Came across a list of Frederick County men who had died in World War II as of Nov 1944. Thought this might be of interest to some here. Please note: not all of these men died in combat. Checking Findagrave for names at random, I found some obituaries indicating causes of death ranging from stabbings, accidents as well as death in combat. Needless to say, this list is not complete and as the war did not end for another seven months in Europe (May 1945) and nine in the Pacific (Aug 1945), certainly others died during that time. I also assume it does not include Frederick County natives who moved out of county at some point unless a relative resident in Frederick Co may have been notified. The list seems to be in chronological order--the first man listed died in 1942, the last one I could find at Findagrave died in Oct 1944. I managed to copy/paste it from the newspaper which is why the names appear in capitals. Needless to say, anyone who can add additional names should do so in order to have a more complete list. Dorinda, Feel free to add to your Mid-Atlantic site if you like. Sam P.S. Does anyone know if it is still forbidden to attach jpgs or embed them in messages??? Seems to me it was prohibited years ago. Was going to embed the image, but wasn't sure if the message would go through. At any rate, here it is: Frederick MD Post, 11 Nov 1944, p. 3: "" Frederick County Honor Roll: Here are inscribed the Gold Star men of Frederick City and County--men who left their homes, their security, their future, to defend the Nation in her greatest War. The list is not complete for we have gone only part of the way on the road to Victory. More names will be added. May each one be a reminder of the ultimate cost of Peace. Let each of us join in the hope "that they have not died in vain."" R. JACOB STAMBAUGH—Buckingham School Lieut. J. ELLSWORTH BURALL—Myersville Pvt. G. F. FERRELL—Jefferson Pfc. FRANCIS L. KENNEDY—Frederick Pvt. CLARENCE E. NUSZ—Yellow Springs Tech.R ROGER WILLIAM POOLE—Mt. Airy Lieut. W. T. DELAPLAINE—Frederick Corp. BALFOUR E. THOMAS—Buckeystown Pvt. PAUL E. DODD—New Market Lieut. ROBERT C. McCLANAHAN—Frederick DONALD E. YOUNKINS—Burkittsville HARRY C. MARTIN—Carrollton Lieut. JOSEPH H. COMER—Monrovia JOHN WM. McDEVITT—Buckingham School Pfc. KELLSIE GAVER—Myersville Pfc. WILLIAM SHANKLE—Frederick Sergt. WILBUR R. LONG—Emmitsburg Ensign JAMES W. SCHWARTZ—Frederick Lieut. CHARLES T. WRIGHT—Doubs Ensign EDWIN C. CREEGER, JR.—Thurmont Lieut. JOHN D. CULLER—Jefferson Major WILLIAM R. BEALL—Hyattstown Pfc. ALBERT R. WALCH—Frederick Sergt. WESLEY B. DOLAN—Brunswick T/4 RAYMOND J. BOWENS—Buckeystown Pvt. GERALD TRITAPOE—Weverton Sergt. PAUL E. HUFFER—Brunswick S/Sergt. HARBARD GLADHILL—Emmitsburg Lieut. CHAS. L. SHARRER, JR.—Emmitsburg Pfc. NORMAN WINDSOR—Urbana Pvt. RAYMOND L. PRYOR—Thurmont Lieut. PAUL R. HYATT—Brunswick Pvt. RUSSELL Y. DANSBERGER—Frederick RAYHUGH GEORGE MICHAEL—Frederick F. O. DALLAS D. WATKINS—Monrovia Tech. Sergt. CHAS. W. ANDREWS—Monrovia Pvt. NORMAN M. WACHTER—Frederick Lieut. CHARLES V. GOUKER—Ellerton Pvt. WILBUR A. DAVIS—Mt. Airy Pfc. CALVIN C. CANNON—Yellow Springs Pvt. WILLIAM B. SMITH—Libertytown Pvt. EDWARD L. FULMER—Middletown Pfc. DALE M. FORD—Thurmont Corp. CHARLES D. KIDWILER—Brunswick Pvt. ROBERT LEE HESSONG—Wolfsville Pvt. CHARLES E. KERCHNER-Walkersville MARLIN LEE KEENEY—New Midway Pfc. AUSTIN REED—Thurmont Sergt. ROY C. KOONTZ—Mt. Pleasant Pvt. CHARLES R. WATERS—Knoxville FLEET B. NEIGHBOURS—Frederick Pfc. JAMES E. WILES—Frederick Pfc. RONALD F. SIER—Ijamsville Sergt. PAUL K. DEAN—Middletown Pfc. JOHN W. DAVIS—Frederick Sergt. HASSON S. SAUBLE—Thurmont S/Sgt. FLOYD W. BUTTS—Frederick Platoon Sergt. HARRY A. NOGLE—Frederick Pvt. JAMES AUSTIN NULI,—Frederick Corp. GORDON L. PRYOR—Thurmont Sergt. JOHN C. FELIX—Emmitsburg Corp. IRA LESLIE MOORE—Frederick Pfc. PAUL W. ESWORTHY—Frederick Sergt. JOHN FRANCIS EYLER—Emmitsburg F. O. IRVIN B. GAVER—Frederick Pfc. ANNON C. SHRINER—Thurmont Pvt. CHARLES D. KEMP—Frederick Pfc. JAY JONES—Middletown Pvt. DONALD V. GRIFFITH—Brunswick Corp. CLAUDE T. RAMSBURG—Thurmont Capt. WILLIAM F. LINES—Frederick Pfc. CHARLES F. KENNEDY—Frederick T/Sergt. HARRY R. BROWN—Mt. Pleasant Pfc. ROBERT WALTERS—Frederick Pfc. JOSEPH M. SHAW—Frederick T/Sergt. CARL P. GOCHNAUER—Adamstown Pvt. HARRY E. WOLFE—Mt. Airy Major R. A. LANE—Frederick Pfc. LESTER E. STULL—Yellow Springs Pvt. ARTHUR J. HESSONG—Wolfsville Sergt. Major LESLIE A. HIMES—Knoxville Pfc. EARLSTON F. SHAFER—Rocky Springs S/Sergt. EDMOND K. SEILER—Jefferson S/Sergt. FRANK W. ALBAUGH—Thurmont Pvt. WILLIAM J. GRIMES—Thurmont Pvt. GEORGE E. RICE—Lewistown Lieut. WILLIAM GUY DUVALL—Frederick F. O. ORMAN GARLAND BELL—Ijamsville Pvt. RICHARD C. GEISBERT—Frederick Lieut. KENNETH L. PORTS—Walkersville Pfc. RAYMOND W. SWEENEY—Frederick Sgt. RICHARD W. HUNTZBERRY—Frederick Pvt. SHERMAN E. AXLINE—Petersville Capt. EARL WAYNE FITZWATER-Frederick Lieut. JOHN S. BAER—Frederick Sergt. MERHL G. LEE—Adamstown Pfc. DONALD A. DUNCAN—Thurmont Pvt. LEO H. WARD—Middletown Pfc. PAUL C. CUMMINGS—Brunswick

On April 13, 1762, Uriah Wirt and his son were on their way to Frederick Towne from Virginia when they were waylaid by highwaymen. The elder Mr. Wirt was shot and killed. Richard "Dew" Crosby was hanged at the Tory Jail on East Second Street for this crime on May 26th. On April 13, 1812, federal troops were housed at the Hessian Barracks off South Market Street in Frederick to await orders during the War of 1812. On April 13, 1832, inmates at the Frederick Almshouse on West Patrick Street near today's Bentz Street were transferred to a new facility two miles northwest of the city. The old Montevue Hospital on Rosemont Avenue (where the county Health Department is located today) was built in 1870 on this site. On April 13, 1838, Mrs. Eleanor Potts deeded a lot on the southeast corner of East Church Street and present day Maxwell Avenue to The Orphan House and Episcopal Free School Society of All Saints Episcopal Church for use as an orphanage. On April 13, 1865, Frederick officially celebrated the surrender of General Robert E. Lee and the Confederate Army with the ringing of church bells, bands, parades and flag waving. On April 13, 1889, the Rev. Henry Wissler, former pastor of Trinity Reformed Church in Mechanicstown (Thurmont), died. ' On April 13, 1900, Theodore Crist Delaplaine, who operated The Monocacy Mills at Buckeystown, and who was the father of William T. Delaplaine, founder of Frederick's first daily newspaper - The News - in 1883, died at his East Patrick Street home following a stroke. He was born in Georgetown, near Washington, on November 2, 1810. On April 13, 1948, The Baltimore & Ohio Railroad station on the southeast corner of South Market and East All Saints Streets in Frederick was closed permanently. 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 April 12, 1771, Thomas Johnson, the father of Thomas Johnson who became the first governor of Maryland, died. He was born February 19, 1702. On April 12, 1797, the estate of Casper Fritchie, hanged as a Tory in 1781, was sold at public sale. He was the father-in-law of famed Civil War heroine Barbara Fritchie. On April 12, 1872, Dr. William Tyler Sr., who was born in Prince George's County on May 5, 1784, and who practiced medicine in Frederick for 61 years, and who was president of Farmers & Mechanics Bank for many years, died. On April 12, 1912, William Gideon Baker, Jr., a native of Buckeystown and a founder of Baker, Watts, and Co., investment bankers, was named to the board of The Enoch Pratt Free Library in Baltimore. He remained in this post for 32 consecutive years. On April 12, 1921, Charles Henry Dorsey was assaulted in the courtroom by the relatives of a woman he was accused of raping immediately after Circuit Judge Hammond Urner announced a "not guilty" verdict. 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-3 204-240 - HAMMOND, STONER, SIMPSON, FOX, BOND, EBBERLY, SMITH, KINZER - Jun 1861 John KINZER, et al vs Thomas M. O. STONER, et al John KINZER and Augustus STONER, exec/of Denton HAMMOND of G. d/ 1851 (Will written 6 June 1850) widow - Rebecca and their only child, d/ Susanna Anne (d/ Sep 1852), w/o Augustus STONER .....Thomas M. O. STONER, a minor .....Denton H. STONER, a minor .....Dallas O. STONER, a minor Witnesses: John WOLFE, John S. REPP, Hanson T. WEBB Land - "Resurvey on Spring Garden", Lot #3, 82 acres; near village of Johnsville; part of Francis SIMPSON's tract "Wingfields Delight" which contained 362 acres and was divided among his four daughters: - Aire SIMPSON, Thompsey HAMMOND*, Nancy GAITHER and Sarah SIMPSON (See Anne Arundel County Wills). - 2/10 of 2-9 share from George R. FOX & w/ Mary Ann Elizabeth of Belmont Co, Ohio in 1847; - 7/10 of 2/9 share from: George W. HAMMOND, Eliza E. HAMMOND, Rachel G. R. HAMMOND, Cornelius BOND & w/ Topsey BOND, John L. EBBERLY & w/ Mary Ann, Thomas J. HAMMOND and Caroline A. HAMMOND in 1848. - 1/10 of 2/9 & 7/9 share from Allen C. HAMMOND & w/ Sarah E. of Berkeley Co, VA (now WV) in 1861. - 1/10 of 2/9 share from Lawson L. HAMMOND & w/ Harriett of Ohio Co, VA (now WV?) in 1847. - "Resurvey on Spring Garden", 19 acres, with water rights, on the west side of road from Liberty Town to Johnsville; from John L. EBERLY & w/ Ann in 1849 (previously to EBERLY from Richard SIMPSON (w/ Joanna) and to him from Nancy SIMPSON). 2nd & Final Accounting of George SMITH, adm/of Denton HAMMOND of G. Monies Received from sale of real estate of - Grafton HAMMOND, $3,057.90 From this were payments to: - Resister for Collateral tax, $71.65 - Elizabeth R. HAMMOND, $399.22 - M.E.A.R. HAMMOND, $175.75 - Ormand W. HAMMOND (to his guardian George SMITH), $399.22 - Mary A. HAMMOND (to her guardian George SMITH), $399.22 - Oliver B. HAMMOND (to his guardian George SMITH), $399.22 - Annie W. HAMMOND (to her guardian George SMITH), $399.22 - Grafton B. HAMMOND (to his guardian George SMITH), $399.22 - Eugene HAMMOND(to his guardian George SMITH), $399.22 - Misc Admin fees, $8.41 Guardian was William STOKES; testimony was heard from Cornelius BOND, Rebecca ECKER, John HYDE, Daniel SWEADNER, James H. WILLIAMS, Jacob EBERLY, Reuben SIDWELL, James McDERMOTT, Howard HARDSOCK and Dr. Thomas SINN. Trustee was John KINZER with sureties as John WOLFE and Augustus STONER. Sale was held on 9 Nov 1861, on the premises near the town of Johnsville; high bidder was: - Augustus STONER at $4,912.50 On 15 Nov 1861, Rebecca HAMMOND declared Augustus STONER was 45 years old and his general health was good. Distribution: $4,912.50; court costs, $297.27 - Augustus STONER, claims paid by him for decedent, $2,398 Remainder for Distribution: $2,217.23 - Augustus STONER, curtesy share, $415.73 - Thomas M. O. STONER, $600.50 - Denton H. STONER, $600.50 - Dallas O. STONER, $600.50 Closed 16 Jan 1862. -- ================== www.MidMdRoots.com ==================

On April 11, 1768, Frederick Calvert, the last Lord Baltimore, deeded 100 acres of the Catoctin Furnace property to Thomas Johnson and Lancelot Jacques, a French Huguenot refugee. They applied for the grant on December 23, 1766. Governor Horatio Sharpe countersigned the deed. On April 11, 1784, Dr. William Tyler, who would serve 55 years as president of Farmers & Mechanics National Bank, was born in Prince George's County. He died April 24, 1872. On April 11, 1845, L. Victor Baughman, editor of The Citizen newspaper from 1872 until 1906, a state comptroller and a power in local and state Democratic Party politics, was born. He died November 30, 1906. On April 11, 1907, Dr. Thomas Edwards Hardy, who practiced medicine in Burkittsville, died. On April 11, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon, his wife, daughters and son-in-law, attended Easter Sunday services at Thurmont United Methodist Church. On April 11, 1989, the first Frederick Keys baseball game was played at McCurdy Field the first Frederick Keys baseball game was played at McCurdy Field on South Jefferson 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>

On April 10, 1855, the cornerstone for a new All Saints Episcopal Church on West Church Street in Frederick was laid. The finished building is now the church's sanctuary. On April 10, 1856, Dr. Franklin Buchanan Smith, the first health officer for both Frederick City and Frederick County, was born in Frederick. He was the brother of Emma Josephine Smith, who donated seven acres on the northwest edge of Frederick for a hospital. Dr. Smith died November 5, 1912, of typhoid fever and was buried at Mt. Olivet Cemetery. On April 10, 1865, the end of The Civil War was unofficially celebrated in Frederick City. On April 10, 1866, Dr. Jacob Shellman Baer, who served as the surgeon to the regiment of Western Maryland troops at The Battle of North Point in 1814, died. He had practiced medicine in Frederick and Middletown. On April 10, 1877, the new steam fire engine, purchased by the Independent Hose Company of Frederick from the LaFrance Manufacturing Company of Elmira, N. Y., was thoroughly tested at P. H. Pyler's coal yard. The next day a stream of water was thrown more than 20 feet above the steeple of the old Evangelical Reformed Church (Trinity Chapel) on West Church 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 <mailto:Wasps1965@comcast.net> Wasps1965@comcast.net

On April 9, 1825, Miss Prudencia Ebert, daughter of John Ebert, became the first person buried in the Lutheran Cemetery on East Church Street in Frederick. On April 9, 1865, Confederate General Robert E. Lee surrendered to Union General Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox Courthouse, VA, ending the four-year American Civil War. On April 9, 1893, Henry S. Landis opened Landis Jewelry in downtown Frederick. On December 31, 2013, his great-grandson, John B. Landis Jr., closed the business. At the time it was the oldest continuous business in Frederick. On April 9, 1965, The Ox Fibre Brush Company recommended to its stockholders that the company be sold to the Pro-Phy-Lac-Tic Brush Company of Massachusetts. On April 9, 1968, President Lyndon B. Johnson visited Camp David near 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 <mailto:Wasps1965@comcast.net> Wasps1965@comcast.net

Frederick County, Maryland - Equity Court Records - BGF-3 192-204 - BOONE, CROMWELL, JAMISON, BELT, COALE - Aug 1861 Robert BOONE & James M. COALE vs Benedict BOONE, et al Harriet BOONE d/ 1861, intestate bro/ Robert BOONE sis/ Marcellina L. BOONE bro/ Benedict BOONE sis/ Caroline J. (BOONE) wid/o Richard CROMWELL - St Louis, Missouri sis/ Mary C. BOONE - St Louis, Missouri sis/ Margaret Ann BOONE, dec'd; (no living children) ...1st h/ Benedict JAMISON, dec'd ...2nd h/ Tobias BELT, dec'd Administrator was Jemingham BOONE. One of the creditors was Dr. Robert BOONE. Land - Lot #108 & House on Second St in Frederick Town; from Asbury H. HUNT & w/ Ann Sophia in 1853. It adjoined property of James BRUNNER on the east and the brick house of the estate of Jacob WIEST on the west. (Previously by Susanna WIEST and Frederick A. WIEST, exec/of Jacob WIEST in 1850.) Property had a 2-story brick house and good stable. Trustee was James McSHERRY; on 19 Oct 1861, sale was held on the premises, high bidder was: - Robert BOONE at $1,730 Distribution: court costs, $133.07 - Tax, $6.97 and 6.95 - Robert BOONE, assignee of J. M. COALE, partial payment of judgment, $1,583.81 Closed 21 Dec 1861. -- ================== www.MidMdRoots.com ==================

On April 8, 1879, Frederick Douglas, renowned advocate for Negro rights, addressed a large crowd at Frederick's City Hall on North Market Street, on "Self-Made Man." On April 8, 1890, Berlin, MD, laid out by Leonard Smith in 1787, was incorporated and its name changed to Brunswick. On April 8, 1891, the first issue of The Brunswick Herald, the town's first newspaper after its name was changed to Brunswick from Berlin, was published. On April 8, 1901, the Grace Reformed Church congregation authorized the purchase of the Schissler property on East Second Street in Frederick for the purpose of erecting a new church. It was purchased at public sale on November 2, 1901, by Horace Zacharias and Joseph L. Carty on behalf of the church for $5,940. On April 8, 1950, Dr. William Schnauffer, the founder of The Schnauffer Hospital in Brunswick in 1934, died of creeping paralysis at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore. He was born on this date in 1903. 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 April 7, 1814, John Walker bought a 269-acre tract of land from Nicholas Randall for $26,975, on part of which the Town of Walkersville was later located. The deed was recorded on May 2, 1814. On April 7, 1865, Richard Potts, Jr., son of former U. S. Senator Richard Potts, and the man who built the Potts House at the northeast corner of West Church and North Court Street in Frederick, died. A lawyer, he was buried at Mt. Olivet Cemetery. On April 7, 1876, Dr. Charles H. Conley, a prominent Frederick physician who married the daughter of former Maryland Comptroller L. Victor Baughman, was born. On April 7, 2004, Chief Justice of the United States William Rehnquist was the guest speaker at the rededication of the Roger Brooke Taney House and Museum in Frederick. The actual ceremony was held in Middletown after which Mr. Chief Justice Rehnquist toured the former jurist's home 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>

Frederick County, Maryland - Equity Court Records - BGF-3 183-192 - RAMSBURG, NEIGHOFF, BETSON, MILLER, CRONISE - March 1861 Christian NEIGHOFF, John BETSON & wives vs Baltzer NEIGHOFF & wife Petition for Sale of Real Estate of Stephen RAMSBURG Christian RAMSBURG, dec'd s/ Stephen RAMSBURG, dec'd .....Stephen RAMSBURG* d/ Feb 1861, intestate, unmarried & w/out issue .....Susan RAMSBURG d/ unmarried and w/out issue .....Rebecca RAMSBURG d/ unmarried and w/out issue d/ Catharine, dec'd w/o Daniel NEIGHOFF .....Frederick NEIGHOFF, dec'd .....Christian NEIGHOFF & w/ Susanna .....Susanna (NEIGHOFF) w/o John BETSON .....Baltzer NEIGHOFF & w/ Maria - Freedom Twp, Carroll Co, Illinois Land - "Mortality" (part of "Taskers Chance"), 7 acres; from Ezra HOUCK, P. Light WILSON and John W. CHARLTON, trustees, in 1859; adjoining lands of Jeremiah CRONISE/CRAUSE/CRAME(?) and William WHITE. Property was located 2 1/2 miles north of Frederick on the Emmittsburg Turnpike and had a new 2-story brick house with back building and bake oven, smoke house and pantry attached, a capacious stable, carriage house and corn house under one roof, a milk house and a well of excellent water near the kitchen door, fruit trees and good fencing. It had limestone land with three acres set in timber. A church and school house adjoined the premises. Trustee was Joseph G. MILLER with sureties as David E. MILLER and David C. WINEBRENNER. Sale was held on 2 Nov 1861 at the Dill House in Frederick; high bidder was: - Isaac CRONISE at $3,380 Distribution; court costs, $208.91 - A. P. KESSLER, Register of State Tax, $79.28 - Christian NEIGHOFF, 1/3 or $1,030.60 - Susanna BETSON, 1/3 or $1,030.60 - Baltzer NEIGHOFF, 1/3 or $1,030.60 Closed 29 Mar 1862. -- ================== www.MidMdRoots.com ==================

On April 6, 1825, Mathias Bartgis died at age 69. He established the first English language newspaper in Frederick - The Maryland Chronicle or Universal Advertiser - in 1786. On April 6, 1898, the first steps were taken to establish Grace Reformed Church in Frederick. On April 6, 2006, announcement was made that St. John's at Prospect Hall, a Roman Catholic high school in Frederick, established in 1829, was changing its name to St. John's Catholic Prep. The school moved to a new campus near Buckeystown in 2012. 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 April 5, 1822, Dr. Samuel Annan, of Emmitsburg, reported the first case of a tracheotomy performed in Maryland. He reported a second case on August 22, 1822. On April 5, 1841, Jacob T. C. Miller was elected burgess of Middletown over Adam Keller, 51 votes to 19. Commissioners elected were Jacob Young, Jacob Weiss, Thomas Nottingham, Sam Riddlemoser, Van Swearingen and George Bier. Unsuccessful candidates for commissioner were Dr. Jacob Baer, George Bowlus, Peter Young and Sam Geisinger. On April 5, 1842, George Troxell Motter, who would serve as an "acting assistant surgeon" with the Union Army during the Civil War, and who would practice medicine in Taneytown into the 20th Century, was born in Emmitsburg. On April 5, 1854, Mrs. Jane Eves was "found dead with her throat cut in a house" northwest of Liberty. Basil Eves, her husband, from whom she had been separated for two years was arrested, but was never brought to trial. On April 5, 1865, Henry Warfel, a native of Pennsylvania who entered the Union Army at Frederick Junction, captured the Virginia State flag at Paines Crossing (VA). On May 3, 1865, he was awarded a Congressional Medal of Honor for his actions. On April 5, 1881, Elizabeth Dulany (Bessie) Ingle, 10, fourth child of the Reverend and Mrs. Osborne Ingle, died. The Rev. Mr. Ingle, the rector of All Saints Episcopal Church in Frederick, would lose eight members of his immediate family before the end of January 1883, when his wife and a son died during childbirth. On April 5, 1907, the Brunswick YMCA opened. It had dormitory rooms with a total of 46 beds. On April 5, 1942, Interior Secretary Harold Ickles selected Camp 3-Hi Catoctin near Thurmont as the presidential retreat for Franklin D. Roosevelt. It is now known as Camp David, so named after the grandson of President Dwight Eisenhower. On April 5, 1969, a huge moonshine still capable of producing 250 gallons per day was destroyed by federal and state police officials on Woodville Road near Mount Airy. Four Washington area men were arrested. On April 5, 1990, ground was broken for a new Frederick County Health Department complex on the site of the old (1870) Montevue Home on Rosemont Avenue at Montevue Lane 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>

On April 4, 1859, New York Congressman Daniel Sickles went on trial in Washington, D.C., for the murder of Philip Barton Key, son of Francis Scott Key. Sickles was the first defendant in American jurisprudence to use the temporary insanity defense and was acquitted on April 26. On April 4, 1872, Dr. E. L. Bowlus, who practiced medicine in the Middletown Valley, was born. On April 4, 1892, Maryland Governor Frank Brown signed the charter establishing Walkersville as an incorporated community. On April 4, 1923, the United Fire Company of Frederick decided to purchase a chemical wagon to fight fires. On April 4, 1976, Benjamin L. Shuff, chairman of the board of Farmers and Mechanics National Bank, died at Frederick Memorial Hospital. He was born May 27, 1901, at Middlepoint, near Wolfsville. On April 4, 1992, officials of The Town of Walkersville re-enacted the signing of the town's charter by Governor Frank Brown on the 100th anniversary of that event. 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 80-182 - FITZHUGH, KUNKEL, PIE, STOKES, TRAIL - Oct 1858 Charles E. TRAIL vs Perigrine FITZHUGH, et al - Petition for Foreclosure Peregrine FITZHUGH (w/ Sarah Margaret) owned property with his mother, Sophia FITZHUGH as his surety; and was indebted to Charles E. TRAIL for $7,500. There were numerous mortgages from multiple banks. Land - 'Catoctin Iron Works', 7,000 acres; except lot for Protestant Episcopal Church and 200 acre farm claimed by William STOKES; adjoining land of Jacob M. KUNKEL who was a partner of Fitzhugh & Kunkel. Trustees for sale were John B. KUNKEL and William J. ROSS; sale was held 15 Dec 1858, high bidder was: - John KUNKEL at $51,000 Petition filed by Sarah Margaret FITZHUGH by her next friend, John P. POE, to prevent her loss on some of the mortgages. Distribution of $51,000 - multiple mortgages paid, $22,252.21 - Jacob M. KUNKEL, as partner, 1/2, $13,356.25 - Sophia FITZHUGH, for note, $589 and $587.75 - Sarah Margaret FITZHUGH, for note, $1,345.45 and $706 - Sophia FITZHUGH, 73% of mortgage, $5,155.14 - Sarah Margaret FITZHUGH, 73% of mortgage, $3,953.91 On 19 Nov 1860, it was ordered that Sophia FITZHUGH was to be paid $1,000 by Jacob M. KUNKEL, John B. KUNKEL and Philip B. KUNKEL. -- ================== www.MidMdRoots.com ==================

On April 3, 1715, John Hanson was born at Mulberry Grove in Charles County. He became the "first President of The United States in Congress Assembled" under The Articles of Confederation. He was a resident of Frederick when he took that high office. On April 3, 1846, the Independent Hose Company of Frederick broke ground for an engine house in the first block of West Church Street. The lot was purchased on August 19, 1845, from Lawrence J. Brengle for $750. On April 3, 1869, James Hopwood bought the original Barbara Fritchie house, which had been heavily damaged by a flood of The Carroll Creek in 1868, for the materials. On April 3, 1945, the Glade Valley Lions Club was organized with the Rev. Francis Reinberger as president. 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 75-79 - KINNA, KAILOR, SUMMERS, STEIN, BISER, BOONE - Oct 1858 Central Bank & Others vs Sampson KINNA & Others 3rd Report of Sales for farm (except the mill) of James KINNA by trustee, Richard H. MARSHALL on 17 Dec 1858, to: - David KAILOR for 100 acres of farm at $55/acre No bid for remainder of farm, but private sale made to: - George W. SUMMERS for 180 acres at $55/acre - Michael STEIN for mountain lot, "The Hickory Lots", 17 acres, at $40/acre Previously, a lot on "Carrolls Manor" was sold to John BISER at $310; however, he has not complied. A resale was ordered and after the second attempt, it was sold to: - Robert BOONE at $330 Distribution of $29,636.98 - multiple claims paid at 78% Closed 20 Sep 1861. -- ================== www.MidMdRoots.com ==================

On April 2, 1827, The "Office of Pay and Receipt," a branch of The Bank of Westminster became "The Farmers and Mechanics Bank of Frederick County." It was located at the corner of East Second and North Market streets in Frederick. On April 2, 1820, a major fire in the mountain land northwest of Frederick was extinguished by a heavy snowfall. On April 2, 1838, Mrs. Eleanor Potts bought the lot - on East Church Street at present day Maxwell Avenue - she later donated for use as The Episcopal Orphans House. On April 2, 1846, the Independent Hose Company broke ground for a new engine house next to the Evangelical Reformed Church on the south side of the first block of West Church Street in Frederick. On April 2, 1854, Joseph Dill Baker, "Frederick's First Citizen," was born in Buckeystown. On April 2, 1891, the Frederick Brick Works, Inc., was established at 184 East South Street in Frederick. On April 2, 1918, The American's Creed, written by Frederick native William Tyler Page, was accepted by The House of Representatives. At the time, Mr. Page was the clerk of the House, and with the acceptance received the top prize in an essay contest. 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 April 1, 1841, a lot on East Church Street, extending back to Market Place, was deeded from Henry Doyle to the trustees of the Methodist Church for the erection of a new edifice. It was torn down in 1865 and another worship facility was built. This second structure on the site was torn down in the 1970s to make way for Frederick's first parking garage. It had been converted into apartments after Calvary Methodist Church was erected on North Bentz Street in 1930. On April 1, 1865, Jacob Koogle, a Frederick native, was a combatant in the Battle of Five Forks in Virginia. On May 10, 1865, he was awarded a Congressional Medal of Honor for his heroism. His citation said he "captured battle flag." On April 1, 1867, John S. Pennell was elected the first mayor of Mechanicstown (now Thurmont), and that community was incorporated by an Act of The General Assembly. John S. Rouser, Leonard Picking, and Joshua Stokes were elected town commissioners. On April 1, 1872, the floor of Groff Hall on West Fourth Street in Frederick collapsed, injuring many at a Bethel AME Church fair. One child was trampled to death in the rush to exit the building. Bethel AME is now known as Quinn Chapel AME. On April 1, 1887, the Frederick Seamless Hosiery Company, which later became the Union Manufacturing Company, was chartered. It produced the first pair of nylon hose for women in the world. On April 1, 1926, The Citizens Truck Company was organized. It was the first exclusively ladder fire company in Frederick County. On April 1, 1976, the Urbana Volunteer Fire Company officially went into service at 8 P.M. after being approved the previous night by The Frederick County Volunteer Firemen's Association. 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 March 31, 1842, a fire in the residence of Dr. William Tyler on Record Street in Frederick spread to several other buildings including the cupola of The Frederick County Courthouse. This is the building that was destroyed by fire of a suspicious nature in 1861 at the beginning of the Civil War. The building that replaced the one destroyed by fire is now Frederick's City Hall after serving as the county's courthouse from 1862 to 1981. 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>