Jacob Tome

Jacob Tome (August 13, 1810 – March 16, 1898) was an American banker, philanthropist, and politician who died as one of the richest men in the United States. He was the first millionaire of Cecil County, Maryland, and an accomplished philanthropist, giving money to colleges, churches, and schools, including establishing the Tome School. in York County, Pennsylvania, to Christina (née Badger) and Christian Thom. With his nephew, J.W. Reynolds, he formed J. Tome & Co., a fertilizer and agriculture equipment company. In 1865, he was elected as the chairman of the Senate finance committee. About 1850, Tome erected a fine, substantial home and in the 1870s he remodeled the structure. This renovation in the grand Second Empire Style, greatly enlarged the mansion. It had a mansard roof and wrought iron balconies, along with a substantial tower, which housed Tome's bank and office. In 1948, fifty years after his death, the "palatial three-story granite block home," was razed to make way for a swimming pool operated by the Port Deposit Lions Club.

Tome married Caroline M. Webb, an aunt of John Creswell, on December 6, 1841. Together, they had three children, but they all died in infancy. The church was closed on October 1, 2018.