New Board of Trustees Members

The historical society would like to introduce two new board of trustees members.

Ray Jefferson, Jr.

Ray is a graduate of Elkton High School. He attended Cecil College and UMBC. Ray has been a history buff since elementary school and does lots of research on Ancestry. He is the caretaker of Bohemia Manor Cemetery. Ray is also the administrator of the George Washington Carver School of Cecil County, Maryland and Black Culture & History of Cecil County, Maryland Facebook pages. He is currently working with award-winning filmmaker Joe Piner on a documentary about the George Washington Carver School. He regularly researches these topics in our research library, using our digital archives and our old bound newspapers.

Jeffrey Ricketts

Jeffrey is a graduate of Rising Sun High School. He attended the University of Delaware and was a recipient of the historical society’s Kermit DeBoard Scholarship. He is the owner of East Nottingham Antiques. Jeffrey is currently renovating Mullens Folly, a pre-1745 log house located in Cecil County, MD. Jeffrey regularly assists our curator with the many pieces of furniture we have here at the historical society.