Person:Arnold Elzey (1)

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Arnold Elzey, M.D.
b.16 Feb 1756 Somerset, Maryland, United States
d.6 Jun 1818
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Name Arnold Elzey, M.D.
Gender Male
Birth[1] 16 Feb 1756 Somerset, Maryland, United States
Marriage to Henrietta Wilson
Death[1] 6 Jun 1818
Burial[2] Congressional Cemetery, District of Columbia, United States
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  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Medical Society of the District of Columbia. History of the Medical Society of the District of Columbia 1817-1909. (Washington, D.C.: The Society, 1909).

    22. ARNOLD ELZEY-Born in 1756, Somerset Co., Md. A.M., 1775, Princeton ; M.D. (?) Garrison Surgeon's Mate and Post Hospital Surgeon, U.S. Army, 1814-18. Died June 6, 1818. Of English descent. One of the founders of Med. and Chirurg. Faculty of Maryland. Physician to President Madison. See Brown's History, pp. 271, 282; Powell's History, pp. 108, 301 ; Cordell's Med. Annals of Maryland, 1903, p. 391.

  2. ↑ 71685815 , in Find A Grave
    includes photos, last accessed Oct 2022.

    "In this city on Saturday last of a short but painful illness, Dr. Arnold Elzey, aged about 60; for many years a respectable resident and at the time of his death, Post Surgeon at this place."

  3.   Papenfuse, Edward C; Alan F Day; David W Jordan; and Gregory A Stiverson. A Biographical dictionary of the Maryland legislature, 1635-1789. (Baltimore [Maryland]: Johns Hopkins University Press, c1979-1985)
    1:A-H.

    ELZEY, ARNOLD (ca. 1758-1818).
    BORN- ca.1758, probably in Somerset County.
    NATIVE: at least second generation.
    RESIDED: in Somerset County; Baltimore County, 1779; Princess Anne Hundred, Somerset County, 1783; Washington, D.C., 1801.
    FAMILY BACKGROUND.
    FATHER: possibly Arnold Elzey, Gent. (ca. 1724-?).
    MARRIED by 1796 Henrietta (?-1835), daughter of Ephraim Wilson (1726-1778) and wife Mary; granddaughter of David Wilson (1704-1750); niece of Samuel Wilson (1735-1790). Her brother was David, said to be mentally incompetent in 1777. Her sister was Peggy.
    CHILDREN.
    DAUGHTER: Elizabeth M.
    PRIVATE CAREER.
    EDUCATION: A.B., College of New Jersey (later became Princeton University), 1775.
    RELIGIOUS AFFILIATION: Anglican, Somerset Parish, Somerset County.
    SOCIAL STATUS AND ACTIVITIES: member of the American Whig Society, 1775; a founder of the Medical and Chirurgical Faculty of Maryland, 1799; vice president of the Medical Society of the District of Columbia. OCCUPATIONAL PROFILE: a physician.
    PUBLIC CAREER.
    LEGISLATIVE SERVICE: Lower House, Somerset County, 1784.
    LOCAL OFFICE: Somerset Parish Vestry, Somerset County, elected 1792, 1795, out of office by 1797.
    MILITARY SERVICE: surgeon, Twenty-third Regiment, Maryland Militia, served from 1794-1800; garrison surgeon's mate, U.S. Army Fifth District, appointed 1814; post surgeon, Washington, D.C., appointed in 1816.
    WEALTH DURING LIFETIME.
    PERSONAL PROPERTY: assessed value £315.0.0, including 8 slaves, 1783; assessed value £460.0.0, including 17 slaves, 1793.
    LAND AT FIRST ELECTION: possibly ca. 775 acres in Somerset County obtained through his marriage, but the date of his marriage is unknown.
    SIGNIFICANT CHANGES IN LAND BETWEEN FIRST ELECTION AND DEATH: assessed for 817 acres in Somerset County, 1793; purchased at least 137 acres in Somerset County, plus 1 lot in Princess Anne, Somerset County, 1795; sold more than 1,006 acres in Somerset County, plus 1 lot in Princess Anne, Somerset County, 1796 to 1808.
    WEALTH AT DEATH.
    DIED: on June 6, 1818, in Washington, D.C.; size of estate unknown.

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