On June 24, 1747, The Rev. Henry M Muhlenberg visited the Monocacy charge of the Lutheran Church, the forerunner of Frederick's Evangelical Lutheran Church. He was a great organizer of Lutheran parishes throughout Maryland, Pennsylvania and Virginia. On June 24, 1831, John Markley was hanged on the grounds of The Hessian Barracks for the murder of his uncle, John Newey, and his family on December 30, 1830, in Harbaugh's Valley in northern Frederick County. Evidence uncovered 30 years later indicated that Markley was innocent and had been framed. On June 24, 1834, the U. S. Senate refused to confirm Roger Brooke Taney as Secretary of The Treasury although he had served in the post since September of 1833. He was the first cabinet nominee to be rejected by the Senate. On June 24, 1865, a new bridge was built adjoining the Vulcan Iron Works at the east end of Patrick Street. Capt. Joseph Groff furnished the six girders. On June 24, 1926, Zentz Mill, just north of the intersection of North Bentz Street and West Church Street in Frederick, was destroyed by fire, making way for Frederick Municipal Park. On June 24, 1961, Eric and Niles Olson left on their bicycles for a trip to California. They reached San Francisco on August 15. On June 24, 1990, the Korean War Memorial was dedicated in Memorial Grounds Park in Frederick. It is on the northwest corner of the intersection of West Second and North Bentz Streets, across from Calvary United Methodist Church. 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 Wasps1965@comcast.net <mailto:Wasps1965@comcast.net>

On June 23, 1825, General John Stricker, who was born in Frederick in 1759, and who served in the army during the Revolutionary War and the War of 1812, died. He fought in the battles of Brandywine, Germantown and Monmouth during the War for Independence. He also commanded a brigade in the Battle of North Point in 1814. On June 23, 1833, President Andrew Jackson appointed Francis Scott Key as the U. S. Attorney for Washington, DC. On June 23, 1836, Daniel Key, son of Francis Scott Key, was killed in a duel in Prince George's County, by another Naval Academy midshipman. He was 20. On June 23, 1927, Frederick Municipal Park, later named Baker Park, was dedicated. On June 23, 1946, thieves stole approximately $50 from parishioners of The United Brethren Church on West Second Street (now Centennial Memorial United Methodist Church) while Sunday services were in progress. The perpetrators stole the money from purses in the choir room. 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 Wasps1965@comcast.net <mailto:Wasps1965@comcast.net>

On June 22, 1755, Indians attacked settlers on this night and the next morning near Burkittsville. It is believed to be the slaughter of William House and 12 members of his family. On June 22, 1809, Mother Elizabeth Ann Seton arrived in Emmitsburg from Baltimore with several members of her Sisters of Charity. On June 22, 1832, the Post Office was established at Ijamsville, with Plummer Ijams, Jr., as postmaster. On June 22, 1946, President Harry S Truman attended the annual Alfalfa Club outing at Prospect Hall, the home of Joseph H. Himes. On June 22, 1972, Hurricane Agnes created havoc throughout Frederick County, destroying bridges, toppling trees, washing out roads, and causing the evacuation of Point of Rocks. On June 22, 1977, George Birely Delaplaine, Sr., president of the Great Southern Printing and Manufacturing Company, which published The News (1883 to 2001) and The Frederick Post (1916 to 2001), died at Frederick Memorial Hospital at age 88. He was born October 9, 1888, and was a linear descendent of John Thomas Schley, who built the first house in Frederick. The Frederick News-Post was purchased by the Randall Family LLC in March 2001. The owners of this new corporation are also descendants of George B. Delaplaine, Sr., and John Thomas Schley. On June 22, 1989, newspapers across the country report the decision of the United States Supreme Court in which Chief Justice William Rehnquist cited John Greenleaf Whittier's Barbara Fritchie poem and Francis Scott Key in a dissenting opinion in a flag burning case. On June 22, 1990, President George H. W. Bush played 18 holes of golf at the Holly Hills Country Club after landing at Frederick Municipal Airport. Playing with him was Chicago Bears running back Walter Payton. After golf, the President ate at the Jug Bridge Seafood restaurant. On June 22, 2001, Monsignor Hugh Phillips, 94, who had spent most of his life at Mt. Saint Mary's College in Emmitsburg from student to president, and the caretaker of The Grotto of Lourdes, spent his first full day at the Carroll Manor Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Washington. He was ordered to retire completely from the college by William Cardinal Keeler. 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 Wasps1965@comcast.net <mailto:Wasps1965@comcast.net>

On June 21, 1878, Edward H. Costley was hanged in the jail yard on West South Street for killing his cousin, Solomon Costley, on April 4, 1877, near Libertytown. On June 21, 1911, Mrs. Effie Marken Motter, wife of Circuit Court Judge John C. Motter, died at 58. On June 21, 1922, W. K. Klingaman was named principal of Frederick High School. The 1922-1923 school year was the first for the combined Boys and Girls High School. The school was located at what we know today as The Elm Street School, which opened in 1912 as Boys High School. This facility was torn down to make way for a parking deck at Frederick Memorial Hospital. On June 21, 1934, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed legislation creating The Monocacy National Military Park at the site of the Battle of Monocacy. The name was changed in 1976 to Monocacy National Battlefield. On June 21, 1936, world-renowned opera star Lily Pons visited the post office in southern Frederick County that bore her name. (The post office was closed some years later when it was combined with another facility.) On June 21, 1953, former President Harry S Truman and his wife, Bess, stopped at Carroll H. Kehne's Gulf Service Station on the southwest corner of the intersection of West Patrick and South Jefferson streets in Frederick, on their way from Independence, MO, to 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 Wasps1965@comcast.net <mailto:Wasps1965@comcast.net>

On June 20, 1774, a large gathering of Frederick Countians, meeting at the courthouse, deplored the closing of Boston harbor and urged the colonies to refuse all imports and exports to and from Great Britain. John Hanson presided. On June 20, 1863, there was heavy fighting around Frederick and Middletown as Lee's Confederate Army moved north. On June 20, 1870, George Henry Riggs, who would become a psychiatrist and who would operate a hospital for the mentally ill in Ijamsville, was born. He died March 10, 1957, at the Glenmerrie Nursing Home in Lander. On June 20, 1890, Father William Kane, who would later serve St. John The Evangelist Roman Catholic Church in Frederick for many years, was ordained, On June 20, 1909, the Woodsboro Church of God was formed following a revival meeting. It was disbanded in 1944. On June 20, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and Soviet Premier Leonid I. Brezhnev reached agreement on a treaty banning offensive nuclear weapons after several days of talks at Camp David near Thurmont. On June 20, 1980, Judge William W. Wenner, of the Frederick County District Court, was sworn in as a Circuit Court judge, replacing Judge Robert E. Clapp, Jr., who retired. On June 20, 2005, the final issue of The County Globe was published by George Dredden. It began in December 1990 as a multicultural newspaper with primary focus on the black community. During most of its history The Globe was published twice monthly. 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 Wasps1965@comcast.net <mailto:Wasps1965@comcast.net>

On June 19, 1802, the first issue of The Fredericktown Herald was published. On June 19, 1910, the Rev. Henri L. G. Kieffer was installed as the pastor of The Evangelical Reformed Church on West Church Street in Frederick, now known as the Evangelical Reformed, United Church of Christ. 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 Wasps1965@comcast.net <mailto:Wasps1965@comcast.net>

Frederick County, Maryland - Equity Court Records - BGF-3 504-509 - DUDDERAR, BIGGS, LANDERS, STIMMEL - Mar 1857 John W. DUDDERAR, a minor, by Joshua BIGGS and William C. LANDERS William DUDDERAR d/ Feb 1856 (Will written 31 Jan 1856) s/ David M. DUDDERAR (d/ Feb 1857) s/ John W. DUDDERAR Exec/ David M. DUDDERAR Administrators of William DUDDERAR's estate, after the death of son David, were Joshua BIGGS and William C. LANDERS. Land - House and Lot, 1 acre, in Woodsborough, said to be in disrepair. Located 1 mile north of Woodsborough, adjoining land of Michael SHANK. Property had a 2-story log house and log stable with a well near the door. Sale was held by the administrators on 27 Jan 1858 at Barrick's Hotel in Woodsborogh, high bidder was: - John B. STIMMEL at $305 (no closing document) -- ================== www.MidMdRoots.com ==================

Frederick County, Maryland - Equity Court Records - BGF-3 487-504 - WHITMORE, PRESTON, BRUBAKER - Feb 1862 Fredericktown Savings Institution vs Elizabeth V. WHITMORE & Others - Foreclosure Nicholas T. WHITMORE d/ Aug 1861 widow - Elizabeth A. V. d/ Marietta P.WHITMORE, a minor (age 3) d/ Susan R. WHITMORE, a minor (age 1) Land - "Alltogether" and "Sharer's Rest", 60 acres; from Nicholas WHITMORE in 1860; (previously to him from William F. JOHNSON). Located on Hamburg Road, 3 miles NW of Frederick with a new 2-story bouble stone house with back building, a new Switzer barn, large wagon shed and corn house and two fine springs and heavily limed within the last three years; adjoins land of William T. PRESTON and Nicholas WHITMORE. Guardian was William T. PRESTON; testimony was heard from William T. PRESTON and John W. BRUBAKER, also Lewis RAMSBURGH who testified for the bank. Trustee was Edward SHRIVER, one of the sureties on the mortgage. On 26 Apr 1862, sale was held at the Dill House in Frederick, high bidder was: - John W. WHITMORE at $5,000 (free of dower) Distribution: court costs, $279.68 - Fredericktown Savings, mortgage, $2,100 - Elizabeth V. WHITMORE, widow, in lieu of dower, 1/7, $374.33 - Marietta P. WHITMORE, 1/2, $1,122.99 - Susan R. WHITMORE, 1/2, $1,122.99 On 15 Jul 1862, guardian appointed was William M. FEAGA with sureties as William T. PRESTON and Joseph G. MILLER. Closed 15 Jul 1862. -- ================== www.MidMdRoots.com ==================

On June 18, 1856, John Llewellyn Johnson, who became managing superintendent of The Union Manufacturing Company of Frederick, was born in Philadelphia. He died in Frederick on June 27, 1922. On June 18, 1967, President Lyndon B. Johnson and Australian Prime Minister Harold Holt attended services at Harriet Chapel Episcopal Church at Catoctin Furnace. On June 18, 1992, James E. Tucker, the hearing-impaired director of admissions at Gallaudet University in Washington, D.C., was named superintendent of The Maryland School for The Deaf, succeeding Dr. David Denton. On June 18, 2005, David A. Reed, who donated his estate, valued at more than $1 million to the Historical Society of Frederick County, died in Washington, DC. He was born August 13, 1929, 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 <mailto:Wasps1965@comcast.net> Wasps1965@comcast.net

On June 17, 1804, James W. Eichelberger, who practiced medicine in Emmitsburg until his death on August 12, 1895, was born at Abbottstown, PA. On June 17, 1821, John Johnston Markell, great grandson of John Thomas Schley (who is created as the first resident of Frederick City), and a portrait painter and landscape artist, was born in Frederick. He died December 2, 1844. On June 17, 1864, Adam Green, a resident of the Jackson District, was fatally shot by John N. Hartoon, a government detective who mistook Green for his brother, who had been drafted but failed to report for induction into the Union Army. On June 17, 1876, Westinghouse Air Brakes were first advertised for use on steam train engines in Brunswick. On June 17, 1905, 18 residents of Thurmont and its surrounding area were killed in a head-on collision of two trains at Ransom in southern Carroll County. 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 Wasps1965@comcast.net <mailto:Wasps1965@comcast.net>

On June 16, 1775, George Washington accepted the nomination, made by Frederick's own Thomas Johnson, to be commander-in-chief of the Continental Army. On June 16, 1786, an $8 reward was offered for a stolen horse and the thief, $3 for the horse. On June 16, 1848, the Urbana Election District was established by John F. Simmons, James F. Johnson and John H. Worthington, acting under a General Assembly mandate of February 28, 1848. On June 16, 1919, the Frederick Board of County Commissioners approved the construction of a new school in Walkersville. The $25,000 appropriation for it was approved on June 30. The resulting building is still in use by Frederick County Public Schools. 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 Wasps1965@comcast.net <mailto:Wasps1965@comcast.net>

Frederick County, Maryland - Equity Court Records - BGF-3 467-487 - GRIMES, ROOP, BECK, MAHONEY, GRIFFIN, KLINE, BLESSING, STITELY - Jan 1855 George BLESSING, et al vs Mary E. GRIMES William GRIMES d/ c1845 widow - Mary s/ Frederick GRIMES, dec'd .....William H. GRIMES .....Belinda GRIMES .....Amelia GRIMES (later married a KLINE ?) .....Mary A. GRIMES, a minor d/ Susan Ann GRIMES w/o David ROOP s/ Clinton GRIMES & w/ Eliza s/ William C. GRIMES d/ Mary Ann Elizabeth BECK, dec'd w/o Nimrod BECK .....Martin Luther BECK, a minor - Missouri s/ Charles GRIMES, dec'd - near Louisville, KY .....Charles F. GRIMES - Kentucky .....Alfred W. GRIMES - Kentucky .....Hannah GRIMES w/o Dennis MAHONEY - Kentucky .....Mary E. GRIMES w/o Amos GRIFFIN - Kentucky Land - 100 acres; located two miles east of Woodsboro, where William C. GRIMES was then living. - wood lot, 10 acres Cllinton GRIMES conveyed his share to George BLESSING. William C. GRIMES coveyed his share to Samuel STITELY. Testimony was heard from Jacob HYDER and Nicholas FOGLE. Trustee was Geoge BLESSING with sureties as John WARNER and Daniel GROSSNICKLE. Sale was held 17 Apr 1858; high bidder was: - William C. GRIMES at $700 Distribution: court costs, $231.17 - George BLESSING, assignee of Clinton GRIMES, 1/6, $78.13 - M. Luther BECK, 1/6, $78.13 - William C. GRIMES, assignee of Susan ROOP, 1/6, $78.13 - Ann E. GRIMES, assignee of Samuel STITELY who was assignee of William C. GRIMES, 1/6, $78.13 - Alfred W. GRIMES, 1/4 of 1/6, $19.53 - Charles F. GRIMES, 1/4 of 1/6, $19.53 - Hannah MAHONEY, 1/4 of 1/6, $19.53 - Mary GRIFFIN, 1/4 of 1/6, $19.53 - Mary A. E. GRIMES, assignee of Wm. H. GRIMES, 1/4 of 1/6, $19.53 - William C. GRIMES, assignee of Amelia KLINE, Belinda GRIMES and Mary GRIMES, 3/4 of 1/6, $58.60 Closed 19 Sep 1863. -- ================== www.MidMdRoots.com ================== --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus

the first governor of Maryland, nominated George Washington as commander-in-chief of the Continental Army. On June 15, 1863, an Emmitsburg fire, which began in Beam and Guthrie's livery stable, destroyed many houses in the center of town. On June 15, 1995, John V. Atanasoff, who is credited with the invention of the computer, died of a stroke. He was born October 4, 1903, in Hamilton, N. Y., and lived the last three decades of his life on a farm near New Market. He was buried in Mount Airy MD. On June 15, 2007, Justice Stephen G. Breyer, of the United States Supreme Court, spoke in Frederick on behalf of the effort of The Historical Society of Frederick to restore and maintain the home of former Chief Justice Roger Brooke Taney on South Bentz 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 Wasps1965@comcast.net <mailto:Wasps1965@comcast.net>

On June 14, 1796, Plummer Ijams, the father of the man for whom Ijamsville in eastern Frederick County is named, died. On June 14, 1874, the Rev. Dr. Edmund R. Eschbach was installed as the pastor of The Evangelical Reformed Church in the unit block of West Church Street in Frederick. He remained in the post until his death on April 15, 1910. On June 14, 1878, a man who identified himself as Holmes registered at The U. S. Hotel on South Market Street. He hired a horse and buggy at J. T. and E. Sinn's livery, saying he would return the next afternoon and that he might be delayed. On June 16, Colonel Sinn, having become uneasy when the horse and buggy were not returned, went to Baltimore and located the buggy at Cannon and Matthews, where it had been auctioned for $71, which the man calling himself Holmes pocketed and promptly disappeared. On June 14, 1879, the first issue of the Emmitsburg Chronicle was published. On June 14, 1881, the remains of the Rev. Frederick L. Henop were gathered from their resting place in the old Trinity Chapel on West Church Street in Frederick and stored in the new church across the street. They were reinterred inside the renovated chapel on July 2, 1881. On June 14, 1888, the Great Southern Printing and Manufacturing Company, publishers of The News and The Frederick Post until 2001, was incorporated. On June 14, 1922, a monument to Francis Scott Key, who is buried at Mt. Olivet Cemetery in Frederick, was dedicated at Fort McHenry in Baltimore. 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 Wasps1965@comcast.net <mailto:Wasps1965@comcast.net>

Frederick County, Maryland - Equity Court Records - BGF-3 464-467 - MCPHERSON, KEEFER, JUNKEL, DINNIS, SHELLMAN, JOHNSON - Apr 1862 Central Bank of Frederick vs John McPHERSON of William, et al Supplemental of BGF-1, 459 and BGF-3, 464 Other defendants were Michael KEEFER, Jacob M. KUNKEL and George R. DENNIS. William S. McPHERSON of Howard County was petitioner. Trustees were George K. SHELLMAN and Bradley T. JOHNSON, who have both moved out of state. Request for a trustee be appointed to close the trust. New trustee was William J. ROSS with surety as R. Y. STOKES. No final distribution listed at this time, 29 May 1862. -- ================== www.MidMdRoots.com ================== --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus

On June 13, 1782, Libertytown was laid out by John Young. It consisted of 246 lots 50x300 feet. On June 13, 1835, a Corporation of Frederick ordinance divided Frederick into seven election wards. On June 13, 1881, two men - Michael J. Honsteine and his son, Michael H. Honsteine - died while attempting to repair the well of Mrs. Edward Schley on East Patrick 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 Wasps1965@comcast.net <mailto:Wasps1965@comcast.net>

Frederick County, Maryland - Equity Court Records - BGF-3 457-464 - GAUTT, MARKELL, NIXDORFF, METZGER - Apr 1862 Stephen GAUTT & wife vs George MARKELL & Lewis MARKELL Franklin Savings Bank held a mortgage of Stephen GAUTT & w/Henrietta, both free negroes; their sureties were George MARKELL and Lewis MARKELL. Land - Lot on north side of West All Saints St in Frederick Town, with a shared alley. Conveyed from L. M. NIXDORFF and H. M. NIXDORFF, trusees. It had a stone house and was west of the Baptist Church. Property was sold at public sale at the City Hotel in Frederick Town on 17 Apr 1862 to George METZGER at $375. Distribution to George MARKELL, in part of his note, for $301.92, after the court costs. Closed 19 May 1862. -- ================== www.MidMdRoots.com ================== --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus

On June 12, 1848, the cornerstone was laid for the new Evangelical Reformed Church in the unit block of West Church Street in Frederick across the street from its Trinity Chapel. The completed structure was dedicated on June 8, 1850. On June 12, 1857, Henry K. Thompson, a resident of the Frederick Almshouse, was killed by John Buck in a violent confrontation. Buck used a rock to crush Thompson's skull. Buck was arrested and charged with murder. On June 12, 1877, a train wreck near Point of Rocks killed several prominent Frederick citizens, including Charles H. Keefer, publisher of the Frederick Examiner. On June 12, 1906, the Jefferson and Braddock Heights Railway Company was incorporated. It was merged into the Frederick Railway Company of December 7, 1909. On June 12, 1915, John Columbus Motter, chief judge of the 6th Judicial Circuit Court, died of a cerebral hemorrhage. He was born December 4, 1844. On June 12, 1967, Thurmont radio station WTHU went on the air. 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 <mailto:Wasps1965@comcast.net> Wasps1965@comcast.net

On June 11, 1747, Dr. Philip Thomas, the first physician of record in Frederick Town, was born in Chestertown in Kent County. He died April 25, 1815, in Frederick Town. On June 11, 2006, ceremonies were held changing the name of South Frederick Elementary School back to its name of Lincoln Elementary, which had been abandoned in 1962 when full integration was accomplished in Frederick City schools. In 1923 the building originally opened as Lincoln High School, the only such facility in Frederick County for black children. 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 <mailto:Wasps1965@comcast.net> Wasps1965@comcast.net

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