Willard Goldsmith Rouse

Willard Goldsmith Rouse
Born	April 14, 1867 Creswell, Maryland
Died	1930 (age 62-63) Union Memorial Hospital Baltimore, Maryland
Cause of death	Bladder Cancer
Residence	Easton, Maryland
Alma mater	Johns Hopkins University
Spouse(s)	Lydia Agnes Robinson
Children	John Goldsmith Rouse, Anna Stump Rouse, Mary Day, Dia (Lydia), Margret, Willard "Bill", James

Willard Goldsmith Rouse (April 14, 1867 – 1930), was a Maryland States Attorney, businessman, and father of land developer James Rouse.

Rouse was born in Creswell, Maryland, the son of Harriet Bayliss (Hanway) and John Goldsmith Rouse. He was a lawyer trained at Johns Hopkins University who once ran as the state's attorney for Harford County. When he lost, the Rouse family moved from Bel Air, Maryland to Easton, Maryland. Rouse died due to cancer of the bladder and his wife to heart failure, and lost his home on Brooklett's Avenue to bank foreclosure.

Rouse is the great grandfather of actor Edward Norton.

Rouse's son, Willard Rouse II, and grandson, Willard Rouse III, were/are also notable real estate developers.

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