On November 19, 1805, Father John DuBois found a level place on St. Mary's Mountain, just south of the small town of Emmitsburg in northern Frederick County, on which to build a church. St. Anthony's Shrine Church was constructed on the site. On November 19, 1936, Eli Grant Haugh, clerk of The Frederick County Circuit Court, died suddenly after serving 21 years in the post. On November 19, 1958, the bones of a child were uncovered in a pet cemetery just west of Frederick, starting the bizarre case of Larry Lord Motherwell, who eventually died in a California prison. On November 19, 1985, Frederick County Circuit Court Judge William W. Wenner was named to the Maryland Court of Special Appeals by Governor Harry Hughes. 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 November 18, 1821, the Rev. David Bossler was installed as the pastor of the Trinity Reformed Church in Mechanicstown (Thurmont). He served until November 11, 1832. On November 18, 1832, the Rev. Samuel Reinke, of Graceham Moravian Church, preached his last service at Harriet Chapel at Catoctin Furnace. For several years Pastor Reinke preached the Sunday morning service at Graceham and an afternoon service at Harriet Chapel. On November 18, 1862, Dr. John Moran, the examining physician for the draft in Frederick County, was acquitted at a hearing in Washington on charges he took bribes to exempt certain young men from military service. On November 18, 1866, Perry McCleery, the co-publisher with his brother Valentine of The Moon, and composing room foreman for The Frederick News-Post for 40 years, was born in the same North Market Street house in which he died January 24, 1927. On November 18, 1898, Admiral Winfield Scott Schley, a Frederick native, arrived in Frederick to a hero's welcome following his July victory at The Battle of Santiago, Cuba. On November 18, 2001, Stoll D. Kemp, who opened the first antique shop in New Market in 1936, died at a Frederick nursing home. He coined the name of New Market as "The Antiques Capital of Maryland." 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-3 166-176 - CREAGER, WELLER, DAVIDSON - Oct 1854 John T. CREAGER & Others by their next friend, Frederick WELLER Levi CREAGER d/ intestate widow - _______ (WELLER), now dec'd s/ John T. CREAGER, a minor d/ Sarah CREAGER, a minor s/ Joseph CREAGER, a minor s/ Charles CREAGER, a minor d/ Josephine CREAGER, a minor d/ Martha CREAGER, a minor Land - "Breeches Pocket" and "Resurvey on Johns Delight", 13 acres, from Manasses CREEGER and Zeba CREAGER of Twin Twp, Darke Co, Ohio in 1850 (their undivided share of Jacob CREAGER's estate); adjoins lot of Jacob STULL and land of Leonard PICKING. The undivided shares of John WELLER and w/ Deborah and James CREAGER were conveyed to Levi in Oct 1850 (but not recorded until Oct 1854). In 1846 Jacob CREAGER (w/ Catharine) conveyed the same tracts to Levi CREAGER although it wasn't recorded until 1854. Guardian had been Frederick WELLER who was the brother of Levi CREAGER's deceased wife. Guardian appointed by the court was John NEED; Frederick WELLER was trustee for the sale with sureties as Elias WELLER and Uriah WELLER. Sale was made to Joseph D. DAVIDSON at $532. Distribution: court costs, $126.39 - each of Levi's children received 1/6 or $67.60. Closed 21 Apr 1855. =================== www.MidMdRoots.com

On November 17, 1895, James Bowen, 23, was lynched by an angry mob after he was arrested and charged with attempting to rape Miss Lilly Long at the home of Hamilton Geisbert, where she was employed. The lynching occurred on the Jefferson Road from a locust tree on the farm of Kennedy Butler, near where another lynching occurred in 1887. On November 17, 1896, Anne Grahame McPherson Ross, who donated the portrait of The Thomas Johnson Family to the Frederick library to be established by the will of Mrs. C. Burr Artz, died. On November 17, 1941, the first bells were placed in the tower and carillon in the Baker Park Memorial to Joseph Dill Baker, Frederick's First Citizen. On November 17, 2010, a building on the Columbia Campus of the Maryland School for the Deaf was named in honor of Dr. David Denton, who served as the superintendent of that institution from 1967 until his retirement in 1992. Dr. Denton was headquartered at the Frederick Campus of MSD, located on South Market Street. 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 November 16, 1846, The Independent Order of Odd Fellows dedicated a new hall next to the Evangelical Reformed Church on West Church Street in Frederick. On November 16, 1898, and the following day, the Medical and Chirurgical Faculty of Maryland held a session of its members in Frederick at Kemp Hall on East Church Street. On November 16, 1920, Mary Edith Coblentz Hightman, 27, who lived on a farm near Burkittsville, was raped and murdered by Charles B. Robinson, who worked on the farm. Robinson, who was 16 at the time of the murder, was hanged at the Frederick County Jail on West South Street in Frederick on February 25, 1921, for the crime. 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 November 15, 1763, Charles Mason and James Dixon, who surveyed the now famous Mason-Dixon boundary line between Maryland and Pennsylvania, arrived in Philadelphia. Their work took them more than three years. November 15, 1774, is the traditional date given for the founding of Jefferson. On November 15, 1783, John Hanson, of Frederick, the first "President of The United States in Congress Assembled" under the Articles of Confederation, died while visiting relatives in Oxon Hill. On November 15, 1859, Meschach Browning, who was born in Frederick County in 1781 and who became one of the most prolific hunters in American history, died at the home of his daughter, Nancy Nattingly, at Hoyes in Garrett County. His diaries tell the story of early America and were published several times, beginning in 1859 as "Forty-Four Years in the Life of A Hunter." On November 15, 1911, President William Howard Taft addressed a standing room only crowd at The City Opera House on North Market Street in Frederick where the state convention of The Boards of Trade was being held. On November 15, 1946, The Episcopal Orphans House on the southeast corner of East Church Street and Middle Alley (now Maxwell Avenue) was sold at auction to Dr. P. S. Lansdale and Dr. Robert S. Tyson for $20,000. They converted the century-old building into apartments. On November 15, 1990, Judge William W. Wenner, of The Maryland Court of Special Appeals and a Brunswick native, was critically injured in a single-car accident in Rosemont. 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-3 151-166 - HOLLENBERGER, BECKENBAUGH, SCHLOSSER, NEWCOMER, ISNAGLE - Oct 1854 W. S. HOLLENBERGER vs Elizabeth HOLLENBERGER & Others William HOLLENBERGER d/ (Will written 25 Sep 1848) w/ Elizabeth s/ Washington S. HOLLENBERGER d/ Catharine L. HOLLENBERGER s/ John HOLLENBERGER and w/ Priscilla s/ David HOLLENBERGER and w/ Elizabeth s/ James S. HOLLENBERGER and w/ Mahala s/ William H. HOLLENBERGER and w/ Elmira d/ Lydia A. HOLLENBERGER s/ Samuel S. HOLLENBERGER d/ Mary HOLLENBERGER, a minor s/ George HOLLENBERGER, a minor s/ Joshua HOLLENBERGER, a minor d/ Lorretta HOLLENBERGER, a minor (Names of children not provided in Will.) Exec/ George SCHLOSSER, esquire Witnesses: David MYERS, William H. OTT, John DEVILBISS Land - "Ripshin", 109 acres, to Elizabeth HOLLENBERGER by George BECKENBAUGH and w/ Martha V., George BECKENBAUGH, Elijah M. BARTHOLOW (of Baltimore county) and Tideman HULL, exec/of Valentine SHRYOCK, dec'd, in 1850; was previously sold at private sale to William HOLLENBERGER, but he died before the conveyance was made. (Previously land from John HILL and wife to Adam SNOOK of A. in Mar 1843 and then to George BECKENBAUGH and Valentine SHRYOCK in May 1843. The farm was located along the Monocacy, adjoining lands of John DEVILBISS, George SCHLOSSER and was about two miles east of road leading from Frederick to Creagerstown (9 miles from Frederick and 4 miles from Creagerstown), 10 acres in timber, has 1 1/2 story log house, bank barn, new corn crib, large stone blacksmith shop, fine young orchard and never-failing spring near the house. Trustee for the sale was John HOLLENBERGER with sureties as John NEWCOMER and Michael NEWCOMER of Washington County. Sale was held 11 Apr 1855 at STIMMELL's Hotel in Woodsboro, high bidder was Michael ISNAGLE at $1,400. Distribution: court costs $197.49; - claims against estate, $443.76 - John HOLLENBERGER, in trust to be invested for the widow during her natural life, $753.75 Closed 29 May 1855. =================== www.MidMdRoots.com

On November 14, 1832, Charles Carroll of Carrollton, last surviving signer of The Declaration of Independence, and the owner of vast tracts of land in Frederick County, died in Baltimore. On November 14, 1850, Edward Yerbury Goldsborough, who practiced medicine in Frederick, died at Richfields, just north of Frederick. He was born December 5, 1797, the son of William Goldsborough. On November 14, 1926, the Rev. A. S. Kipe laid the cornerstone for the Brunswick Church of God. 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 November 13, 1870, the Mount Pleasant Reformed Church was consecrated in services conducted by the pastor, the Rev. A. R. Kramer, and the Rev. Dr. Daniel Zacharias, of the Evangelical Reformed Church in Frederick. On November 13, 1911, William P. Maulsby, who entered the Union Army as a private and rose to the rank of colonel during the Civil War, and who fought at Gettysburg, Harper's Ferry and Monocacy, died. He was a Frederick lawyer and was considered especially effective in jury trials. He was born February 21, 1843. On November 13, 1972, Frederick County Sheriff Richard O. Baumgardner pleaded innocent to charges of embezzling county funds, misconduct and allowing a convicted felon to leave the jail unsupervised. He was later convicted. On November 13, 1978, a contract was signed by the Frederick County Board of Commissioners, the Maryland Board of Public Works, and CAM Construction to build the fourth Frederick County Courthouse at the southwest corner of West Patrick and South Court Streets 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-3 133-143 - TROXELL, HINCH, SHOWERS, HINKLE, CARLINGER/HASLINGER, MARKS, WENTZ, SMITH, MOTTER - Jan 1854 Sophia TROXELL vs Joshua MOTTER & Others - Sale of Real Estate In 1831 Jacob TROXELL conveyed to Joshua MOTTER a Deed in Trust for the use of John TROXELL, his widow and children, if any. If there were no children of John upon his death, then the property should be sold and 1/3 for the benefit of the widow and the remaining 2/3 should be divided in equal portions to: - Jacob TROXELL (w/ Catharine) - Magdalena HINCH - Elizabeth SHOWERS - Barbara HINKLE - Mary CARLINGER/HASLINGER - Margaret MARKS - Catharine WENTZ Land - "Harris' Delight", 115 acres, 1 mile south of Emmitsburg; Land adjoins Peter TROXELL on the north, Ignatius BRENONER(?) on the west, Felix B. TANEY on the south, and heirs of Peter TROXELL on the east and northeast; and is presently occupied by tenant George HECKMAN. John TROXELL* d/ Nov 1853 widow - Sophia s/ Zephaniah L. TROXELL, a minor (age 12 in Jun 1854) d/ Ann Eliza TROXELL, a minor (age 11 in Jun 1854) s/ John Francis TROXELL, a minor (age 9 in Jun 1854) s/ Oscar Isaiah TROXELL, a minor (age 7 in Jun 1854) Sophia, the widow, petitioned for the sale of the real estate. Guardian was Eli SMITH; testifying was Joshua MOTTER; trustee was Grayson EICHELBERGER. Public sale was held at the hotel of H. A. Hager in Emmitsburg on 31 Mar 1855, high bidder was John TROXELL at $1,811.25. Distribution: court costs $243.97; - to trustee for the widow Sophia, 1/3 or $522.42 - children of John TROXELL each rec'd $261.21 Closed 19 May 1855. Note - Other equity court records to see: JS-13, 27; GME-7, 292; GME-9, 97; GME-10, 131; GME-11, 110; and Inventory GME-5, 176. =================== www.MidMdRoots.com

On November 12, 1814, the second All Saints Episcopal Church was consecrated on North Court Street in Frederick. On November 12, 1885, John Henry Crum, who practiced medicine at Burkittsville and Jefferson, died. He was born in Jefferson on August 7, 1854. On November 12, 1905, Frances Elizabeth Browne, an elementary school teacher for 40 years who was instrumental in the founding of the Esther E. Grinage Kindergarten Association, was born in Washington. She died February 20, 1997, at the Carroll Manor Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Washington. She was buried at Lincoln Cemetery in Suitland, MD. (The Esther Grinage Kindergarten was the first such school for Negro children in modern times in Frederick.) On November 12, 1912, the cornerstone was laid for the Georgianna Houck Simmons Nurses Home at Frederick City Hospital. On November 12, 1913, in a letter to The Sun of Baltimore, a Civil War veteran confirmed the Barbara Fritchie story. On November 12, 1950, a memorial was placed in the triangle where Woodsboro Pike (old MD 194) and Maryland 550 meet in the town of Woodsboro to honor residents who served in both World War I and World War II. On November 12, 1973, Rose Hill Manor, the last home of Maryland's first governor, Thomas Johnson, was awarded the first plaque by the Frederick County Landmarks Foundation. 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 November 11, 1777, Thomas Johnson of Frederick was inaugurated for his second one-year term as governor of Maryland. On November 11, 1850, Professor George Edward Smith, three-time mayor of Frederick, an Orphans' Court judge, and a Register of Wills, was born on a Washington County farm. He died in his Frederick County Courthouse office on January 24, 1927. On November 11, 1860, John Thomas Willard, who practiced medicine in Wolfsville, MD, died there. He was born in April of 1832 at Broad Run, in Frederick County. On November 11, 1881, Felix Munshour was hanged in the Frederick County Jail courtyard on West South Street in Frederick for the murder of his cousin, James L. Wetzel. On November 11, 1924, The Statue of Victory was unveiled in Memorial Grounds Park, the former cemetery of the German Reformed Church, at West Second and North Bentz Streets in Frederick. It was the first monument erected locally to honor Armed Forces veterans from the county who served in World War I. On November 11, 1929, the Thurmont Memorial Park Association deeded its park to the town in special ceremonies. It has been a part of Thurmont's park system ever since. On November 11, 1994, Shirley D. Peterson, a former commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service, was selected to succeed Dr. Martha Church as president of Hood College. On November 11, 2007, Erni Nasher, the man who brought pizza to Frederick in 1955, celebrated his 100th birthday. He was born in Austria. He died January 28, 2009, at Citizens Nursing and Rehabilitation Center 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-3 143-151 - WATSON, FOX, KIZER, HAMILTON, BANKS - Jun 1854 Fredericktown Savings Institution vs Mary WATSON, adm/of William WATSON, dec'd William WATSON d/ Aug 1851 intestate w/ Mary sis/ Martha WATSON sis/ Elizabeth FOX sis/ Jane Ann w/o John KIZER bro/ Isaac WATSON bro/ Conrad WATSON, dec'd (location unknown) .....John WATSON - Out of State .....William WATSON - Out of State .....Susan WATSON - Out of State bro/ Daniel WATSON (location unknown) bro/ Ephraim WATSON (location unknown) sis/ Mary HAMILTON, dec'd .....Catharine HAMILTON - Out of State .....Susan HAMILTON, a minor - Out of State sis/ Harriet BANKS, dec'd .....Elizabeth BANKS - Out of State .....Thomas BANKS, a minor - Out of State .....Isaac BANKS, a minor - Out of State ....._____ BANKS, a minor - Out of State Land - "Sharps Conclusion", 1 acre lot and house, from Elizabeth SHOUP in 1847; next to land of Peter BUZZARD and on road from Frederick Town to High Nob. Trustee was Ezra DOUB; sale was held at Davis Hotel in Frederick on 3 Feb 1855, high bidder was Mary WATSON at $311. Distribution: court costs $109.14; - creditors, $173.53 - William WATSON's siblings each received 1/9 or $3.14 Closed 22 May 1855. =================== www.MidMdRoots.com

On November 10, 1805, Tilghman Biser was born near Burkittsville. He was the first physician who "persistently advocated the administration of cold water in cases of fever." He died May 12, 1894. On November 10, 1849, John Casper Fritchie died at age 69. He was survived by Barbara, his wife of 43 years. On November 10, 1922, William A. Stultz became the last person executed at the Frederick County Jail. He was hanged for the murder of Frederick City Policeman John Adams. 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 November 9, 1778, Thomas Johnson began his third one-year term as Maryland Governor. On November 9, 1819, Thomas Sim Lee, second governor of Maryland, died at Needwood near Petersville. He was born October 29, 1745. On November 9, 1925, the bylaws of The Sgt. Lawrence Everhart Chapter of The Sons of The American Revolution, located in Frederick, were adopted. On November 9, 1931, Walker N. Jolliffe, the pioneer real estate entrepreneur who developed Rockwell Terrace in Frederick, died at the Maryland State Tuberculosis Sanatorium at Sabillasville. He was an active Rotarian and member of Calvary Methodist Church. On November 9, 1931, David M. Denton, who would become the superintendent of The Maryland School for The Deaf in 1967, was born in Robbinsville, NC. In November 2004, he published his first book - Listening to Deafness: An Old Song Sung Differently, the story of his life, his loves and his journey to fulfill his calling to aid the deaf. On November 9, 1945, Margaret Minerva Robinson, the first principal and first teacher at Girls High School in Frederick in 1889, died at the Home for The Aged on Record Street, now the Record Street Home. She was born March 24, 1857. 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 November 8, 1865, Decatur Dorsey, who was born at New London and who entered the Union Army in Howard County, was awarded a Congressional Medal of Honor for his actions at Petersburg, VA, on July 30, 1864. On November 8, 1882, an autopsy was performed on the body of John Israel Groff, who was shot and killed by Frederick City Policeman Charles A. Porter. On November 8, 1887, James McSherry, who had been appointed by Gov. Henry Lloyd to fill the vacancy created by the death of Judge John Ritchie, was elected to the Frederick County Court. He became chief judge of the Maryland Court of Appeals on January 25, 1896. On November 8, 1903, Grace Reformed Church on East Second Street in Frederick was dedicated. On November 8, 1907, the City Opera House re-opened after extensive renovation. "Buster Brown" was the opening performance. The Opera House was located in the building which also housed Frederick City Hall and is today the location of Brewer's Alley on North Market Street. On November 8, 1980, a fire, caused by an electrical short circuit in the first floor of the Brunswick YMCA, destroyed the historic three story building. A new site on Souder Road, next to the Brunswick Cooperative, was purchased and a new "Y" was built. 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-3 133-143 - TROXELL, HINCH, SHOWERS, HINKLE, CARLINGER/HASLINGER, MARKS, WENTZ, SMITH, MOTTER - Jan 1854 Sophia TROXELL vs Joshua MOTTER & Others - Sale of Real Estate Jacob TROXELL and w/ Catharine s/ John TROXELL d/ Margaret HINCH d/ Elizabeth SHOWERS d/ Barbara HINKLE d/ Mary CARLINGER/HASLINGER d/ Margaret MARKS d/ Catharine WENTZ Land - "Harris' Delight", 115 acres, 1 mile south of Emmitsburg; conveyed by Jacob TROXELL to Joshua MOTTER in 1831 in trust for the use of John TROXELL. Land adjoins Peter TROXELL on the north, Ignatius BRENONER(?) on the west, Felix B. TANEY on the south, and heirs of Peter TROXELL on the east and northeast; and is presently occupied by tenant George HECKMAN. John TROXELL d/ Nov 1853 widow - Sophia s/ Zephaniah L. TROXELL, a minor (age 12 in Jun 1854) d/ Ann Eliza TROXELL, a minor (age 11 in Jun 1854) s/ John Francis TROXELL, a minor (age 9 in Jun 1854) s/ Oscar Isaiah TROXELL, a minor (age 7 in Jun 1854) Guardian was Eli SMITH; testifying was Joshua MOTTER; trustee was Grayson EICHELBERGER. Public sale was held at the hotel of H. A. Hager in Emmitsburg on 31 Mar 1855, high bidder was John TROXELL at $1,811.25. Distribution: court costs $243.97; - to trustee for the widow Sophia, 1/3 or $522.42 - children of John TROXELL each rec'd $261.21 Closed 19 May 1855. =================== www.MidMdRoots.com

On November 7, 1780, Clement Hollyday sold the land on which Brunswick sits today, to Leonard Smith, who later laid out the town. On November 7, 1791, former Maryland Gov. Thomas Johnson surrendered his position as Chief Judge of the General Court of Maryland so that he might assume his duties as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of The United States. On November 7, 1815, Daniel Fundenburg recorded a deed for a plat of Lewistown. On November 7, 1820, John Fessler, famous clockmaker of Frederick, died. On November 7, 1821, the Frederick County Agricultural Society was organized with William E. Williams as president. On November 7, 1924, forest fires raged around Frederick County. On November 7, 1935, Manual Silva Varela was murdered at his Doubs home. Alfred Brown, the son of Varela's common law wife, was later convicted for the crime and sentenced to life in prison. On November 7, 2004, a dedication service was held at Calvary United Methodist Church, West Second & North Bentz Streets in Frederick, for the first bells to be placed in the 74-year-old tower of the church. The Revs. Kenneth Dunnington, Kathryn Woodrow and Robert Manthey officiated. The cost of the project was approximately $155,000. On November 7, 2009,Staff Sgt. Charles Isaac Cartwright of Oceanside CA, son of H. Michael and Carol Ann Cartwright of Union Bridge, MD, was killed in action in Farah Province, Afghanistan, during his second tour there. He had previously served three tours in Iraq. He was born March 23, 1983 in Westminster 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 November 6, 1882, Dr. Bernard O. Thomas, Sr., who practiced medicine in Frederick from 1906 to 1965, and who was medical examiner for Frederick County for 10 years, was born near Adamstown. He died at his Watkins Acres home on April 15, 1969. On November 6, 1912, Edward Schley Delaplaine, later a judge of the Maryland Court of Appeals and an active local historian, set a school record in a traditional 5-mile race at Washington & Lee University in Lexington, VA. He was awarded a gold medal and a place on the school's track team. He won the race in 30 minutes and 40 seconds, eclipsing the old record by more than a minute. On November 6, 1946, D. John Markey, of Walkersville, lost to two-term Maryland Governor Herbert R. O'Conor in the race for a U. S. Senate seat. 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]

Hi, Does anyone have suggestions for a reputable researcher at the Maryland State Archives in Annapolis who can seek out and copy a few records for me? I could eenie-meenie-minie-moe one from the provided list on the archives website, but would rather have a recommendation of someone who is known to be accurate, efficient and reputable. Thanks! Susan (in NC) Researching: WAGGONER/ELBIN/CHANEY