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. 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 [email protected]