On January 13, 1798, the first issue of The Key was published in Frederick by Dr. John D. Cary, who named the newspaper in honor of John Ross Key. It lasted but three years. On January 13, 1825, an Act of The General Assembly incorporated Emmitsburg. On January 13, 1868, Jesse H. Routson, for many years the superintendent of The Buckingham School south of Buckeystown, was born in Uniontown. He died April 28, 1914, of stomach cancer. On January 13, 1913, Margaret Elizabeth Scholl Hood, generous benefactor of Hood College, died in Baltimore. She was born July 7, 1833, at Manchester Farm, just south of Frederick City. On January 13, 1971, the retirement of John (Happy Johnny) Zufall as the morning show host on radio station WFMD was announced, bringing to a close an era in local broadcasting. On January 13, 1975, ground was broken for a new Citizens Nursing Home on Rosemont Avenue in Frederick. The first patient, Oscar Singer, 98, was admitted on December 6, 1976. 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 12, 1818, William Hammond, a free Negro, deeded part of the original Lot #10 of Fredericktown on East All Saints Street to the trustees of a new Methodist Episcopal Church on which they were to build a new sanctuary. This church was the forerunner of Asbury United Methodist Church and was called Old Hill Church. On January 12, 1853, The Agricultural Club of Frederick County was organized with Lewis Kemp as president. It adopted the bylaws of "The Farmers' Club." On January 12, 1864, Mrs. David Nusbaum and her youngest son were shot and killed near Oak Orchard in the Liberty District during an apparent robbery at her home. Granville Smelser was hanged on July 22, 1864, at the Frederick County Jail for this crime. On January 12, 1969, President Lyndon B. Johnson spent the next to last weekend of his presidency at Camp David, where he ordered the Bureau of The Budget to request $431,000 for the John F. Kennedy grave at Arlington National Cemetery. 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, MD - Equity Court Abstracts - ES-3 401-413 - MENTZER, ADELSPERGER, MOTTER, CAMPBELL, GAMBLE, STOKES - Jun 1854 David GAMBLE vs Joshua MOTTER, adm/of George MENTZER & Others George MENTZER d/ Jul 1853 intestate widow - Mary Ann (ADELSPERGER) and minor children, d/ Catharine S. MENTZER s/ Jacob A. MENTZER s/ James S. MENTZER s/ Lewis F. MENTZER Administrator was Joshua MOTTER. Land - House & Lot on Main St in Emmitsburg in "Shields Addition to Emmitsburg", from David GAMBLE in 18 (previously to Gamble from Joseph BAUGHER and Joseph WELTY, execs/of Joseph DANNER in 1847); lies next to lot of John T. BADER, dec'd and separated by alley to Joshua MOTTER's property. Consists of 2-story brick house, log smith shop, brick smoke house and frame stable. Guardian was Abner CAMPBELL. On 2 Jun 1855, Sebastian ADELSPERGER of Emmitsburg, testified his daughter, Mary Ann MENTZER, the widow, was born 26 Feb 1812 and is in good health. Testimony was heard from Joshua MOTTER who stated George was due a small inheritance from his father and sister. Trustee was David GAMBLE with sureties as Robert CROOKS and George W. ROWE. On 3 Mar 1855, sale was held at Devitt's(?) Hotel in Emmitsburg, high bidder was Henry STOKES at $801. Distribution: court costs, $146.18 - D. GAMBLE, $649.51 - Mary Ann MENTZER, dower, $1.61 - MOTTER & ROWE, in part of claim, $9.71 Closed 26 Jul 1855. ================== www.MidMdRoots.com

On January 11, 1750, the Rev. Daniel Wagner, pastor of the German Reformed Church on West Church Street in Frederick from 1802 to 1810, was born in Eibelshausen, Germany. On January 11, 1843, Francis Scott Key, author of "The Defence of Ft. McHenry," which became our national anthem in 1931, died of pneumonia and pleurisy in Baltimore at the home of his daughter. He was originally buried at Old Saint Paul's Episcopal Church graveyard in that city but was removed to Mt. Olivet Cemetery in Frederick in 1866. On January 11, 1887, Middletown Valley Savings Bank was organized. It opened for business on February 7. On January 11, 1898, a meeting was held in Independence Hall in Frederick for the purpose of organizing a lodge of the International Order of Odd Fellows. On January 11, 2004, former Frederick City Alderman William O. Lee, Jr., retired principal of West Frederick Middle School and author of a book on the black history of Frederick in the 20th Century, died at his McMurray Street home after a long battle with lung cancer. He was born on West All Saints Street, Frederick, on May 7, 1928. 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 10, 1777, Thomas Johnson, of Frederick, was named supreme commander of the Maryland Militia. On January 10, 1786, Frederick Augustus Heisley, local clockmaker, and the man who designed and built the town clock in the steeple of the German Reformed Church on West Church Street (now Trinity Chapel), announced the removal of his office to his home opposite Jacob Steiner's saddle shop. On January 10, 1912, Bloomfield Mills, owned by A. M. Swain & Company, and formally known as the Phleeger Mill, on Picnic Woods Road west of Middletown, was destroyed by a fire caused by overheated machinery. On January 10, 1975, Dr. Ross Pritchard announced his resignation as president of Hood College, effective July 31. 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 9, 1862, the first coal lights were installed in Frederick. On January 9, 1916, John D. Ahalt, who founded and operated Ahalt's Distillery in Burkittsville, died. He was born February 24, 1848. On January 9, 2004, Theresa M. Adams was sworn in as a judge of the Sixth Judicial Circuit Court. She was a former assistant state's attorney in Frederick, Carroll and Washington counties. She stood for election in the March 2004 primary and handily defeated John "Lennie" Thompson, president of the Frederick County Board of Commissioners. Her appointment was affirmed in the November 2, 2003, general election. 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, MD - Equity Court Abstracts - ES-3 399-401 - GRAHAM, LUCKETT, WHITE, HEMPSTONE, DICKINSON, FISH, TRUNDLE, POOLE, FLETCHER, WALTMAN - Feb 1856 HEMPSTONE et al vs TRUNDLE et al Supplemental of ES-1, 591 Estate of A. T. HEMPSTONE & Heirs of Nathan HEMPSTONE, M. B. LUCKETT, trustee On 27 Dec 1852, M. B. LUCKETT, trustee, sold to William GRAHAM real estate; however, before final payment and the deed transfer, William GRAHAM died, leaving heirs, - James GRAHAM - Catharine GRAHAM - William GRAHAM & w/ Henrietta - Mary w/o Josiah C. LUCKETT - John GRAHAM & w/ Mary - ______ w/o Josias WHITE - Israel GRAHAM Distribution of $1,439.16; court costs, $10.67 - A. T. HEMPSTON, co-tenant, $714.24 - George HOSKINS, Register for state tax, $17.85 - A. T. HEMPSTON, brother, 1/6, $116.06 - Christy DICKENSON, sister, 1/6, $116.06 - Elizabeth FISH, sister, 1/6, $116.06 - children of Ann TRUNDLE .....William O. TRUNDLE, 1/12, $58.05 .....Mary E. TRUNDLE, 1/12, $58.05 - children of Harriet POOLE .....William H. POOLE, 1/24, $29.01 .....Thomas POOLE, 1/24, $29.01 .....Mary FLETCHER, 1/24, $29.01 .....James F. POOLE, 1/24, $29.01 - children of Francis TRUNDLE .....William H. TRUNDLE, 1/30, $23.31 .....James O. TRUNDLE, 1/30, $23.31 .....Sarah T. TRUNDLE, 1/30, $23.31 .....Ann V. TRUNDLE, 1/30, $23.31 .....Susan E. TRUNDLE, 1/30, $23.31 The heirs have sold said land to Joseph WALTMAN and request conveyance to him. Closed 25 Apr 1856. ==================== www.MidMdRoots.com

On January 8, 1826, Magee, the Irish Giant, "exhibited himself" at a local museum in the home of Mrs. Mary Gantz in Frederick. On January 8, 1847, Clarence C. Carty, founder of Carty's Furniture Store and The Carty Funeral Home, and the first treasurer of Frederick Brick Works, was born in Frederick. The furniture store bearing his name at 48 East Patrick Street, in Frederick, now the home of The National Museum of Civil War Medicine, closed July 19, 1978. On January 8, 1923, the Francis Scott Key Hotel in downtown Frederick opened. On January 8, 1860, John Nelson, son of Revolutionary War hero General Roger Nelson, and a former congressman and Attorney General of The United States, died in Baltimore. He was born June 1, 1791, in Frederick. On January 8, 1993, Daniel H. Weinberg, prominent Frederick businessman and philanthropist, died at his Braddock Heights home. He was 83. He and his wife donated what is today called The Weinberg Center for The Arts to the City of 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]

On January 7, 1806, Roger Brooke Taney and Anne Phoebe Charlton Key, sister of Francis Scott Key, were married. On January 7, 1883, Mrs. Emma N. Cunningham Baker, wife of Joseph Dill Baker, died at her South Market Street home of consumption. She was the mother of Holmes D. Baker, who succeeded his father as president of Citizens National Bank, and the grandmother of Joseph D. Baker II, husband of former Frederick City Alderman Frances Baker. On January 7, 1940, the lake at Baker Park was named and dedicated to honor Frederick City Mayor Lloyd C. Culler, who, at the time, had been mayor for 15 years. 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 6, 1776, Thomas Johnson was selected as brigadier general of The Maryland Militia in The Upper District. On January 6, 1882, Gertrude Ingle, daughter of the Rev. and Mrs. Osborne Ingle, rector of All Saints Episcopal Church in Frederick, died of diphtheria. Her brother Osborne Ingle, Jr., 3, died less than five days later of the same disease. On January 6, 1949, William R. Diggs, longtime employee of the Baker family in Frederick, and for whom the swimming pool in Mullinex Park is named, died at Frederick City Hospital about nine hours after his wife, Florence, passed away. He was 83 at the time of his death. On January 6, 1960, Lloyd C. Culler, who served as mayor of Frederick for 22 years, died at Frederick Memorial Hospital. He was born June 1, 1869. He also served as an alderman and headed one of Frederick's largest construction firms. On January 6, 1988, it was announced that the Charles Wilson Peale painting of the Thomas Johnson family, which had been willed to the C. Burr Arts Library, was to be "loaned" to The Baltimore Museum of Art. The reason given for the loan was the high cost of insurance for the painting, valued then at $1.5 million. 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, MD - Equity Court Abstracts - ES-3 392-399 - HERRING, COLE, BOWLUS, COBLENTZ - Dec 1854 John HERRING of C. vs Josiah T. HERRING & Others John HERRING of C. issued petition as next friend for the minor children listed below who were tenants in common for real estate listed below. Daniel C. HERRING, dec'd widow - Ann E. s/ Josiah T. HERRING, a minor d/ Sarah E. HERRING, a minor d/ Lavinia A. HERRING, a minor Land - Lot #12 on the north side of Main St in Middletown, divided into two equal parts with houses on each half. Guardian was William G. COLE; trustee was John HERRING of C. with Jacob LORENTZ as surety. Sale was held on 5 Jan 1856, sales to: - Samuel BOWLUS for western half at $1,599.50. Later the eastern half was sold at private sale to: - Hamilton N. COBLENTZ at $1,200 Distribution of $2,799.50; court costs, $260 - widow in lieu of dower, 1/7, $399.93 - each child, 1/3, $733.19 Closed 25 Apr 1856. =================== www.MidMdRoots.com

On January 5, 1835, the midday temperature in Frederick was reported at 12 degrees below zero. On January 5, 1902, Outerbridge Horsey, Jr., the grandson of Maryland's second governor Thomas Sim Lee, died. Horsey produced one the America's finest rye whiskeys at his distillery near Burkittsville. He was born February 26, 1819. On January 5, 1907, the Wall Street Daily News of New York City, published a general history of The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, whose western terminus was in Frederick until 1842. On January 5, 1962, Frank and Janet Manthos and George and Mary Gillespie paid $4,000 to the Town of Brunswick for a parcel of land. It was on what is known as New York Hill, east of Scheer Stadium. The town's only radio station (1520 on the AM dial) was built on the site. On January 5, 2012, George W. Wireman, Jr., iconic native of Thurmont, died. He was born November 11, 1920, in Thurmont and spent his life as a noted historian of his home town as well as the unofficial greeter at town festival functions. 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 4, 1786, Frederick's first English language newspaper, The Maryland Chronicle established by Mathias Bartgis, began publication. On January 4, 1825, Elizabeth Ann Seton, the first native-born American to become a saint of the Roman Catholic Church (1975), died in Emmitsburg at The White House. On January 4, 1844, James M. Smith, president of The Woodsboro Bank and the Woodsboro and Detour Turnpike Company, was born on his father's farm near Woodsboro. He died September 12, 1920, in Baltimore. On January 4, 1851, Enoch Louis Lowe, of Frederick, became Maryland's governor, the youngest person (30) ever to hold that position. On January 4, 1894, a mass meeting was held in Mechanicstown to determine a name change for the town. The popular choice was Blue Mountain City, but the U. S. Post Office objected to the name because of its length. Thus, the name Thurmont was chosen. On January 4, 1970, City Policeman Blessing B. Kaetzel rescued Alvey M. Lantz, a 75-year-old invalid, from his burning home at 111 West Fourth 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 [email protected]

Frederick Co, MD - Equity Court Abstracts - ES-3 384-392 - CUNNINGHAM, RIGHTER, SHAW, DAVIS, McALEER - Jul 1855 Benjamin A. CUNNINGHAM & James L. DAVIS vs Elizabeth SHAW & Hugh McALEER Elizabeth RIGHTER (now w/o Zachariah SHAW) was guardian of her child, Susan RIGHTER and securities were Benjamin Amos CUNNINGHAM and James L. DAVIS. Susan is now of age and Elizabeth is unable to pay the balance due to her which the sureties paid, $390.99. Land - 1 1/2 story frame house & Lot #2 of "Small Gains", 267 sq perches, bordered on SE side by Baltimore & Ohio Rail Road, on NW side by road leading from Frederick Town to Nolands Ferry (1 1/2 miles from Buckeystown). (Previously deeded to Elizabeth by Daniel RINEHART and wife, James RINEHART and Catharine w/o Jacob CRONISE in 1837.) In Feb 1855, Zachariah SHAW was convicted of persuading slaves to runaway and was sentenced to confinement in the state penitentiary for six years and two months. The Shaws made a deed of mortgage to Hugh McALEER for the $100 owed to him. Trustee was B. Amos CUNNINGHAM; sale was held 8 Dec 1855; high bidder was Hugh McALEER at $500. Distribution of $500; court costs, $109.56 - B. A. CUNNINGHAM & James L. DAVIS, $390.44 Closed 18 Mar 1856. =================== www.MidMdRoots.com

On January 3, 1776, James Johnson, the brother of Thomas Johnson, Maryland's first governor, was granted a patent for 150 acres, near Mechanicstown (now Thurmont), part of the Catoctin Furnace property. On January 3, 1825, the first classes were held at "St. John's Female Benevolent and First Frederick Free School," taught by two Sisters of Charity nuns from Emmitsburg. On January 3, 1856, the third sanctuary of All Saints Episcopal Parish was dedicated in the 100 block of West Church Street in Frederick. On January 3, 1866, the United States District Court in Baltimore dismissed a suit against former Confederate General (and former Frederick County State's Attorney) Bradley T. Johnson, of Frederick, which was instituted by The Central National Bank of Frederick. The bank claimed Johnson owed it $904.77 in payment of a debt incurred June 28, 1858. 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 2, 1825, St. John's Female Benevolent Free School, the predecessor to the Academy of The Visitation, opened for classes. On January 2, 1854, The Central Bank of Maryland, a direct descendent of the oldest banking institution in Frederick - a branch of The Farmer's Bank of Maryland established in 1808 - was chartered. On January 2, 1886, the Citizens' National Bank of Frederick was organized, with Frederick's First Citizen - Joseph Dill Baker - as president On January 2, 1963, Meadows Van and Storage, Inc., bought the old Union Manufacturing Company plant at Wisner and East Patrick streets in Frederick for $130,000. On January 2, 1969, Frederick's business leaders, prodded by George B. Delaplaine, Jr., publisher of The News & The Frederick Post, met with leaders of the city's black community to learn what was wrong with their image among African-Americans. 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, MD - Equity Court Abstracts - ES-3 359-384 - CRABBS, HOOVER, EYLER - Jan 1853 John EYLER & John MATTHEWS vs Frederick CRABBS Supplemental of WBT-4, 687 Estate of Frederick CRABBS; Jesse HOOVER, exec, with sureties as Frederick CRABBS and David MORRISON of John Land - Sale made by Frederick CRABBS Sr (w/ Christiana) who sold parts of "Ilers Content", "Wolfs Harbour", "Resurvey on Margaret and Jones Partnership", "Bowling Green" and "Sugar Tree Valley", 459 acres in South Mountain on Little Piney Mountain and north of road leading from Emmitsburg to Harbaughs Valley to John EYLER for $6,000. Frederick CRABBS had purchased much of this land at a sheriff's sale which had previously been owned by EYLERs. John EYLER then became insolvent, still owing $2,031.86. Testimony was heard from Michael C. ADELSPERGER, William B. PITTINGER and John NEED. Trustee for the new sale was Grayson EICHELBERGER; however, Eyler asked for a delay to allow him time to finish paying the balance. Closed 7 Mar 1856. =================== www.MidMdRoots.com

On January 1, 1773, Thomas Gantt, Jr., received a deed for a parcel of land from the estate of his father Thomas Gantt, Sr., on which Brunswick was later developed. The elder Gantt had received the property from John S. Hawkins on July 31, 1766. On January 1, 1908, the Young Men's Christian Association building was dedicated at the southeast corner of West Church Street and North Court Street in Frederick, on the site of the old Park Hotel and The Carlin House. On January 1, 1914, the pews at All Saints Episcopal Church were made free after 172 years of being rented. Even Roger Brooke Taney, a noted Roman Catholic and later Chief Justice of The United States, rented a pew here because his wife was an Episcopalian and she was not allowed to rent <http://www.thetentacle.com/history.cfm> the pew in her name. On January 1, 1936, WFMD-AM went on the air. On January 1, 1946, WFRE-FM went on the air as WFMD-FM. On January 1, 1970, Jungleland Serpentarium became Catoctin Mountain Zoological Park near Thurmont. On January 1, 1973, a fire of suspicious origin heavily damaged the sanctuary area of St. John The Evangelist Roman Catholic Church on East Second 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 [email protected]

Frederick Co, MD - Equity Court Abstracts - ES-3 358-358 - BRENNER, ENGLAND - Jan 1856 Estate of Anthony BRENNER; E. Louis LOWE, trustee Supplemental of ES-3, 274 Mary Ann ENGLAND, guardian of William Francis Thomas BRENNER and Henrietta BRENNER, petitioned for payment for their shares. =================== www.MidMdRoots.com

On December 31, 1887, the Rev. George Diehl left the Evangelical Lutheran Church on East Church Street in Frederick as its pastor. On December 31, 1892, The Historical Society of Frederick County was formally organized by Dr. Charles W. Hoffman with 30 members. On December 31, 1900, the new Girls High School on East Church Street in Frederick (used for many years, ending in July 2010, as the headquarters of the Frederick County Board of Education), was turned over to the school commissioners by Harry D. Bowers, the contractor. 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]