On August 30, 1911, Clarence C. Carty, founder of the furniture store which bore his name at 48 East Patrick Street in Frederick, died. He was born January 8, 1847. The store closed in 1979 and the property is now home to the National Museum of Civil War Medicine. On August 30, 1950, an F-84 fighter jet crashed into a field three miles east of Emmitsburg killing 2nd Lt. Michael E. Alkire, 22, of Washington, D.C. If anyone can add information to these History Moments, or would like to suggest an item for another calendar day, please contact me privately. John W. Ashbury <mailto:Wasps1965@comcast.net> Wasps1965@comcast.net

Frederick County, Maryland - Equity Court Records - BGF-2 41-43 - TANEY, DWEN, HERBST - Jul 1859 Edward S. TANEY & Others vs Cornelia V. TANEY & Others Supplemental Proceedings Equity #2682 lists Edward S. TANEY as trustee who sold at private sale a tract of 17 acres conveyed from Isaac E. PEARSON, insolvent trustee of George HERBST for benefit of Emanuel BROUGH, to Dr. Augustine TANEY. Distribution of $750, court costs, $57.77 - E. S. TANEY, child, 1/3 or $230.76 - Laura B. DWEN, child, 1/3 or $230.76 - Cornelia V. TANEY, child, 1/3 or $230.76 Closed Feb 1860. -- www.MidMdRoots.com ======================

On August 29, 1739, the 600 acres on which Libertytown was laid out by John Young in 1782, was surveyed and called Duke's Wood. On August 25, 1745, John Johnson, son of Thomas and Dorcas Sedgewick Johnson, and brother of Maryland's first governor (Thomas Johnson) was born. He served as a surgeon in the Maryland militia during the Revolutionary War, and practiced in Frederick on West Patrick Street thereafter. He died April 18, 1811. On August 29, 1775, the Maryland Council of Safety met for the first time, with Thomas Johnson of Frederick as one of its members. On August 29, 1866, Folger McKinsey, The Bentztown Bard and co-author of History of Frederick County with Thomas J. C. Williams, was born at Elkton, MD. He died July 22, 1950, at his home on the Magothy River in Anne Arundel County. If anyone can add information to these History Moments, or would like to suggest an item for another calendar day, please contact me privately. John W. Ashbury <mailto:Wasps1965@comcast.net> Wasps1965@comcast.net

On August 28, 1774, Elizabeth Ann Bayley (Seton), America's first native-born saint of the Roman Catholic Church, was born in New York City. She is buried in Emmitsburg. On August 28, 1898, Charles Miller, son of Martin Miller of Middletown, stabbed Roy Brown, an 18-year-old colored youth, in the neck with a pocket knife, severing his jugular vein. The two men quarreled over Miller's bragging about how fast he rode his bicycle from Baltimore to a religious camp meeting near Braddock Heights. On August 28, 1902, the Presbyterian Church in Emmitsburg was struck by lightning and burned to the ground. It was rebuilt in 1904. On August 28, 1976, the National Shrine of Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton was dedicated in Emmitsburg. On August 28, 2007, St. John's Lutheran Church in Creagerstown was formally listed in the National Register of Historic Places. The listing includes the 1834 building, a 1908 building, the church's cemetery, the Parish House, and the 1880 Creagerstown School No. 32. If anyone can add information to these History Moments, or would like to suggest an item for another calendar day, please contact me privately. John W. Ashbury Wasps1965@comcast.net <mailto:Wasps1965@comcast.net>

On August 27, 1732, William Elder received a patent for land in Frederick County. Mount St. Mary's College was founded on this land in 1808. (The original patent is in the Archives of Mount St. Mary's University.) On August 27, 1776, at the Battle of Long Island, Maryland soldiers - many from Frederick County - distinguished themselves in gallantry and fortitude though vastly outnumbered. On August 27, 1783, orders were issued that Revolutionary War prisoners of war held at the Hessian Barracks in Frederick would be granted freedom to remain in America upon the payments of $80 in Spanish gold. On August 27, 1926, the Barbara Fritchie Association purchased the Keefer Brothers property at 156 West Patrick Street in Frederick. The buildings were later torn down and a replica Fritchie home built on the site. On August 27, 1971, a huge fire destroyed Hiltner's Furniture and Appliance Store in the 900 block of East Street in Frederick. If anyone can add information to these History Moments, or would like to suggest an item for another calendar day, please contact me privately. John W. Ashbury <mailto:Wasps1965@comcast.net> Wasps1965@comcast.net

Frederick County, Maryland - Equity Court Records - BGF-2 35-40 - BOYLE, ADDLESBERGER, GROVER, PEARSON - May 1859 Joseph BOYLE vs Ann E. BOYLE & Others Petition for Title William BOYLE d/ 1857 intestate widow - Ann E. - Out of State bro/ Patrick BOYLE - Out of State sis/ Jane BOYLE - Out of State bro/ Joseph BOYLE Land - House & western half of Lot #5 in Emmitsburg; from William BOYLE of Missouri (sold but not conveyed). In a letter dated 2 Jun 1855 to Michael C. ADDLESBERGER (agent and trustee of George GROVER) from William BOYLE, Oakland (MO?); William mentioned his ill health, losing five slaves, two men and a woman and two others and also mentioned his cotton crop in New Orleans. Testimony was heard from Isaac E. PEARSON; trustee was Michael C. ADDLESBERGER to convey the deed. Closed 18 Oct 1859. -- www.MidMdRoots.com ==================

On August 26, 1795, Father James Framback, rector of the Roman Catholic Church in Frederick during The Revolutionary War, died at St. Inigoes, MD. On August 26, 1839, members of The Juniors Fire Company tested a new engine by throwing water over the steeple of The Evangelical Reformed Church, now Trinity Chapel, on West Church Street in Frederick. On August 26, 1854, the cornerstone was laid for the present Evangelical Lutheran Church in the first block of East Church Street in Frederick. On August 26, 1942, Harry F. Shipley, a prominent Frederick businessman, died at age 67. On August 26, 2002, the Monocacy Valley Montessori School, the first charter school in Maryland, opened for its first day of classes in the former Frederick Trading facility on Monocacy Boulevard at MD Rt. 26 in Frederick. If anyone can add information to these History Moments, or would like to suggest an item for another calendar day, please contact me privately. John W. Ashbury <mailto:Wasps1965@comcast.net> Wasps1965@comcast.net

On August 25, 1814, Captain John Brengle recruited a full company of men to fight the British at the Battle of North Point in Baltimore. This was done, reportedly, in less than four hours. On August 25, 1892, Enoch Louis Lowe, former governor of Maryland, who died August 23 in New York City, was buried in St. John's Catholic Cemetery in Frederick following services at St. John The Evangelist Roman Catholic Church. On August 25, 1933, a nor'easter raged in Frederick, dumping five inches of rain and causing another flood of the Carroll Creek through downtown. On August 25, 1975, Dr. Martha Church was installed as the first woman president of Hood College. If anyone can add information to these History Moments, or would like to suggest an item for another calendar day, please contact me privately. John W. Ashbury Wasps1965@comcast.net <mailto:Wasps1965@comcast.net>

On August 24, 1764, Father John Dubois, who founded Mount Saint Mary's College and Seminary in Emmitsburg, was born in Paris. He died in New York, where he was a bishop, on December 20, 1842. On August 24, 1839, the Junior Fire Company tested a new engine which threw a stream of water high above Trinity Chapel on West Church Street, the usual target for testing fire engines in those days. On August 24, 1889, a dispute over a beehive in a tree led to the shooting death of John W. Hooper, youngest son of ex-County Commissioner Charles Hooper, at the hands of Thomas F. Show, at Highlands, west of Middletown. Show was later found not guilty of wrongdoing by a jury in Frederick. On August 24, 1964, ground was broken for the regional office of State Farm Insurance on Oak Street in Frederick. The original building was 80,000 square feet, but it grew to more than 200,000 square feet before a far more elaborate building was constructed starting in 1993 near Worman's Mill off Monocacy Boulevard (Trading Lane at the time) between U. S. 15 and MD 26. This second facility opened October 21, 1996. If anyone can add information to these History Moments, or would like to suggest an item for another calendar day, please contact me privately. John W. Ashbury Wasps1965@comcast.net <mailto:Wasps1965@comcast.net>

On August 23, 1823, Dr. Charles J. Baer, who saved the severely wounded Rutherford B. Hayes after the Battle of South Mountain while practicing in Middletown, was born in Frederick. He died April 30, 1888, in Roanoke County, VA. On August 23, 1835, Point of Rocks was laid out by H. G. O'Neal for Charles Johnson. It was previously located about a mile away and was called "Trummelstown." That community was destroyed by a fire and the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad decided to move to the town's present location. On August 23, 1836, Bentz Street, then known as Mill Alley, was paved with stone. On August 23, 1838, Dr. Francis Brown Sappington, of Libertytown, died. He was one of the founders of the Medical and Chiurgical Faculty of Maryland in 1799. On August 23, 1865, a big picnic was held at Howard's Woods near Prospect Hall to celebrate The Emancipation Proclamation. On August 23, 1892, Enoch Louis Lowe, former Maryland governor, died at St. Mary's Hospital in Brooklyn, N. Y. He was buried in Frederick after services at St. John The Evangelist Roman Catholic Church. On August 23, 1896, an accident on the Frederick and Middletown Railway at Mercer's Curve on the east side of Braddock Mountain injured numerous Frederick citizens. On August 23, 2005, Oliver John Cejka Jr. was sworn in as a Maryland District Court judge. He was appointed by Maryland Gov. Robert Ehrlich and was assigned to serve in both Washington and Frederick counties. If anyone can add information to these History Moments, or would like to suggest an item for another calendar day, please contact me privately. John W. Ashbury <mailto:Wasps1965@comcast.net> Wasps1965@comcast.net

On August 22, 1737, Frederick Unsult, who was born August 6, 1737, became the first person baptized at the old Monocacy Church, the predecessor of The Evangelical Lutheran Church of Frederick. On August 22, 1857, the cornerstone was laid for the Georgetown Chapel of the United Brethren in Christ Church in Walkersville. On August 22, 1888, a man named Dalton and a woman pulled a confidence game in Frederick. On August 22, 1978, word leaked out that the Odd Fellows Home on North Market Street Extended would be ending its nursing care services and would operate as a retirement home in the future. If anyone can add information to these History Moments, or would like to suggest an item for another calendar day, please contact me privately. John W. Ashbury <mailto:Wasps1965@comcast.net> Wasps1965@comcast.net

Frederick County, Maryland - Equity Court Records - BGF-2 19-35 - DAVIS, GREENTREE, CARR, SAPPINGTON, SWEADNER - Feb 1858 Mary DAVIS & Others vs Mason DAVIS & Others Mahlon DAVIS Sr. d/ Oct 1857 intestate widow - Mary DAVIS d/ Elizabeth DAVIS - Baltimore city s/ George W. DAVIS & w/ Belinda s/ Mahlon DAVIS Jr. & w/ Mary C. s/ Edward DAVIS & w/ Susan - Baltimore city s/ Mason DAVIS, a minor s/ Charles DAVIS, a minor d/ Mary (d/ 1854), dec'd w/o Hiram GREENTREE .....Winslow GREENTREE, a minor - Baltimore city Land - "Resurvey on Inclosure", 10 acres, lying on north side of road from Frederick to Libertytown and adjoins lands of John T. RIPPEON(?) on the west, of Daniel SWEADNER on the east; from Jonathan BROWNING of A. & w/ Maria in 1858 (previously from Peter SMITH to E. H. ROCKWELL, then to Maria). - "Resurvey on Spring Garden", 38 acres, on road from Liberty to Frederick Town; from Adam NUSBAUM & w/ Rachael in 1843. Deed listed right of way to James M. COALE. - Lot #102 in Libertytown, lying on the south side of the main street, directly opposite the house and lot of Mahlon DAVIS, fronts north on street; from Mahlon DAVIS Jr (previously he purchased it from Ann Elizabeth STIMMEL in 1851. (References the Will of Elizabeth SERGESSON, GME-2, 334, Apr 1829; 11 Mar 1833; d/ Lydia STIMMELL and Lydia's children, Elizabeth Ann and John Peter STIMMELL.) - 5 acres, from Daniel SWEADNER & w/ Rebecca Guardian was Michael BALTZELL; testimony was heard from Thomas CARR. Trustee was Mahlon DAVIS Jr. with sureties as Edward JONES and Thomas SIM. Sale was held on 27 Sep 1858 at the store of James O. JESSUP in Liberty; high bidders were: - SIDNEY SAPPINGTON for small farm at $2,000 - Basil SWEADNER for Lot in Liberty at $58 Distribution of $2,163.22; court costs, $150.54 - Mary DAVIS, widow, in lieu of dower, 1/8 or $223.63 - Mahlon DAVIS Jr, claim, $158.35 - each 1/7 share to children & grandson, $232.95 Closed 23 Feb 1860. -- www.MidMdRoots.com ===================

On August 21, 1861, the Ladies Relief Association advertisement appeared for the first time in The Frederick Examiner. The group of Frederick women provided food and other needed supplies to the numerous "hospitals" in the Frederick area during the Civil War. On August 21, 1881, the third church of The Glade Charge of The Reformed Church was dedicated in Walkersville. On August 21, 1892, Bethany Evangelical Lutheran Church of Brunswick was organized. On August 21, 1911, the first airplane landed in Frederick early in the morning. One of the pilots was Henry H. (Hap) Arnold, who later became a 5-star General of The Army and commanding general of the Army Air Force. On August 21, 1916, Emma Josephine Smith, the driving force behind the establishment of Frederick City Hospital, died at her West Third Street home after a lengthy illness. She was born January 21, 1844. On August 21, 1950, Harry S Truman visited Shangri-La near Thurmont for the last time during his presidency, which ended in January 1953. President Dwight D. Eisenhower changed the name of the retreat to Camp David to honor his grandson. On August 21, 1967, Mrs. Evelyn C. Leonard, owner of radio stations WFMD-AM & FM, announced that she had sold the stations started by her husband Lawrence, to Jim Gibbons, a Washington radio and television personality, subject to Federal Communication Commission approval. On August 21, 1991, The Glade Times & Mountain Mirror of Walkersville published a story about the efforts of Lord D. Nickens, president of the local chapter of The National Association for The Advancement of Colored People, to restore an historic black cemetery on Mount Zion Road between Feagaville and Braddock Heights. If anyone can add information to these History Moments, or would like to suggest an item for another calendar day, please contact me privately. John W. Ashbury Wasps1965@comcast.net <mailto:Wasps1965@comcast.net>

On August 20, 1895, Dr. Ira L. Baldwin, who selected Camp Detrick as the site for the biological and chemical warfare research center of the U. S. Army, was born. He died August 9, 1999, in Tucson AZ. On August 20, 1921, a dispute between Harry C. Wachter, a tenant farmer, and George Young, his employer, was settled with a handshake according to The Frederick Post. Two days earlier Wachter had received 15 lashes from a whip wielded by Sheriff William O. Wertenbaker for assaulting his wife. If anyone can add information to these History Moments, or would like to suggest an item for another calendar day, please contact me privately. John W. Ashbury <mailto:Wasps1965@comcast.net> Wasps1965@comcast.net

On August 19, 1845, the Independent Hose Company No. 1, of Frederick bought a lot from Lawrence J. Brengle on the south side of West Church Street in Frederick which extended half way back to Patrick Street. On August 19, 1961, The Evening Sun of Baltimore carried a story about historic (1834) wallpaper which had been removed from a home in Thurmont and donated to The White House. In October 1961 that wallpaper was installed in the Diplomatic Reception Room, upon the consent of Mrs. John F. Kennedy, where it remains today. If anyone can add information to these History Moments, or would like to suggest an item for another calendar day, please contact me privately. John W. Ashbury <mailto:Wasps1965@comcast.net> Wasps1965@comcast.net

Frederick County, Maryland - Equity Court Records - BGF-2 Equity BGF-2 1-19 - STEWART, WITHEROW, GREEN, AGNEW, FIVOR, WELTY, BLACK, GROFF - Aug 1859 John WITHEROW, next friend of Rosanna STEWART and John W. STEWART - Petition John Shelar STEWART d/ 1850 intestate widow - Margaret B., now w/o Robert L. GREEN d/ Rosanna J. STEWART, a minor s/ John W. STEWART, a minor Land - Lot #7 of tract "Good Neighbors", 9+ acres; from Daniel J. POOLE & w/ Amy in 1841. - "Disappointment" and "Brook Reserve", 140 acres; from John STEWART & w/ Rosanna in 1841 (to them from Jacob FIVOR [w/ Magdalena] in 1828 and to FIVOR from Henry WELTY [w/ Mary] in 1827 [included part of "The Mountain"]; to WELTY from Jacob WELTY of Franklin Co, PA in 1825). Adjoined tract "Buck Forest". On 24 Aug 1859, David AGNEW made oath that Margaret B. GREEN, the widow, was then 41 years old and her general health was good. Guardian was Mason R. MARSH. The Commission to decide if the land was to be sold included Michael CROUSE, John SEISS and William C. LANDERS. Trustee was John WITHEROW with sureties as William C. LANDERS and Henry YOUNG; sale was held on 24 Nov 1859 on the premises near Graceham, high bidders were: - Henry BLACK for 140 acres at $46/acre - Eli G. GROFF for Lot #7 at $40/acre Total sales, $6,820.50. Distribution: court costs, $357.22 - Margaret B. GREEN, widow, 2/15 or $861.77 - Rosanna J. STEWART, 1/2 or $2,800.75 - John W. STEWART, 1/2 or $2,800.75 Closed 11 Jan 1860. -- www.MidMdRoots.com ==================

On August 18, 1865, Hiram Winchester, the first president of The Frederick Female Seminary, resigned after 19 years in the post. On August 18, 1883, The Washington Monument on South Mountain was rededicated after being refurbished and its height increased. On August 18, 1896, the first passenger trip of the Frederick & Middletown Railway to Braddock Junction, which was at the site of the present day Episcopal Church of The Transfiguration, was made. On August 18, 1940, W. Clinton McSherry, James McSherry, John Motter and Charles U. Price, all later prominent Frederick citizens, narrowly escaped drowning in the Potomac River at Seneca. If anyone can add information to these History Moments, or would like to suggest an item for another calendar day, please contact me privately. John W. Ashbury Wasps1965@comcast.net <mailto:Wasps1965@comcast.net>

On August 17, 1781, Casper Fritchie, Peter Sueman and Yost Plecker were hanged for treason at the rear of the Tory Jail on East Second Street in Frederick. Four others who were convicted and sentenced with this trio were pardoned by Maryland Governor Thomas Sim Lee. On August 17, 1849, Col. John Thomas, father of Francis Thomas, a former governor of Maryland, died at his Petersville home. On August 17, 1861, the Hessian Barracks were designated as Union Military General Hospital #1 for the duration of The Civil War. It opened on March 1, 1862. On August 17, 1911, a unique fountain was unveiled at West Church Street and North Court Street (the southwest corner in front of The Cramer Building) in Frederick in honor of Marie Diehl, who organized the Frederick Chapter of The Society for The Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. It was struck during a vehicle accident years later and the upper part has been preserved at The Steiner House on West Patrick Street. The fountain has several levels of access to drinking water, designed for different animals. On August 17, 1972, Fredericktowne Mall opened with special ceremonies conducted with Richard Nixon look-a-like Richard M. Dixon as master of ceremonies. If anyone can add information to these History Moments, or would like to suggest an item for another calendar day, please contact me privately. John W. Ashbury Wasps1965@comcast.net <mailto:Wasps1965@comcast.net>

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On August 16, 1818, the trial of the Reverend Jacob Gruber for sedition and incitement to revolt began in Frederick with Roger Brooke Taney as one of his defense attorneys. On August 16, 1839, a banquet was held on "the People's Bridge" across the Monocacy near Buckeystown to celebrate its completion. On August 16, 1852, Dr. John B. Brawner, who was later the physician to both Mount Saint Mary's College and St. Joseph's Academy in Emmitsburg, was born in Virginia. On August 16, 1853, the first house built in Frederick, at the corner of East Patrick Street and Maxwell Avenue (today), was torn down. On August 16, 1865, the first board of directors of The First National Bank of Frederick was organized and Lawrence J. Brengle was elected its first president. On August 16, 1911, Dr. Steiner Schley, a prominent Frederick pharmacist, died. On August 16, 2005, Ella May Stumpe, who learned to operate a computer in her 90s and who authored two books, died at 110 years old at the Record Street Home in Frederick. She was born July 12, 1895 in Dunseith, ND. She outlived three husbands. Her books included a biography and a tome on the "Ladies of Record Street," about her fellow residents in the retirement home where she died. If anyone can add information to these History Moments, or would like to suggest an item for another calendar day, please contact me privately. John W. Ashbury <mailto:Wasps1965@comcast.net> Wasps1965@comcast.net