Frederick County, Maryland - Equity Court Abstracts - ES-2 644-652 - WACHTER, OHLER, CARMACK - Aug 1854 John WACHTER and Solomon OHLER vs Levi N. OHLER David F. WACHTER d/ 3rd or 20th of Jul 1854 intestate s/ Edwin R. WACHTER, a minor s/ Robert D. WACHTER, a minor Adm/ Joshua DILL In Sep 1852, a deed of trust was conveyed to David F. WACHTER by Levi N. OHLER and Solomon OHLER. The property was sold in the deed of trust and John WACHTER and Solomon OHLER became the purchasers. Land - Mill and 34 acres, adjoins lands of Widow Hill and J. CUSTIS. Guardian was Samuel CARMACK. Trustee was Joshua DILL. Distribution of $710.46; court costs, $114.54 - Solomon OHLER, 93% of his claim, $277.52 - Levi N. OHLER, 93% of his claim, $318.40 Closed 14 May 1855 =================== www.MidMdRoots.com

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

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

On August 15, 1855, fire destroyed "Monocacy Mills" in Buckeystown, owned by Theodore C. Delaplaine. Approximately half of the loss was insured, but Delaplaine rebuilt anyway. On August 15, 1955, Robert Edmondston Delaplaine, oldest son of the founder of The Frederick News, and publisher of that paper and The Frederick Post, died at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore. On August 15, 1979, The Homewood Retirement Center, located in the former Francis Scott Key Hotel in downtown Frederick, officially opened although two residents had moved into the facility two days earlier. On August 15, 1994, A. Samuel Koski, a member of the Frederick County Board of Education, who devised a preventative maintenance manual for the school system, died suddenly at his AOKay Farm near New Windsor. He was 71. 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 August 13, 1895, Francis M. Smith, a Frederick native, was awarded a Congressional Medal of Honor for actions at the Battle of Dabney's Mill (VA) on February 6, 1865. On August 13, 1905, the Mount Olivet Baptist Church in Brunswick was organized. On August 13, 1930, three metal coffee pots outside Fox's Stove Store on East Patrick Street were removed. They had been a local landmark for generations. 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 August 12, 1785, Samuel Emmit laid out the town of Emmitsburg. On August 12, 1831, John Ritchie, who would become chief judge of The Sixth Judicial Circuit, was born in Frederick, the son of Dr. John Ritchie. He died October 27, 1887. On August 12, 1851, the Rev. George Diehl was installed as the pastor of the Evangelical Lutheran Church on East Church Street in Frederick. On August 12, 1854, a large alarm bell, intended to replace those in Trinity Chapel of the Evangelical Reformed Church, arrived in Frederick. It weighed 1,015 pounds and cost just under $400. On August 12, 1855, Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church on East Third Street in Frederick was dedicated. It later became Quinn Chapel AME. On August 12, 1920, the Rotary Club of Frederick was founded by Charles C. Carty at a meeting in his store at 48 East Patrick Street, Frederick, now the home of The National Museum of Civil War Medicine. On August 12, 1927, the new Frederick Municipal Park was renamed Baker Park in honor of Joseph Dill Baker. On August 12, 1929, the Hotel Braddock at Braddock Heights was destroyed by fire. On August 12, 1960, a helicopter carrying President Dwight David Eisenhower made an unscheduled landing on a Thurmont ball field. On August 12, 1991, Joseph Michael Perla, 29, pleaded guilty in Frederick County Circuit Court to setting a fire that destroyed the Loy's Station Covered Bridge on Old Frederick Road east of Thurmont. The bridge was eventually rebuilt. 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-2 628-629 - EIGENBRODE, MATHEWS - Jan 1855 Supplemental of Estate of Ann M. EIGENBRODE, a lunatic and Jonas MATHEWS, trustee (from ES-2, 212) Statement of 2nd Account: - Balance in Trustees hands, $33.43 - Interest from 27 Jul 1853 to 1 Jan 1855, $2.84 - Amt of Distributive share from Daniel EIGENBRODE, adm/of John EIGENBRODE, $41.58; and interest, $73.60 - Amount received as contribution from D. EIGENBRODE, $30 Total monies, $181.45 - to Trustee for commission, 9/10 or $9.15 - Misc court costs, $10.52 - To Trustee for Bond for Lunatic, $50 Leaving balance in Trustee's hands, $111.77. Closed 4 May 1855. =================== www.MidMdRoots.com

On August 11, 1860, Robert Bush was stabbed to death by Jacob Funk at Slabtown, about four miles south of Frederick. Funk was sentenced to nine years and five months in the state penitentiary upon his conviction for second degree murder. On August 11, 1864, the Rev. Osborne Ingle, who would later serve All Saints Episcopal Church for 43 years as rector, and Mary Mills Addison, niece of British author Joseph Addison, were married by the Rev. John Martin. Miss Addison was the daughter of Anthony Addison of Prince George's County. On August 11, 1952, Dr. Thomas S. Eader, the nation's oldest practicing dentist, announced that he would close his office at 40 North Market Street in Frederick. He was 92 and had been a dentist for 70 years. He died December 14, 1952, after a fall at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Helen Eader Johnson, on Clarke Place. On August 11, 1983, the Frederick County Commissioners voted to sell, and the Frederick City Board of Aldermen voted to buy, the Old Frederick County Courthouse on Courthouse Square. The sale price was $500,000. The deed was signed and the property transferred on October 24. On August 11, 1989, Frederick Memorial Hospital announced plans to demolish The Elm Street School to make way for a parking deck and other hospital expansion. Actual demolition began October 6, 1989. The building, constructed in 1912, first housed the Boys High School, later the original Frederick High School, and even later a junior high school. 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 August 10, 1753, King George II granted land to John Hawkins. Berlin, now Brunswick, was begun on this land in 1787. On August 10, 1820, Enoch Louis Lowe, the youngest governor in Maryland history, and a resident of East Second Street in Frederick as an adult, was born. He died August 23, 1892, in Brooklyn, NY, and is buried in St. John's Catholic Cemetery in Frederick. On August 10, 1826, the first graduation exercises from "St. John's Female Benevolent and First Frederick Free School" on East Second Street was conducted. 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 August 9, 1813, the first issue of The Examiner was published in Frederick by Major Samuel Barnes. It lasted more than 100 years. On August 9, 1898, the Francis Scott Key monument was dedicated at Mt. Olivet Cemetery in Frederick. (This event was supposed to coincide with the anniversary of the birth of Key, who, at this point in time, was thought to have been born August 9, 1780. Years later, Judge Edward S. Delaplaine discovered a baptismal record at the Evangelical Reformed Church in Frederick which indicated that Key was actually born on August 1, 1779. The error occurred in 1866 when Key's body was returned to his native Frederick County from the Baltimore cemetery where it had been interred in 1843. His son-in-law "remembered" at that time the erroneous birth date.) On August 9, 1948, the Francis Scott Key monument was re-dedicated at Mt. Olivet Cemetery and an FSK postage stamp was issued. 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 August 8, 1859, an iron dog at 22 South Market Street in Frederick was first observed at the John H. Williams home. This item comes from the Jacob Engelbrecht diaries. However, the dog was there prior to Engelbrecht's mention. On August 8, 1921, Daniel Baker, who with his brothers Joseph Dill Baker and William G. Baker, founded The Buckingham School at Buckeystown in 1899, died at his Baltimore home. He was born March 23, 1858, in Buckeystown. 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 August 7, 1824, a fire destroyed the Delaplaine Mill in Buckeystown. It was the first of three devastating fires at the facility. On August 7, 1828, the cornerstone was laid for the first St. John's Literary Institute in Frederick. On August 7, 1890, Daniel T. Lakin, who served as secretary and treasurer of the Frederick County Board of School Commissioners, and as superintendent of the Monocacy Division of the Chesapeake & Ohio Canal, died at his West Church Street home in Frederick. He was 48 and was initially buried at Mt. Olivet Cemetery. On August 7, 1934, Judge Glenn H. Worthington, who served 17 years on the Frederick County Circuit Court bench, and who wrote a definitive history of The Battle of Monocacy, died. He was born April 22, 1858. On August 7, 1934, The Walkersville Bank was incorporated, and opened for business. Walkersville had been without a bank since September 2, 1931, when The Central Trust Company of Frederick went bankrupt. 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 August 6, 1834, a special dinner for Roger Brooke Taney was held in Frederick. On August 6, 1851, Thomas John Chew Williams, who co-authored History of Frederick County with Folger McKinsey, was born in the rectory of All Saints Parish in Calvert County. He died December 11, 1929, in Baltimore. He authored several other histories, including a History of Washington County. On August 6, 1855, a private policeman shot and killed Andrew Sensill at a house of ill repute on West Fifth Street in Frederick. The officer was attempting to arrest Sensill on a misdemeanor warrant. No charges were placed against the officer. On August 6, 1913, Lord Nickens, a pioneer in the Civil rights movement in Frederick County, was born at White Post VA. Mr. Nickens was president of the local chapter of the National Association for The Advancement of Colored People from 1972 to 1994. On August 6, 1937, Josephine P. Etchison, a Frederick native, was named librarian at the C. Burr Artz Library. She remained in the post until her retirement on June 1, 1967. On August 6, 1945, Professor Amon Burgee, the first and longtime head of Boys High School, died at his home at 213 East Patrick Street in Frederick. He also served as a county commissioner for four 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 August 5, 1840, Francis Thomas, of Petersville, who would become governor of Maryland, and William Price, of Washington County, MD, fought a duel in Morgan County, VA (now West Virginia). Neither man was injured. And, after each taken a shot, they were reconciled on the field of honor. On August 5, 1879, John S. Wetzel, of Emmitsburg, disappeared in the company of his cousin Felix Munshower. A week later his body was found in a wooded area and Munshour was charged with his murder. He was tried and convicted in January 1880, and executed by hanging on November 11, 1881, at the Frederick County Jail on West South 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]

On August 4, 1865, Joseph Henry Apple, Jr., who would serve as president of Hood College for more than 40 years, was born. He died January 17, 1948. On August 4, 1895, Ambrosia Derwart Clarke, known as Mother Clarke, was born. She visited countless thousands of servicemen in hospitals all over Maryland. She had 24 children, 10 of whom survived her. She died April 21, 1987. On August 4, 1991, the first celebration of the confirmation of the title Basilica on the chapel of Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton in Emmitsburg by Pope John Paul II was held. The Pope's official action was made on May 1. On August 4, 2005, the first edition of The Thurmont Dispatch made its debut. It was published by Raymond Buchheister, who also published The Emmitsburg Dispatch. Both papers have since ceased publication due to a major downturn in the national economy. 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-2 618-628 - MAUGHT, RHODES, STREAM, HEIMS/HYMES, ENOS, WERTZ, WHIP, AHALT - Nov 1853 Frederick SLAGLE and Samuel MAUGHT vs Daniel MAUGHT & Others William MAUGHT d/ intestate (s/o Andrew MAUGHT) bro/ Daniel MAUGHT (lives in Ohio) bro/ Samuel MAUGHT bro/ Henry C. MAUGHT sis/ Catharine RHODES, dec'd .....Catharine M. STREAM .....Henry G. RHODES .....Barbara Ellen w/o Samuel S. HEIMS/HYMES --------Nancy ENOS .....Catharine w/o Cornelius WERTZ bro/ John MAUGHT, dec'd .....Thomas J. MAUGHT .....Andrew C. H. MAUGHT .....Barbara Ann w/o George WHIP .....Catharine Ann w/o Joshua AHALT .....Sarah A. Ellen MAUGHT .....Eliza Ann E. MAUGHT .....Juliana A. S. MAUGHT .....Conrad W. MAUGHT Land - "Brothers Good Will", "Merry Peep A Day", "Fielderia" and "Juliana", 29 acres; previoulsy to William MAUGHT from Henry MAUGHT and Mary Ann MAUGHT in 1850; - Same tracts of 20 acres in deed of mortgage from William to Samuel MAUGHT in May 1853; it was his portion of the real estate of his deceased father, Andrew MAUGHT. Trustee was Henry MAUGHT with sureties Henry MAUGHT and William S. LAKIN; sale was held on 11 Mar 1854, high bidder was Henry MAUGHT at $50/acre. Distribution of $1,250; court costs, $198.67; - Frederick SLAGEL, for mortgage claim, $504.16 - Samuel MAUGHT, for mortgage claim, $527.17 Petition filed because, at the time of William MAUGHT's death, he left a negro woman named GRACE, 75-80 years old, helpless and decrept and asks an allowance be set aside for her support. On 9 Jan 1855, $500 was set aside for her support, with remainder after her death, to be returned to the court. =================== www.MidMdRoots.com

On August 3, 1840, Lawrence Everhart, Revolutionary War hero, was buried in Middletown. He was born May 6, 1755, in Germany. On August 3, 1868, a Steiner child, who was never named specifically in news accounts, was given a prescription containing arsenic and later died. Harry Stair Steiner who was born December 1, 1867, the son of Herman Francis Steiner and Othella Jane Fout Steiner, died on August 3, 1868, and is buried at Mt. Olivet Cemetery, according to Names In Stone. This is likely the child who died after taking the poison. On August 3, 1906, fire destroyed the property of the Frederick County Farmer's Exchange on South Carroll Street in Frederick. The facility was rebuilt and became known as the Mountain City Mill, which structure today houses The Delaplaine Visual Arts Education Center. On August 3, 1941, Louis C. Etchison, judge of The Orphans Court and a son of the founder of The Etchison Funeral Home, died at Frederick City Hospital. An ardent sportsman and naturalist, he was also the county's first game warden. On August 3, 1974, Richard M. Nixon began a weekend visit to Camp David near Thurmont just days before he resigned as President of The United States. 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 August 2, 1778, Methodist Bishop Robert R. Roberts, the first bishop of any denomination west of the Alleghany Mountains, was born in Frederick County. He died March 26, 1843, at his home in Lawrenceport, Indiana. Bishop Roberts was also among the founders of DePauw University. On August 2, 1885, torrential rains caused another flood of the Carroll Creek through downtown Frederick. On August 2, 1927, the cornerstone was laid for the Baker Annex at Frederick City Hospital. Joseph Dill Baker gave funds for the annex to allow Negroes to be admitted. When the annex opened in 1928, Drs. Ulysses Grant Bourne and Charles Brooks closed their hospital on West All Saints Street in Frederick, which had been established to treat Negro patients in 1919. On August 2, 1971, The Etchison Funeral Home, which had been in the same family for 125 years, was sold to four employees of the firm. Today it is known as the Keeney, Basford Funeral Home. On August 2, 1990, Charles E. "Buddy" Hefner, Jr., was shot and killed by Frederick City Police Pvt. Edward R. Kornacki during a confrontation in the 400 block of North Bentz Street. According to police reports, Hefner was despondent over the breakup of his second marriage. 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-2 600-617 - SNOWDEN, SLAVE, SCHLEY, CAMPBELL, DOUB, SHILLMAN, THOMAS - Mar 1853 Frederick Town Savings Institution vs Ezra DOUB, adm/of Solomon SNOWDEN & Others Solomon SNOWDEN d/ 1 Feb 1853 intestate widow - Sophia s/ George SNOWDEN d/ Mary SNOWDEN d/ Margaret SNOWDEN. a minor Administrator was Ezra DOUB; he and George GITTINGER held a mortgage as sureties to Solomon's loan to the bank. Land - Lot #12 in "Addition to Frederick Town", fronting Fifth St, from William H. ALBAUGH and w/ Susannah in 1836 (and previously to them from Jacob ROWE and w/ Susannah in 1831). By 12 Apr 1853, it was said that the son, George SNOWDEN was then a slave of F. A. SCHLEY, Esquire, and therefore could not be made a party to the suit. Guardian was Abner CAMPBELL; testimony was heard from Lewis LOGUE, and Joseph FAUBLE. Trustee appointed for the sale was Ezra DOUB. On 29 Jul 1853, an affidavit of widow's age was file; William SHILLMAN testified he knew the widow and that she was about 50 years old and that the state of her health was not good. On 20 Aug 1853, sale was held at DERR's Hotel in Frederick, high bidder was Lewis M. THOMAS at $286. Distribution of $286; court costs, $116.99; - widow, in lieu of dower, 1/8 or $21.12 - Frederick town savings, partial claim, $147.89 Closed 2 May 1854. =================== www.MidMdRoots.com

On August 1, 1769, Dr. Philip Thomas, the first physician of record in Frederick County, moved to Frederick after studying in Philadelphia for three years. On August 1, 1776, Lawrence Everhart, who would save the life of Col. William Washington at The Battle of Cowpens (S.C.) and who carried a wounded Lafayette from the battlefield at Brandywine, enlisted in "The Flying Camp" under the command of Capt. Jacob Goode. On August 1, 1779, Francis Scott Key was born at Terra Rubra in present day Carroll County near Keymar. On August 1, 1840, Lawrence Everhart died in Middletown after suffering a stroke in Boonsboro while on his way to Hagerstown to see William Henry Harrison, who was campaigning for president. He was born May 6, 1755, in Hessheim, Plaltz, Germany. On August 1, 1864, Joseph Dyer answered a knock at his Market Street home in Frederick and was shot twice by a drunken Pvt. Alonzo Earl, of Company B, 1st New York Veteran Calvary. Dyer died and Earl was charged but escaped jail on September 6. On August 1, 1873, J. H. Hackelton, of Bristol, Maine, was selected by the Board of Trustees of The Frederick Female Seminary, as that institution's third president. He replaced Thomas McCann, who retired for health reasons at the end of the preceding school year. On August 1, 1879, Mechanicstown's newspaper, The Catoctin Clarion, was sold by William Need to E. L. Root and Charles E. Cassell. On August 1, 1896, the Frederick trolley was completed to Braddock Heights. On August 1, 1909, the Board of Directors of The First National Bank in Frederick voted to liquidate its holdings by selling out to The Central National Bank. On August 1, 1930, the Frederick County government leased Winchester Hall for government purposes. The county later purchased the property and it is today the central offices of the Board of County Commissioners. On August 1, 2001, The Kiwanis Club of Frederick presented the oil portrait of Francis Scott Key, which hung in the lobby of the downtown Frederick hotel which bore his name, to the Historical Society of Frederick County. The painting was completed in 1925 by William H. B. Grinage, a local African-American, self-taught artist. On August 1, 2003, the Maryland Odd Fellows Home on North Market Street in Frederick closed its assisted living facility, ending nearly 80 years of service to the fraternal organization and the community. The property was later sold to The Banner School. 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]