History of Dorchester County Maryland United States of America

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Henry Lloyd, governor of Maryland, was born in Hambroke, Dorchester county, Md.. Feb. 21, 1852; son of Daniel and Kitty (Henry) Lloyd; grandson of Edward and Sally Scott (Murray) Lloyd and of Campbell Henry, and great grandson of John Henry , governor of Maryland. He spent his childhood at Cambridge, Md., where he attended school and was admitted to the bar. He was a state senator, 1881-85, and president of the senate during his last term. He was married in 1886 to Mary Elizabeth Stapleforts, of Dorchester county, Md. In 1865 he became governor of Maryland, ex-officio, serving till January, 1886, when he was elected by the legislature to fill the term ending with 1887.

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

Thomas Holliday Hicks, governor of Maryland, was born in Dorchester county, Md., Sept. 2, 1798. His father was a farmer, and he was brought up to work on the farm and attend the school of the neighborhood. He entered public life as town constable, and was promoted to the office of county sheriff. He was a state representative, 1836-37; register of wills, 1838; a member of the state constitutional convention, 1849; state representative, 1848-58, and governor of the state, 1858-62, he opposed secession in 1861, and used the power of his office to prevent the assembling of the state legislature, intent on seceding. He also exercised his authority in suppressing the riot caused by the passage of the Massachusetts troops through Baltimore, April 19, 1861. On the death of Senator James A. Pearce, Dec. 20, 1862, Ex-Governor Hicks was appointed by Governor Bradford to the vacancy in the U.S. senate and on the meeting of the legislature be was elected for the term expiring March 3, 1867. He was a member of the committees on claims and naval affairs. He died in Washington, D.C., Feb. 13, 1865.

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

William Henry Hooper, delegate, was born at "Warwick Manor," Dorchester county, Eastern Shore, Md., Dec. 25, 1813; son of Henry (1789-1817) and Mary Noel (Price) Hooper; grandson of William Ennalls and Sarah (Ridgeway) Hooper; great grandson of Brig.-Gen. Henry and Anna (Ennalls) Hooper; great2 grandson of Col. Henry and ?? (Orricke) Hooper and of William Ennalls, great3 grandson of Chief-Justice Henry and Mary (Ennalls) Hooper and great4 grandson of Capt. Henry Hooper of the English army, who settled in Dorchester county, Md., prior to 1670 on land granted by Lord Baltimore,and was a member of the provincial legislature in 1694. William Henry Hooper attended the county school for a short time; was a clerk in a store, 1827-32; merchant at Eastern Shore, 1832-35; went to Galena, Ill., in 1835, where he kept a store three years, failed in business and in 1843 engaged as clerk on a Mississippi steamboat. In 1844 he began the business of building steamboats, and his last boat, the Alexander Hamilton, built in 1847, was burned in 1849, and the loss ruined his business. He was then engaged as clerk in a mercantile house in Salt Lake City, Utah, 1850-53; visited California on business in 1854 and established himself in business in Salt Lake City in 1855. He was a member of the convention that met to frame a constitution for the proposed state of Deseret in 1855; was appointed by Brigham Young secretary pro tempore of the territory of Utah, which appointment was recognized by the government at Washington, and he served, 1857-58. He was elected delegate from Utah Territory to the 36th congress, 1859-61, and in 1862 he was elected U.S. senator from the proposed state of Deseret. He was again a delegate from Utah Territory to the 39th, 40th, 41st and 42d congress, 1865-73, and in 1872 was again elected U.S. senator from the proposed state of Deseret. He was a director of Zion's Co-operative Mercantile institution, 1868-77; superintendent, 1873-75, and president, 1877-82. He was an organizer in 1871, a director and for many years president of the Deseret national bank. He died in Salt Lake City, Dec. 29, 1882.

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

John Fletcher Hurst, M.E. bishop, was born in Dorchester county, Md., Aug. 17, 1834; son of Elijah and Ann (Colston) Hurst, and grandson of Samuel Hurst. He was graduated at Dickinson in 1854; was a teacher in 1854-55; studied theology at the universities of Halle and Heidelberg, 1856-57; joined the Newark, N.J., conference of the Methodist Episcopal church in 1858, and filled various appointments in the district, 1858-66. He was instructor in theology in the Methodist Mission institute, Bremen, Germany, 1866-69, and during part of the time was director of the institute. He travelled in Europe, Syria and Egypt, 1869-71; was professor of historical theology at Drew seminary, Madison, N.J., 1871-73, and president of the seminary, 1873-80. He was elected by the general conference in Cincinnati, Ohio, in 1880, to the office of bishop, and his duties called him to visit all parts of the United States. He also made journeys to mission stations and conferences in Germany, Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Bulgaria, Italy and India. In 1891, upon the organization of the American university at Washington, D.C., an institution intended solely for post-graduate work, he was elected its chancellor. He was one of the ninety-seven judges who served as a board of electors in October, 1900, in determining the names to be placed in the Hall of Fame for Great Americans, New York university. He received the degree of D.D. from Dickinson college in 1866, and that of LL.D. from De Pauw university in 1877. His published translations include: Hagenbach's History of the Church in the 13th and 19th Centuries (1869), Van Oosterzee's Apologetical Lectures on John's Gospel (1809), Lange's Commentaries on the Epistle to the Romans, with additions (1870), Seneca's Moral Essays, with notes (1877); his own works: History of Rationalism (1865); Outlines of Bible History (1872); Martyrs of the Tract Cause (1873); Life and Literature in the Fatherland (1874); Outlines of Church History (1875); Our Theological Century (1876); Bibli-otheca Theologies (1883); Short History of the Reformation (1884); Short History of the Early Church (1886); Short History of the Medieval Church (1887); Short History of the Modern Church in Europe (1888); Short History of the Church in the United States (1890); Indika (1891); Short History of the Christian Church (1892); The Journal of Captain William Pote Jr. (1896); The Literature of Theology (1896); History of the Christian Church (Vol. I., 1897; Vol. II. 1900), and numerous contributions to current periodicals. He died in Washington, D.C., May 14, 1903.

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

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