History of Port Tobacco, (Charles County) Maryland United States of America

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Barnes Compton, representative, was born at Port Tobacco, Md., Nov. 16, 1830. He was graduated at the College of New Jersey in 1851; was a member of the house of delegates from Charles county, Md., 1860-61; a member of the state senate, 1867, 1868, 1870 and 1872, serving as president in 1868 and 1870. He was state tobacco inspector, 1873-74, and state treasurer, 1874-85. In 1884 he was elected from the 5th district of Maryland, as a Democrat, a representative in the 49th congress, but his seat was successfully contested by H. B. Holton. He was re-elected to the 50th, 51st, 52nd and 53rd congresses, resigning in 1894. He died at Laurel, Md., Dec. 2, 1898.

From: Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans, Johnson, Rossiter, editor

William Craik, representative, was born near Port Tobacco, Md., Oct. 81, 1761; son of Dr. James and Mariamne (Ewell) Craik. He was admitted to the bar, and was appointed chief justice of the 5th district of Maryland on Jan. 18, 1793, holding the office till his resignation in 1796. He was a representative from Maryland in the 4th, 5th and 6th congresses, 1796-1801, and was again chief justice of the U.S. district court of the 5th judicial district of Maryland from Oct. 20, 1801, to Jan. 28, 1802. He was married to Ann Fitzhugh, daughter of Gen. William and Ann (Randolph) Fitzhugh of Ravensworth, Va., and a sister of Mrs. G. W. P. Custis. The date of his death could not be ascertained.

From: Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans, Johnson, Rossiter, editor

Daniel Jenifer, representative, was born in Charles county, Md., April 15, 1791; son of Dr. Daniel and Sarah (Craik) Jenifer; grandson of Daniel and Elizabeth (Hanson) Jenifer and of Dr. James and Mariamne (Ewell) Craik; great grandson of Dr. Daniel and ?(Hanson) Jenifer; and a descendant front Andrew Hansen, a native of Sweden, who settled on Kent Island, Md., in 1653. He received a good education and served as a magistrate and as a representative in the Maryland legislature. He was a Whig representative from Maryland in the 22d, 24th, 25th, and 26th congresses, serving, 1831-33, and 1835-41; and was U.S. minister to Austria during the administrations of Harrison and Tyler, 1841-45. He was married to Eliza Trippe, daughter of John Campbell of Charles county, Md., and had sons: John Campbell (b. 1813, d. 1846); Daniel of St. Thomas (b. 1814, d. 1843); Col. Walter Hanson, an officer of the U.S.A., C.S.A., and the army of the Khedive of Egypt; James Craik (b. 1825, d. 1868); and Daniel. Daniel Jenifer, the representative, died at Port Tobacco, Md., Dec. 18, 1855.

From: Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans, Johnson, Rossiter, editor

Leonard Neale, archbishop, was born near Port Tobacco, Charles county, Md., Oct. 15, 1746; a descendant of Capt. James and Ann Neal, who came from England to Maryland before 1642. He purchased the vast tract of land known as Cob Neck and was prominent in colonial affairs, a member of the governor's council and of the colonial legislature. Leonard attended the college of St. Omer, France, and the theological seminaries at Bruges and Li?ge. He became a member of the Society of Jesus at Ghent, Sept. 7, 1767; was ordained priest, June 5, 1773, at Li?ge, Belgium; was a professor in the Jesuit college, Bruges, when it was seized by the Austro-Belgian government, and was expelled with the other Jesuits. He had charge of a small congregation in England and in 1779 was sent as a missionary to Demerara, British Guiana, where he labored until 1783, when he returned to Maryland. He had charge of the congregation at St. Thomas Manor, Charles county, 1783-93; and administered to the yellow fever patients, Philadelphia, Pa., 1793-94 and 1797-98, meanwhile serving as vicar-general of the northern state. He induced Miss Lalor to open a school in Georgetown, D.C., which was the foundation of the order of Visitation Nuns. He was president of Georgetown college, 1798-1806, and was consecrated titular bishop of "Gortyna" i.p.i. and coadjutor to the Bishop of Baltimore, Dec. 7, 1800, by Bishop John Carroll, and succeeded to the arch-diocese of Baltimore, Dec. 3, 1815, receiving the pallium, Nov. 19, 1816. He obtained from the pope power to establish the Convent and Academy of the Visitation in Georgetown, and the order instituted by Miss Lalor thus became the foundation of the order of Visitation Nuns in the United States. He died at the convent of the Visitation, Georgetown, D.C., June 18, 1817.

From: Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans, Johnson, Rossiter, editor