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Maryland Manual, 1896
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MARYLAND MANUAL. 25

MONTGOMERY COUNTY.

Senator Hattersley W. Talbott.

Senator H. W. Talbott, a hold-over Democratic Senator of
Montgomery county, was born in Howard county, August 26th,
1842. While in his junior year at St. John's College, his educa-
tion was interrupted in May, 1861, when the college closed
because of the breaking out of the war. The following year, he
began teaching school in Howard county, and continued teach-
ing until February, 1865, when he went to Parkersburg, W. Va.,
remaining there about a year. Mr. Talbott read law while
teaching school, and in March, 1866, was admitted to practice in
Howard county. In November, 1866, he removed to Mont-
gomery county, and has resided there ever since. He has been a
directors in the Montgomery County National Bank of Rockville
since its beginning in 1884. When elected to the Senate in 1893,
he was Mayor of Rockville. He was also chairman of the Demo-
cratic Central Committee for Montgomery County for ten years,
and was a delegate to the National Democratic Convention at
Chicago in 1884, and a Democratic presidential elector for the
sixth district in 1888. He was selected for chairman of the
Democratic State Committee, and was at the head of the party
organization during the late campaign. Mr. Talbott's wife was
Miss Laura Williams Holland. He is a brave representative and
fearless in discharge of duty.

He is chairman of the committee on judicial proceedings,
member of the committees on militia, on retrenchment of
expenses of State government, on Article 3, section 24, of the
Constitution, on amendments to the Constitution.

PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY.

Senator William D. Bowie.

William D. Bowie, hold-over Democratic Senator from Prince
George's county, named after his grandfather, who represented
the same county in the House of Delegates and six years in the
Senate of Maryland, was born July 26th, 1854, in Prince George's
county. He is the son of the late ex-Governor Bowie, while his
mother was the daughter of the late Charles H. Carter, his grand-
mother being the sister of the late Hon. Charles B. Calvert, of
Riversdale, Prince George's county. Mr. Bowie's early education
was received under private tutors. He also studied at St. John's
College, Annapolis. After leaving college his father, desirous
of giving him the advantages of a business training, placed him
with the large mercantile house of William Devries & Co., of
Baltimore. Here he remained until of age, when, in addition to
working a farm for himself, he superintended his father's several

 

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