On February 2, 1851, an addition to the Old Hill Church on East All Saints Street, the forerunner of Asbury United Methodist Church, was dedicated. On February 2, 1876, a violent wind storm hit Frederick, toppling the steeple of All Saints Episcopal Church on West Church Street. On February 2, 1978, William W. Wenner, of Brunswick, a member of the Frederick law firm of Rollins, Wenner and Price, was appointed to the District Court bench by Acting Governor Blair Lee III. He replaced Judge Byron Thompson, who retired February 1. Judge Wenner was later appointed to the Circuit Court, won a bitterly contested election to remain there in 1982, and was later elevated to the Court of Special Appeals. He retired in September 2000, having reached the mandatory retirement age of 70 for Maryland judges. 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 February 1, 1899, Dr. A. Austin Pearre, Sr., a founder of the Frederick County Heart Association and a practicing physician in Frederick for more than 52 years, was born. He died July 21, 1979, at his Upper College Terrace home in Frederick and was buried at Mt. Olivet Cemetery. On February 1, 1904, the Walkersville Savings Bank opened for business with C. M. Thomas as president. On February 1, 1911, The Historical Society of Frederick County was incorporated. On February 1, 1916, The News, published by The Great Southern Printing and Manufacturing Company, purchased The Frederick Post. On February 1, 1955, Philip's Delight School, Frederick County's last one-room school for white students, closed. It was located in the Catoctin Mountains, six miles west of Thurmont. On February 1, 1960, Frederick Mayor Jacob R. Ramsburg announced that a gift from Dr. and Mrs. John T. King, Jr., of Baltimore, would allow the city to illuminate the city's famous "Clustered Spires." Mrs. King was the former Charlotte Baker, daughter of Holmes D. Baker, and granddaughter of "Frederick's First Citizen" - Joseph Dill Baker. 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 January 31, 1782, German soldiers captured at Yorktown arrived in Frederick, where they were housed at what came to be known as The Hessian Barracks. One of them was the father of Jacob Engelbrecht, the diarist, who recorded local events from 1819 to 1878. On January 31, 1903, a statue of John Hanson was formally presented by the State of Maryland to the U. S. Government for Statutory Hall in The Capitol. Hanson, the "first President of The United States in Congress Assembled under The Articles of Confederation," was a resident of Frederick during the Revolutionary War and up to the time of his death. On January 31, 1904, John Alexander Lynch, who served as a judge of the Sixth Judicial Circuit from 1867 to 1897, died at his West Second Street home in Frederick. He was born October 3, 1825, near Jefferson. He was buried at Mt. Olivet Cemetery. On January 31, 1955, the J. C. Penny store in the 100 block of North Market Street was destroyed in a spectacular fire on one of the coldest nights of the year. 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-2 645-649 - RAMSBURG - Jan 1861 Stephen RAMSBURG vs P. Light WILSON, et al Supplemental to #2799 of BGF-1, 185 & BGF-2, 138 Will of Susan RAMSBURG Petition of Jefferson Circuit Benevolent Society of the Methodist Protestant Church vs P. Light WILSON and J. W. CHARLTON, trustees On 20 Apr 1861, ordered the matter be referred to the auditor for distribution. -- www.MidMdRoots.com ==================

On January 30, 1841, George Alfred 'Gath' Townsend, youngest Civil War correspondent and the builder of the stone monument at Gathland State Park near Burkittsville to War Correspondents, was born. On January 30, 1944, Dr. Levin West, a Brunswick physician for 58 years, a banker and councilman, died in Frederick. He was buried at St. Mark's Episcopal Church at Petersville, near where he was born on July 26, 1864. On January 30, 2009, Charles H. "Buzz" Smelser, who served in the Maryland General Assembly as a delegate and senator for 37 years, representing Frederick and Carroll counties, died at his home near Unionville. He was born July 4, 1920, in Uniontown MD. 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-2 633-645 - COBLENTZ, WISE, ROUTZANG, BOWLUS, SHAFER, MAIN - Jan 1861 Joseph WISE vs Elizabeth COBLENTZ, et al Land - House & Lot at east end of Middletown, then occupied by Isaiah ROUTZANG, adjoining property of Charles NEMIRE. It had a 2-story brick and log house with stable and fruit trees. Sold to Elizabeth COBLENTZ by Joseph WISE in 1857. Mortgage to Samuel BOWLUS for payment to Thomas SHAFER, which he transferred to Stephen R. BOWLUS. Samuel BOWLUS died 1859, intestate, leaving no estate. His widow was Mahala BOWLUS; they lived on the north side of Main St in Middletown. He was guardian of Silas M. BOWLUS and Amos S. BOWLUS. Samuel and wife made deed of trust to Stephen R. BOWLUS. Thomas SHAFER paid by heirs of Samuel BOWLUS; monies still due to Joseph WISE. Trustee was Joseph WISE with sureties as Jonathan ROUTZAHN and Lloyd H. HYATT. Sale was held on 2 Mar 1861, high bidder was: - Frederick MAIN at $714.75 Distribution: court costs, $83.89 - Joseph WISE, note, $280 - Joseph WISE, note, $252 - Thomas SHAFER, lien, $98.86 Closed 1 May 1861. -- www.MidMdRoots.com ====================

On January 29, 1833, Francis Scott Key's appointment as U. S. Attorney for The District of Columbia was confirmed by the United States Senate. On January 29, 1858, Phillip Hawkins, a Negro, was hanged at the Hessian Barracks for the murder of James Diggs, a free Negro. On January 29, 1978, The Board of Trustees of Frederick Community College accepted the resignation of Dr. Lewis W. Stephens as president in the wake of an enrollment padding scandal. Dr. Carl H. Mitlehner was named interim president. On January 29, 1982, Frederick County District Court Judge Mary Ann Stepler, the first woman appointed to the local bench, was named administrative judge of the 11th District Court, which includes Frederick and Washington counties. She was the first woman to hold this position. She was born in York, PA, on January 11, 1942, and died December 11, 2014, in Washington, DC. 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>

From: John Ashbury [mailto:wasps1965@comcast.net] Sent: Wednesday, January 27, 2016 10:22 AM To: 'Bob@WFMD.com' <Bob@WFMD.com>; 'Frank@WFMD.com' <Frank@WFMD.com> Subject: History Moment - 1-28-16 On January 28, 1825, Charles Edward Trail, president of Farmers & Mechanics National Bank from 1878 to 1894, and the builder of The Trail Mansion on East Church Street in Frederick (now the Keeney, Basford Funeral Home) was born. On January 28, 1837, the Washington Hose Company, the predecessor of The United Steam Fire Engine Company, No. 3, was organized. It disbanded "shortly after" July 6, 1844. The Uniteds were organized November 22, 1845. On January 28, 1859, Emily Nelson Ritchie (McLean), who would serve as President-General of The Daughters of The American Revolution (DAR) from 1905 to 1909, was born in Frederick. She died May 19, 1916, and was buried at Mt. Olivet Cemetery. On January 28, 1859, Thomas Haller, publisher of The Examiner, while printing the February 2 edition, caught his sleeve in the gears of the Double Cylinder Printing Machine which drew his left hand into the press. The machine was running slowly and was stopped before his hand was mangled or severed. On January 28, 1883, Mary Mills Addison Ingle, wife of the Reverend Osborne Ingle, rector of All Saints Episcopal Church, died shortly after giving birth to a son who did not live to be christened. Her uncle was Joseph Addison, the British writer. On January 28, 1962, the body of Mrs. Betty Jo Feathers, of Winchester, VA, was found in the front seat of her car parked in front of 113 East Patrick Street in Frederick. She had been shot three times. Her husband, Keith Feathers, was charged with her murder on January 31. On January 28, 2009, Ernest "Erni" Nasher, a popular restaurateur who owned and operated Erni's Italian Kitchen with his daughter Roz for more than 40 years, died at Citizens Care and Rehabilitation Center in Frederick. He was born in Karvin, Austria, on November 11, 1907. 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 January 27, 1838, Casper Quinn was elected president of Independent Hose Company in Frederick. On January 27, 1992, Major Regis Raymond Raffensberger, head of the Baltimore City Police Department's Tactical Unit, was named by Frederick City Mayor Paul P. Gordon as the city's new police chief. He was sworn in on February 24. 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-2 630-633 - WARRENFELTZ, HOOVER, MICHAEL, BISER - Sep 1860 Ezra WARRENFELTZ & Others - Petition Supplemental of BGF-1, 475 Sale of Hutzel Farm by Ezra WARRENFELTZ, trustee; on tract "Long Dispute Ended", 162 acres, sold on 8 Oct 1860 in Bolivar to William Joshua KESSLER at $5,232.56. Property in Bolivar, 3 miles west of Middletown, with 2-story stone house, bank barn, spring house and fruit orchard. Henry BOWER Jr was then residing there. 2nd Accounting: $5,232.56; court costs, $228.06 - Ezra WARRENFELTZ, 1/6, $834.08 - Joshua WARRENFELTZ, 1/6, $834.08 - Solomon WARRENFELTZ, 1/6, $834.08 - Mary HOOVER, 1/6, $834.08 - Caroline R. MICHAEL, 1/6, $834.08 - Sarah Ann BISER, 1/6, $834.08 Closed 18 Feb 1861. -- www.MidMdRoots.com ===================

On January 26, 1816, Jonathan, Nimrod, Harry and Solomon, all Negroes, were hanged at the Old Magazine on the Harper's Ferry Road for the murder of their master, Edward Owings, Jr. On January 26, 1882, a diphtheria epidemic continued. The Rev. Osborne Ingle, rector of All Saints Episcopal Church, lost five children in less than two weeks. On January 26, 1967, Donald A. McGolerick, of Mount Airy, was charged with malicious burning in a series of fires that destroyed 15 barns in the New Market-Mt. Airy area. On January 26, 2010, Marine Sgt. David Smith, of Frederick MD, and a 2002 graduate of Frederick High School, died in Germany of injuries suffered when a road-side bomb exploded in Helmand Province, Afghanistan, on January 23, 2010. He was born February 16, 1984 in Washington, DC, the son of Mary Jane McWilliams and Leonard A. Smith. 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 January 25, 1775, Jacob Weller, B.S., was born. He became famous as a master blacksmith, thus the B.S. after his name. He was the first manufacturer of friction matches in America. He did this from a small stone building in Mechanicstown (Thurmont). He also donated the land for the first United Brethren Church in Mechanicstown. He died June 6, 1846. On January 25, 1896, James McSherry, of Frederick, was appointed Chief Judge of the Maryland Court of Appeals. His appointment was approved by the state Senate that same day. On January 25, 1927, Professor George Edward Smith, three times mayor of Frederick, an Orphans' Court Judge, and a Register of Wills, died in his Frederick County Courthouse office. He was born November 11, 1850, on a Washington County farm. On January 25, 2010, Sen. Charles "Mac" Mathias, Jr., who served Marylanders in Congress in both the House and Senate for 28 years, and who was born in Frederick on July 24, 1922, on Courthouse Square, died at his Chevy Chase home. 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 January 24, 1775, in a meeting at the Frederick Court House, a county government was formed to be exercised by a committee of observation consisting of a large number of the leading citizens of the county. This action was due to a collapse of state government and the abdication - in effect - by Gov. Robert Eden. On January 24, 1867, Jacob Engelbrecht, Frederick mayor and diarist, hosted a Masquerade Social with 18 men and seven women in attendance. On January 24, 1927, Perry McCleery, publisher with his brother Valentine of The Moon, and composing room foreman at the Frederick News-Post for 40 years, died suddenly at his North Market Street home. He was born November 18, 1866, in the house in which he died. On January 24, 1970, Dr. Melvin Lea, the son of the one-time Coca-Cola franchise holder in Frederick, and a prominent surgeon, died. He was born November 10, 1912, in Dendron, VA. 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 January 23, 1845, M. E. Getzendanner, a family grocer and liquor dealer on West Patrick Street in Frederick, and among the founder of The Frederick Seamless Hosiery Company in 1887, was born. On January 23, 1856, some Middletown residents issued a circular charging that area residents were being swindled out of $6,000 a year by the Frederick County government. A meeting was held on January 26 in an effort to form a new county to be called "Johnson County." On January 23, 1941, Lewis A. Rice, a prominent Frederick businessman and former president of the Maryland Chapter of The Sons of The American Revolution, died. He was born October 17, 1861, 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 January 22, 1791, President George Washington appointed Thomas Johnson, of Frederick, Maryland's first governor and Washington's longtime friend, to head the Federal City Planning Commission. On January 22, 1853, The "Agricultural Club of Frederick County" was organized with Lewis Kemp as president. On January 22, 1950, The Church of The Brethren, which has been located at 23 West Fourth Street since 1886, decided to purchase four lots at the corner of Fairview Avenue and West Second Street for $6,000 on which to erect a new sanctuary. The actual purchase was made on February 1, 1954, for a price of $6,700. John W. Ashbury Wasps1965@comcast.net <mailto:Wasps1965@comcast.net>

On January 21, 1781, Thomas Johnson, as a member of the House of Delegate, introduced a bill authorizing the confiscation of all British property in Maryland. On January 21, 1877, at a company meeting, the Independent Hose Company No. 1 agreed to purchase a steam fire engine from the La France Company. This engine was nicknamed "Romeo" when it was delivered. On January 21, 1894, Helen Smith, who lived most of her life at Old Braddock west of Frederick and who was a renowned local artist, was born. On January 21, 1906, the First Baptist Church of Brunswick was organized. 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-2 615-629 - JACOBS, KLIEN, FAQUA - Sep 1860 Catharine JACOBS, et al vs Sarah J. JACOBS, et al David JACOBS d/ Fall of 1859, intestate d/ Catharine JACOBS d/ Barbara JACOBS d/ Mary M. w/o Frederick KLIEN s/ David P. JACOBS s/ Adam L. JACOBS & w/ Jemimina d/ Margaret M. JACOBS d/ Sarah J. JACOBS, a minor d/ Eliza C. JACOBS, a minor Land - "Middle Plantation", 32 acres, to David JACOBS from Daniel JACOBS and Adam JACOBS, execs/of Adam JACOBS, in 1848. Located 1 1/2 miles SE of Mount Pleasant on road leading to New Market, with 2-story log house; David P. JACOBS was then living on the premises. Admin/ Adam L. JACOBS; guardian was Joseph W. L. CARTY. Testimony was heard from James FAQUA. Trustee was Adam L. JACOBS with sureties as William H. LEASE and Adam JACOBS. Sale was held on 9 Mar 1861 on the premises; high bidder was: - David P. JACOBS at $485 Distribution: court costs & admin fees, $203.51 - each child's 1/8 share, $35.18 Closed 11 May 1861. -- www.MidMdRoots.com ==================

On January 20, 1872, a public meeting was held in Mechanicstown to discuss the formation of a new county to be called Catoctin. On January 20, 1872, Milton G. Urner, who would later become the first president of the Frederick County Bar Association, was installed as the superintendent of the Sunday School of Calvary Methodist Episcopal Church in Frederick. On January 20, 1874, Charles Byerly, who succeeded his father, J. Davis Byerly, and his grandfather, Jacob Byerly, in the photographic business in Frederick, was born. On January 20, 1885, Frederick lawyer and philanthropist Leo Weinberg was born. He died September 17, 1942, in Philadelphia. On January 20, 1885, Capt. Joseph Groff proposed a new skating rink for colored people be built on West Fourth Street in Frederick. It opened on March 14, 1885, at Groff Hall. On January 20, 1900, Richard Doddridge Blackmore, author of the historical novel Lorna Doone, died. Lady Ellen Thompson, who with her husband operated Glenellen Academy in Ijamsville from 1878 to 1888, claimed that she was the actual author of Lorna Doone. Blackmore was born June 7, 1825, at Longworth, Berkshire, England. On January 20, 1921, whiskey valued at $60,000 was seized at Ridgeville. On January 20, 1941, The Ritchie Lodge at Catoctin Furnace, which had been host to President Herbert Hoover on numerous occasions, was heavily damaged by fire. The property was owned by Lawrence Ritchie, who was Hoover's personal secretary. On January 20, 1951, Army Sgt. Joseph Hayes Trail, of Frederick County, died of malnutrition and exposure to the cold while in the hands of North Korean soldiers near Such'on. He was captured on December 2, 1950, as U. S. forces retreated through heavy fighting. He was a combat engineer. His remains were never identified. On January 20, 2005, Randy Cubbedge, a U. S. Park policeman assigned to Vice President Dick Cheney and a resident of Thurmont, and Sgt. Thomas Yocklin, of Frederick, a member of the "Commander-in-Chief's Guard" (a ceremonial unit of the Army's 3rd Infantry Division), took part in the inaugural festivities for President George Walker Bush. 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 January 19, 1802, Francis Scott Key, author of "The Defence of Ft. McHenry," which later became our national anthem, married Mary Tayloe Lloyd in Annapolis. He called her Polly. On January 19, 1868, Dr. Samuel Annan, who was born in Philadelphia in 1797, and who reported the first cases of a tracheotomy performed in Maryland while practicing medicine in Emmitsburg, died in Baltimore at Church Home. On January 19, 1882, the Rev. John S. Stone, rector of All Saints Episcopal Church from Christmas 1828 until 1830, died at 87 in Cambridge, Mass. On January 19, 1900, Jerome R. Swartley, a conductor of the B&O Railroad, who shot and killed Charles F. Seeberger, an electrician for the railroad, was released on bail after Judge John C. Motter ruled the shooting was not murder. On January 19, 1923, Dr. Menahem T. Friedman was elected Rabbi of the new Beth Sholom Synagogue. On January 19, 1970, the demolition of The Mountain Theater, a Braddock Heights landmark, began. The first stage production was in 1939 and plays were presented for nearly 25 years. Stars such as James Gregory, Fay Spain and Peter Breck headlined productions there. On January 19, 2008, George R. Houston, Jr., the 23rd president of Mount Saint Mary's University, died at Georgetown University Hospital in Washington DC of pancreatic cancer. 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 January 18, 1882, The Examiner reported the death "within the past week" of Caroline and Susie Ingle, children of the Rev. and Mrs. Osborne Ingle. He was the rector of All Saints Episcopal Church from 1866 to 1909. The cause of death was diphtheria. On January 18, 1931, Helen Keller visited Frederick. She spoke to overflow crowds at the Maryland School for The Deaf and at the Evangelical Reformed Church on West Church Street. On January 18, 1938, the C. Burr Artz Library on Record Street at West Second Street was dedicated in Frederick. On January 18, 2007, Gene Thomas Mills, retired executive editor of The Frederick News Post, and retired publisher of The Glade Times and Mountain Mirror in Walkersville, died at his home. He was born January 24, 1927, in Morgantown WV. 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>