. In 1843, he was elected as a Whig to the Twenty-eighth Congress, serving until 1845. (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
Mount Olivet Cemetery, Frederick, Frederick County, Maryland, USA
Confederate Soldiers, Unknown d. July 9, 1864
The last resting place for 408 Confederate Soldiers who gave their lives in the Battle of Monocacy July 9,1864 at Frederick Maryland. (Bio by: Ron Williams)
Mount Olivet Cemetery, Frederick, Frederick County, Maryland, USA
Plot: To the rear of the cemetery at the back wall
Cooper, James b. May 8, 1810 d. March 28, 1863
Civil War Union Brigadier General, US Congressman, US Senator. He was admitted to the bar in 1834 and was elected as a Whig to the Twenty-sixth and Twenty-seventh Congresses, serving until 1843. In 1848, he served as Attorney General of Pennsylvania and was elected to the United States Senate in 1849, serving until 1855. At the start of the Civil War in 1861, he was authorized by President Abraham Lincoln to raise a volunteer Maryland Brigade and commissioned Brigadier General. He campaigned in...[Read More] (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
Mount Olivet Cemetery, Frederick, Frederick County, Maryland, USA
Plot: Area A Lot 48
Elizalde, Joaquin Miguel b. August 2, 1896 d. February 9, 1965
Philippine Statesman. From 1936 to 1941, he served as economic adviser to Philippine President Manuel L. Quezon, a member of the State National Economic Council and on the Joint Preparatory Committee on Philippine Affairs. In 1938 he was appointed Resident Commissioner to the United States Congress and served until his resignation in 1944. He relocated to America and was appointed Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of the Philippines to the United States, serving from...[Read More] (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
Saint Josephs Carrollton Manor Cemetery, Buckeystown, Frederick County, Maryland, USA
Fritchie, Barbara b. December 3, 1766 d. December 18, 1862
Civil War Hero. At ninty five years of age she reputedly defied the Confederate troops under Stonewall Jackson as they advanced through Frederick, Maryland. Her memory has been preserved in poem entitled "Barbara Frietchie" by John Greenleaf Whittier in 1864: "Shoot, if you must, this old gray head, But spare your country's flag," she said. A shade of...[Read More] (Bio by: D C McJonathan-Swarm)
Mount Olivet Cemetery, Frederick, Frederick County, Maryland, USA
Plot: Area MM Lot 00
Horsey, Outerbridge b. March 5, 1777 d. June 9, 1842
U.S. Senator. Served in the Delaware State House of Representatives from 1800 to 1802. Elected as the Attorney General of Delaware and served from 1806 to 1810. Elected to the United States Senate to represent Delaware and served from 1810 to 1821. (Bio by: Russ Pickett)
Saint Johns Cemetery, Frederick, Frederick County, Maryland, USA
Johnson, Thomas b. November 4, 1732 d. October 25, 1819
US Politician, Military Figure. US Supreme Court Justice.
Mount Olivet Cemetery, Frederick, Frederick County, Maryland, USA
Plot: Area MM Lot 38
Johnson, William Cost b. January 14, 1806 d. April 13, 1860
US Congressman. He was a lawyer in practice when appointed a member of the Maryland State House of Representatives in 1831 and 1832. In 1833, he was elected as an Anti-Jacksonian to the Twenty-third Congress, serving until 1835. He was a delegate to the State Constitutional Convention in 1836 and in 1837, elected as a Whig to the Twenty-fifth, Twenty-sixth, and Twenty-seventh Congresses, serving until 1843. After his term, he resumed the practice of law until his death. (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
Jefferson Reformed Cemetery, Jefferson, Frederick County, Maryland, USA
Keller, Charlie 'King Kong' b. September 12, 1916 d. May 23, 1990
Major League Baseball Player. He played in thirteen seasons mostly with the New York Yankees. He played leftfield in what is considered by many one of the greatest outfields ever consisting of Joe DiMaggio in centerfield and Tommy Henrich in rightfield. That team would win three World Series titles (1939, 1941 and 1943). He was named to the American League All Star Team five times during his career. When he retired from baseball he bought a horsefarm and raised standardbreds. (Bio by: C.S.)
Christ Reformed Cemetery, Middletown, Frederick County, Maryland, USA
Key, Francis Scott 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...[Read More] (Bio by: D C McJonathan-Swarm)
Mount Olivet Cemetery, Frederick, Frederick County, Maryland, USA
Key, Capt. John Ross b. September 19, 1754 d. October 11, 1821
Lawyer, Commissioned Officer of the Continental Army, father of Francis Scott Key. Born at Redland, Frederick County, Maryland to English parents Francis Key, who's parents had come to Maryland in 1726 and his wife Ann Arnold Ross, who was a strong influence on her grandson Francis when he lived with her near Annapolis when he was in school there. Mustered into service at Frederick on June 21st, 1775 he was commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant of Captain Thomas Price's Maryland Rifle Company. They...[Read More] (Bio by: D C McJonathan-Swarm)
Mount Olivet Cemetery, Frederick, Frederick County, Maryland, USA
Plot: Area G Lot 47
Koogle, Jacob b. 1841 d. 1915
Civil War Medal of Honor Recipient. He served as a First Lieutenant in the US Army in Company G, 7th Maryland Infantry. He was awarded the Medal of Honor for action at Five Forks, Virginia on April 1, 1865. His citation reads "Capture of battle flag." (Bio by: Don Morfe)
Saint Pauls Lutheran Church Cemetery, Myersville, Frederick County, Maryland, USA
Kunkel, Jacob M. b. July 24, 1822 d. April 7, 1870
US Congressman. He was a lawyer in practice when elected to the Maryland State senate and served 1850 to 1856. In 1857, he was elected as a Democrat to the Thirty-fifth and Thirty-sixth Congresses serving until 1861. After his term, he resumed the practice of law and was a delegate to the Loyalist Convention in Philadelphia in 1866. (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
Mount Olivet Cemetery, Frederick, Frederick County, Maryland, USA
Lowe, Enoch Louis b. August 10, 1820 d. August 23, 1892
Governor of Maryland. He served as Governor of the state from 1851 to 1854. Loew was also a member of the Maryland House of Delegates in 1845 and a delegate to the Democratic National Convention in 1856. In 1860 he served as a United States presidential elector. (Bio by: Charlotte)
Saint Johns Cemetery, Frederick, Frederick County, Maryland, USA
Mathias Jr., Charles McCurdy 'Mac' b. July 24, 1922 d. January 25, 2010
US Congressman, US Senator. He enlisted in the United States Navy for World War II, graduated from Haverford College in 1944, received a commission as an Ensign, and served in the Pacific Theater until discharged in 1946. He remained in the Navy Reserve and later attained the rank of Captain. After the war he attended Yale University, received a law degree from the University of Maryland in 1949, and then became an attorney in Frederick, Maryland. From 1953 to 1954 he served as a Maryland...[Read More] (Bio by: Bill McKern)
Mount Olivet Cemetery, Frederick, Frederick County, Maryland, USA
McElroy, John b. May 14, 1782 d. September 12, 1877
Religious and Educational Leader. He moved to America at age 21, attended Georgetown University and became a Jesuit lay brother in 1806. McElroy taught at Georgetown and managed its finances until becoming a priest in 1817. In 1822 he was appointed Pastor of St. John's Church in Frederick, Maryland, where he remained for 23 years. While there he founded several schools, including St. John's Literary Institution, now Saint John's Catholic Preparatory School. McElroy was one of two...[Read More] (Bio by: Bill McKern)
Saint Johns Cemetery, Frederick, Frederick County, Maryland, USA
Nelson, Roger b. 1759 d. June 7, 1815
US Representative from Maryland. He served in the Revolutionary Army, was wounded at the Battle of Camden and attained the rank of Brigadier General. After the war he studied law, was admitted to the bar about 1785 and practiced in Taneytown and Frederick. There he held several local offices, was a member of the State house of delegates in 1795, 1801, and 1802 and served in the State senate from November 1803 to November 1804. He was elected as a Democrat to the Eighth, Ninth, Tenth, and...[Read More] (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
Mount Olivet Cemetery, Frederick, Frederick County, Maryland, USA
Plot: Area MM Lot 40

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