Galestown Cemetery

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Galestown Cemetery is a cemetery located in Galestown, Maryland. One person of note interred there is Homer Smoot, a one-time professional baseball player. [1]

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References

  1. Lee, Bill (2015-07-11). The Baseball Necrology: The Post-Baseball Lives and Deaths of More Than 7,600 Major League Players and Others. McFarland. p. 373. ISBN   978-1-4766-0930-0.