William Lingan Gaither

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General William Lingan Gaither (February 13, 1813 - August 2, 1858) was born in Locust Grove, Montgomery County, Maryland. [1] He was the only child of Henry Chew Gaither and Eliza Worthington. [1]

Gaither served as Montgomery County's representative in the Maryland House of Delegates from 1839 to 1841. [1] From 1842 until his death, Gaither served on the Maryland Senate and was elected as President of Senate during the 1849 and 1854 sessions. [1]

Gaither was appointed to the Board of Visitors of the U.S. Military Academy in 1851 and served as Director of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad between 1856 and 1857. [1]

Gaither caught typhoid fever at the Barnum's Hotel in Baltimore, Maryland and died a year later on August 2, 1858, at Berkeley Springs, Virginia. [1] He is buried at his ancestral home of Pleasant Fields in Cracklin, now Laytonsville, Maryland. [1]

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  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "William Lingan Gaither (1813-1858) MSA SC 3520-1594". Archives of Maryland (Biographical Series). Maryland State Archives . Retrieved 4 January 2014.


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