Harford County MD, organized in 1773, is bounded on the east and southeast by Susquehanna River and Chesapeake Bay, north by Pennsylvania, and on the west and southwest by Baltimore County. The surface is varied, the lower part being level, while above the Philadelphia turnpike it is undulating and quite hilly in some parts. It is well drained by the branches of the Little Gunpowder Falls in the lower part, while Deer Creek and its branches drain the northern part. The area is 388 square miles, of which almost three-fourths, or 174,255 acres, was under cultivation in 1900. The population for the same year was 28,269. The county seat is Belair.
Last Updated on December 26, 2014 by Dennis Maryland Cemetery records are listed by county then name of cemetery within the Maryland county. Most of these are complete indices at the time of transcription, however, in some cases we list the listing when it is only a partial listing. Frederick County Following Cemeteries (hosted at […]
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Last Updated on July 20, 2012 by Ellen Wheeler Pease was born in Baltimore County, Maryland, March 1, 1824, and died at the home of her son in Chelsea, Dec. 9, 1899 aged 74 years, 9 months and eight days. She was married in 1847 to Louis Pease who died two years ago. The deceased
Last Updated on June 9, 2011 by Edward Stillings. Measured not in the abnormal achievement, but in the steady glow of a powerful mind, in an unceasing devotion to his profession, and in a degree of public spirit that allied him as a leader with all the big movements of his time and place, the
