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CECIL COUNTY— Three Members.

JOHN H. KIMBLE, Democrat.

Mr. Kimble is a native of Chester county, Pennsylvania,
and was born near Nottingham. His father, Anson Kimble,
is a farmer of Chester county. He was educated at the public
schools of his county, and afterwards took a business course
at Poughkeepsie, N. Y. He removed to Cecil county about
1883, and settled on a farm near Port Deposit. Besides being
interested in farming, he is teller in the Cecil National Bank
at Port Deposit. He is a speaker of no mean address.

DR. FRANK H. MACKIE, Democrat.

Dr. Mackie is a son of J. Alfred Mackie, a farmer, near
Fair Hill, Cecil county. He is 35 years of age and a graduate
of the University of Pennsylvania, class of 1889, since which
time he has practised his profession as a veterinary surgeon
in Cecil and the adjoining counties. For the past five years
he has been chairman of the State Veterinary Examiners.

SAMUEL J. KEYS, Democrat.

Mr. Keys is one of Elkton's most successful business men.
He is president of the Keys and Miller L/umber Company.
He was born in August, 1847, in Dorchester county. He
attended school at Vienna Academy, and after completing his
education engaged in the produce business in Vienna. In
1892 he moved to Elkton, and since then has been engaged
extensively in the lumber business. He is at present Mayor
of Elkton, and has also served in the capacity of Town Com-
missioner on several occasions. He is connected with all the
leading fraternal organizations in Elkton.

CHARLES COUNTY— Two Members.

JAMES DEBARTH WALBACH—Republican.

James de B. Walbach was born in Charles county, near
Bryantown, thirty-six years ago, on the "Old Gardiner
Homestead." He is the son of the late T. Elzare Gardiner, a
former large slave-owner and planter, who married the young-
est daughter of the late Gen. John de Barth Walbach, United
States Army. In 1885, through the court, he changed his
name, adopting his mother's maiden name, Walbach. He
was educated at Rock Hill College, Howard county, Md., and
subsequently taught school for one year in Charles county;
afterward taught school as private tutor in the family of the