Kidsville, History Lane

F. Scott Fitzgerald

As a youngster, Fitzgerald lived in Buffalo, Syracuse, Hackensack, and Princeton. The Army took Scott to Kansas, Louisville, Georgia, and Montgomery, Alabama, where he met Zelda Syracuse Together they lived in new York, Connecticut, Minnesota, France Rome, Hollywood, Switzerland, Alabama, Baltimore, and north Carolina.

So why is F. Scott Fitzgerald buried in Rockville, Maryland?

Young Scott regularly visited his father's relatives at Locust Grove in Montgomery County, returning home fascinated with family and Civil War stories. His diary, letters, and writings recall these visits.

While life took Fitzgerald around the work, Maryland never left his heart. It is possible that a an adult he visited here more than research has uncovered. We do know that he returned from Paris to attend his father's funeral at St. Mary's church in 1931, but that illness prevented him from attending his mother's burial five years later. Fitzgerald did not return to Rockville until after his own death, at age 44, in December 1940. He was buried in Rockville Cemetery.

Famous People Richard Johns Bowie Upton Beall Judge William Veirs Bouic F. Scott Fitzgerald Samuel Martin Walter "Big Train" Johnson James Higgins	Richard Johns Bowie Lawyer, state senator and Chief Judge of the Maryland Court of Appeals, assembled land for his farm estate, Glenview, in the 1820s. This estate is now known as Glenview Mansion at Civic Center Park.

	F. Scott Fitzgerald As a youngster, Fitzgerald lived in Buffalo, Syracuse, Hackensack, and Princeton. The Army took Scott to Kansas, Louisville, Georgia, and Montgomery, Alabama, where he met Zelda Syracuse Together they lived in new York, Connecticut, Minnesota, France Rome, Hollywood, Switzerland, Alabama, Baltimore, and north Carolina. So why is F. Scott Fitzgerald buried in Rockville, Maryland? Young Scott regularly visited his father's relatives at Locust Grove in Montgomery County, returning home fascinated with family and Civil War stories. His diary, letters, and writings recall these visits. While life took Fitzgerald around the work, Maryland never left his heart. It is possible that a an adult he visited here more than research has uncovered. We do know that he returned from Paris to attend his father's funeral at St. Mary's church in 1931, but that illness prevented him from attending his mother's burial five years later. Fitzgerald did not return to Rockville until after his own death, at age 44, in December 1940. He was buried in Rockville Cemetery.
	Walter "Big Train" Johnson Walter Johnson was born on November 6, 1887 and began playing pro baseball in 1906. He was signed to the Washington Senators in July 1907. Walter Johnson was elected a member of the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1936. He retired to his farm in Germantown, Maryland in 1936 and was elected Montgomery County commissioner in 1938.
	Samuel Martin, a free black who settled here in the 1830s and named Martin's Lane.
	From the archives of Peerless Rockville.

Richard Johns Bowie

F. Scott Fitzgerald

Walter "Big Train" Johnson