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Deaths Col. Tench Tilghman Chapter of the
Sons of the American Revolution
Fleegle Helfenbein Funeral Home - Greensboro
410-482-8914 www.fl eegleandhelfenbein.com (SAR) Wreath Laying Ceremony
July 16 Donna L. Myers-Gambrell, 70, Federalsburg On Saturday, September 16, the Col. Tench Tilghman Chap-
ter of the Sons of the American Revolution (SAR) will per-
July 18 Margaret Anne “Peggy” Marine, 77
form a wreath laying ceremony at Oxford Cemetery located
July 19 Herbert Francis Killen, III, 73

off Oxford Cemetery Road just before entering the town of
Aug. 2 Gwen Riddleberger Bolt, 83, Barclay Oxford beginning at 1:30 PM.
Members of the Col. Tench Tilghman Chapter of the SAR and
Framptom Funeral Home - Federalsburg
410-754-8888 www.framptom.com descendants of the Tilghman family will be present. Th e cer-
emony is open to members of the public who are interested in
July 17 Steven D. Foster, 58, Harrington, DE honoring the memory of Col. Tilghman and learning about
his contributions to the cause of freedom during the Ameri-
July 18 Annabelle Faye Brewer, 90, St. Michaels
can Revolution.
July 26 William Arthur “Bill” Gargani, 66
Tench Tilghman was born in Talbot County to James and
July 28 Carolyn Marie Hooper-Brinkley, 72, Denton
Anna Tilghman on Christmas day in 1774. He graduated
July 31 Charles Robbin “Rob” Hudson, 76,

from College of Philadelphia in 1761 and afterward went into
St. Michaels a business with his uncle. Tilghman is best remembered for
Aug. 5 Nancy Phillips Misita, 76, Greenwood, DE serving as an aide-de-camp for General George Washington
Aug. 7 Evelyn E. Gibbs, 80, Hurlock during the war for independence and being selected by Wash-

ington to carry the official news of the British surrender at
Aug. 7 Hannah Ann “Gowe”, Gevaudan, 29, Preston
Yorktown, Virginia to the Continental Congress in Philadel-
phia.
Moore Funeral Home - Denton
410-479-2611 www.moorefuneralhomepa.com To learn more about the Col. Tench Tilghman Chapter of the
SAR, please go to the Maryland Society of the Sons of the
July 13 James Owen Knotts Walsh, 75, Denton
American Revolution website at https://www.mdssar.org/ and
July 23 Jean Dean, 89, Denton the chapter’s Facebook Group page: https://www.facebook.
July 26 Brenda Sue Yarbor, 76, Ridgely com/ColTenchTilghman
July 30 Mark Cassidy, 66, Denton

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