and Mr. Hearne was chosen Colonel. He made a fine officer, and during the existence of the company he performed his duties with great dignity and was acceptable to all the members. Afterwards he was promoted to the office of General, which position he held until the company disbanded, some time during the forties. As General, he had supervision of the whole of Worcester County.

Mrs. Hearne died July 13, 1835. The names of their children were: Elizabeth (1819-1845), John Lowder (1823-1872), William Thomas (1826-1864), Alfred James (1829-1865), George Webster (1832-1882). General Hearne was a man of pleasure, and in conversation was the life of a company. His reminiscences and anecdotes never failed to entertain. When particularly pleased on hearing the same from other persons, his favorite expression was "Ay! Ay!" He was very fond of chess. Fox-hunting, however, was his favorite sport; in this he excelled and he always kept a large kennel of dogs. He became a great politician of the Whig party, and was elected to the Legislature of Maryland oftener, probably, than any other man in Worcester Co., in his day; the Legislature met every year, and he was elected thirteen times in succession; he took high rank in the Legislature as a man of solid judgement and business integrity. He was kind and genial, calm and even in his disposition, never in a hurry, and very popular. He died suddenly, stricken by apoplexy. Jan. 13, 1854, honored and respected by all who knew him. He was buried in the family burying ground at Winter Quarter.

John Lowder, son of Ebenezer and Peggy Stevenson Hearne, was born in Newtown (now Pocomoke City), Md., Mar. 19, 1823. In 1830 his father bought the farm called "Cowley" or "Winter Quarter." Here John spent his life after his seventh year. He had the misfortune to lose his mother when he was but twelve years of age. He attended, until he was about eighteen, the best school that the town afforded, which at their best were very poor, yet he had an insatiable thirst for knowledge, and pursued several studies not taught in the school at that time, actin as his own teacher. By industry and close application to study he acquired a fine education, and when he was nineteen he engaged in teaching the village school, which position he filled acceptably. He took up the study of land surveying and became thoroughly acquainted with that department of Knowledge and practice. He was the fist surveyor to construct a map of Pocomoke City. He matriculated in the medical department

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