Containing Portraits and Biographies of many well known Citizens of the Past and Present; Together with Portraits and Biographies of all the Presidents of the United States
The prominent Marylanders featured in this book were mainly from Garrett, Allegany, Washington and Frederick Counties, in the panhandle region of western Maryland. They had ties to Pennsylvania, Virginia and West Virginia, as well as to the rest of Maryland. Many of these families were of German origin. The presidential biographies go into greater detail, and cover Washington through McKinley. Some information about each president's early life, parents, residence, spouses and children is provided. More than 90 portraits are featured.
Chapman Publishing Company
(1898), 2001, paper, 880 pp.
ISBN: 9780788417849
101-C1784
