The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1900-01-13
Sudden Death of Hon. Levin l..
Waters.


Hon. Levin L. Waters, ST., one of the
most distinguished citizens of MARYLAND.
died at tBeechwood, his home. adioip-
ing Princess Anne, on Monday, January
s, aged II years. His death was sudden.
and was due to heart trouble.
Mr.. Waters was member of the law
firm of Waters & Waters, his son, Mr.. H.
j. Waters, states attorney of Somerset
county, being his partner. Mrs. Waters,
who survives, was sister of the late Gen.
Arnold Ely, of Confederate fame. The
surviving sons are Messrs. A. Elzey Wat
ers, of the firm of Townsend Scott & Son,
bankers and brokers, of Baltimore; Mr.. L.
l.. Waters, Jr., of the Mount Vernon
Company, also of Baltimore, and Mr.. FL.
j. Waters, who recently married Miss
Emily Wilson, daughter of the late DR..
Fl. P. c. Wilson, of Baltimore. The
surviving daughters are Misses Emily R.
and Lidie Waters, of Princess Anne.
Mr.. Waters was born May g., 1928. at
"Beechwood, adjoining Princess Anne.
His home descended to him in direct
line, through many generations, his ances
tors on both sides having been among the
early settlers of Somerset county, their
names appearing on the records as early as
1868, when Somerset was organized as a
county by order of the Colonial Council.
Young Waters was educated at Wash
ington Academy, in Somerset county, from
which many distinguished men of the state
have graduated.
At the age Of eighteen years he took
charge of the homestead, and soon his ju-
dicious and skillful farming attracted much
attention. He afterward studied law with
Hon. Levin Woolford, and was admitted
to the bar in 1859. Mr. Waters in early
manhood took rank as leader of public
sentiment in his county, and maintained in
all his career the highest reputation for
candor consistency, integrity, honor and
courtesy. He was a Democrat. As a
political speaker he was fluent and effec-
tive, and was much sought after, as much
in his own as adjacent counties.
Elected to the State Senate in 1864.
and differing in sentiment with the powers
which then controlled the general and state
government, he was ordered to resign.
This he declined to do, and was immedi-
ately arrested and imprisoned by order of
Gen. Lew Wallace. After the organiza-
tion of the Senate he was tried by mill
tary commission, and finally released, upon
which he took his seat as senator, and
served out his term. While there he was
active and laborious, and the citizens of the
county owe to him some of their most i'm
portant local laws. He practiced his pro-
fession, in conjunction with farming, until
1870, in which year Colonel Woolford,
the clerk of the Circuit Court, was elected
comptroller of the state treasury, and the
court appointed Mr. Waters to the vacancy
At the next election he was elected clerk
for six years, butin 1877 was defeated by
the Republican candidate, and resumed the
practice of the law He was again elected
to the Senate in 1891, and served in the
sessions of that body in 1892 and 1894.
Mr.. Waters was always prominent in every
enterprise calculated to advance The inter
ests of his county. In religion he adhered
to the ancestral faith of his family, ana was
an Episcopalian.