Henry Chew Gaither

	Henry Chew Gaither Henry Chew Gaither, born January 25, 1778, to William Gaither I and Elizabeth Howard Davis served in Maryland House of Delegates from 1808 to 1810. He married Eliza Worthington and had only one child, William Lingan Gaither who served as Montgomery County's representative in the Maryland House of Delegates from 1839 to 1841. He died February 12, 1845, and is buried with his wife at Pleasant Fields Pleasant Fields is an historic home in Laytonsville, Montgomery County, Maryland. It is also known as the Henry Chew Gaither House. Maryland politicians William Lingan Gaither and Henry Chew Gaither both lived here and are buried on the grou ..., his ancestral home. References Members of the Maryland House of Delegates 1778 births 1845 deaths {{Maryland-politician-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Maryland House Of Delegates The Maryland House of Delegates is the lower house of the legislature of the State of Maryland. It consists of 141 delegates elected from 47 districts. The House of Delegates Chamber is in the Maryland State House on State Circle in Annapolis, the state capital. The State House also houses the Maryland State Senate Chamber and the offices of the Governor and Lieutenant Governor of the State of Maryland. Each delegate has offices in Annapolis, in the nearby Casper R. Taylor Jr. House Office Building. History of Maryland House of Delegates 17th century origins The Maryland House of Delegates originated as the Lower House of the General Assembly of the Province of Maryland in 1650, during the time when it was an English colony, when the Assembly (legislature) became a bicameral body. The Lower House often fought with the Upper House for political influence in the colony. The Upper House consisted of the Governor and his Council, all personally appointed by Lord Baltimore a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	William Lingan Gaither General William Lingan Gaither (February 13, 1813 - August 2, 1858) was born in Locust Grove, Montgomery County, Maryland. He was the only child of Henry Chew Gaither and Eliza Worthington. Gaither served as Montgomery County's representative in the Maryland House of Delegates from 1839 to 1841. From 1842 until his death, Gaither served on the Maryland Senate and was elected as President of Senate during the 1849 and 1854 sessions. 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. 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. He is buried at his ancestral home of Pleasant Fields in Cracklin, now Laytonsville, Maryland Laytonsville is a town in Montgomery County, Maryland, United States. The population was 353 at the 2010 census. Laytonsville was incorporated ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Maryland State Archives The Maryland State Archives serves as the central depository for government records of permanent value. Its holdings date from Maryland's founding in 1634, and include colonial and state executive, legislative, and judicial records; county probate, land, and court records; church records; business records; state publications and reports; and special collections of private papers, maps, photographs, and newspapers. These records are kept in a humidity and temperature controlled environment and any necessary preservation measures are conducted in the Archives' conservation laboratory. The Hall of Records, predecessor of the Maryland State Archives, was created as an independent agency in 1935, charged with the collection, custody, and preservation of the official records, documents, and publications of the state (Chapter 18, Acts of 1935). Impetus for its development can be traced to the state's tercentenary celebrations of 1934. The Maryland Tercentenary Commission made a modern, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Pleasant Fields Pleasant Fields is an historic home in Laytonsville, Montgomery County, Maryland. It is also known as the Henry Chew Gaither House. Maryland politicians William Lingan Gaither and Henry Chew Gaither both lived here and are buried on the grounds. The house has a sister house in the vicinity, built by the same builder, Ephraim Gaither. Clover Hill (Brookeville, Maryland) Clover Hill is a historic home located at Brookeville, Montgomery County, Maryland, United States. It is a large, -story, five bay Italianate-style residence principally built about 1857, with evidence of several earlier building campaigns, in ... References Houses in Montgomery County, Maryland Buildings and structures in Montgomery County, Maryland Landmarks in Maryland {{Maryland-struct-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Members Of The Maryland House Of Delegates Member may refer to: * Military jury, referred to as "Members" in military jargon * Element (mathematics), an object that belongs to a mathematical set * In object-oriented programming, a member of a class Field (computer science), entries in a database Member variable, a variable that is associated with a specific object * Limb (anatomy), an appendage of the human or animal body ** Euphemism for penis * Structural component of a truss, connected by nodes * User (computing), a person making use of a computing service, especially on the Internet * Member (geology), a component of a geological formation * Member of parliament * The Members, a British punk rock band * Meronymy, a semantic relationship in linguistics * Church membership, belonging to a local Christian congregation, a Christian denomination and the universal Church * Member, a participant in a club or learned society A learned society (; also learned academy, scholarly society, or academic association) is an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	1778 Births Events January–March * January 18 – Third voyage of James Cook: Captain James Cook, with ships HMS ''Resolution'' and HMS ''Discovery'', first views Oahu then Kauai in the Hawaiian Islands of the Pacific Ocean, which he names the ''Sandwich Islands''. * February 5 – South Carolina becomes the first state to ratify the Articles of Confederation. *General John Cadwalader shoots and seriously wounds Major General Thomas Conway in a duel after a dispute between the two officers over Conway's continued criticism of General George Washington's leadership of the Continental Army.''Harper's Encyclopaedia of United States History from 458 A. D. to 1909'', ed. by Benson John Lossing and, Woodrow Wilson (Harper & Brothers, 1910) p166 February 6 – American Revolutionary War – In Paris, the Treaty of Alliance and the Treaty of Amity and Commerce are signed by the United States and France, signaling official French recognition of the new rep ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]