Editing Charles County, Maryland (section)

===19th century===
*[[George Cary (Georgia politician)|George Cary]] (1789–1843) born near [[:File:Allens_fresh_zekiah.jpg|Allen's Fresh]]; practiced law in [[Frederick, Maryland|Frederick]]; moved to [[Appling County, Georgia]]; Member, [[United States House of Representatives|U.S. House 1823-27]]<ref name="Marquis 1607-1896">{{Cite journal | title = Who Was Who in America, Historical Volume, 1607–1896 | publisher = Marquis Who's Who | location=Chicago |  year = 1963 }}</ref>
*[[Barnes Compton]] (1830–1898) born [[Port Tobacco Village, Maryland|Port Tobacco]], [[Princeton University|Princeton]] '51; Pres., [[Maryland Senate]]; [[Treasurer of Maryland]]; Member, [[U.S. House of Representatives|U.S. House]] 1885-90,91-94<ref name=Compton>{{cite web |url=https://msa.maryland.gov/megafile/msa/speccol/sc3500/sc3520/001500/001545/html/1545extendedbio.html |title=Barnes Compton (1830-1898) |author=<!--not stated--> |date=August 6, 2008 |website=msa.maryland.gov |series=Biographical Series |publisher=Maryland State Archives |location=Annapolis}}</ref>
*[[Josiah Henson]] (1789–1883) born into slavery in [[Port Tobacco Village, Maryland|Port Tobacco]]; escaped to Canada & founded community of [[Fugitive slaves in the United States|fugitive slaves]]; author, abolitionist & minister
*[[Jane Herbert Wilkinson Long]] (1798–1880) born Charles County; Texas Patriot & boarding-house matron; dubbed "[[List of people known as the father or mother of something|Mother of Texas]]" by [[Sam Houston]]
*[[Samuel A. Mudd]] (1833–1883) born near [[Bryantown, Maryland|Bryantown]]; physician imprisoned for aiding [[John Wilkes Booth]] after assassination of Pres. [[Abraham Lincoln]]
*[[Sydney Emanuel Mudd I|Sydney E. Mudd]] (1858–1911) born in Gallant Green; Speaker, [[Maryland House of Delegates]]; Member, [[U.S. House of Representatives|U.S. House of Reps]] 1890–91, 1897-1911<ref name=Mudd>{{cite web |url=https://bioguide.congress.gov/search/bio/M001059 |title=MUDD, Sydney Emanuel (1858-1911) |author=<!--not stated--> |website=bioguide.congress.gov |series=[[Biographical Directory of the United States Congress]] |publisher=[[U.S. House of Representatives]] |location=Washington D.C. |access-date=September 10, 2022 |quote=Successfully contested as a Republican the election of Barnes Compton to the Fifty-first Congress and served from March 20, 1890, to March 3, 1891; unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1890 to the Fifty-second Congress; elected to the State house of delegates in 1895 and served as speaker… elected to the Fifty-fifth and to the six succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1897-March 3, 1911).}}</ref>
*[[Francis Neale]] (1756–1836) born [[Port Tobacco Village, Maryland|Port Tobacco]]; [[Jesuits|Jesuit]] pastor of [[St. Thomas Manor]] & [[Holy Trinity Catholic Church (Washington, D.C.)|Holy Trinity]], first Catholic Church in [[Washington, D.C.|D.C.]], President of [[Georgetown University|Georgetown]]
*[[Raphael Semmes]] (1809–1877) born near [[Nanjemoy, Maryland|Nanjemoy]]; US Navy officer; Captain, CSS [[CSS Sumter|''Sumter'']] & CSS [[CSS Alabama|''Alabama'']]; Rear Adm., [[Confederate States Navy]]<ref name=NHH>{{cite web |url=https://www.history.navy.mil/our-collections/photography/us-people/s/semmes-raphael.html |title=Rear Admiral Raphael Semmes, Confederate States Navy, (1809-1877) |author=<!--Not stated--> |website=The Navy Department Library (online) |publisher=Naval History and Heritage Command | location=Washington D.C.| access-date=September 10, 2022 |quote=Semmes was… given command of the newly-built cruiser CSS ''[[CSS Alabama|Alabama]]''. From August 1862 until June 1864, Semmes took his ship through the Atlantic, into the Gulf of Mexico, around the Cape of Good Hope and into the East Indies, capturing some sixty merchantmen and sinking one Federal warship, USS ''[[USS Hatteras (1861)|Hatteras]]''. At the end of her long cruise, ''Alabama'' was blockaded at Cherbourg, France, while seeking repairs. On June 19, 1864, Semmes took her to sea to fight the Union cruiser USS ''[[USS Kearsarge (1861)|Kearsarge]]'' and was wounded when she was sunk in action. Rescued by the British yacht ''Dearhound'', he went to England, recovered and made his way back to the Confederacy.}}</ref>