Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1902-01-02

We reprint from the Baltimore .Saa
the following sketches Of the st. ia
ry : Representatives in the General
Assembly
James J Green4elI, the Demo-
cratic Senator for St. Mary 5 county,
elected November 3. I00I, vas born
on farm in st. Mary's county Oc-
tober III, 1863. His father, James
@. GreenweII. died Ia 1885. His
mother, Mary A., daughter Of the
late George Slater. OF Baltimore, Is
living. Ia lSS0-IsS2 be attended
Mount ST. Mary's College, at En-
mitsburg. Senator Rohrbaek, of
Frederick, was in the same class,
graduating the same year. He then
went 70 Fordham College, New York,
completing his studies in June, 1854.
December 30, 1856, he married
Mary T., daughter Of the late DIR.
Charles G. Combs and niece OF the
Hon. Robert G. Combs. of Leonard
town. I11s9l he was nominated by
the Democratic party and elected
Clerk Of the Circuit Court for St.
Mary's county. AT the expiration
Of the term (1s97) be was renominat-
ed by bis party and went down in
the landslide of that year, being de-
feated By five votes. In 1899 he
was nominated for the House OF
Delegates, but declined the honor
and retired from the ticket. In
March, 1900, Governor Smith ap-
pointed him chief clerk in the State
Tobacco Warehouses. In 1901 he
was unanimously requested by the
party TO accept the nomination for
State Senator, and though reluctant
ly accepting the compliment and re-
sponsibility, put up one Of the best
lights ever made in ST. Mary 5
county, defeating Hon. Washington
Wilkinson, commonly called the
Tall Sycamore of the Patuxent. =
Senator Greenwich is now termed
the Tall Hickory of the Potomac, .
as his friends claim it requires tough
wood TO knock out the sycamore.
Thomas Lee Mattingly was born
near Chaptico. St. Mary's county,
Md, July ~, 1864. His father,
William Mattingly of e., resided for
many years in Baltimore, but re-
moved to st. Mary's. where he en-
gagged in the mercantile business.
His mother, who before her marriage
was Miss Mary j. Hayden, was the
daughter of Joseph Hayden, of ST.
Marys. The subject OF this sketch
was educated in the pablo schools
of his native county and at Charlotte
Hall. Upon leaving Charlotte Hall,
in 1884, he was appointed teacher OF
the public school at st. George IS
Island, where he remained until
nominated by the Democratic party
for the House of Delegates, in 1897.
The Democratic ticket i'm St. Mary S
was defeated, but in his district his
vote was remarkable. Every white
man in the district even tie Repub-
4
lican judge, and every colored man,
but two, voted foFhim. In 1888 he
was appointed to clerkship in one
of the State tobacco warehouses,
which position he held fortwo years.
Later be returned to the ccanty and
resumed teaching. In 1890 he mar
ried Mrs. Mary Z. Harrison, nee
Dent, the widow of Col. Theophilus
Harrison, of Charlotte Hall, since
which time he has lived at Leonard
town. In 1891, when his party car.
ried st. Mary S county, he was ap.
pointed clerk and treasurer to the
Board OF County Commissioners,
which position he held for four years.
In 1899 he was appointed principal
of the Leonardtown Public School
which position he held at the time
of his election to the House of Dele
gates.