About Samuel DeButts
Lived 1756 – 1814 (aged 57–58). Samuel DeButts was a physician.
Samuel DeButts was a prominent Washington, D.C. area physician in the early 1800s. He acquired his plantation, Mt. Welby, just south of D.C. along the Potomac River in 1811. Today, Mt. Welby is part of the Oxon Cove and Oxon Hill National Park, and the DeButts home is occupied by the park service as the park's offices.
The founder of the University of Maryland School of Medicine, Dr. Elisha De Butts, studied under Samuel Debutts.
DeButts descendants include several prominent Americans, including Harry A. deButts, an executive with the Southern Railway in the 1950s, and John D. deButts, the last CEO of AT&T before its breakup.
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Who was Samuel DeButts?
(1756-1814)
When was Samuel DeButts born?
Samuel DeButts was born in 1756 in Ireland.
When did Samuel DeButts die?
Samuel DeButts died on 11 December 1814.
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Samuel DeButts was a physician.
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