The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1894-02-23
DEATH OF A. LINGAN JARRETT.
CLERK OF COURT FOR THIRTY
YEARS.
HE FILLED MANY OTHER POSITIONS.
THE FUNERAL LARGELY ATTENDED.

One of Harfords Most Popular Citizens
THE FUNERAL LARGELY ATTENDED
Capt. Abram Lingan Jarrett, for many
years prominent citizen of Hartford county
died at his home in Bel Air, at twenty minute:
| before three o'clock, Sunday morning, Febru'
airy 18th. Since his retirement from the Clerk,
ship of Hartford county, which he had filled
for thirty years, his health had gradually fail
ed. For some months before his death he was
confined to the house, and several months
ago, from the weakness Of age, he was seized
with dropsical affection, which ended his
life
Captain Jarrett was born near Rock Run,
Hartford county, September 9Th, 1905,
his father being Abram Jarrett. He
read law under the late Ohio Scott and
was admitted to the bar in 1882 and after
practicing his profession for a number of
years was appointed Deputy Clerk of the Cir
cult Court for Hartford county, under the late
Mr.. Harry Dorsey, and was continued under
his successor, the late Harry Dorsey Cough.
In 1851 he was elected Clerk by the Demo-
Gratis and served one term, until 1857, when
he was defeated for reelection by the late
William Galloway, the candidate of the Know
Nothing party, by twenty-five votes, the re-
mainder of the Democratic ticket being defeat
ed by 900 majority. In 1861, as the Demo-
cratic candidate, he was elected State Comp
troller. He held the Office nominally until
January Sth, 1862, but was not permitted to
perform the duties of the position. His sue
cessor was the late Samuel S. Maffitt Upon
the adoption of the present State Constitution,
in 1867, he was again elected Clerk of Court,
for six years, and was successfully reelected
in 1873, 1879 and 1885, his last term expiring
in 1891
For nearly the whole of his long life he was
a prominent figure in Hartford county affairs,
as Clerk of the Court Justice of Peace, Secre-
tary of the Hartford Fire Insurance Company,
special judge and auditor of the court. He
was one of the building committee of the new
court house in 1858, and when young man
commanded the Hartford Light Dragons, a
Furnishing county military company. Hewa
Lodge, of Bel Air, having been connected
with it for sixty years, during which period
he frequently held the highest offices in the
lodge.
No public man ever possessed in a greater
degree the affectionate regard of the people of
Hartford county than Capt. Jarrett. He was
an uncompromising Democrat all his life but
seldom took any active part in party affairs.
He was generous-hearted, courteous and
hospitable, exemplifying in his home the
graces of old-fashioned Maryland hospitality.
lie was warm friend and contemporary of
Major Sprigg Harwood, who has been for
many years Clerk Of Anne Arundel Court the
public career of the two men bearing a striking
resemblance.
Capt Jarrett's wife died in 1888. He leaves
no children. One sister alone survives him,
Mrs. Amanda Cooley, Of Sioux City, Iowa.
Mrs. Nicholas Brice, of Philadelphia, and Mrs.
Priscilla Williams, OF Baltimore, are his nieces.
John II. Stump, of Baltimore city, and Nelson
Lewis, of Philadelphia, are his nephews.
The funeral took place on Tuesday after
noon, from his late residence, the interment
being by the side of his wife, in the family
burying ground on portion of the Fanands
farm, formerly belonging to his wife's family.
Services were conducted at the house and at
the grave by Rev. S. A. Whitcomb, of Emman-
uel Episcopal Church. The pail bearers were
Judge James D. Waters, DIR. William s.
Richardson, w. Smithson Forwood, Joseph II.
Ely, James NJ. Cain, John Sawyer, Alexander
Norris and A. w. Bradford. n. Dean & Son
were the funeral directors.