Local People, Past, Present, Future

Burt Asper

Springfield doctor. He served as an officer on a navy ship during WWI. The ship disappeared and was never found.

Second Superintendent of Springfield

Terribly wounded WWII Veteran from Sykesville.

Citizen activist, former councilwoman, and an inspirational force for change.

Grandson of a slave and main character of "In Carrie's Footprints, the Long Walk of Warren Dorsey."

Daughter of a slave, she raised 12 children on Sykesville's Oklahoma Hill.

Town mayor and doctor. He lived on Oklahoma Hill.

Susanna lived at Groveland near Sykesville for most of the 19th century.

Businessman, politician, farmer, who once owned most of Sykesville. One of two most important men in town history.