On March 14, 1805, Elizabeth Ann Bayley Seton, the first native-born American to become a saint of the Roman Catholic Church, converted to Catholicism. On March 14, 1839, Charles Wright Ely, who would head The Maryland Institute for The Deaf and Dumb for 42 years, was born in Madison, CT. He died October 1, 1912, in Washington, DC, while visiting his son. On March 14, 1866, Albert L. Pearre, father of Dr. A. Austin Pearre, Sr., and grandfather of Dr. A. A. (Budgey) Pearre, Jr., was born. He died July 13, 1944. He operated Pearre's Apothecary on South Market Street in downtown 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)