On May 27, 1768, the Rev. Bennett Allen was appointed rector of All Saints Parish, succeeding the Rev. Thomas Bacon, who had died. On May 27, 1853, a company was incorporated to build a road from Woodsboro to Ceresville, what is today The Woodsboro Pike (MD 194). On May 27, 1868, Abraham Kemp, longtime leader of The Evangelical Reformed Church, now the Evangelical Reformed United Church of Christ in Frederick, died. The church renamed its Market Street building in his honor. It was in this building that the Maryland General Assembly met in 1862. On May 27, 1869, the iron bridge over Carroll Creek at Bentztown was completed. On May 27, 1892, 1st Lt. George E. Davis, Company D, 10th Vermont Infantry, was awarded a Congressional Medal of Honor for his actions in The Battle of Monocacy on July 9, 1864. He was born December 26, 1839, in Dunstable, Mass. On May 27, 1901, Benjamin L. Shuff, longtime president of Farmers & Mechanics National Bank, was born near Wolfsville. On May 27, 1941, Katherine E. Byron, mother of Goodloe E. Byron and mother-in-law of Beverly B. Byron, was elected to replace her husband, William D. Byron, as the representative to Congress from the Sixth District of Maryland. Mr. Byron was killed in a plane crash near Atlanta in February 1941. 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]