Archer, John b. May 5, 1741 d. September 28, 1810 US Congressman. Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War. Elected to represent Maryland as At-Large in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1801 to 1807. Also served as a Member of the Maryland State House of Delegates in 1777, and 1779 to 1780. (Bio by: K) Churchville Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Churchville, Harford County, Maryland, USA
Archer, Stevenson b. February 28, 1827 d. August 2, 1898 US Congressman. Elected to represent Maryland's 2nd District in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1867 to 1875. Also served as a Member of the Maryland State House of Delegates in 1854, Delegate to the Democratic National Convention from Maryland in 1876, and Maryland State Treasurer from 1886 to 1890. In 1890 he was removed from office as state treasurer and charged with embezzling monies belonging to the state. He was found guilty and sentenced to five years in prison...[Read More] (Bio by: K) Churchville Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Churchville, Harford County, Maryland, USA
Archer, Stevenson b. October 11, 1786 d. June 26, 1848 US Congressman. Elected to represent Maryland's 6th District in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1811 to 1817, and 1819 to 1821. Also served as a Member of the Maryland State House of Delegates from 1809 to 1810, Justice of the Mississippi Territorial Supreme Court from 1817 to 1818, and State Court Judge from 1823 until his death in 1848. (Bio by: K) Churchville Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Churchville, Harford County, Maryland, USA
Baker, William Benjamin b. July 22, 1840 d. May 17, 1911 US Congressman. Elected to represent Maryland's 2nd District in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1895 to 1901. Also served as a Member of the Maryland State House of Delegates in 1882, and Member of the Maryland State Senate from 1894 to 1896, and 1906 to 1908. (Bio by: K) Baker Cemetery, Aberdeen, Harford County, Maryland, USA
Cassilly, Richard b. December 14, 1927 d. January 30, 1998 Opera Singer. A dramatic tenor, he is remembered primarily for his Wagnerian portrayals. Raised on an eastern Maryland farm, he relocated to Baltimore with his family while in his teens and sang in his high school's glee club. He was to enter Peabody Conservatory in 1946 and sing in some school operatic productions while also taking advantage of an opportunity to study with the legendary soprano Rosa Ponselle. Cassilly moved to New York in 1952 where he supported himself as a chorister and...[Read More] (Bio by: Bob Hufford) Saint Francis DeSales Catholic Church Cemetery, Abingdon, Harford County, Maryland, USA
Christie, Gabriel b. November 29, 1756 d. April 1, 1808 US Congressman. Elected to represent Maryland's 5th District in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1793 to 1797, and 1799 to 1801. Also served as a Member of the Maryland State Senate from 1802 to 1806. (Bio by: K) Saint Georges Episcopal Church Cemetery, Perryman, Harford County, Maryland, USA
Montgomery, John b. 1764 d. July 17, 1828 US Congressman, Baltimore Mayor. Elected to represent Maryland's 6th District in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1807 to 1811. Also served as a Member of the Maryland State House of Delegates from 1793 to 1798, 1800 to 1805, and 1819, Maryland State Attorney General from 1811 to 1818, and Mayor of Baltimore, Maryland, from 1820 to 1822, and 1824 to 1826. (Bio by: K) Mount Carmel Cemetery, Emmorton, Harford County, Maryland, USA
Paul, William H. b. October 3, 1844 d. February 23, 1911 Civil War Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient. He served as a Private in Company E, 90th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry. He attained the rank of First Sergeant. He was awarded the Medal of Honor for action at Antietam, Maryland on September 17, 1862. His citation reads "Under a most withering and concentrated fire, voluntarily picked up the colors of his regiment, when the bearer and two of the color guard had been killed, and bore them aloft throughout the entire battle." (Bio by: Don Morfe) Wesleyan Chapel Cemetery, Aberdeen, Harford County, Maryland, USA
Ripken Sr., Cal b. December 17, 1935 d. March 25, 1999 Manager, coach and player in the Baltimore Orioles family for 36 years; the only father to manage two sons simultaneously in the majors. Began his career as a catcher with the Orioles' Phoenix affiliate in 1957 and then spent 13 years as a manager in the Baltimore farm system. Baker Cemetery, Aberdeen, Harford County, Maryland, USA
Rumsey, Benjamin b. October 6, 1734 d. March 7, 1808 Continental Congressman. He served as a Delegate to the Continental Congress from Maryland from 1776 to 1777, and as a Judge for the Maryland Court of Appeals from 1778 to 1806. (Bio by: K) Old Saint Johns Cemetery, Joppa, Harford County, Maryland, USA
Stump, Herman b. August 8, 1837 d. January 9, 1917 US Congressman. Elected to represent Maryland's 2nd District in the United States House of Representatives, he served from 1889 to 1893. He also served as a Member of the Maryland State Senate from 1878 to 1880. (Bio by: K) Saint Marys Episcopal Church Cemetery , Emmorton, Harford County, Maryland, USA
Turner, James b. November 7, 1783 d. March 28, 1861 US Congressman. Elected to represent Maryland's 3rd and 4th Districts in the United States House of Representatives, he served from 1833 to 1837. He also served as a Member of the Maryland State House of Delegates from 1824 to 1832, 1837 to 1838, and 1852 to 1854, and Member of the Maryland State Senate from 1856 to 1858. Bethel Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Madonna, Harford County, Maryland, USA
Tydings, Millard Evelyn b. April 6, 1890 d. February 9, 1961 US Congressman, US Senator. Served as a Colonel in the United States Army during World War I. Elected to represent Maryland's 2nd District in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1923 to 1927. Also served as a Member of the Maryland State House of Delegates from 1916 to 1917, and 1920, Speaker of the Maryland State House of Delegates in 1920, Member of the Maryland State Senate from 1922 to 1924, Delegate to the Democratic National Convention from Maryland in 1928, and 1944...[Read More] (Bio by: K) Angel Hill Cemetery, Havre de Grace, Harford County, Maryland, USA
Webster, Edwin Hanson b. March 31, 1829 d. April 24, 1893 US Congressman. Elected to represent Maryland's 2nd District in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1859 to 1865. Also served as Presidential Elector from Maryland in 1856, and Member of the Maryland State Senate from 1856 to 1858. (Bio by: K) Calvary United Methodist Church Cemetery, Churchville, Harford County, Maryland, USA
Williams, James Wray b. October 8, 1792 d. December 2, 1842 US Congressman. Elected as a Democrat to represent Maryland's 3rd District in the Twenty-Seventh Congress, he served from 1841 until his death in office. Little is known of his life before politics, which was probably spent at the family estate of Prieshford Farm in Deer Creek, Maryland. He was a three-term member of the State House of Delegates (1825, 1837 to 1839) and served as its Speaker in 1839. Williams died at Prieshford Farm and was interred in the family cemetery there; there is...[Read More] (Bio by: Robert Edwards) Williams Family Cemetery, Deer Creek, Harford County, Maryland, USA