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- 1 2 "Maryland Items". Smyrna Times. May 18, 1892. p. 2. Retrieved December 13, 2022– via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ "A Worcester County Citizen Dying". The Evening Journal. May 3, 1892. p. 2. Retrieved December 13, 2022– via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ "Historical List, Senate, Worcester County (1838-1966)". Maryland Manual On-Line. Maryland State Archives. June 27, 2008. Retrieved December 13, 2022.
