and elaborate granite monument located at Elkton Presbyterian Church Cemetery on Creswell's family plot reads: References Sources Creswell Credited With Keeping State From Seceding From Union - Delmarva Heritage Series External links Osborne, John M. and Christine Bombaro (2015). Forgotten Abolitionist: John A.J. Creswell of Maryland. Carlisle, PA: House Divided Project at Dickinson College. . 1828 births 1891 deaths United States Postmasters General Candidates in the 1868 United States presidential election Members of the Maryland House of Delegates Maryland lawyers American bankers Union (American Civil War) political leaders Dickinson College alumni People from Elkton, Maryland People of Maryland in the American Civil War Maryland Whigs Maryland Unionists Maryland Unconditional Unionists Unionist Party United States senators Republican Party United States senators from Maryland Grant administration cabinet members Maryland Democrats Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Maryland People from Port Deposit, Maryland 19th-century American politicians Deaths from pneumonia in Maryland