On September 27, 1918, news stories began appearing on a regular basis concerning the outbreak of the "Spanish flu" in Frederick County. Before it was over in mid-November, nearly 200 had died in the county from the disease. On September 27, 1926, the Brunswick Church of God was organized with 53 members. On September 27, 1942, former Chief Judge of the Sixth Judicial Circuit Court Hammond Urner died in Baltimore at age 74. 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 September 26, 1789, Richard Potts, of Frederick, was appointed by President George Washington as the U.S. district attorney for Maryland. He later succeeded Charles Carroll of Carrollton in the U. S. Senate. On September 26, 1902, an agreement was signed between James Cardinal Gibbons, Archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Baltimore, and Father John O'Rourke, president of the Novitiate Academy on East Second Street in Frederick, "to transfer the administration of the church and parish of St. John's Frederick" from the Society of Jesus to the Archdiocese. On September 26, 1917, prominent local attorney Leo Weinberg, at the close of services for Yom Kippur, called for contributions for the construction of a synagogue in Frederick. David Lowenstein was the first to contribute with a pledge of $3,000. On September 26, 1931, the dedication of the bust of Roger Brooke Taney in Courthouse Square was broadcast nationally over radio. Charles Evans Hughes, Chief Justice of The United States, was the main speaker. On September 26, 2009, Marine Lance Cpl. Jordan Lee Chrobot of Frederick, MD, was killed in action near Camp Dwyer, Afghanistan. He was born January 2, 1985, and graduated from New Life Christian School in Frederick in 2003. 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 County, Maryland - Equity Court Abstracts - ES-3 49-56 - TOOP, ENGLE, CARMACK, BUCKINGHAM, GREENWOOD - Jun 1855 Daniel ENGLE and Peter ENGLE vs Norris TOOP & Others Elijah TOOP d/ 1853 intestate widow - Elizabeth Ann s/ Norris TOOP, a minor s/ Dennis TOOP, a minor - Carroll County s/ Lemuel N. TOOP, a minor - Carroll County s/ Singleton TOOP, a minor - Carroll County s/ Samuel TOOP, a minor d/ Mary TOOP, a minor d/ Amanda TOOP, a minor Land - House Lot in Liberty Guardian appointed was Samuel CARMACK; testimony was heard from Richard P. BUCKINGHAM. The widow requested her dower land be laid off. Trustee was Peter ENGEL with sureties as Jacob LANDIS and Abdon CARLILE. Sale was held on 28 Dec 1854; high bidder was Isaiah GREENWOOD at $162 Distribution of $162 - court costs, $79.07 - widow, in lieu of dower, $20 - Daniel & Peter ENGLE, judgment lien, $62.56 - G. W. POLE, part of claim, $.37 Closed 28 Jun 1855. =================== www.MidMdRoots.com

On September 25, 1800, at a meeting on the Peter Kemp farm just west of Frederick, the United Brethren in Christ Church was founded by the Rev. Philip William Otterbein, who had been the third pastor of the German Reformed Church and oversaw the construction of the original Trinity Chapel on West Church Street in Frederick. On September 25, 1935, Andrew Lee Stevens, Jr., son of the late Andrew L. Stevens, Sr., and Mrs. Stevens, drowned in the Chesapeake & Ohio Canal near his Knoxville home. He was 3 years old. 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 September 24, 1808, Mount Saint Mary's College (now university) and Seminary was founded in Emmitsburg by Father John Dubois. On September 24, 1815, the second Lutheran Church structure in Middletown was dedicated. It was built on the same site as the first church which was on a lot sold to the church in 1771 by Conrad Crone. The third church replaced this one on the same site in 1860. On September 24, 1820, the Sunday School of The Evangelical Lutheran Church on East Church Street in Frederick, met for the first time in the old church building. The school was called The Mathenian Society of Frederick until 1847. On September 24, 1821, a bell was procured for the Frederick County Courthouse steeple. On September 24, 1855, John D. Hendrickson, later a prominent Frederick businessman and president of The Frederick City Packing Company, was born in Baker's Valley near Buckeystown. He died May 21, 1921, at his home on West Second Street in Frederick. On September 24, 1861, The Frederick Town Herald announced in what it called a "slip" that it was ceasing publication. The Herald began publication on June 19, 1802, and, at the beginning of The Civil War, lost favor with the public due to its support of the Southern cause. On September 24, 1870, Dr. O. B. Stone, who practiced medicine in Libertytown, was born. On September 24, 1887, Dr. Eldred W. Moberly, who was born January 3, 1803, and who practiced medicine for 60 years, died in New Market, MD. On September 24, 1930, William M. Wenner, who would become a District Court, Circuit Court and Court of Special Appeals judge, was born in Brunswick. On September 24, 1935, Frederick City voters approved a $500,000 sewer bond issue in a special election. On September 24, 1977, Dr. Robert J. Wickenheiser became the 21st president of Mount Saint Mary's College in Emmitsburg. He was 34. On September 24, 2006, Our Lady of Mount Carmel Roman Catholic Church in Thurmont celebrated its 150th anniversary. 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 September 23, 1813, Dr. John Hanson Thomas, longtime president of Farmers & Mechanics National Bank, who on several occasions used his own wealth to tide the bank over difficult times, was born. On September 23, 1833, President Andrew Jackson, in a recess selection, appointed Roger Brooke Taney as Secretary of The Treasury. When the U. S. Senate reconvened, it rejected the nomination, the first such cabinet appointment in U. S. history to be rejected. On September 23, 1991, W. Milnor Roberts, a local lawyer and former Frederick City attorney, was appointed a judge of the Frederick County District Court. 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 County, Maryland - Equity Court Abstracts - ES-3 15-49 - SHRINER, SCHALL, TITLOW, KEMP, KLINE, REICH, SCHLEY, KRANTZ, ANDERS - Sep 1854 Edward A. SHRINER vs Mary Phoebe SHRINER & Others Cornelius SHRINER d/ Sep 1854 intestate widow - Mary Phoebe s/ Edward A. SHRINER d/ Mary Catharine SHRINER, a minor s/ George W. B. SHRINER, a minor s/ Cornelius H. SHRINER, a minor (d/ abt Jan 1855) Land - Ceresville Mills and 40 1/2 acres, from Richard POTTS, as trustee for estate of William E. WILLIAMS in 1832 (originally surveyed for Charles W. JOHNSON); also included a blacksmith shop. This was the home place of Cornelius and ws three miles from Frederick on road leading to Woodsborough; mill house was stone, 45 x 60 feet with wheel house attached, five stories high and storage for 15,000 bushes of grain. It had four pair of burrs, three for grinding plaster, etc. The mills were propelled by water of Israel's Creek and also had a saw mill. The house was rebuilt, three stories high with large and airy rooms, 50 feet in length with a wing 16 x 18 feet, a frame barn with stabling, corn house, carriage house, ice house and has a school house on the premises, three tenant houses, cooper shop, blacksmith shop and waggon makers shop. - Carroll Creek Mills on "Taskers Chance" and "Pipe Meadow", 6 acres, from Edward SCHLEY and w/ Eve Margaret in 1843; tract laid on bank of Monocacy river near the mouth of Carroll Creek and by road leading from Frederick Town to Campbell's Ford and by farm of Richard POTTS, esquire, embracing grist and saw mills. Situated 1 1/4 miles east of Frederick Mill House, 35 x 50 feet, four stories high with two pair of burs for wheat, etc.; one pair of choppers for grinding plaster and custom work. It has dwelling house, two stories high with stabling, carriage and other out houses. - parts of Lots #22, 23, 24 & 27 in Frederick town, from Samuel CANBY of Baltimore County, Samuel DUER and wife Matilda to Cornelius SHRINER and Louis V. SCHALL in 1841 (previously from Ashton ALEXANDER and Elizabeth M. MARSHALL by George ALEXANDER and wife Alice R.); laid north of Patrick Street on on northern edge of Carrolls Creek. ----Also included - "Linganore Mills" and 112 acres, (previously from David KENAGA to Horatio McPHERSON, then to Mary S. McPHERSON, John McPHERSON and John R. DALL, then to Canby and Duer in 1839); built of brick, 60 x 80 feet, five stories high with three water wheels and four pair of superior five foot burs. A distillery is connected to the mill and was built four years ago, 30 x 80 feet, stone and frame, two stories high with boiler and coal sheds attached, can mash 150 bushels of grain per day. There is a saw mill, school house, four dwellings and tenant houses, large switzer barn, stabling for 15 horses and 16 cattle, etc. ----Also included "Charles & Elizabeth", 9 acres, on road leading to Canby & Duer's Mill; (previously from Thomas H. HOWARD and wife Eleanor in 1840). ---- Also Lot #3 of "Benvenue", 59 acres, to Canby & Duer from Jonathan EADER in 1836, (previously patented to Levi HUGES in 1816, then conveyed to James ROBERTSON); laid on west side of Monocacy and the lot of Baltimore & Frederick Turnpike Company (toll house lot). - "Hammonds Request", 6 acres, from Daniel DORSEY and wife Harriet to Cornelius SHRINER and Louis V. SCHELL in 1846 (previously from Charles HAMMOND to James ROBERTSON; lays on north side of Linganore Creek. - "Charles and Elizabeth", 151 acres, (Home place of Thomas H. HOWARD), from Joshua DILL, esquire as exec/of Thomas H. HOWARD; sold to Cornelius SHRINER for $4,538.25. Adjoins Linganore Mills property, has one-story weather board house on high ground with fine view of Frederick city, stabling, wagon sheds, spring house and spring of soft water near the house. Louis V. SCHALL and wife Jemima sold his interests to Cornelius SHRINER in 1852 for $11,000. Guardian for the minor children was Abraham KEMP who also testified. The widow's dower land was laid off to include parts of "Charles and Elizabeth" and "Benvanue" for 60 acres which lay between the Monocacy River (ending at bridge) and road to Linganore Mill; also a 32 acre lot on the west side of Monocacy which lies between Monocacy and the lot of the Baltimore & Frederick Turnpike Company. She also received a section of the other tracts, 2 acres and 20 acres. Trustee was Edward A. SHRINER with sureties John DERR, Abraham KEMP, Louis V. SCHOLL and Daniel SCHOLL. Sale was held at the City Hotel in Frederick on 7 Feb 1855: - Linganore Mills, 185 acres, to Louis V. SCHOLL and Aaron ANDERS at $21,600 - The Howard Farm, 96 acres, to Caspar CLINE at $3,816 - House & Lot, 2 acres on west side of Monocacy, to Philip REICH at $116 - Carroll Creek Mills with right-of-way over lands of Edward SCHLEY, 6+ acres, to Frederick KRANTZ at $5,575 - Ceresville Mills, 40 acres, withheld from sale. Edward A. SHRINER decided he now wanted to bid on the Ceresville Mills property, his family home, so asked to be excused as trustee so he would be able to bid on the property; Abraham KEMP was then appointed trustee. At the next public sale, Edward became the high bidder at $14,600. On 14 Mar 1855, Daniel TITLOW testified the widow, Mary Phoebe SHRINER was about 36 years old and her health was tolerably good. 1st Distribution of $31,111.47 - court costs, $1,422.87 - widow, 1/7 or $4,241.23 - Edward A. SHRINER, 1/3 or $8,482.45 - Mary C. SHRINER, 1/3 or $8,482.45 - George W. B. SHRINER, 1/3 or $8,482.45 2nd Distribution of $14,600 - court costs, $512.42 - widow, 1/7 or $2,012.51 - Edward A. SHRINER, 1/3 or $4,025.02 - Mary C. SHRINER, 1/3 or $4,025.02 - George W. B. SHRINER, 1/3 or $4,025.02 Closed 24 Apr 1855. =================== www.MidMdRoots.com

On September 22, 1774, the first Continental Congress was called with Thomas Johnson of Frederick representing Maryland. On September 22, 1824, Robert Ritchie, editor and publisher of The Political Intelligencer or The Republican Gazette, died. At the time it was the oldest newspaper in Frederick, having been founded by Mathias Bartgis. On September 22, 1860, the engine of the Mechanical Fire Company of Baltimore, purchased by Capt. J. T. Sinn and Charles Mantz for the United Fire Company, was tested by the local company. On September 22, 1861, Pvt. John Lanahan, of Company I, 46th Pennsylvania Volunteers, shot and killed Maj. Arnold C. Lewis at an encampment near Darnestown. He was hanged for the crime at Fairview, just west of Frederick, on December 23, 1861. 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 September 21, 1832, a cholera epidemic raged in Frederick County. On September 21, 1846, Francis Scott Key, son of Phillip Barton Key and Maria Laura Sewell Key (his second wife), was born. He died in 1858 by the accidental discharge of his own gun. He was a cousin of the author of The Star Spangled Banner, with whom he shared names. On September 21, 1865, Thomas Gorsuch was elected the first cashier of the First National Bank of Frederick. He resigned January 1, 1866, to accept a position in the United States Internal Revenue Service. On September 21, 1888, Samuel Thomas, a 15-year-old colored youth who worked at the McMurray Packing Company on West South Street in Frederick, was severely injured when several other young workers decided to play a trick on him by pretending to hang him. The injuries were so severe that he died the next day. On September 21, 1961, ground was broken for the Provincial House, home of The Southeast Province of The Daughters of Charity in Emmitsburg. 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 County, Maryland - Equity Court Abstracts - ES-3 8-15 - SCHWARTZ, HICKSON, WYGALL/WEIGLE, SCHROEDER, ALBAUGH, TRISLER, LOWRA - Feb 1855 William C. HICKSON & Others vs Mary WYGELL & Others Valentine SCHWARTZ Jr of Frederick Town (Will 4 Feb 1806; 14 Mar 1806) father/ Valentine SCHWARTZ, dec'd mother/ Susannah SCHWARTZ sis/ Mary (SCHWARTZ), dec'd w/o Thomas HICKSON .....Henry HICKSON, dec'd -------William C. HICKSON .....Susannah w/o William H. ALBAUGH .....Thomas V. HICKSON sis/ Margaret (SCHWARTZ) WYGALL .....Mary WYGALL/WEIGLE (single and over 60 in 1855) sis/ Susannah (SCHWARTZ), dec'd w/o Henry SCHROEDER .....Henry SCHROEDER Jr .....William SCHOEDER, dec'd -------Charles SHROEDER -------Henrietta SHROEDER .....Edward SCHROEDER*, dec'd - Baltimore city - Elizabeth TRISLER, d/o Valentine TRISLER Land - 1/2 of Lot #57 in Frederick Town, extends from Patrick Street to Church Street, next to Nicholas HIGHLER - 1/2 of Lot #57 in Frederick Town, extends from Patrick Street to Church Street, next to Michael OLLER Witnesses: Jacob BALTZELL, Philip PYFER and John MANTZ ==== Edward SHROEDER* d/ Baltimore, MD (Will 15 Oct 1839; 11 Feb 1847) (Edward and his siblngs listed here were children of Henry SCHROEDER and another wife, but not of Susannah; but since Valentine SCHWARTZ' will stated Henry,William and Edward were her children, perhaps Edward's Will meant Eliza and Charles were of another mother.) bro/ William SHROEDER sis/ Eliza M. SHROEDER bro/ Charles SHROEDER, dec'd - Betsy LOWRA Edward noted he was leaving for the south (where sickness prevailed) when he wrote his will. Witnesses: John WEVER, James S. WEVER and Charles DAVIDSON. Thomas V. HICKSON sold his interest to William H. ALBAUGH, who was appointed trustee. On 15 Feb 1855, he sold the real estate at private sale to the Frederick Female Seminary at $1,050. Distribution - court costs, $121.48; Remaining in trustees hands, $928.92; interest to be paid to Mary WIGALL during her lifetime, then divided upon her death. Closed 21 Apr 1855. =================== www.MidMdRoots.com

On September 20, 1737, Charles Carroll of Carrollton was born in Annapolis. He was the only Roman Catholic to sign The Declaration of Independence. At various times he owned vast tracts of land in Frederick County and was considered the wealthiest of all the signers of the most significant document in our nation's history. On September 20, 1806, the first vestry of St. Mark's Episcopal Parish at Petersville was elected. On September 20, 1814, The Baltimore Patriot became the first newspaper to publish Francis Scott Key's poem "The Defence of Ft. McHenry." On September 20, 1838, Thomas Jackson, of Cape Palmas, addressed a crowd at the Evangelical Lutheran Church on East Church Street in Frederick on the colonization program. He left Frederick for Africa in 1831. (The independent African state of Maryland was founded at Cape Palmas in 1833 and was annexed by Liberia in 1857.) On September 20, 1876, the Junior Fire Company put the first steam engine in service in Frederick. It was built by the Silsbury Manufacturing Company of Seneca Falls, N. Y. On September 20, 1909, the Rev. Osborne Ingle, rector of All Saints Episcopal Church on West Church Street in Frederick for 43 years, died at the church rectory on Record Street. On September 20, 1952, George T. Bruchey, Jr., 13, of 474 West South Street, Frederick, was killed when he rode his bicycle into the side of a tractor-trailer on West Patrick Street hill, just east of Jefferson 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 September 19, 1754, John Ross Key, the father of Francis Scott Key, the author of The Star Spangled Banner, was born. He married Ann Phoebe Penn Dagworthy Charlton on October 19, 1775. On September 19, 1844, construction of a water system for the City of Frederick was begun. It was completed November 22, 1845, at a cost of $90,000. On September 19, 1862, the Battles of South Mountain on September 14 and Antietam on September 17, brought thousands of wounded to Frederick and surrounding communities. On September 19, 1899, Dr. William H. Baltzell, who at one time was president of the Frederick County Medical Society and who served many years as the physician to the Maryland Deaf and Dumb Institute, died. He was born in Frederick in 1832. On September 19, 1901, a memorial service was held at the City Opera House on North Market Street in Frederick for President William McKinley, who was killed by an assassin. The Rev. Osborne Ingle, rector of All Saints Episcopal Church, presided. 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 September 18, 1892, the Sunday School of the Walkersville Lutheran Congregation was organized. On September 18, 1918, 16 men were arrested for violation of The Maryland Compulsory Work Law in a well organized raid conducted by state and local officials. On September 18, 1919, the vote of the parents of Boys High School students to support a move to full-time military uniforms at the school was announced. (Thus, the nickname of Frederick High School students today remains The Cadets.) 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 September 17, 1743, Joseph Wood, after whom Woodsboro is named, was born. On September 17, 1792, Thomas John Clagett was consecrated as the first Episcopal Bishop of Maryland. He was the first bishop ordained on American soil and it is for him that the Episcopal Diocese of Maryland named its Christian education center south of Buckeystown, the former site of The Buckingham School. On September 17, 1861, the Maryland General Assembly reconvened in Frederick at Kemp Hall to take a vote on secession. No vote was ever taken because several legislators with Southern sympathies were arrested. On September 17, 1862, the bloodiest, single-day battle of The Civil War occurred at Antietam in Washington County, sending thousands of wounded men to hospitals in Frederick and Frederick County. On September 17, 1862, Mrs. Lucy Ware Hayes, wife of Col. Rutherford B. Hayes, of the 23rd Ohio Regiment, who would later become president of The United States, arrived in Middletown to comfort and care for her husband, who had been wounded at The Battle of South Mountain. On September 17, 1918, The G.L. Bakery on South Carroll Street in Frederick was converted into a U.S. government bakery to make hard bread, sometimes called hardtack, for soldiers fighting World War I. James H. Gambrill, Jr., was the bakery owner. On September 17, 1926, The Lawrence Everhart Chapter of The Sons of The American Revolution unveiled a memorial to General Lafayette's visit to Frederick in 1824. On September 17, 1937, President Franklin D. Roosevelt, and a party of about 30 White House aides, Secret Service men, and reporters, ate an impromptu picnic lunch at Braddock Heights overlooking the Middletown Valley. On September 17, 1942, Leo Weinberg, who donated the building used as a synagogue in Frederick since 1923, died in Philadelphia. On September 17, 1978, The Camp David Accords, an agreement between Egypt and Israel, was signed at Camp David near Thurmont. It was the highlight of President Jimmie Carter's presidency. 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 September 16, 1782, President John Hanson, first president of The United States under The Articles of Confederation and a resident of Frederick, first used the Great Seal of The United States. It is still in use today. On September 16, 1901, a tornado swept through Frederick County tearing off roofs, demolishing buildings and uprooting numerous trees. At Montevue Hospital a portion of the roof was ripped away and more than 100 window panes were blown out. Braddock Heights and Libertytown were in the direct path of the storm and suffered great damage in both communities. On September 16, 1957, the first students were enrolled at Frederick Community College. On September 16, 1989, the monument to Union General Jesse Reno on Monument Road on South Mountain was rededicated. 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 County, Maryland - Equity Court Abstracts - ES-3 1-8 - DIXON, CULLER, THOMAS, HARDT, MAHONEY, SCHLEY, MARRIOTT - May 1855 Philip CULLER & Others vs William H. DIXON & Others James DIXON d/ May 1835 widow - Sophia (d/ 1854) s/ William Henry DIXON s/ James DIXON (Jr) (only mentioned in testimony) s/ Richard T. DIXON d/ Ann R. DIXON w/o Philip CULLER d/ Sophia E. DIXON w/o Lewis THOMAS s/ Robert DIXON d/o c1844, single, no issue s/ Benjamin F. DIXON s/ Joseph A. DIXON, a minor Land - 28 acres, lies near FLEAGER's Mill In 1847, William sold his share to his mother as did Richard in 1848. In 1851, William H. DIXON applied for insolvency and Henry CULLER Jr was appointed his trustee. In 1854, Richard T. DIXON applied for insolvency and Alpheus W. MARRIOTT was appointed his trustee. Guardian was William MAHONEY. Testimony was heard from Edward SCHLEY. Trustee was Philip CULLER with sureties as George SMITH and Daniel J. SHELLMAN; a failed sale was held on 1 Dec 1854, but a later sale was made to George HARDT for $1,200. Distribution of $1,200; (at the time of the widow's death, she owned 1/3 of the property) - court costs $142.39; - Ann K. CULLER, 2/9 or $235.02 - Sophia E. THOMAS, 2/9 or $235.02 - Benjamin F. DIXON, 2/9 or $235.02 - Joseph A. DIXON, 2/9 or $235.02 - Henry CULLER, trustee of Wm. H. DIXON, 1/18 or $58.75 - A. W. MARRIOTT, trustee of Richard T. DIXON, 1/18 or $58.75 Closed 16 May 1854. =================== www.MidMdRoots.com

On September 15, 1732, Thomas Price, who would become one of the 12 judges of the Frederick County Court who rejected the British Stamp Act on November 23, 1765, was born in Christ Church, Philadelphia, PA. He was the son of John and Rebecca King Price. On September 15, 1849, George Johnson, an engineer with the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, was taken ill and removed from the train at Frederick Junction. Due to a panic over cholera, Johnson was left to the sole care of the telegraph operator, J. W. Carver. Johnson died a short time later, the illness never fully diagnosed. On September 15, 1860, the used Rodgers Fire Engine, purchased by The Independent Hose Company No. 1 from Baltimore City, arrived. It was tested on the 17th and threw a stream of water 184 feet high. On September 15, 1864, McKendree Riley Etchison, who would become the owner of The Etchison Funeral Home established by his father in Jefferson in 1848, was born. He died May 3, 1952, at 11 West Second Street in Frederick. On September 15, 1867, the first church of the Buckeystown Methodists was dedicated. On September 15, 1938, McCutcheon Cider Mill was founded by Robert McCutcheon, his wife Helen, and William O. McCutcheon. The firm is now known as McCutcheon Apple Products. On September 15, 1986, John Vincent Atanasoff, the New Market area resident credited as being the inventor of the computer, received the first Coors American Ingenuity Award. 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 September 14, 1771, Frederick Calvert, the sixth and last Lord Baltimore, and the man for whom Frederick and Frederick County are believed to have been named, died in Naples, Italy. On September 14, 1814, Francis Scott Key wrote "The Defence of Ft. McHenry" in Baltimore. The poem was later set to music and became our National Anthem. On September 14, 1862, Pvt. James Allen, a member of Company F, 16th New York Infantry, who was born May 6, 1843, in Ireland, participated in The Battle of South Mountain and was awarded a Congressional Medal of Honor for capturing the flag of the 16th Georgia Infantry and 14 prisoners single-handedly. On September 14, 1862, Gen. Jesse Reno, after whom Reno, Nevada, is named, was killed at Fox's Gap. He was the only general killed in Frederick County during The Civil War. On September 14, 1889, the North's Ninth Army Corps unveiled a granite monument to Gen. Jesse Reno on South Mountain where he was killed. On September 14, 1922, William G. Baker, Sr., who founded The Buckingham School at Buckeystown, died of lung congestion. He was born March 1, 1842. September 14, 1930, the new Calvary Methodist Church was dedicated at West Second and North Bentz Streets in Frederick. The land was donated by Mr. And Mrs. Joseph Dill Baker. On September 14, 1975, Elizabeth Ann Seton was canonized, becoming the first native-born American Saint of The Roman Catholic Church. She founded the Sisters of Charity in Emmitsburg and began the parochial school system in America in the same town. 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 County, Maryland - Equity Court Abstracts - ES-2 744-745 - PHILLIPS, EADER, BENTON, MAGERS - Feb 1855 EADER & Others vs MAGERS & Others Supplemental of HS-6, 65 Col. Noah PHILLIPS, trustee for Ely PHILLIPS Collection of rent money from William BENNETT. Distribution of $750; court costs $66.18; - Miranda EADER, daughter, 1/9 of 2/3, $50.65 - Malinda BENTON, daughter, 1/9 of 2/3, $50.65 - Ruth MAGERS, daughter, 1/9 of 2/3, $50.65 - John PHILLIPS, son, 1/9 of 2/3, $50.65 To the following, 1/9 of 2/3 as heir, plus 1/5 of 1/3 as heir to Catharine PHILLIPS, widow of Eli PHILLIPS and who as survivor of her husband was entitled to 1/3: - Eli PHILLIPS, $96.24 - Ann PHILLIPS, $96.24 - Jason PHILLIPS, $96.24 - William PHILLIPS, $96.24 - Amelia PHILLIPS, $96.24 Closed 23 Apr 1855. ================ The End of ES-2 ================ =================== www.MidMdRoots.com

On September 13, 1775, Thomas Johnson was reappointed to the Continental Congress. On September 13, 1862, Confederate General Robert E. Lee's famous "Lost Orders" were found by two Union soldiers at Best's Orchard, south of Frederick along the Georgetown Road, now MD 355. On September 13, 1862, the Frederick County Jail on West South Street was set on fire by inmates. None escaped, but the building was destroyed. On September 13, 1862, Resurrection Reformed Church in Burkittsville was taken over for use as a hospital. 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]