H. Dorsey Etchison

From History of Frederick County. p. 1113:

H. Dorsey Etchison, one of the leading members of the Frederick County Bar, son of Henry N. and Mary E. (Louthan) Etchison, both deceased, was born in Frederick City, Md., September 19, 1867.

Henry N. Etchison, father of H. Dorsey Etchison, a descendant of one of the old families of Frederick County, was born in Jefferson, Frederick County, Md., December 16, 1825. He was a successful merchant in Frederick City for forty years. He was a life-long supporter of the Democratic party, and was highly esteemed by the men of his generation. Henry N. Etchison was married a second time to Mary E., daughter of John Louthan who was a descendant of one of the old Scotch families of Virginia, a, slave holder, and a prominent citizen of Clarke County, Va. Mr. Etchison was a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. He died February 16, 1903.

H. Dorsey Etchison attended the public schools of Frederick, and completed his preparatory studies in the Academy in Frederick City. He was graduated from Dickinson College at Carlisle, Pa., with the degree of A. B. , in June, 1887. After his graduation, Mr. Etchison returned to Frederick, and took up his legal studies under the late C. V. S. Levy. He completed the course and was admitted to practice at the Frederick County Bar in November, 1889. His native ability and knowledge of his profession made him a successful lawyer, and a prominent citizen of Frederick. In 1893, Mr. Etchison was appointed to a position in the land department under Hoke Smith, Secretary of the Interior, and was stationed in Oklahoma, where he remained until January, 1895. Returning to Frederick County, Mr. Etchison resumed the practice of his profession in Frederick, where he has a large and lucrative practice. He is one of the leading members of the bar. His legal acumen, vigorous diction, and splendid delivery give him great power in summing np the evidence before a jury. He is noted for the zeal and care with which he safeguards the interests of his clients. He is well informed on current topics, and is a fluent and popular speaker on all such subjects. His private library is one of the best in Frederick. Mr. Etchison has never held an elective office. He was a candidate for nomination to Congress from the Sixth Congressional District of Maryland in 1910. From 1889 to 1897, he served as secretary of the Supervisors of Elections of Frederick County, and was a member of the Board for the reassessment of the property in Frederick City, in 1908. Mr. Etchison is a member of Mountain City Lodge, No. 29, K. of P., of Frederick City, and has occupied all the chairs of the Order; of Frederick City Lodge No. 100, I. O. O. F., and has filled all the chairs in all the offices of this lodge; of Francis Scott Key Council, O. U. A. M., No. 48, and has held all the offices of this Order; of Camp No. 79, Patriotic Sons of America; Chippewa Tribe, No. 19, I. O. R. M.; Camp No. 7710, Modern Woodmen of America; and Braddock Lodge, No. 1834, of the Modern Brotherhood of America.

H. Dorsey Etchison was married December 1, 1903, to Miss Elizabeth Garvin Maize, of Williamsburg, Pa. She died, November 8, 1904, leaving one son George Johnson Etchison. Mr. Etchison’s second wife was Miss Mary Helen Ward, of Montgomery County, Md. They have one son, James Milton Etchison. His church inclinations are towards Methodism. In politics, he is and always has been an ardent Democrat.