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Prominent Figures in Charles County’s Early History

Dr. James Craik
Dr. Gustavus Brown
(1747-1804)
Physician to George Washington


John Grantt Chapman
(1798-1856)
Speaker, Maryland House of Delegates
President, Maryland State Senate


Barnes Compton
(1830-1898)
Member, Maryland House of Delegates
President, Maryland State Senate
Maryland State Treasurer


Dr. James Craik
(1730-1814)
Physician to George Washington


Anne Olivia Floyd
(1826-1905)
Underground Agent during the Civil War


John Hanson
(1721-1783)
First President of the United States in Congress Assembled


Robert Hanson Harrison
(1745-1790)
Private Military Secretary to George Washington
Chief Justice of the General Court of Maryland
Chancellor of Maryland


Matthew Alexander Henson
(1866-1955)
Co-Discoverer of the North Pole


Reverend Josiah Henson
(1789-1883)
His memoirs provided conceptions and incidents for Harriet Beecher Stowe’s “Uncle Tom’s Cabin”

Daniel of St. Thomas Jenifer
(1723-1790)
Signer of the United States Constitution


Dr. Samuel Alexander Mudd
(1833-1883)
Physician who set the broken leg of John Wilkes Booth


Sydney Emanuel Mudd, Jr.
(1885-1924)
Congressman, United States House of Representatives


Sydney Emanuel Mudd, Sr.
(1858-1911)
Congressman, United States House of Representatives


William Smallwood
(1732-1792)
Officer in the American Revolution and Governor of Maryland


Benjamin Stoddert
(c.1751-1813)
First Secretary of the Navy


Thomas Stone
(1743-1787)
Signer of the Declaration of Independence

 
  Daniel St. Thomas Jenifer
Benjamin Stoddert
Thomas Stone

 

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