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Attended in the s Jan. Stephen Townsend. Townsend lived throughout Delaware and Maryland, as his father transferred from parish to parish, before his family settled in Philadelphia, in Townsend's first full-time employment began in as a news editor for the Philadelphia Inquirer. In , he moved to the city editorship of the Philadelphia Press , and in the same year, his play, The Bohemians , was published. Although Townsend's stories and poems had been published in high school newspapers and, in fact, Townsend had published a small high school magazine, this play is his earliest known surviving publication.

His reports of Lincoln's assassination part of which was later published as Life, Crime and Capture of John Wilkes Booth [] and General Sheridan's victory at the Battle of Five Forks, Virginia, brought him considerable recognition. Townsend, who was the only correspondent present for the battle on March 31, , conveyed word of the Union Army's decisive victory, which resulted in the Confederate abandonment of Petersburg and Richmond, Virginia.

Townsend's reflections on the Civil War and on his two-year journey in Europe during the war were collected in his Campaigns of a Non-Combatant and his Romaunt Abroad during the War Townsend's recognition as a war correspondent led to his popularity as a lecturer. By , Townsend had made his home in Washington, D. Louis, and Cincinnati. Some of these articles, as well as some of his books, were written using a number of pen names, including "G. Several of Townsend's books, written during the s, are set in Delaware and Maryland. The first, Tales of the Chesapeake , was a collection of poems and stories about Delaware and the Maryland shore.

Townsend's first historical novel, The Entailed Hat , tells the tale of Patty Cannon, the slave "runner," and her adventures in what is today the Governor's House in Dover. In , Townsend purchased land near Burkettsville, Maryland, and established an estate, which he named Gapland. It was on this estate, in , that he built the only national memorial to Civil War correspondents. Located near the Antietam Battlefield, the monument bears the names of correspondents and artists.

After Townsend's death in , and following a succession of other owners, the estate was deeded to the Maryland State Department of Forests and Parks in Sources: From Univ. Frank, Bill. Hindes, Ruthanna. Gibson was a United States Senator from Maryland, serving from — He also served as a U. Congressman from — He graduated from Washington College in Chestertown, Maryland, engaged in the study law, and was admitted to the bar in , commencing practice in Easton, Maryland. President Andrew Johnson appointed Gibson as collector of internal revenue for the Maryland Eastern Shore district in , but Gibson was not confirmed.

Gibson was elected as a Democrat to the Forty-ninth, Fiftieth, and Fifty-first Congresses from Maryland's 1st congressional district, serving from March 4, until March 3, , but was not a candidate for reelection in He was appointed and subsequently elected as a Democrat to the United States Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Ephraim King Wilson II, and served in that position from November 19, until March 3, After his service as U.

He is interred in Chesterfield Cemetery in his home town of Centerville. Thereafter, he served as deputy register of wills for Somerset County and was admitted to the bar in Bratton's political career began as a member of the State convention of , which sent delegates to a peace convention held in Philadelphia in the following year.

He also served as a member of several state and congressional conventions and as member of the Maryland House of Delegates in He entered the Maryland State Senate in , and was re-elected for terms in , , and During , he served as President of the Maryland State Senate. After his tenure in the Senate, Bratton engaged in the practice of law in Princess Anne, Maryland, and was elected late in his life as a Democrat to the Fifty-third Congress. His tenure was just over a year in length, having been brought to an abrupt conclusion after his death in Princess Anne in He is interred in St.

Andrew's Cemetery. George Avery Bunting, a precocious and entrepreneurial young man who entered Washington College at the age of 16, pursued a career in pharmacology and invented the facial cream known as Noxzema. He founded the company in and served as its president until Source: WWA, vol. Back Mary L. May Matthews Jones, Women were first admitted to Washington College as day students in No facilities were available for their residence until , when the college acquired a house a few minutes walk from campus, in order to accommodate those coming from a distance.

May Matthews of Chestertown enrolled as a freshman in ; at commencement ceremonies four years later, she became the first woman to graduate from Washington College. By her senior year, the student body included 24 women, eleven of whom were enrolled in college classes. Matthews distinguished herself academically throughout her college years, maintaining an academic average of Founded in , the eighteen members of the literary society met twice a month in the college chapel to share essays, recitations, and debates.

As the only female member of the senior class, she had the option of substituting a third year of French for Differential and Integral Calculus. She also took three hours of Gymnasium per week, in the company of female underclassmen rather than her male classmates.

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After graduation, Matthews married J. William Jones, a professor of mathematics and natural science, and remained in Chestertown. Her husband later became Dean of the College, and served as Acting President from Sources: DePasquale, Sue. XL, No. Dumschott, Fred W. Chestertown, Maryland: Washington College, , p. Landskroener, Marcia C. Washington: The College at Chester. Back Mary C. Burchinal, , M. Burchinal spent a lifetime pioneering new frontiers. The college bestowed the M. She joined the WC faculty in , teaching French, German, and drawing.

Moving across the bay to Baltimore, she briefly taught at Goucher College before relocating to Philadelphia in to teach French and German at the newly opened William Penn High School. After earning her Ph. Reappointed in by Gov. Albert Ritchie, she remained a member of the board until her death in , at which time she donated her extensive library of French and German literature to Washington College.

Sources: Burkart, Anna D. Landskroener, Marcia. John Lang. Back T. Alan Goldsborough, Sept. Goldsborough, a Representative from Maryland was born in Greensboro, Caroline County, attended the public schools and the local academy at Greensboro. He was graduated from Washington College, Chestertown, Md.

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He was admitted to the bar in and commenced practice in Denton, Md. Goldsborough served as prosecuting attorney for Caroline County and was elected as a Democrat to the Sixty-seventh and to the nine succeeding Congresses, serving from March 4, , to April 5, , when he resigned, having been appointed an associate justice of the District Court of the United States for the District of Columbia, where he served until his death.

He was buried in Denton Cemetery, Denton, Md. As an undergraduate, Brown was already prominent on campus.


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According to a classmate, federal judge T. Alan Goldsborough, Brown held many student offices, earned high grades, and always had the prettiest dates. He graduated magna cum laude at seventeen, then moved to New York City, where his success as a banker and businessman prepared him to be Chief of Finance of the Air Corps during World War I. His legacies include helping arrange the visit of his close friend President Franklin D. Roosevelt and convincing Colonel Clarence Hodson to make a generous financial gift.

Though Phillip J. Source: Phillip J. Marcia C. Landskroener Chestertown, Md. Alumnus, Dies Thursday in Chestertown. Dumschott, Fred.

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Wingate, Phillip J. Brown is Formidable Board Chairman. Landskroener, Back Mary Adele France, Feb. As a student and as an educator, Mary Adele France, class of , was a pioneer. After spending the first six years after graduation teaching at a private school, France began teaching at St. During the school year, she taught science and math at the Bristol School in Ocean City, Md. From to , France was the supervisor of the Kent County Elementary Schools, and during the following two years, she held the same position in the Shelby, Tennessee school system. In , she returned to the seminary, where she served as principal for fourteen years before becoming president in During her tenure, she established a junior college program which laid the foundation for the present-day St.

Chestertown, Maryland: Washington College, Back Lewin Wethered Barroll, Oct. He first practiced law in Chestertown with his father and later in Baltimore in the firm of Barroll and Wethered.

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Throughout his life he was a great supporter of Washington College. Obituary, Baltimore Sun , Feb. Back Julio Del Toro, He served two terms as president of the National Federation of Modern Language Teachers and was editor of the Modern Language Journal for a longer period than any other editor.

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