Joseph Noble Stockett was prominent Maryland landowner during the late 18th and early 19th century.

Career

Stockett was a staunch

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who studied medicine but never practiced. He was a member of the Whig Party. He inherited the family home known as

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and expanded it to its current size. On February 4, 1817, the

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commissioned Stockett and James Sanders, both of

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, to build a

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over the

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Personal life

His father was Dr. Thomas Noble Stockett. He was married four times and fathered eight children. He hunted foxes, raised horses, and was a member of the

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Stockett, Joseph Noble 18th-century American landowners American bridge engineers People from Anne Arundel County, Maryland 1779 births 1854 deaths 19th-century American landowners