On February 8, 1864, James McSherry, who would become chief judge of the Maryland Court of Appeals, was admitted to the bar of Frederick County. On February 8, 1913, an announcement was made of plans to build a milk processing plant on West All Saints Street in Frederick that would require the demolition of the tavern building where Col. George Washington and Benjamin Franklin met with British General Edward Braddock to plan the British assault on Fort Duquesne in 1755. It is not clear from the available records whether or not the three men met at the tavern together. It is known that Washington and Franklin did met with Braddock at the tavern, but current information is that it wasn't at the same time. On February 8, 2009, a restored portrait of Jesus by William H. B. Grinage, who painted a portrait of Francis Scott Key for the Kiwanis Club of Frederick in 1925, was unveiled at Asbury United Methodist Church in Frederick, where it will remain. The Key portrait hangs in the Historical Society of Frederick County museum at 24 East Church Street, 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 [email protected]
February 7, 1786, is the date on the plat by Joseph Wood laying out the town he called Woodsberry, now Woodsboro. The 40 acres were divided into 80 lots, 247 feet x 66 feet. Frederick, Second and Third streets were 33 feet wide and ran north and south. There were two alleys 16.5 feet running east and west. There was also a fourth street, Elizabeth, which also ran east and west through town. On February 7, 1850, the first lamp lighting from Isabella Gas Works was conducted in Frederick. On February 7, 1921, Sgt. Lewis F. Carter, of The Frederick City Police Department, died of heart failure in the Frederick County Courthouse while performing his regular duties. He was 64 and had lived at 111 Third Street. He was buried at Mt. Olivet Cemetery. On February 7, 1963, Lee McCardell, a Frederick native, and reporter, editor, foreign correspondent and feature writer for The Sun of Baltimore, died. He was born in Frederick on June 8, 1901. He also wrote a biography of British General Edward Braddock. He was a first cousin of fashion designer Claire McCardell. On February 7, 1975, in an interview published in the Frederick News-Post, Frederick Mayor Ronald N. Young said he was "not considering running for a second term." He left office in January 1990, at the end of his fourth term. On February 7, 2009, President and Mrs. Barack Obama visited Camp David for the weekend for the first time in his presidency. Their two children accompanied them to the Catoctin Mountain retreat. 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 [email protected]
Saturday, February 9, 2013, 1 3:30 PM , Meetings are held at Homewood at Crumland Farms in their Community Room right off the lobby. They are located on 7407 Willow Rd. Frederick, MD. DIRECTIONS: The first exit after Beckleys motel left off Route 15, approx. 2 miles north of Frederick. Refreshments are served. Federick County Public Library and the Family Historian: I didnt know that! Speaker: Mary Mannix Are you utilizing your local public library to its utmost for your family history needs? Frederick County Public Libraries can assist the genealogy researcher even if your family is not from Maryland. Learn what you might be missing. Also included in the discussion will be an update on the Maryland Room, the Thurmont Center for Agricultural History, and the Brunswick History Center Dont miss Saturdays meeting. You might learn that the answer to your questions are right at the library! Invite your friends and cousins to attend. We always love to see members and their guests. Jane Thursby Vice President Frederick County Genealogical Society Researching Maryland families from early 1600's to present: Thursby, Stinchecum, Seward, Claggett, McNamara, Barnes, Muckelroy, Watkins, Kennard, Cullison, Benson, Snyder, Oldner, Griffin, Beall, Keith, White, Kirkley, Davis, Hubbard, Jillard, Fell, Lee, Dawson, Thompson, Marshall, Hahn, Whelerig, Merrick, Hitchcock, Musgrove, Shipley, Clark, Mullineaux, Benton, Moxley, Lucas, Hanson, Waugh, Magruder, Ogg
Frederick Co, Maryland - Equity Court Abstracts - ES-3 504-505 - JOHNSON, ARMSTRONG, McCOLLOH, DORSEY, WHEAT, CHAPLINE, ELLIOTT - Feb 1856 Charles JOHNSON vs Eli DORSEY, William ARMSTRONG & Others Supplemental of HS-9, 321 & ES-1, 549 Estate of Roger JOHNSON, dec'd Charles JOHNSON, trustee, sold at private sale to John ELLIOTT Lot #112 in Point of Rocks at $75. Distribution: court costs, $43.82 - Charles JOHNSON, 1/4 or $7.79 - J. A. JOHNSON (to assignee Charles JOHNSON), 1/4 or $7.79 - Eliza ARMSTRONG (to assignee Charles JOHNSON), 1/8 or $3.89 - Eliza ARMSTRONG, legatee of Henrietta JOHNSON, dec'd, 1/8 or $3.89 - Dorothea McCOLLOH, legatee of Henrietta JOHNSON, dec'd, 1/8 or $3.89 - Eli DORSEY, surviving husband of Sarah DORSEY, 2/9 or $1.29 Children of Sarah DORSEY- each received 1/5 of residue, $.51 ...William H. DORSEY ...Elizabeth WHEAT ...Dorcas CHAPLINE ...Morris DORSEY ...John DORSEY Closed 20 May 1856. =================== www.MidMdRoots.com
On February 6, 1784, Harriet McPherson Brien, daughter of John McPherson and after whom Harriet's Chapel Episcopal Church at Catoctin Furnace is named, was born. She died April 22, 1827, at Auburn near The Furnace. On February 6, 1851, a public meeting of Wolfsville area residents was held to consider the formation of a new county. On February 6, 1865, the actions of Francis M. Smith, a Frederick native, at the Battle of Dabney's Mill, VA, garnered him a Congressional Medal of Honor. On February 6, 1985, a contract was awarded for the conversion of the 1862 Frederick County Courthouse into Frederick City Hall. 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 [email protected]
On February 5, 1777, The Maryland General Assembly passed a bill authorizing the construction of barracks in Frederick to house troops. Governor Thomas Johnson signed the measure on April 18. These building became known as The Hessian Barracks. On February 5, 1807, Jacob Byerly, Frederick photographer and pioneer in that art form, was born in Newville, PA. He died March 21, 1883, in Frederick. On February 5, 1876, Dr. Austin A. Lamar, who practiced medicine in Middletown, was born in Wolfsville. His offices have been restored as a historic site in Middletown. On February 5, 1841, William Henry Harrison visited Frederick on his way to Washington for his inauguration as President of The United States. He stayed at Dorsey's City Hotel on West Patrick Street. On February 5, 1858, Frederick A. Schley, prominent Frederick attorney and direct descendant of John Thomas Schley, the schoolteacher who built the first house in Fredericktown in 1746, died. On February 5, 1952, Dr. George Frederick Smith, who developed and patented Smith's Rosebud Salve, died. He was born March 25, 1865. His products are still available from the company he established in Woodsboro. John W. Ashbury [email protected]
On February 4, 1942, Ira Harrison Burhman, who was born November 10, 1889, in Foxville, was lost at sea when German submarine U-103 torpedoed his ship, the India Arrow, 35 miles off the New Jersey coast. He was the first Frederick County person to lose his life in hostile action during World War II. On February 4, 1968, R. Ames Hendrickson, prominent civic leader and retired owner of Hendrickson's Department Store on North Market Street in Frederick, died at his home at 119 West Second Street. On February 4, 2005, Dr. Patricia Stanley, the first woman president of Frederick Community College, announced her retirement, effective when a replacement was selected. She became president in 1998 after serving as executive vice-president of Cypress College in California. 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 [email protected]
On February 3, 1799, Francis Thomas, who would become governor of Maryland on January 3, 1842, was born near Petersville. On February 3, 1922, a contract was awarded to Lloyd C. Culler Construction for a 6-room addition to Boys High School for $35,000. This school building became Frederick High School in the fall of 1922 and was later known as The Elm Street School. On February 3, 1956, Camp Detrick became Fort Detrick. On February 3, 1968, Dr. Ignatius Bjorlee, who was superintendent of The Maryland School for The Deaf from 1918 until his retirement in 1955, died at his home near Glenville, MN, following a lengthy illness. On February 3, 1986, seven employees of The Rotorex Corporation plant near Walkersville were hospitalized after being overcome by carbon monoxide fumes. On February 19, an additional 19 employees were hospitalized after they were overcome by methyl chloride fumes. The plant was then closed for 5 days. On February 3, 1987, residents of the old Montevue Home, built in 1870, were moved into the new home on Rosemont Avenue at Montevue Lane, in Frederick near Citizens Nursing Home. 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 [email protected]
Does anyone have any information on the marriage or families of James Walker and Catharine Haller who were married Aug. 21, 1808, at the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Middletown, Frederick, MD? I think I have found this couple in OH in 1850 and it says that James was b. in MD in 1786 and M.C. (Catherine) was born in 1782 in VA. They has a son John b. 1817 in MD and a son Joseph J. ,b. 1822 in VA. Joan Majtenyi
Frederick Co, Maryland - Equity Court Abstracts - ES-3 484-503 - FLOOK, BOWLUS, MUMMA, WILLIARD, SMELTZER, JARBOE, ROUTZAHN, MICHAEL, SMITH - Sep 1853 John LORENTZ, creditor vs Jacob C. FLOOK, adm/of Jacob FLOOK of John & Others Jacob FLOOK of John d/ 15 Apr 1853 intestate in Middletown Valley widow - Barbara s/ John Hanson FLOOK & w/ Elizabeth (BOWLUS) - Washington County s/ Daniel B. FLOOK & w/ Elizabeth (MUMMA) d/ Elizabeth FLOOK w/o Dewalt WILLIARD s/ Jacob C. FLOOK & w/ Susan (SMELTZER) d/ Evelina E. FLOOK w/o Henry JARBOE - Indiana d/ Catharine C. FLOOK w/o Joshua ROUTZAHN s/ John Philip FLOOK d/ Lydia FLOOK s/ Josiah FLOOK, a minor d/ Margaret FLOOK, a minor s/ Perry FLOOK, dec'd .....Dawson FLOOK, a minor .....Howard FLOOK, a minor Land - "Resurvey on the Blooming Month of May", 23 acres - "Ebenezer", 57 acres of mountain land - "Resurvey on Locust Level", 16 acres, from Abraham SNYDER. List of inventory and debts was included. Administrator was Jacob C. FLOOK with sureties as Edward T. RICE, Jacob NICKEL and Jesse HERBERT. The court appointed William G. COLE as guardian of the minors. Testimony was heard from Mahlon RHODERICK and George BOWLUS. John H. FLOOK of Washington County was appointed trustee for the sale with sureties as Jacob C. FLOOK and Jacob KEAFAUVER. On 8 Apr 1854, public sale was held, high bidders were: - John WILLIARD for 32 acres of "Ebenezer" at $12/acre - Daniel FLOOK for 26 acres of "Ebenezer" at $8.80/acre - Daniel FLOOK for 9 acres of "Locust Valley" at $4.87/acre - Daniel FLOOK for waggon makers shop with 1/2 acre at $100.02 The house and lot with blacksmith's shop was withdrawn due to no bids. The total sales were $750.56. On 25 Feb 1856, sale was held in front of the office of the Catoctin Whig for the house and lot of 1 1/2 acres on the road from Middletown to Burkittsville, then in the occupancy of Henry MICHAEL, and sale was made to Jacob B. SMITH at $500. Disbribution of $1,260.47; court costs, $221.65 - to trustee for expenses paid out, $518.88 - to multiple creditors, $519.94 Closed 25 Apr 1856. =================== www.MidMdRoots.com
On February 2, 1851, an addition to the Old Hill Church on East All Saints Street, the forerunner of Asbury United Methodist Church, was dedicated. On February 2, 1876, a violent wind storm hit Frederick, toppling the steeple of All Saints Episcopal Church on West Church Street. On February 2, 1978, William W. Wenner, of Brunswick, a member of the Frederick law firm of Rollins, Wenner and Price, was appointed to the District Court bench by Acting Governor Blair Lee III. He replaced Judge Byron Thompson, who retired February 1. Judge Wenner was later appointed to the Circuit Court, won a bitter contested election to remain there in 1982, and was later elevated to the Court of Special Appeals. He retired in September 2000, having reached the mandatory retirement age of 70 for Maryland judges. 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 [email protected]
Frederick Co, Maryland - Equity Court Abstracts - ES-3 483-483 - HOLLENBERGER, ISENAGLE, CRIST - May 1856 W. S. HOLLENBERGER vs Elizabeth HOLLENBERGER & Others Supplemental of ES-3, 151 On 14 Dec 1854, John HOLLENBERGER, trustee, sold real estate to Michael ISENAGLE at $1,400. Joseph CRIST has agreed and contracted to take the land in place of Michael ISENAGLE who wants to move West. Court ruled for deed to be conveyed to Joseph CRIST. Closed 1 May 1856. =================== www.MidMdRoots.com
On February 1, 1899, Dr. A. Austin Pearre Sr., a founder of the Frederick County Heart Association and a practicing physician in Frederick for more than 52 years, was born. He died July 21, 1979, at his Upper College Terrace home in Frederick and was buried at Mt. Olivet Cemetery. On February 1, 1904, the Walkersville Savings Bank opened for business with C. M. Thomas as president. On February 1, 1911, The Historical Society of Frederick County was incorporated. On February 1, 1916, The News, published by The Great Southern Printing and Manufacturing Company, purchased The Frederick Post. On February 1, 1955, Philip's Delight School, Frederick County's last one-room school for white students, closed. It was located in the Catoctin Mountains, six miles west of Thurmont. On February 1, 1960, Frederick Mayor Jacob R. Ramsburg announced that a gift from Dr. and Mrs. John T. King, Jr., of Baltimore, would allow the city to illuminate the city's famous "Clustered Spires." Mrs. King was the former Charlotte Baker, daughter of Holmes D. Baker, and granddaughter of "Frederick's First Citizen" - Joseph Dill Baker. 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 [email protected]
On January 31, 1782, German soldiers captured at Yorktown arrived in Frederick, where they were housed at what came to be known as The Hessian Barracks. One of them was the father of Jacob Engelbrecht, the diarist who recorded local events from 1819 to 1878. On January 31, 1903, a statue of John Hanson was formally presented by the State of Maryland to the U. S. Government for Statutory Hall in The Capitol. Hanson, the "first President of The United States in Congress Assembled under The Articles of Confederation," was a resident of Frederick during the Revolutionary War and up to the time of his death. On January 31, 1904, John Alexander Lynch, who served as a judge of the Sixth Judicial Circuit from 1867 to 1897, died at his West Second Street home. He was born October 3, 1825, near Jefferson, MD. He was buried at Mt. Olivet Cemetery. On January 31, 1955, the J. C. Penny store in the 100 block of North Market Street was destroyed in a spectacular fire on one of the coldest nights of that winter. 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 [email protected]
Frederick Co, Maryland - Equity Court Abstracts - ES-3 473-483 - BARNES, ENGLE, KEEFER, SNADER - Dec 1854 Jacob SNADER vs Peter ENGLE, Dennis BARNES & Others Joshua BARNES d/ 3 Oct 1854 intestate s/ Dennis BARNES, a minor s/ Gustavus BARNES, a minor d/ Anna M. BARNES, a minor s/ Noah M. BARNES, a minor d/ Mary C. BARNES, a minor d/ Martha E. BARNES, a minor s/ James H. BARNES, a minor s/ William P. BARNES, a minor d/ Issabella R. BARNES, a minor Administrator was Peter ENGLE with sureties as Levi Z. BARNES and John S. NICHODEMUS; guardian was William MAHONEY. Testimony was heard from Richard P. BUCKINGHAM. Land - Farm in Liberty, 149 acres, consisting of - "Resurvey on Smiths Lot", 46+ acres, to John NUSBAUM from Gabriel MARKEL in Aug 1810 - "Fathers Gift", 100 acres, to John NUSBAUM from Adam MARKEL in 1799 - "Resurvey on Cold Friday", 5 acres, to John NUSBAUM from Adam MARKELL in 1804 All conveyed to Joshua BARNES by Nimrod NORRIS, trustee, in Oct 1851; located along road from Liberty Town to Baltimore. Trustee for sale was Peter ENGLE with D. W. NAILL as surety. After a failed public sale, private sale was made to Lewis KEEFER at $1,490. Distribution of $1,023.12; court costs, $161.57 - Jacob SNADER, his claim, $224.50 - Peter ENGEL, his claim, $316.04 - Daniel ENGEL, his claim, $114.75 - each child's 1/9 share, $22.91 Closed 1 Aug 1856. =================== www.MidMdRoots.com
On January 30, 1841, George Alfred 'Gath' Townsend, youngest Civil War correspondent and the builder of the stone monument at Gathland State Park near Burkittsville to War Correspondents, was born. On January 30, 1944, Dr. Levin West, a Brunswick physician for 58 years, a banker and councilman, died in Frederick. He was buried at St. Mark's Episcopal Church. He was born on July 26, 1864, near Petersville. On January 30, 2009, Charles H. "Buzz" Smelser, who served in the Maryland General Assembly as a delegate and senator for 37 years, representing Frederick and Carroll counties, died at his home near Unionville. He was born July 4, 1920, in Uniontown MD. 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 [email protected]
On January 29, 1833, Francis Scott Key's appointment as U. S. Attorney for The District of Columbia was confirmed by the United States Senate. On January 29, 1858, Phillip Hawkins, a Negro, was hanged at the Hessian Barracks for the murder of James Diggs, a free Negro. On January 29, 1978, The Board of Trustees of Frederick Community College accepted the resignation of Dr. Lewis W. Stephens as president in the wake of an enrollment padding scandal. Dr. Carl H. Mitlehner [mit-line-er] was named interim president. On January 29, 1982, Frederick County District Court Judge Mary Ann Stepler, the first woman appointed to the local bench, was named administrative judge of the 11th District Court, which includes Frederick and Washington counties. She was the first woman to hold this position. 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 [email protected]
On January 28, 1825, Charles Edward Trail, president of Farmers & Mechanics National Bank from 1878 to 1894, and the builder of The Trail Mansion on East Church Street in Frederick (now the Keeney, Basford Funeral Home) was born. On January 28, 1837, the Washington Hose Company, the predecessor of The United Steam Fire Engine Company, No. 3, was organized. It disbanded "shortly after" July 6, 1844. The Uniteds were organized November 22, 1845. On January 28, 1859, Emily Nelson Ritchie (McLean), who would serve as President-General of The Daughters of The American Revolution (DAR) from 1905 to 1909, was born. She died May 19, 1916, and was buried at Mt. Olivet Cemetery. On January 28, 1859, Thomas Haller, publisher of The Examiner, while printing the February 2 edition, caught his sleeve in the gears of the Double Cylinder Printing Machine which drew his left hand into the press. The machine was running slowly and was stopped before his hand was mangled or severed. On January 28, 1883, Mary Mills Addison Ingle, wife of the Reverend Osborne Ingle, rector of All Saints Episcopal Church, died shortly after giving birth to a son who did not live to be christened. Her uncle was Joseph Addison, the British writer. On January 28, 1962, the body of Mrs. Betty Jo Feathers, of Winchester, VA, was found in the front seat of her car parked in front of 113 East Patrick Street in Frederick. She had been shot three times. Her husband, Keith Feathers, was charged with her murder on January 31. On January 28, 2009, Ernest "Erni" Nasher, a popular restaurateur who owned and operated Erni's Italian Kitchen with his daughter Roz for more than 40 years, died at Citizens Care and Rehabilitation Center in Frederick. He was born in Karvin, Austria on November 11, 1907. 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 [email protected]
On January 27, 1838, Casper Quinn was elected president of Independent Hose Company. On January 27, 1992, Major Regis Raymond Raffensberger, head of the Baltimore City Police Department's Tactical Unit, was named by Frederick City Mayor Paul P. Gordon as the city's new police chief. He was sworn in on February 24. 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 [email protected]
Frederick Co, Maryland - Equity Court Abstracts - ES-3 457-473 - CROMWELL, SLAVES, BOONE, JARBOE - Oct 1855 CROMWELLs vs CROMWELLs Richard CROMWELL d/ 1844 (Will written 7 Apr 1840; filed 9 Apr 1844) - widow - Caroline Jane d/ Mary Elizabeth M. CROMWELL s/ Richard CROMWELL S/ Stephen A. CROMWELL s/ Curtus A. CROMWELL, a minor d/ Teresa C. CROMWELL, a minor d/ Emily S. CROMWELL, a minor SLAVES - (not named), allowed them to be sold to another master of their choosing, and not to be sold out of state nor to any person they are unwilling to live with. Exec/ widow - (Children were not named in the Will.) Witnesses: M. E. BARTGIS, Samuel DUER and James M. HARTING Everything was to go to the widow and upon her death to be divided amongst the then living children. The widow and older children petitioned for sale to reinvest monies for support of family. Land - Lot #6 of "Carrolton Manor", 1+ acre, from Catharine HARPER of Baltimore City in 1833; next to "Good Luck" - Lot #6 of "Carrolton Manor", 22 acres, from Catharine HARPER of Baltimore City in 1839, (previously to Harper from Charles CARROLL of Carrolton in 1821). - "Good Luck", 89+ acres, from James HENDERSON SR (w/ Sarah) in 1803; located on the north side of a long glase that falls into Ballinger's Creek and along Manor Road; also part "Addition to Carrolton" and "Richards Amendent", 11 acres. The estate totaled 122 of surveyed acres, 12 acres wooded with hickory and oak, an apple orchard, a fine cistern beside a never failing pump close to the house and a never-failing pump in the barnyard; it has a brick and frame dwelling with a bath house attached, a stone barn, hay barricks, stabling for 24 horses, graneries, corn house, ice house, dairy, meat house, poultry houses, etc, including outhouses for servants. There are three mills within three miles of the farm; the farm being five miles from Frederick and one mile from the Baltimore and Ohio Rail Road. Guardian was Jerningham BOONE; testimony was heard from Robert BOONE and Dr. Jerningham BOONE. Trustee was Mrs. Caroline J. CROMWELL with sureties as Stephen A. CROMWELL Richard CROMWELL, Mary E. M. CROMWELL, Robert BOONE and Benedict BOONE. After a failed public sale, private sale was made to John S. W. JARBOE at $11,010.93. Distribution: court costs, $447.30 leaving $10.563.63 in the hands of the trustee. Closed 26 Apr 1856. =================== www.MidMdRoots.com