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John Bubenheim Bayard (1738-1807) —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.; New Brunswick, Middlesex
County, N.J.
Born in Bohemia Manor, Cecil
County, Md., August
11, 1738.
Son of James Bayard and Mary (Ashton) Bayard.
Merchant; member of Pennsylvania state legislature, 1776; Delegate
to Continental Congress from Pennsylvania, 1785; mayor
of New Brunswick, N.J., 1790.
Died in New Brunswick, Middlesex
County, N.J., January
7, 1807 (age 68 years, 149
days).
Interment at First
Presbyterian Churchyard, New Brunswick, N.J.
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Lyman Rufus Casey (1837-1914) —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.; Jamestown, Stutsman
County, N.Dak.
Born in York, Livingston
County, N.Y., May 6,
1837.
Son of Lyman Casey and Annie M. Casey.
Republican. Merchant; manufacturer;
U.S.
Senator from North Dakota, 1889-93.
Died in Washington,
D.C., January
26, 1914 (age 76 years, 265
days).
Interment at Green
Mount Cemetery, Baltimore, Md.
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Henry N. Gorrell (b. 1893) —
of Berkeley Springs, Morgan
County, W.Va.
Born in Darlington, Harford
County, Md., November
1, 1893.
Son of Albert N. Gorrell and Sallie (Whiteford) Gorrell.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I;
merchant; member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Morgan County, 1941-42.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons;
Kiwanis;
American
Legion.
Burial
location unknown.
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Elihu Emory Jackson (1837-1907) —
also known as Elihu E. Jackson —
of Salisbury, Wicomico
County, Md.
Born near Delmar, Wicomico
County, Md., November
3, 1837.
Democrat. Merchant; lumber
business; member of Maryland
state house of delegates from Wicomico County, 1882; member of Maryland
state senate from Wicomico County, 1884-86, 1896-98; Governor of
Maryland, 1888-92.
Methodist.
Died in Baltimore,
Md., December
27, 1907 (age 70 years, 54
days).
Interment at Parsons
Cemetery, Salisbury, Md.
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John Brown Kimberly (b. 1855) —
also known as John B. Kimberly —
of Fort Monroe, Elizabeth City County (now part of Hampton),
Va.
Born in Baltimore,
Md., December
31, 1855.
Son of William H. Kimberly and Ann (Brown) Kimberly.
Republican. Merchant; hotel
owner; steamship
agent; postmaster;
director of banks and
electric
railways; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention
from Virginia, 1912,
1916,
1924.
Episcopalian.
Member, Rotary.
Burial
location unknown.
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J. Forest Walker (b. 1884) —
of Gaithersburg, Montgomery
County, Md.
Born in Gaithersburg, Montgomery
County, Md., April 28,
1884.
Son of James K. Walker and Emma (Waters) Walker.
Democrat. Merchant; member of Maryland
Democratic State Central Committee, 1921-26; Montgomery
County Treasurer, 1927.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias; Redmen; Odd
Fellows.
Burial
location unknown.
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