Patrick Magruder

Patrick Magruder was born on his family's estate, Locust Grove, near Rockville in the Province of Maryland, in 1768, the son of Samuel Wade Magruder and Lucy Beall. Patrick Magruder was the great-grandson of Samuel Magruder, the son of Alexander Magruder. Patrick Magruder attended Princeton College and became a lawyer. In 1804, he was elected to be a Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Maryland's 3rd congressional district, and served from March 4, 1805, to March 3, 1807. Magruder, who first married Sarah Turner, and then Martha Goodwyn, had six children. ==References==