Carroll County
Maryland
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Carroll County
Maryland
Cemeteries and Memorial Sites ofPoliticians in Carroll County
Index to Locations Private or familygraveyard Carroll County, Maryland
Freedom MethodistEpiscopal Cemetery Near Eldersburg, Carroll County, Maryland
Bethel UnitedMethodist Church Cemetery New Windsor, Carroll County, Maryland
St. Joseph'sCemetery Taneytown, Carroll County, Maryland
St. John'sCemetery Westminster, Carroll County, Maryland Founded 1789 See alsoFindagravepage for this location.
  Thomas Herbert Shriver (1846-1916) — also known asT. Herbert Shriver — of Union Mills,CarrollCounty, Md.Born in Union Mills,CarrollCounty, Md.,February19, 1846.Democrat. Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War;co-owner, later president, of the B. F. Shriver Company,cannersof fruits and vegetables; member ofMarylandstate house of delegates, 1878-80; member ofMarylandstate senate, 1884; delegate to Democratic National Conventionfrom Maryland,1908.Catholic.Member,Knightsof Columbus.Died in Union Mills,CarrollCounty, Md.,December31, 1916 (age70 years, 316days).Interment at St. John's Cemetery.
WestminsterCemetery Westminster, Carroll County, Maryland
| William Augustus McKellip (1835-1904) — also known asWilliam A. McKellip — of Westminster,CarrollCounty, Md.Born in Taneytown,CarrollCounty, Md.,December25, 1835.Republican.Lawyer;colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War;CarrollCounty Circuit Court Clerk, 1864-67; candidate forMarylandstate comptroller, 1869; U.S. Consul inMagdeburg, 1902-04, died in office 1904.Methodist.Member,Freemasons;Knightsof Pythias;GrandArmy of the Republic.Died, from astroke ofapoplexy, in Magdeburg,Germany,April3, 1904 (age68 years, 100days).Interment at Westminster Cemetery.
| Edward Oscar Weant Jr. (1918-1999) — also known asEdward O. Weant, Jr. — of Westminster,CarrollCounty, Md.Born in Westminster,CarrollCounty, Md.,April 9,1918.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II;lawyer;member ofMarylandstate senate, 1959-65; alternate delegate to Democratic NationalConvention from Maryland,1964;circuit judge in Maryland, 1965-67.Episcopalian.Member,American BarAssociation;AmericanLegion;Veterans ofForeign Wars.Died in Sykesville,CarrollCounty, Md.,February10, 1999 (age80 years, 307days).Interment at Westminster Cemetery.
| Alexander Warfield Dorsey (1828-1868) — also known asAlexander W. Dorsey — of Westminster,CarrollCounty, Md.Born in Maryland,December27, 1828.Whig.Druggist;postmaster atWestminster,Md., 1849-53.Died in Westminster,CarrollCounty, Md.,January2, 1868 (age39 years, 6days).Interment at Westminster Cemetery.
| Edward Oscar Weant (1869-1930) — also known asE. O. Weant — of Westminster,CarrollCounty, Md.Born inCarrollCounty, Md.,November28, 1869.Democrat.Lawyer;CarrollCounty State's Attorney, 1900-04, 1909-13; attorney or directorfor severalbanks;delegate to Democratic National Convention from Maryland,1924,1928(member,Committeeon Rules and Order of Business).ChristianReformed. Member,American BarAssociation;Freemasons;Knightsof Pythias;Elks.DiedJune 28,1930 (age60 years, 212days).Interment at Westminster Cemetery.
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