another case of a bogus death being reported earlier:
William Darby
Gettysburg Compiler, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania 15 Aug 1827
Died suddenly on the 30th ultimo, while on an excursion through Frederick county, Md., William Darby, Esq. Mr. Darby was a man of refined manners and excellent character. As a Topographical Engineer, he had few if any equals, and as a geographer he was never excelled in modern days.
Cartographer, surveyor, and historian, he was responsible for first complete map of United States and the first "World Almanac." He was given the title "Esquire" in 1802 by Louisiana Governor Claiborne when appointing him one of seven justices on the bench of Adams County.
Many unscrupulous "mapmakers" have ripped off William Darby's works, beginning with John Melish who unknown to Darby, needed Darby's Louisiana map to finish the first complete map of the United States.
In an autobiographical letter written in 1834, Darby says he first wed on September 8, 1801, a widow, Mrs. Elizabeth Williams Boardman; they had one child, a daughter Frances, who died in 1821.
William Darby learned of "Mrs. Boardman's" death and that the United States was being invaded by the British Army on the same day in 1814 during the War of 1812, and hastened to New Orleans to become General Andrew Jackson's cartographer.
In 1816, he married Elizabeth Tanner, sister of Henry Schenck Tanner and Benjamin Tanner, well-known engravers / mapmakers of Philadelphia and New York City.
In same letter to the son of childhood neighbors, he states many of his accomplishments, including using the pseudonym Mark Bancroft to write the *Atkinson's Casket* series. He stated his parents (Patrick & Mary Rice Darby) had four sons and four daughters, but he was the only son who married; and since he had just one living daughter, Elizabeth Darby Raikes, his father's Darby name would die with him.
William married a third wife, Mary Tanner, Elizabeth Tanner's niece by brother Benjamin, on April 10, 1849, in Baltimore; they would have no children. His funeral service was held October 10, 1854 at Mrs. Clare's Boardinghouse in Washington DC.
He was originally interred at Holmead Western Burying Ground in the area of Florida and Massachusetts Streets in the Northwest area of Washington, DC; the area was later given up as cemetery and the bodies moved to Rock Creek Cemetery, although the Darby's would have qualified to be reburied at Arlington National Cemetery due to his War of 1812 service.
William Darby
Gettysburg Compiler, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania 15 Aug 1827
Died suddenly on the 30th ultimo, while on an excursion through Frederick county, Md., William Darby, Esq. Mr. Darby was a man of refined manners and excellent character. As a Topographical Engineer, he had few if any equals, and as a geographer he was never excelled in modern days.
Cartographer, surveyor, and historian, he was responsible for first complete map of United States and the first "World Almanac." He was given the title "Esquire" in 1802 by Louisiana Governor Claiborne when appointing him one of seven justices on the bench of Adams County.
Many unscrupulous "mapmakers" have ripped off William Darby's works, beginning with John Melish who unknown to Darby, needed Darby's Louisiana map to finish the first complete map of the United States.
In an autobiographical letter written in 1834, Darby says he first wed on September 8, 1801, a widow, Mrs. Elizabeth Williams Boardman; they had one child, a daughter Frances, who died in 1821.
William Darby learned of "Mrs. Boardman's" death and that the United States was being invaded by the British Army on the same day in 1814 during the War of 1812, and hastened to New Orleans to become General Andrew Jackson's cartographer.
In 1816, he married Elizabeth Tanner, sister of Henry Schenck Tanner and Benjamin Tanner, well-known engravers / mapmakers of Philadelphia and New York City.
In same letter to the son of childhood neighbors, he states many of his accomplishments, including using the pseudonym Mark Bancroft to write the *Atkinson's Casket* series. He stated his parents (Patrick & Mary Rice Darby) had four sons and four daughters, but he was the only son who married; and since he had just one living daughter, Elizabeth Darby Raikes, his father's Darby name would die with him.
William married a third wife, Mary Tanner, Elizabeth Tanner's niece by brother Benjamin, on April 10, 1849, in Baltimore; they would have no children. His funeral service was held October 10, 1854 at Mrs. Clare's Boardinghouse in Washington DC.
He was originally interred at Holmead Western Burying Ground in the area of Florida and Massachusetts Streets in the Northwest area of Washington, DC; the area was later given up as cemetery and the bodies moved to Rock Creek Cemetery, although the Darby's would have qualified to be reburied at Arlington National Cemetery due to his War of 1812 service.
another case of a bogus death being reported earlier:
William Darby
Gettysburg Compiler, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania 15 Aug 1827
Died suddenly on the 30th ultimo, while on an excursion through Frederick county, Md., William Darby, Esq. Mr. Darby was a man of refined manners and excellent character. As a Topographical Engineer, he had few if any equals, and as a geographer he was never excelled in modern days.
Cartographer, surveyor, and historian, he was responsible for first complete map of United States and the first "World Almanac." He was given the title "Esquire" in 1802 by Louisiana Governor Claiborne when appointing him one of seven justices on the bench of Adams County.
Many unscrupulous "mapmakers" have ripped off William Darby's works, beginning with John Melish who unknown to Darby, needed Darby's Louisiana map to finish the first complete map of the United States.
In an autobiographical letter written in 1834, Darby says he first wed on September 8, 1801, a widow, Mrs. Elizabeth Williams Boardman; they had one child, a daughter Frances, who died in 1821.
William Darby learned of "Mrs. Boardman's" death and that the United States was being invaded by the British Army on the same day in 1814 during the War of 1812, and hastened to New Orleans to become General Andrew Jackson's cartographer.
In 1816, he married Elizabeth Tanner, sister of Henry Schenck Tanner and Benjamin Tanner, well-known engravers / mapmakers of Philadelphia and New York City.
In same letter to the son of childhood neighbors, he states many of his accomplishments, including using the pseudonym Mark Bancroft to write the *Atkinson's Casket* series. He stated his parents (Patrick & Mary Rice Darby) had four sons and four daughters, but he was the only son who married; and since he had just one living daughter, Elizabeth Darby Raikes, his father's Darby name would die with him.
William married a third wife, Mary Tanner, Elizabeth Tanner's niece by brother Benjamin, on April 10, 1849, in Baltimore; they would have no children. His funeral service was held October 10, 1854 at Mrs. Clare's Boardinghouse in Washington DC.
He was originally interred at Holmead Western Burying Ground in the area of Florida and Massachusetts Streets in the Northwest area of Washington, DC; the area was later given up as cemetery and the bodies moved to Rock Creek Cemetery, although the Darby's would have qualified to be reburied at Arlington National Cemetery due to his War of 1812 service.
William Darby
Gettysburg Compiler, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania 15 Aug 1827
Died suddenly on the 30th ultimo, while on an excursion through Frederick county, Md., William Darby, Esq. Mr. Darby was a man of refined manners and excellent character. As a Topographical Engineer, he had few if any equals, and as a geographer he was never excelled in modern days.
Cartographer, surveyor, and historian, he was responsible for first complete map of United States and the first "World Almanac." He was given the title "Esquire" in 1802 by Louisiana Governor Claiborne when appointing him one of seven justices on the bench of Adams County.
Many unscrupulous "mapmakers" have ripped off William Darby's works, beginning with John Melish who unknown to Darby, needed Darby's Louisiana map to finish the first complete map of the United States.
In an autobiographical letter written in 1834, Darby says he first wed on September 8, 1801, a widow, Mrs. Elizabeth Williams Boardman; they had one child, a daughter Frances, who died in 1821.
William Darby learned of "Mrs. Boardman's" death and that the United States was being invaded by the British Army on the same day in 1814 during the War of 1812, and hastened to New Orleans to become General Andrew Jackson's cartographer.
In 1816, he married Elizabeth Tanner, sister of Henry Schenck Tanner and Benjamin Tanner, well-known engravers / mapmakers of Philadelphia and New York City.
In same letter to the son of childhood neighbors, he states many of his accomplishments, including using the pseudonym Mark Bancroft to write the *Atkinson's Casket* series. He stated his parents (Patrick & Mary Rice Darby) had four sons and four daughters, but he was the only son who married; and since he had just one living daughter, Elizabeth Darby Raikes, his father's Darby name would die with him.
William married a third wife, Mary Tanner, Elizabeth Tanner's niece by brother Benjamin, on April 10, 1849, in Baltimore; they would have no children. His funeral service was held October 10, 1854 at Mrs. Clare's Boardinghouse in Washington DC.
He was originally interred at Holmead Western Burying Ground in the area of Florida and Massachusetts Streets in the Northwest area of Washington, DC; the area was later given up as cemetery and the bodies moved to Rock Creek Cemetery, although the Darby's would have qualified to be reburied at Arlington National Cemetery due to his War of 1812 service.
Bio by: TansyFields
