Col. Andrew Kershner Stake

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Col. Stake was a man of remarkable natural abilities, as well as eminently attractive social qualities, and held a number of important positions during his life time.

He was Director of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal at the time of his death, and was probably more familiar with the history and operations of that work than any man in Western Maryland. He also represented this county in the Legislature of Maryland in the years 1849-50: 1859-60, and 1874, and took a prominent part in all the legislation of the sessions of those years.