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<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <title>The Political Graveyard: Somerset County, Md.</title> <meta name="description" content="A database of political history and cemeteries, with brief biographical entries for 338,260 U.S. political figures, living and dead, from the 1700s to the present."> <meta name="keywords" content="political biography history genealogy cemeteries politics candidates congress senators legislators governors politicians biographies ancestors mayors birthplace geography elections"> <meta name="author" content="Lawrence Kestenbaum"> <script type="text/javascript"> var _gaq = _gaq || []; _gaq.push(['_setAccount', 'UA-7383562-1']); _gaq.push(['_trackPageview']); (function() { var ga = document.createElement('script'); ga.type = 'text/javascript'; ga.async = true; ga.src = ('https:' == document.location.protocol ? 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Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/SO-born.html">Somerset County</a>, Md., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1757/09-04.html">September 4, 1757</a>. Colonel in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/ofc/sthse.html">Maryland state house of delegates</a>, 1789-93, 1806-09; Presidential Elector for Maryland, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/ofc/pr1792-meeting.html">1792</a> (voted for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/washington.html#466.36.08">George Washington</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/adams5.html#675.84.63">John Adams</a>); <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Maryland</a>, 1812-16. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/presbyterian.html">Presbyterian</a>. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/ba-died.html">Baltimore</a>, Md., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1819/07-01.html">July 1, 1819</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/61.html">61 years, 300 days</a>). Original interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/ba-buried.html#cms03647">First Presbyterian Church Burial Ground</a>, Baltimore, Md.; reinterment at in a private or family graveyard. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of William Winder and Esther (Gillis) Winder; married to Mary Sloss.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://www.nga.org/governor/levin-winder/">National Governors Association biography</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Edward Henry Carroll Long (1808-1865)</b> — also known as <b>Edward H. C. Long</b> — of Princess Anne, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/SO-lived.html">Somerset County</a>, Md. Born in Princess Anne, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/SO-born.html">Somerset County</a>, Md., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1808/09-28.html">September 28, 1808</a>. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/ofc/sthse.html">Maryland state house of delegates</a>, 1833, 1835-36, 1839, 1844, 1860-61; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Maryland</a> 6th District, 1845-47. Slaveowner. Died in Princess Anne, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/SO-died.html">Somerset County</a>, Md., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1865/10-16.html">October 16, 1865</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/57.html">57 years, 18 days</a>). Interment in a private or family graveyard. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=L000414">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=406905">Govtrack.us page</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <br clear="all"> <hr> <span style="font-size:16pt;"><b><a name=" ">Asbury Cemetery</a></b></span><br> Crisfield, Somerset County, Maryland <br> See also <a href="http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=cr&CRid=80722&">Findagrave page</a> for this location. <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2><span style="font-size:14pt;">Politicians buried here:</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Harry Clifton Byrd (1889-1970)</b> — also known as <b>Harry C. Byrd</b>; <b>Curley Byrd</b> — Born in Crisfield, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/SO-born.html">Somerset County</a>, Md., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1889/02-12.html">February 12, 1889</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/coach.html">Athletic coach</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/univpres.html">president</a>, University of Maryland, 1936-54; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Maryland</a>, 1954; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from Maryland</a>, 1964; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Maryland</a>, 1966. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/moose.html">Moose</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/rotary.html">Rotary</a>. Died, from <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/heart.html">heart disease</a>, in the University of Maryland <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/misc-hospitals.html">Hospital</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/ba-died.html">Baltimore</a>, Md., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1970/10-02.html">October 2, 1970</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/81.html">81 years, 232 days</a>). Interment at Asbury Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of William Franklin Byrd and Sallie May Byrd; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1912/">1912</a> to Katherine Dunlop Turnbull.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curley Byrd">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/7650205">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <br clear="all"> <hr> <span style="font-size:16pt;"><b><a name="cms04587">Sunny Ridge Memorial Park Cemetery</a></b></span><br> Crisfield, Somerset County, Maryland <br> <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2><span style="font-size:14pt;">Politicians buried here:</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>John Millard Tawes (1894-1979)</b> — also known as <b>J. Millard Tawes</b> — of Crisfield, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/SO-lived.html">Somerset County</a>, Md. Born in Crisfield, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/SO-born.html">Somerset County</a>, Md., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1894/04-08.html">April 8, 1894</a>. Democrat. Secretary-treasurer, Tawes <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/nautical.html">Shipbuilding</a> Co. and Tawes <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/bakery.html">Baking</a> Co.; director, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/banking.html">Bank</a> of Crisfield; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/SO-officials.html">Somerset County Clerk of Court</a>, 1930-38; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/ofc/comp.html">Maryland state comptroller</a>, 1939-47, 1950-59; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Maryland, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1940/MD.html">1940</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1944/MD.html">1944</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1948/MD.html">1948</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1952/MD.html">1952</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1956/MD.html">1956</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Maryland</a>, 1959-67; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/MD.html">Democratic National Committee from Maryland</a>, 1963; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/ofc/trea.html">Maryland state treasurer</a>, 1973-75. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/methodist.html">Methodist</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/elks.html">Elks</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/knights-pythias.html">Knights of Pythias</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/rotary.html">Rotary</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/oes.html">Order of the Eastern Star</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/shriners.html">Shriners</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/tall-cedars.html">Tall Cedars of Lebanon</a>. Died in Crisfield, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/SO-died.html">Somerset County</a>, Md., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1979/06-25.html">June 25, 1979</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/85.html">85 years, 78 days</a>). Interment at Sunny Ridge Memorial Park Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of James Beauregard Tawes and Alice Virginia (Byrd) Tawes; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1915/12-25.html">December 25, 1915</a>, to Helen Avalynne Gibson.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://www.nga.org/governor/j-millard-tawes/">National Governors Association biography</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J. Millard Tawes">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/633/000168129">NNDB dossier</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/7867844">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <br clear="all"> <hr> <span style="font-size:16pt;"><b><a name="cms06689">St. Paul's Protestant Episcopal Cemetery</a></b></span><br> Marion Station, Somerset County, Maryland <br> <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2><span style="font-size:14pt;">Politicians buried here:</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Harry T. Phoebus Jr. (1928-2000)</b> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/SO-lived.html">Somerset County</a>, Md. Born in Oriole, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/SO-born.html">Somerset County</a>, Md., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1928/11-27.html">November 27, 1928</a>. Republican. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/ofc/stsen.html">Maryland state senate</a> from Somerset County, 1965-66. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/AA-died.html">Anne Arundel County</a>, Md., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/2000/12-01.html">December 1, 2000</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/72.html">72 years, 4 days</a>). Interment at St. Paul's Protestant Episcopal Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/phillipson-picket.html#523.43.22">Harry Thomas Phoebus</a>.</span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <br clear="all"> <hr> <span style="font-size:16pt;"><b><a name="cms07239">St. Peter's Cemetery</a></b></span><br> Near Oriole, Somerset County, Maryland <br> <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2><span style="font-size:14pt;">Politicians buried here:</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Harry Thomas Phoebus (1893-1964)</b> — also known as <b>Harry T. Phoebus</b> — of Princess Anne, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/SO-lived.html">Somerset County</a>, Md. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1893/index.html">1893</a>. Republican. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/ofc/sthse.html">Maryland state house of delegates</a> from Somerset County, 1918; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/ofc/stsen.html">Maryland state senate</a> from Somerset County, 1935-37, 1947-64; delegate to Republican National Convention from Maryland, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1956/MD.html">1956</a> (<a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1956/officers.html">Honorary Vice-President</a>), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1960/MD.html">1960</a>. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1964/index.html">1964</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/71.html">about 71 years</a>). Interment at St. Peter's Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Father of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/phillipson-picket.html#205.92.72">Harry T. Phoebus Jr.</a>.</span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <br clear="all"> <hr> <span style="font-size:16pt;"><b><a name="cms03046">Antioch Methodist Episcopal Cemetery</a></b></span><br> Princess Anne, Somerset County, Maryland <br> <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2><span style="font-size:14pt;">Politicians buried here:</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Thomas David Nicholls (1870-1931)</b> — also known as <b>Thomas D. Nicholls</b> — of Scranton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/LC-lived.html">Lackawanna County</a>, Pa. Born in Wilkes-Barre, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/LU-born.html">Luzerne County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1870/09-16.html">September 16, 1870</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/mining.html">Coal miner</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/labor.html">president</a>, District 1, United Mine Workers of America, 1899-1909; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania</a> 10th District, 1907-11. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/labor-unions.html">United Mine Workers</a>. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1931/index.html">1931</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/60.html">about 60 years</a>). Interment at Antioch Methodist Episcopal Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of Alfred Nicholls and Ann (Davis) Nicholls; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1896/02-26.html">February 26, 1896</a>, to Sarah Ann Hughes.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=N000089">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=408174">Govtrack.us page</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <br clear="all"> <hr> <span style="font-size:16pt;"><b><a name="cms03167">Manokin Cemetery</a></b></span><br> Princess Anne, Somerset County, Maryland <br> <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2><span style="font-size:14pt;">Politicians buried here:</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Joshua Weldon Miles (1858-1929)</b> — also known as <b>Joshua W. Miles</b> — of Princess Anne, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/SO-lived.html">Somerset County</a>, Md. Born near Marion, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/SO-born.html">Somerset County</a>, Md., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1858/12-09.html">December 9, 1858</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Maryland</a> 1st District, 1895-97; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Maryland, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1900/MD.html">1900</a> (<a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1900/speakers.html">speaker</a>), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1904/MD.html">1904</a> (member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1904/committees.html">Credentials Committee</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1904/speakers.html">speaker</a>), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1912/MD.html">1912</a> (<a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1912/speakers.html">speaker</a>), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1924/MD.html">1924</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/ofc/baltimore.html#5">U.S. Collector of Internal Revenue at Baltimore, Maryland</a>, 1917-21. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/presbyterian.html">Presbyterian</a>. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/ba-died.html">Baltimore</a>, Md., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1929/03-04.html">March 4, 1929</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/70.html">70 years, 85 days</a>). Interment at Manokin Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M000706">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=407689">Govtrack.us page</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <br clear="all"> <hr> <span style="font-size:16pt;"><b><a name="cms00636">Manokin Presbyterian Cemetery</a></b></span><br> Princess Anne, Somerset County, Maryland <br> <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2><span style="font-size:14pt;">Politicians buried here:</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>John Woodland Crisfield (1806-1897)</b> — of Maryland. Born near Chestertown, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/KE-born.html">Kent County</a>, Md., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1806/11-08.html">November 8, 1806</a>. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/ofc/sthse.html">Maryland state house of delegates</a>, 1836; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Maryland</a>, 1847-49, 1861-63 (6th District 1847-49, 1st District 1861-63); <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/ofc/cncn2.html">delegate to Maryland state constitutional convention</a>, 1850. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/presbyterian.html">Presbyterian</a>. Slaveowner. Died in Princess Anne, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/SO-died.html">Somerset County</a>, Md., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1897/01-12.html">January 12, 1897</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/90.html">90 years, 65 days</a>). Interment at Manokin Presbyterian Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Father of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/page.html#592.57.64">Henry Page</a>.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"> <i>Political family:</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/11404.html">Page family</a> of Princess Anne, Maryland.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C000907">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=403019">Govtrack.us page</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <br clear="all"> <hr> <span style="font-size:16pt;"><b><a name="cms02761">Manokin Presbyterian Church Cemetery</a></b></span><br> Princess Anne, Somerset County, Maryland <br> <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2><span style="font-size:14pt;">Politicians buried here:</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Henry Page (1841-1913)</b> — also known as <b>John Woodland Crisfield Jr.</b> — of Princess Anne, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/SO-lived.html">Somerset County</a>, Md. Born in Princess Anne, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/SO-born.html">Somerset County</a>, Md., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1841/06-28.html">June 28, 1841</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/ofc/cncn4.html">delegate to Maryland state constitutional convention</a>, 1867; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/SO-officials.html">Somerset County State's Attorney</a>, 1870-84; Presidential Elector for Maryland, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/ofc/pr1888-meeting.html">1889</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Maryland</a> 1st District, 1891-92; district judge in Maryland, 1892-1908. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/presbyterian.html">Presbyterian</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/phi-kappa-psi.html">Phi Kappa Psi</a>. Died in Princess Anne, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/SO-died.html">Somerset County</a>, Md., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1913/01-07.html">January 7, 1913</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/71.html">71 years, 193 days</a>). Interment at Manokin Presbyterian Church Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cremeans-crocheron.html#385.31.72">John Woodland Crisfield</a>; father of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/page.html#649.23.32">Henry Page (1870-1954)</a>.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"> <i>Political family:</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/11404.html">Page family</a> of Princess Anne, Maryland.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=P000016">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=408427">Govtrack.us page</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <br clear="all"> <hr> <span style="font-size:16pt;"><b><a name="cms00533">St. Andrew's Cemetery</a></b></span><br> Princess Anne, Somerset County, Maryland <br> <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2><span style="font-size:14pt;">Politicians buried here:</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Robert Franklin Bratton (1845-1894)</b> — also known as <b>Robert F. Bratton</b> — of Maryland. Born in Barren Creek, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/WI-born.html">Wicomico County</a>, Md., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1845/05-13.html">May 13, 1845</a>. Democrat. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/ofc/sthse.html">Maryland state house of delegates</a>, 1870; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/ofc/stsen.html">Maryland state senate</a>, 1874, 1880-82, 1888-90; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Maryland, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1884/MD.html">1884</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Maryland</a> 1st District, 1893-94; died in office 1894. Died in Princess Anne, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/SO-died.html">Somerset County</a>, Md., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1894/05-10.html">May 10, 1894</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/48.html">48 years, 362 days</a>). Interment at St. Andrew's Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B000773">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=401732">Govtrack.us page</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <br clear="all"> <hr> <span style="font-size:16pt;"><b><a name="cms02440">St. Andrew's Churchyard</a></b></span><br> Princess Anne, Somerset County, Maryland <br> <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2><span style="font-size:14pt;">Politicians buried here:</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>George Robertson Dennis (1822-1882)</b> — of Kingston, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/SO-lived.html">Somerset County</a>, Md. Born in White Haven, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/WI-born.html">Wicomico County</a>, Md., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1822/04-08.html">April 8, 1822</a>. Democrat. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/ofc/stsen.html">Maryland state senate</a>, 1854-56, 1872-74; colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/ofc/sthse.html">Maryland state house of delegates</a>, 1867; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from Maryland</a>, 1873-79. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/episcopalian.html">Episcopalian</a>. Slaveowner. Died in Kingston, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/SO-died.html">Somerset County</a>, Md., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1882/08-12.html">August 12, 1882</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/60.html">60 years, 126 days</a>). Interment at St. Andrew's Churchyard. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=D000242">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=403380">Govtrack.us page</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Levin Woolford (1819-1890)</b> — of Princess Anne, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/SO-lived.html">Somerset County</a>, Md. Born near Princess Anne, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/SO-born.html">Somerset County</a>, Md., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1819/index.html">1819</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/SO-officials.html">Somerset County Circuit Court Clerk</a>, 1851-69; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Maryland, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1860/MD.html">1860</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/ofc/comp.html">Maryland state comptroller</a>, 1870-78; Maryland state tax commissioner, 1878-90; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/banking.html">banker</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/episcopalian.html">Episcopalian</a>. Died of a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/stroke.html">stroke</a>, in Princess Anne, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/SO-died.html">Somerset County</a>, Md., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1890/09-30.html">September 30, 1890</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/71.html">about 71 years</a>). Interment at St. Andrew's Churchyard. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of Dr. John Woolford and Ann Irving (Gillis) Woolford; married to Miss Atkinson and Annie E. Waters.</span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <br clear="all"> <hr> <span style="font-size:16pt;"><b><a name="cms03315">St. Andrew's Episcopal Churchyard</a></b></span><br> Princess Anne, Somerset County, Maryland <br> <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2><span style="font-size:14pt;">Politicians buried here:</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Joseph Stewart Cottman (1803-1863)</b> — also known as <b>Joseph S. Cottman</b> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/SO-lived.html">Somerset County</a>, Md. Born near Allen, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/WI-born.html">Wicomico County</a>, Md., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1803/08-16.html">August 16, 1803</a>. Whig. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/ofc/sthse.html">Maryland state house of delegates</a>, 1831-32, 1834, 1839; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/ofc/stsen.html">Maryland state senate</a>, 1836-37; Whig Presidential Elector for Maryland, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/ofc/pr1848-meeting.html">1848</a> (voted for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/taylor9.html#681.60.97">Zachary Taylor</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/fiero-finan.html#918.21.51">Millard Fillmore</a>); <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Maryland</a> 6th District, 1851-53. Slaveowner. 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