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
Harry Ashby DeButts (October 13, 1895 – August 27, 1983) was a president of Southern Railway in the United States. He was succeeded by D. William Brosnan in 1962.
deButts graduated from the Virginia Military Institute in 1916 and joined Souther ...
, an executive with the Southern Railway in the 1950s, and
John D. deButts
John D. deButts (1915–1986) was an American businessman. He served as the chairman and chief executive officer of AT&T from 1972 to 1979.Eric N. BergJohn D. deButts, Ex-Chairman of A.T.&T., Is Dead ''The New York Times'', December 18, 1986 , the last CEO of
AT&T before its breakup.
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19th-century American physicians
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