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John Chamberlaine Goldsborough, son of John and Anna Maria Chamberlaine Goldsborough, married April 3, 1827, Eliza Bishop Emory, daughter of Charles and Frances Bishop Emory. Frances Bishop Emory was the daughter of Will- iam Bishop of Greenbury Point farın, near An- napolis. They had children, viz .: John, Charles Emory; Henrietta Maria, born March 7, 1833, died April 11, 1847; Henry Chamberlaine; Sam- uel Chamberlaine, born June 15, 1839, died July 2, 1844, and Francis Emory, born July 5, 1843. Robert Lloyd Goldsborough, son of John and
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Anna Maria Chamberlaine Goldsborough, mar- ried in October, 1836, Fannie Miller, daughter of Alexander Miller of Philadelphia, and had chil- dren, viz .: Alexander Miller, John, Alfred, Will- ianı Miller and Henry Chamberlaine.
Marion Caroline Goldsborough, daughter of John and Anna Maria Chamberlaine Goldsbor- ough, married June 6, 1837, Dr. Alward McKell White (son of Alward White and Mrs. Anna McKell Goldsborough White, who was the widow and third wife of Charles Goldsborough of Horn's Point, whose maiden name was Anna McKell, and wliose first husband was John Stevens, and was the second wife of Dr. Alward McKell White. His first wife was Miss Warfield, daughter of Rev. Mr. Lot Warfield of Easton) and had children, viz .: Anna Maria, born March 31, 1838, died September 29, 1839; Henrietta Maria, who mar- ried Henry Chamberlaine; Sally, John Goldsbor- ough, Alward, Anna Maria, Fannie and Charles.
Hon. Henry Hollyday Goldsborough, son of John and Anna Maria Chamberlaine Goldsbor- ough, has been a prominent politician. In 1841 and 1845 he was a defeated Whig candidate for the legislature. In1 1851 he was defeated in one of the electoral tickets for Scott and Graham. In 1855 he was a Democratic candidate for commis- sioner of public works and was defeated. In 1856 he was elected one of the Democratic electors for Buchanan and Breckenridge. In 1857 he was elected by the Democrats to the house of delegates of Maryland, and in 1859 by the same party to the senate of Maryland, and in 1861 was made president of tliat honorable body. In 1862 he was commandant of the military post near Easton, Md., with the rank of brigadier-general, and had command of the militia of the Eastern Shore of Maryland called into the service of the United States. In 1863 he was comptroller of the treas- ury of Maryland. In 1864 he was president of a convention which formed the constitution for the state, and was elected elector-at-large for Lincoln and Johnson, and in the same year was made judge (Vice-Judge Carmichael removed by the military) of the Eleventh Judicial Circuit, com- posed of the counties of Talbot and Caroline, and served three years, In 1867 he was a defeated
candidate for attorney-general, and in 1868 was a defeated elector for Grant and Colfax. In 1874 he was appointed United States appraiser of mer- chandise at and for the port of Baltimore, which position he now, 1876, holds.
He married January 25, 1853, Anna Maria Kennard, the daughter of Samuel Thomas and Elizabeth Thomas Kennard (Elizabeth Thomas Kennard was the daughter of William Dorson Thomas) and had children, viz .: Henry Holly- day, born November 8, 1853, died July 20, 1854; Samuel Kennard, born October 31, 1855; died July 30, 1866; Louis Piper, Anna Maria, Elizabeth Kennard, Mary Hammond, Charles Carroll and John Whittingham, born July 15, 1868, died July 31, 1868. His first wife died July 31, 1868, and he married a second time June 1, 1871, Kate Haley Cadwell of Lynn, Mass., daughter of Daniel and Mary Lord Cad- well (Mary Lord Cadwell was the daughter of Capt. John Lord and his wife, Lucy Perkins of Ipswich, Mass.) and had children, viz .: Kate; Henry Cadwell, born August 3, 1873, died Au- gust 30, 1874; and Anita.
Howes Goldsborough, son of John and Caro- line Goldsborough, married Mary McCallmont of Newcastle, Del., who was born in 1774, and died March 14, 1821, had children, viz .: Francis Mc- Callmont, died; Robert, died; Ann Caroline (who married in May, 1824, Dr. Nicholas Hammond, son of Nicholas and Rebecca Hammond, died leaving children, viz .: Nicholas, Charles, James and Mary G. ) and Charles Howes.
Charles Washington Goldsborough, son of John and Caroline Goldsborough, married August 28, 1802, Catherine Roberts of Philadelphia, and had children, viz .: Caroline, born January 9, 1804; Louis Maledhardes, born February 18, 1805; Charles Henry, born December 22, 1806; John Roberts, born July 2, 1809, who married Mary Pennington of Philadelphia; and Hugh Allen, born August 17, 1813, who married Mrs. Ellen K. Leslie.
Caroline Goldsborough, daughter of Charles Washington and Catherine Roberts Goldsbor- ough, married October 6, 1825, John Lane Gard- ner, U. S. A., and had children, viz .: Elizabeth
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Greenbury, Caroline Goldsborough, Catherine Frances and Henry W.
Admiral Malesherbes Goldsborough, U. S. N., son of Charles Washington and Catherine Rob- erts Goldsborough, married November 1, 1831, Elizabeth G. Wirt, daughter of Hon. William and Elizabeth Wirt, and had children, viz .: Will- iam Wirt, Louis Malesherbes and Elizabeth Wirt.
Henrietta Maria Goldsborough, daughter of John and Ann Turbutt Goldsborough, married Philip Francis, son of Tench Francis (clerk of Talbot County from 1726 to 1734) and Elizabeth Turbutt, and had children, viz .: John, who was lost at sea, and Maria.
Foster Turbutt and Bridget, his wife, had chil- dren, viz .: Mary, born January 15, 1703; Sarah, born December 2, 1706, who married Nicholas Goldsborough; Elizabeth, born March 17, 1708, who married December 29, 1724, Tench Francis; Mary Anne, born July 13, 1711, who married February 9, 1730, John Robins and afterward Robert Goldsborough; Mary, born September 9, 1713, who married Edward Tilghman; Ann, born April 29, 1715, who married October 31, 1733, John Goldsborough; Rachel, born in 1718, who married May 8, 1735, Thomas Bullen.
Maria Francis, daughter of Philip and Henri- etta Maria Goldsborough Francis, married in 1809 Dr. Tristram Thomas and had children, viz .: Philip Francis, born September 24, 1810; Charles, born November 30, 1812; Henrietta Maria, born July 8, 1815; Ellen Francis, born May 25, 1817; Mary Moore and Ann.
Hon. Philip Francis Thomas, son of Dr. Tris- tram and Maria Francis Thomas, succeeded Hon. Thomas G. Pratt as governor of Maryland in 1847 and was secretary of the treasury in the ad- ministration of President Buchanan.
Mary Goldsborough, daughter of John and Ann Turbutt Goldsborough, married in January 1775, Benedict Brice, son of John and Sarah Frisby Brice, and had a daughter, Sarah Goldsbor- ough, born August 10, 1776, who married An- drew Price. Benedict Brice died in 1786 and she married Dr. James Cooke, died March 20, 1796, leaving two children, viz .: Sarah Loockerman,
born December 28, 1790, and Mary Elizabeth, born March 1, 1793. Dr. James Cooke died in1 I794.
Susan Loockerman Cooke, daughter of Dr. James and Mary Goldsborough Brice Cooke, married Greenbury Turbutt, and had children, viz .: James Edward, Anna Maria and Samuel.
Mary Elizabeth Cooke, daughter of Dr. James and Mary Goldsborough Brice Cooke, married in January, 1828, Jeremiah Mulliken and had a son, Arthur Cooke.
Dr. Robert Goldsborough of Centreville, Queen Anne's County, Md., son of John and Mary Skinner Loockerman Goldsborough, married Mrs. Henrietta Nicholson Bracco, widow of Dr. John Bracco, daughter of Joseph and Mary Nich- olson of Kent, and left one son, Robert.
Robert Goldsborough, son of Dr. Robert and Henrietta Nicholson Bracco Goldsborough, mar- ried Eleanora Dall Lux, daughter of Darby and Mary Lux, and had children, viz .: Robert, John, Joseph Nicholson; Henrietta, who married Phile- mon Hopper; Ellen Ridgley, Edward Ridgley, Mary Nicholson, Jacob Loockerman, William Lux, Thomas Henry, Mary Rebecca, Anna Maria and Francis Spencer.
Howes Goldsborough, son of Robert and Elizabeth Greenbury Goldsborough, married Rosanna Piper, daughter of a Protestant Episco- pal clergyman, the Rev. Michael Piper and Ros- anna B. Piper, and had a daughter, Caroline, who married October 26, 1762, her cousin, John Goldsborough, son of John and Ann Tur- butt Goldsborough, and died March 10, 1816. Howes Goldsborough died March 30, 1746, his widow, Rosanna Piper Goldsborough, married in 1747 James Auld. In 1765 they removed to Halifax, in Halifax County, N. C. They had children, viz .: James, born October 14, 1747, died June 30, 1851; Anne, born December 26, 1749, died unmarried March 1, 1822; John, born May 30, 1752 (who married August 17, 1775, Elizabeth Shurlock, died December 28, 1796, and had eight children, viz .: Elizabeth, born May 29, 1776; James Sherwood, born January 15, 1778, died in Alabama in 1827; Henry W., born in 1781;
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Elizabetlı, born Marchi 1, 1783, married James Graves and died in 1803; Sarah, born in 1785, died in 1788; Charles, born December 13, 1787, died January 30, 1797; Alexander, born September 6, 1789, died in 1822; Saralı Shurlock, born Decem- ber 25, 1792, married in May, 1811, Dr. James Bogle); Rosanna, born December 2, 1754 (who married July 31, 1776, an Englishman, Henry William Harrington of South Carolina, died Oc- tober 13, 1828, and had nine children, viz .: Rosanna, born February 2, 1778, married Janu- ary 21, 1800, Robert Troy and died March 30, 1838; Henrietta, born October 29, 1779, died September 16, 1780; Henry W., born March 14, 1782, died March 23, 1792; James Auld, born August 11, 1785, married December 28, 1808, Eleanor Willson, daughter of Jolin Willson; she died September 12, 1843; he died March 21, 1834; Henrietta, born January . 24, 1788, died October 2, 1791; Michael, born December 5, 1790, died January 3, 1794; Henry Williams, born July 5, 1793; Harriett, born November 22, 1795, married February 15, 1815, Beld William String, killed in a duel May 27, 1815; and Caro- line, born November 8, 1798, married December 2, 1821, 'Otter Chambers, and died April 10, 1829); Michael Auld, born March 3, 1757, died September 18, 1788 (he married Sidney Fields and left a son Jolin Fields, who married Mary Jack- son and had children, viz .: Rosamond, Elizabeth, Michael, Susan, James and Sidney); Mary, born October 14, 1761, died October 25, 1837 (who married twice, first May 22, 1794, Hartwell Ayre and had two children, viz .: Michael, born in 1795, died in 1796 and Henry William, born May 6, 1797, died August 4, 1839; secondly, James Blakeney); Elizabeth, born November II, 1764, died December 30, 1847; and James, born in North Carolina November 30, 1766, and died January 21, 1770. All the children of James and Rosanna Piper Goldsborougli Auld, except the last, were born in Dorchester County.
Nicholas Goldsborough, son of Nicholas and Margaret Howes Goldsborough, was deputy sheriff of Talbot County in 1689, under Samuel Withers, and was a justice of the county court for several years prior to his death in 1705. His
first wife, Ann Goldsborough had three children, viz .: Nicholas, born in 1687, died in September, 1766; Rachel, who married March 30, 1712, Samuel Turbutt, and Robert. His second wife, Elizabeth, in her will dated December 6, 1708, mentions her two daughters, Mary and Eliza- beth, who appear to have been the children of her former husband.
Nicholas Goldsborough, son of Nicholas and Ann Goldsborough, married January 25, 1721, Mrs. Sarah Jolly Turbutt, widow of Samuel Tur- butt, and daughter of Peter Jolly and had chil- dren, viz .: An, born February 8, 1722, who married Edward Oldham, son of John Oldham, who was grandfather of the late Gen. Daniel Martin and the late Edward Martin; Sarah, born December 26, 1724, married January 6, 1742, Standley Robins, who died in 1749, leaving a son Standley, who married Mary Greene; Nicholas, born January 3, 1726; Thomas born February 24, 1728, died in March, 1793; Rachel, Robert, Foster, Elizabeth, Bridget and Mary, born May 1, 1741, died October 11, 1812.
Nicholas Goldsborough, son of Nicholas and Sarah Jolly Turbutt Goldsborough, married Mary Thomas (daughter of William Thomas and Elizabeth Allen, who were married May II, 1732), died May 31, 1777, and had chil- dren, viz .: Nicholas, born February 25, 1759, who married in 1787 Sarah Harrison, and died May 6, 1788, leaving a son, Col. Nicholas, of Otwell, born June 30, 1787, married April 25, 1801; Elizabeth Tench Tilghman, daughter of Col. Tench Tilghman; James; Elizabeth, who married Thomas Coward; Mary, who died un- married in 1821; Anna, who married February 25, 1765, and became the second wife of John Singleton, whose first wife was Bridget Golds- borough. John Singleton died March 15, 1819.
Col. Nicholas Goldsborough of Otwell, Talbot, son of Nicholas and Mary Thomas Goldsborough, married April 25, 1801, Elizabeth Tench Tilgh- man, daughter of Col. Tench Tilghman (see Tilghman) and had children, viz .: Matthew Tilghman (who married Eleanor Sarah Tilgh- man, daughter of Edward and Anna Maria Tilghman); James Nicholas; Tench; Richard
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Henry; Ann Margaretta (who married Henry Hollyday); Anna Maria; Sally; Clara (who mar- ried Dr. John Charles Earle) and Mary.
James Goldsborough, son of Nicholas and Mary Thomas Goldsborough, lived at a place called "Boston" in Talbot. His first wife was Miss Elbert. He married secondly June 20, 1789, Ann Martin, daughter of Thomas and Mary Ennalls Martin, and had children, viz .: Mary, born June 27, 1790, died September 3, 1828; Jane, born August 1, 1799, who married Nicholas Thomas, and died in May, 1856; Ann, born February 17, 1804, died May 15, 1856; Leah, born June 26, 1806, who married Bruce John Goldsborough; Martin, born January 20, 1808, who married Ann Hayward of Cambridge, Md .; Elizabeth, born June 5, 1812, who married William F. Rudestine; and Tench. His third wife was Margaret Patterson, and died March I, 1827.
Thomas Goldsborough, son of Nicholas and Sarah Jolly Turbutt Goldsborough, married Catherine Fauntleroy of Virginia, a niece of Gen. George Washington, and had children, viz .: Thomas, who married October 2, 1801, Maria Thomas, daughter of Hon. James Thomas of An- napolis; Sarah Fauntleroy, who married in 1808, Dr. John Barnett; Griffin; and Catherine, who married June 3, 1798, Dr. Nathaniel Potter of Baltimore. Thomas Goldsborough died in March, 1793.
Rachel Goldsborough, daughter of Nicholas and Sarah Jolly Turbutt Goldsborough, married May 4, 1768, the Rev. John Barclay, rector of St. Peter's Church, Talbot, who died September 13, 1772, the son of David and Christina Bar- clay of King-card County, Scotland, and had a daughter Sarah, born August 1, 1771, who married October 23, 1788, Joseph Haskins, for many years cashier of the branch bank of the Farmers' Bank of Maryland at Easton, Md., and had children, viz .: Barclay, who married in 1842, Elizabeth Robins Hayward, and secondly, Mary Trippe, daughter of Richard Trippe of Baylies Neck; Anna, who married John Bowie, and had children, viz .: Joseph Haskins; Louisa Emily, who married Charles P. Craig; Isabell Dallas,
and Josephine Haskins, who married in 1854 Thomas Smyth Hayward (she was his second wife) and had children, viz .: Henrietta Maria Robins, Elizabeth Haskins, William, Thomas Smyth and Dallas Bowie.
Thomas Smyth Hayward was the son of Thomas Hayward, who was born October 8, 1771, and married May 12, 1795, Mary Smyth of Kent County, died in July, 1838, the son of Will- iam Hayward of Locust Grove, in Baylies Neck, Talbot, who married November 29, 1760, Mar- garet Robins, daughter of George and Henrietta Maria Tilghman Robins. Joseph Haskins was the son of Capt. William Haskins and Sarah, daughter of Rev. Thomas and Elizabeth Airey.
Foster Goldsborough, son of Nicholas and Sarah Jolly Turbutt Goldsborough, married Rachel Bruff of Caroline County, and had a son Foster, who married Miss Potter, sister of Col. William Potter, and had two children, viz .: Thomas and Sophia.
Bridget Goldsborongh, daughter of Nicholas and Sarah Jolly Turbutt Goldsborough, married February 14, 1774, and was the first wife of John Singleton, who was born December 28, 1750, at Whitehaven, England.
AMES H. PHILLIPS, an enterprising young merchant of Crapo, Dorchester County, owns a general store at this point, and keeps a full line of supplies for the country trade and more especially for the boatmen of the vicinity. It was in 1894 that he established a store here, and two years later he added a sail-loft, where he manufactures and repairs sails, etc., and is building up a fine trade in this direction. He has always been more or less interested in boating ventures and has made a goodly sum from this source alone.
James H. Phillips was born in Lake district in November, 1865, and is a son of Samuel T. Phillips, also a native of this locality. He has been engaged in farming and oyster dredging ever since his boyhood and for thirty years was a
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sailor. He is now living near Crapo upon a farmi and is in his sixty-sixth year. He enjoys excel- lent health and is as active as when in his prime. He is a Democrat in politics. His father, who bore the name of Gabriel Phillips, was of English origin. Samuel T. Phillips has been twice mar- ried. To himself and first wife, Eliza E., were born twelve children. Six of the number are now living, viz .: Benjamin T., William F., James H., Charles W., Samuel Edward and Rufus. The inother was a very lovable, kind-hearted woman, and was a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. The second wife of our subject's father, formerly Emeline Harper, is still living.
Until he was thirteen years old J. H. Phillips lived quietly upon the parental homestead, going to school for a few terms. The following three years he was a sailor upon a sailing-vessel on the waters of the bay, and when only sixteen he bought a boat for himself, and up to 1894 he sailed it upon the numerous bays and rivers of this shore. He is now prospering in his new enterprises, and his many friends wish him all success. In political matters he is not much concerned, though he votes for Democratic nominees. He is examiner for the Senior Order of American Mechanics, and is a member of Honga Tribe No. 89, Order of Red Men. In 1889 he married Cora A., daughter of Joseplı Wroten, of Wroten's Island, and their only child is Lula E.
DWIN P. SPARKS, one of the enterpris- ing citizens of St. Michael's, Talbot County, has always resided here and enjoys the respect of all who have the pleasure of his ac- quaintance. He holds membership with the Methodist Episcopal Church and is faithful and conscientious in his daily life. In 1888 he was appointed justice of the peace and held that posi- tion most acceptably to all concerned for eight years. He has been quite active in the Democratic party and was appointed constable on that ticket in 1884, his term expiring at the end of two years.
Fraternally he is connected with the local lodge of the Masonic order and with the Improved Order of Red Men.
The birth of our subject occurred in a house which formerly stood upon the piece of property where his own home is now located, the date of the event being September 12, 1849. His father was Oliver P. Sparks, a native of the same place, born July 31, 1821. He was reared and educated here, and was still but a mere lad when he commenced learning the carpenter's trade and the art of cabinet making. For years he was employed in these lines, later combining the undertaker's business with the other. He was actively concerned in these business affairs up to the time of his death. He was frequently hon- ored with various official positions and among others was sheriff in 1858-59 and again in 1864- 65, and was once elected on the Democratic ticket to a place in the state legislature. For a great many years he was a justice of the peace and was a member of the Odd Fellows and Ma- sonic societies. He was also identified with the Protestant Methodist Church. He was of English extraction, but his father, Walter Sparks, was born in Baltimore County, Md., and located in this town when he was a young man. The mother of our subject bore the maiden name of Mary A. Kemp. Her father, Joseph Kemp, was a native of St. Michael's and was a ship builder by trade. He won the title of colonel in the war of 1812. He was a worker in the Methodist Episcopal Church and was a reliable citizen at all times. Mrs. Sparks, now in her seventy-fourth year, has always made her home here. Her family comprised the following chil- dren: Marion J., Edwin, Isabella, Louisa, Alice, and two who died in infancy.
Edwin P. Sparks remained at home with his parents attending school in the village and giving his father such assistance as was in his power. From the time he was fourteen he worked in the shop regularly and thoroughly learned the busi- ness. When he had reached his majority he went into partnership with his father and to- gether they continued harmoniously until the death of the senior member of the firm. Then
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our subject purchased the interests of the other heirs and has since managed his own affairs alone. He works at the carpenter's trade more or less and is an expert at the calling. In 1861 he married Miss Kate, daughter of William Harrison, of this place, and they have one child, Lillian, who is at home.
- OBERT G. NICHOLSON. Situated in the third district of Kent County are the Little Grove nurseries, comprising two hundred and fifteen acres of well-improved and valuable land. The location is exceptionally good, being only about two miles from Chestertown, so that the facilities offered by close proximity with the city are combined with the advantages of the country. Forty acres are planted to peaches, and about twenty-five hundred trees are in bear- ing condition. Formerly it was impossible to supply the local demand, but of recent years shipments have been made to Ohio, Indiana, Nebraska, Wisconsin, Michigan and New York.
This farm was purchased by Mr. Nicholson in 1877, and since then he has devoted himself to its improvement. While in the main he has been successful, yet he has had his share of reverses, and might have become discouraged had he been a man easily daunted by hardships. His resi- dence was burned to the ground in 1892. Two years afterwards the creamery and ice plant that he owned and operated in Chestertown were also burned down, entailing a total loss of about $16,000, but he has since rebuilt the ice plant, which he carries on.
The history of the Nicholson family appears in the sketch of John P. Nicholson, upon another page. Our subject was born in the third district of Kent County November 5, 1846, and spent the years of boyhood and youth in the parental home, receiving his education in the common schools. At the age of twenty-one he embarked in the nursery business with his father, making a specialty of peaches. After six years his father retired from the business, and he continued on the
home farm for four years. In 1877 he bought his present farm and planted the trees that have since borne large harvests of fruit.
Though an active Democrat, Mr. Nicholson has always refused to accept official position. Fraternally he is connected with the Heptasophs. In the Methodist Church he has been steward for twenty years or more and has been instrumental in advancing the cause of religion in his com- munity. His wife, who like himself was active in the Methodist Protestant Church, was born February 26, 1853, and died November 28, 1890. She was Laura A. Lusby, daughter of Josiah Lusby, a prosperous farmer of Kent County. Of her marriage eight children were born, namely: Robert Josiah, who is a law student of Baltimore; Harry Bates, Horace W., Bessie Morton, Mary, Walter Lusby, Charles Burgess and Nellie.
T. POTTS. In the village of Hope, which lies in the sixth district of Queen Anne's County, Mr. Potts has for many years carried on a general mercantile business, and, in addition, since 1893 he has officiated as postmaster of the place. He is one of the most influential men of his community and one of the most pros- perous as well, owning among other possessions two valuable farms which he rents to tenants. A Democrat in political belief, he has been elected upon the party ticket to numerous positions of trust and responsibility. In 1894 and in 1896 he was magistrate; in the year last mentioned he was district assessor, and he has also been tax collector.
In Roe, a village near Hope, in the same dis- trict, Mr. Potts was born December 21, 1844, to the union of John and Emily (Courcey) Potts, natives of the sixth district. His father, who was a son of John Potts, Sr., a native of England, engaged in farm pursuits in this locality and was known and respected as a man of energy, honesty and perseverance. He was a consistent member of the Methodist Episcopal Church from an early age until his death in 1880. His wife liad passed
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