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' Miss Margaret Armstrong, of Pennsylvania, and a sister of the
late Mrs. I. Davis Clark.

He was educated in the public schools of Trappe, attended
St. John's College and later graduated at the Maryland Agri-
cultural College.

Mr. Kirby is extensively engaged in the canning industry,
operating two of the largest establishments in the county. He
is a dealer in coal, lumber and fertilizers and interested in vessel
property and milling. He is a land owner and manages several
farms, and is a stockholder and director in several stock com-
panies. He has never held an elective office except that of
Town Commissioner in his home town, Trappe, Maryland, and'
trader the direction of himself and associates, Trappe advanced
rapidly. So successful was he that he has been elected eight
consecutive terms. He is a vestryman of the P. E. Church and
a bachelor.

WILLIAM G. QUIMBY, Democrat—Wye Mills.
Mr. Quimby was born in Smyrna, Delaware, February 14,.
1845, son of William and Mary Kennard Quimby. Has re-
sided since early boyhood continuously in Talbot County, Md.
In 1870 he married Ellen Tarbutton. She died in 1873. In
1884 he married Sarah Smith, by whom he has two sons,
Albert Wilson, now a cadet at St. John's College, and George
Parker, now a student at the Easton High School. He has
never sought and has never before held an elective office. He
is one of the most extensive farmers in Talbot County, cultivat-
ing at this time an estate of over 1,100 acres.

WALTER WEBER, Democrat—Fairbanks.
Mr. Weber was born in Somerset. County February 25, 1863.
His father died when he was three and one-half years old, when
his mother moved to Dorchester County, where they lived for
seven years, moving thence to Talbot County. Mr. Weber has
lived at Fairbanks for thirty-two years. In his early life he was
engaged in the oyster business, and continued in that business
until February 15, 1896, when he succeeded Mr. Wm. J. Jack-
son in the merchandise business, which he has conducted suc-
cessfully ever since. Is also interested in the fishing industry.

WASHINGTON COUNTY—Five Members.

HARRY E. BAKER, Republican—Hagerstown.

Mr Baker is a descendant from one of the oldest families in

Washington County. He was born November 30, 1869, at

Boonsboro, and educated in the public schools. At twenty-one

years of age he began farming, but in 1898 started a building;