History of Howard County Maryland United States of America

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Robert Murray, surgeon-general, was born in Howard county, Md., Aug. 6, 1822; son of Daniel and Mary (Dorsey) Murray; grandson of Dr. James and Sarah (Maynadier) Murray and of Edward and Elizabeth Dorsey, and a descendant of Dr. William Murray, born in Scotland, who came to Cambridge, Maryland, in 1716, and of Col. Edward Dorsey, born in Essex county, England, who came to St. Mary's county, Md., about 1645. He was graduated from the University of Pennsylvania, M.D., 1843; was appointed assistant surgeon U.S.A., June 29, 1846; captain and assistant surgeon in 1851, and major and surgeon, June 23, 1860. He was brevetted lieutenant-colonel and colonel, March 13, 1865, for faithful and meritorious services during the war. He was appointed assistant medical purveyor and lieutenant-colonel, U.S.A., 1866; was promoted colonel and surgeon, June 20, 1876; colonel and assistant surgeon-general, Dec. 14, 1882; brigadier-general and surgeon-general, Nov. 23, 1883, and was retired from active service in the army, Aug. 6, 1886, by operation of law. After 1886 he made his home at Eldridge, Md.

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

Henry Gassoway Davis, senator, was born in Howard county, Md., Nov. 16, 1823; son of Caleb and Louisa (Brown) Davis. His education was acquired in the neighboring schools and at the age of twenty lie found employment on the Baltimore & Ohio railroad. In 1858 he removed to Piedmont, Va., where he was president of the Piedmont national bank. He soon became prominent in local politics, and in 1865 was elected as a Democrat a representative in the West Virginia legislature. He was a state senator, 1863-71; a delegate to the Democratic national conventions in 1868 and 1872, and in 1870 was elected a U.S. senator, serving by re-election two terms, 1871-83. He was afterward elected president of the West Virginia Central & Pittsburg Railway Co., the Piedmont & Cumberland Railway Co., and the Davis national bank, at Piedmont, W. Va., and became a large stockholder in the Davis coal and coke company, as well as other enterprises along his line of railroad.

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

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