Henry S. Magraw
Henry Slaymaker Magraw (December 17, 1815 – February 1, 1867) was an American politician and lawyer. He served as State Treasurer of Pennsylvania from 1856 to 1859. He served as a member of the Maryland House of Delegates, representing Cecil County, Maryland, Cecil County in 1867. Early life Henry Slaymaker Magraw was born on December 17, 1815, in West Nottingham, Maryland, to Rebecca (née Cochran) and James Magraw. His father was a Presbyterian minister and founded the Presbyterian Church in West Nottingham. He attended West Nottingham Academy. He studied law in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, with John R. Montgomery and was admission to the bar in the United States, admitted to the bar on December 1, 1838. Career Magraw moved to Pittsburgh. He was admitted to the bar in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, Allegheny County on February 4, 1839. He practiced law there with Robert McKnight. He was a Democratic Party (United States), Democrat. In 1845, he was the Democratic nominee for May ...
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Cecil County, Maryland
Cecil County () is a county located in the U.S. state of Maryland at the northeastern corner of the state, bordering both Pennsylvania and Delaware. As of the 2020 census, the population was 103,725. The county seat is Elkton. The county was named for Cecil Calvert, 2nd Baron Baltimore (1605–1675), the first Proprietary Governor of the Province (colony) of Maryland. With the eastern part of the county being closer to Philadelphia than to Baltimore, it is part of the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metropolitan Statistical Area. The county is located in Wilmington's Radio Market and Baltimore's Designated Market Area. History The area now known as Cecil County was an important trading center long before the county's official organization in 1674 by proclamation of Lord Baltimore. It had previously been a northeastern part of a much larger Baltimore County, in the northeastern portion of the Province. This had included present-day Baltimore City and county, ...
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