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Carroll County
Maryland

Cemeteries and Memorial Sites of Politicians in Carroll County


Index to Locations

  • Private or family graveyards
  • Near Eldersburg Freedom Methodist Episcopal Cemetery
  • Taneytown St. Joseph's Cemetery
  • Westminster St. John's Catholic Church Cemetery
  • Westminster Westminster Cemetery


    Private or family graveyard
    Carroll County, Maryland
    Politicians buried here:
      Elias Brown (1793-1857) — of Maryland. Born in Carroll County, Md., May 9, 1793. Presidential Elector for Maryland, 1820, 1828, 1836; U.S. Representative from Maryland 5th District, 1829-31; member of Maryland state house of delegates, 1835-36, 1842, 1849; delegate to Maryland internal improvements convention, 1836; member of Maryland state senate, 1836-37; delegate to Maryland state constitutional convention, 1850. Died July 3, 1857 (age 64 years, 55 days). Interment in a private or family graveyard.
      See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page


    Freedom Methodist Episcopal Cemetery
    Near Eldersburg, Carroll County, Maryland
    Politicians buried here:
      Peter Little (1775-1830) — of Freedom, Baltimore County, Md. Born in Petersburg, Huntingdon County, Pa., December 11, 1775. Democrat. Member of Maryland state house of delegates, 1806-07, 1815; U.S. Representative from Maryland 5th District, 1811-13, 1816-29; state court judge in Maryland, 1829. Methodist. Died in Freedom, Baltimore County, Md., February 5, 1830 (age 54 years, 56 days). Interment at Freedom Methodist Episcopal Cemetery.
      See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page


    St. Joseph's Cemetery
    Taneytown, Carroll County, Maryland
    Politicians buried here:
      Joseph Aloysius Goulden (1844-1915) — also known as Joseph A. Goulden — of Fordham, Bronx, Bronx County, N.Y. Born in Littlestown, Adams County, Pa., August 1, 1844. Democrat. Served in the Union Navy during the Civil War; U.S. Representative from New York, 1903-11, 1913-15 (18th District 1903-11, 23rd District 1913-15); died in office 1915. Died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa., May 3, 1915 (age 70 years, 275 days). Interment at St. Joseph's Cemetery.
      See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page


    St. John's Catholic Church Cemetery
    Westminster, Carroll County, Maryland
    Politicians buried here:
      Charles Boyle Roberts (1842-1899) — of Westminster, Carroll County, Md. Born in Uniontown, Carroll County, Md., April 19, 1842. Son of John Roberts and Catharine A. Roberts. Democrat. Lawyer; Presidential Elector for Maryland, 1868; U.S. Representative from Maryland 2nd District, 1875-79; Maryland state attorney general, 1883-87; district judge in Maryland, 1891; Judge, Maryland Court of Appeals, 1892-99. Catholic. Died in Westminster, Carroll County, Md., September 10, 1899 (age 57 years, 144 days). Interment at St. John's Catholic Church Cemetery.
      Relatives: Married to Annie E. Mathias.
      See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article


    Westminster Cemetery
    Westminster, Carroll County, Maryland
    Politicians buried here:
      Frank Thomas Shaw (1841-1923) — also known as Frank T. Shaw — of Westminster, Carroll County, Md. Born in Woodsboro, Frederick County, Md., October 7, 1841. Democrat. U.S. Representative from Maryland 2nd District, 1885-89; member of Maryland state house of delegates, 1890; U.S. Collector of Customs, 1894-98; Presidential Elector for Maryland, 1912. Died in Westminster, Carroll County, Md., 1923 (age about 81 years). Interment at Westminster Cemetery.
      See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page


     

     


     
       
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