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 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 (wasps65@earthlink.net)

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, now 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 (wasps65@earthlink.net)

On December 30, 1824, The Lafayette Ball was held at Talbott's Tavern (where the City Hotel was later built in the first block of West Patrick Street). A mid-day fete for the Revolutionary War hero at John McPherson's home on Council Street (now known as The Ross House) was also held. On December 30, 1842, James McSherry, who was chief judge of the Frederick County Court and The Maryland Court of Appeals, was born. On December 30, 1990, Bernard A. Adams, former news director at WFMD and WFRE, and the public relations director at Frederick Community College, died suddenly of a cerebral hemorrhage at age 37. 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 (wasps65@earthlink.net)

If anyone would like the text to these articles, please email me at VcCrrll@hotmail.com. Date of Article, Name of Article, Name of Person, Date of Event, Day of Event, Spouse/Close Relative 12/24/1906 Hymeneal Lerch, Miss Lillie M. - Slifer, Edward P. 12/12/1906 Monday 12/24/1906 Hymeneal Slifer, Edward P. - Lerch, Miss Lillie M. 12/12/1906 Monday 12/24/1906 News - Death McDuell, George Monday 12/25/1906 Christmas Day Tuesday No Articles 12/26/1906 The Work of Death Franklin, Thomas 12/23/1906 Wednesday Franklin, George C. & Maria C. - Parents 12/26/1906 Marriage Licenses Baker, Mollie W. - Gladhill, Franklin S. 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On December 29, 1824, General Lafayette was received at the Monocacy (Jug) Bridge by many Frederick dignitaries, including Lawrence Everhart, who had carried a wounded Lafayette from the Brandywine Battlefield during the Revolutionary War, and taken to town with great pomp and circumstance. On December 29, 1830, six members of the John Newby household in Harbaugh Valley west of Thurmont were stabbed to death and their home burned to the ground. John Markley was executed for the crime on June 24, 1831, on the Barracks Grounds 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 (wasps65@earthlink.net)

If anyone out there is researching the Tregoning Family ... do you have knowledge of a large newspaper article about the family that may have appeared in the Frederick paper, perhaps in the 1960s? And, if so, do you have a citation for it? We are pursuing all the normal search channels on our end. No success yet, but are still searching. Thank you in advance. Mary Mannix -- Mary K. Mannix Maryland Room Manager C. Burr Artz Public Library Frederick County Public Libraries Frederick, MD and Chair, ALA\RUSA\History Section

On December 28, 1825, Major General James Wilkinson, who was court-martialed in Frederick for conspiracy and for being an agent of the Spanish government with Roger Brooke Taney and John Hanson Thomas as his defense attorneys, died in Mexico City. He was found not guilty at the trial, which lasted four months. On December 28, 1835, President Andrew Jackson nominated Roger Brooke Taney, a former resident of Frederick, to be Chief Justice of the United States. On December 28, 1931, the original works of Frederick Heisley's Town Clock in the steeple of Trinity Chapel on West Church Street in Frederick were presented to the Smithsonian Institute in Washington. 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 (wasps65@earthlink.net)

Sorry These Are Late! On December 27, 1803, William Magee Seton, husband of Elizabeth Ann Bayley Seton, later Mother Seton, died in Italy, leaving a widow and five children. On December 27, 1923, the Lebherz Brothers formed a new corporation to be called The Everedy Company. 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 (wasps65@earthlink.net)

My regret to inform all that my mother, Anne W. Cissel, passed away on December 22. She was active with her research and doing look ups right up until her last week -- she loved doing geneology so much. If she was doing research for anyone, please let me know and I will try to find any information she may have gathered. Regards, Connie Cissel, Daughter

On December 26, 1788, Dr. Elisha John Hall, of Fredericktown, addressed a small local group of physicians in Baltimore. This speech led eventually to the formation of the Medical and Chirurgical Faculty of Maryland in 1799. On December 26, 1794, a Corporation of Frederick ordinance required all homes to keep leather buckets near their front entrances to carry water in case of fire. On December 26, 1839, First Lieutenant George E. Davis, Company D, 10th Vermont Infantry, who was awarded a Congressional Medal of Honor for his actions at The Battle of Monocacy on July 9, 1864, was born in Dunstable, Massachusetts. On December 26, 1941, William Tyler Page, who was born on Record Street in Frederick and who was also the author of The American's Creed, set the record of 60 years service at the United States Capitol in Washington. He was the clerk of The House of Representatives for many 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 (wasps65@earthlink.net)

On December 25, 1783, Luther Martin, arguably the greatest lawyer in Maryland history, a Maryland Attorney General for 30 years, and defense counsel for Aaron Burr at his treason trial in Richmond, VA, married Maria Cresap, daughter of Capt. Michael Cresap, who led 300 Frederick Countians on a march to join the Continental Army after the Battle of Bunker Hill. On December 25, 1845, Adrian C. McCardell, who became president of Frederick County National Bank, and who operated a confectionery store at two locations on North Market Street in downtown Frederick, was born in Washington County. He was the father of Adrian Leroy McCardell, who also became president of Frederick County National Bank, and the grandfather of world-renowned fashion designer Claire McCardell. He died March 30, 1932, and was buried at Mt. Olivet Cemetery. On December 25, 1883, Lawrence 'Larry' Dielman, son of Dr. John Casper Dielman, professor of music at Mount Saint Mary's College in Emmitsburg, began the tradition of walking to his father's grave every Christmas Day, playing his father's favorite carol, "Adeste Fidelis," on the flute. The practice stopped in 1921, when 'Larry' was too ill to make the pilgrimage. He died in 1923. On December 25, 1951, five calves were born to a Holstein cow on the farm of Silas D. Bittle, near Myersville. The cow accidentally killed three of the calves prior to the discovery that she had given birth. 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 (wasps65@earthlink.net)

On December 24, 1821, Dr. John Baltzell, age 47, married Ruth Ridgley, of Baltimore, age 22. Dr. Baltzell's home on East Church Street in Frederick, is now the home for The Historical Society of Frederick County. On December 24, 1963, two houses of East Fifth Street in Frederick collapsed after a natural gas explosion. Two were killed. 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 (wasps65@earthlink.net)

On December 23, 1861, Pvt. John Lanahan, of Company I, 46th Pennsylvania Volunteers, was hanged at Fairview, just west of Frederick, for the murder of Major Arnold C. Lewis at a Darnestown encampment. On December 23, 1926, The Tivoli Theater opened. It later became the first commercial building in Frederick to be air-cooled. It was operated by The Stanley Cramer Company and is now known as The Weinberg Center For The Arts. On December 23, 1950, Henry K. C. Fox, who assumed ownership of Fox's Stove Store in the first block of East Patrick Street in Frederick from his father, Ernst A. C. Fox, died of a coronary occlusion. He was born December 18, 1875. 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 (wasps65@earthlink.net)

On December 22, 1827, Col. Luke Tiernan Brien, who owned "Tyrone," where the Sabers and Roses Ball was held in 1862 in Urbana, and who was a pioneer in railroad construction in the mid-west after The Civil War, was born. He died November 25, 1912. "Tyrone" is now known as The Landon House. On December 22, 2002, former President George H. W. Bush shopped at the Giant Food Store on The Golden Mile in Frederick. Although surrounded by Secret Service agents, he stood in the check-out line like a regular citizen. He was on his way to Camp David to spend the holidays with his son, President George W. Bush, and other members of his family. 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 (wasps65@earthlink.net)

A very Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to you, Dorinda! You've make the holidays brighter for us by your devoted work in presenting the equity abstracts. There's no way we could compensate you for the time and effort this has taken. We can only register our gratitude and the gratitude of researchers to come who will be delighted to find the results of your work. Thank you!

Dorinda, Thank you so much for all your hard work. Merry Christmas. Helen Costigan

On December 21, 1874, William Gideon Baker, Jr., who founded the financial house of Baker, Watts in 1900, was born in Buckeystown. He died in Baltimore County on December 27, 1948. On December 21, 1881, the elopement of Mrs. John Devilbiss and A. M. Geisbert, both of Creagerstown, was reported in Frederick's newspapers. Mrs. Devilbiss abandoned her husband and children on December 2. On December 21, 1938, a contract was awarded to Calvin Owens, of Bethesda, for the construction of a new Frederick High School for a contract price of $369,000. 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 (wasps65@earthlink.net)

COUNTY RECORDS section Equity Abstracts for JS-10, JS-12 and JS-14 are now complete. I am still working with the archives people on JS-11 and JS-13 and will continue the abstracts after the holidays. I have been able to finish the Chancery Index for Frederick County, with links to any abstracts I had from the past years. Some of them you may have seen, but there may be some new ones. Remember, sometimes names may be found in these records that don't appear on the docket index. In some cases, the people are not related to the ones in the docket; so, you just never know who you may find. You may want to use the search engine on the main page if looking for a particular name or land tract name. I uncovered some slave names as well; some in the abstracts, some in the index. Wishing all of you a wonderful holiday! - Dorinda Shepley - Dorinda@MidMdRoots.com www.MidMdRoots.com

On December 20, 1842, Father John Dubois, founder of Mount Saint Mary's College and Seminary in Emmitsburg, died in New York City where he was a Roman Catholic bishop. He was born in Paris on August 24, 1764. On December 20, 1920, the last road tollgate in Maryland, on the Frederick and Woodsboro Road between Frederick and the Monocacy River, was closed. Miss Alice Zimmerman, toll collector for nearly 18 years, collected the last fee. On December 20, 1946, The Frederick News-Post carried an article revealing that bobble birds, those glass figures that dipped their beaks into a container of water, were being manufactured 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 (wasps65@earthlink.net)

On December 19, 1881, William Tyler Page, who was born and raised on Record Street in Frederick, was appointed a congressional page. He wrote The American's Creed. On December 19, 1929, Charles Lewis, 43, of Thurmont, declared his innocence from the witness stand in the death of Frederick County Sheriff's Deputy Clyde L. Hauver during his murder trial in Hagerstown. Hauver was killed during a raid on a still at Blue Blazes, three miles west of Thurmont. 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 (wasps65@earthlink.net)