family comes of English stock, and has been identified
with Maryland since the early history of the State. He
was graduated from the Law School of the University of
Maryland in the class of 1879, after having previously
spent several years in the study of the law under the
guidance of the Hon. Milton G. Urner. A short time
after his graduation he located in Frederick city for the
practice of his profession, and has continued there in the
practice ever since. He has always been a Republican,
and has always taken an interest in politics. In the year
1883, he was nominated as the Republican candidate for
the State's attorneyship for Frederick county, and was
elected by a large majority over his Democratic opponent,
leading the entire State and county ticket, although a
portion of the ticket was defeated. This position he filled
for four years. In 1889, he was nominated on the Re-
publican ticket for the House of Delegates, and was
elected, again leading his ticket by a large vote. In the
Legislature of 1890, he was a member of the judiciary
committee, and of the committee on inspections. Mr.
Norwood is a director and counsel of the First National
Bank of Frederick, and has been identified with a number
of business enterprises since the beginning of his career.
He is unmarried. He was a member of committees on
judicial proceedings, on militia, on contingent expenses
of the Senate, on public buildings in Annapolis, on roads
and highways, of the last Senate.

Oarrett County.—ROBERT A. RAYENSCROFT.
Dr. Robert A. Ravenscroft born in Allegany county,
Maryland, on the 30th day of April, 1866, and is a son
of R. D. Ravenscroft. His education was begun in the
public schools of Allegany county, and continued in the
academy of Cumberland, Maryland. Several years after-
ward lie entered the Shenandoah Normal College of
Virginia, and graduated there about the year 1884. He
taught two years in the public schools, and subsequently
commenced the study of medicine under Dr. C. Brote-
markle, of Lonaconing, Maryland. In the year 1887, he
took a one year's course in the Medical College of Louis-
ville, Kentucky, and in the fall of 1888, entered the
College of Physicians and Surgeons at Baltimore, gradua-
ting in the spring of 1889, with honors During the
month of July, of the same year, he came to Garrett
county, and located in the town of Accident, and began