The Valley Register Friday, September 7, 1900 Middletown, Frederick Co., Maryland KILLED BY THE CARS AT HAGERSTOWN Andrew S. Stotlemyer, who lived five miles west of Hancock, was instantly killed by an engine in the yards of the Western Maryland Railroad Co., in Hagestown shortly after noon last Wednesday. He cam to Hagerstown to be examined by the Pension Examing Board for an increase of Pension. In his hurry he boarded the wrong train to go home and when he discovered his mistake Jumped off directly in front of a switching engine, which he did not see. It pased over his body, cutting off a leg and an arm and horribly mangling the trunk. When the remains were picked up a silver dollar was found clutched in his hand. He had probably pulled the coin from his pocket to buy a ticket, but in his haste to catch the train got on without a ticket. He was 60 years old. He served in Co. A, First Maryland Regiment, Potomac Home Brigade, Volunteer Cavalry.

Jack was so gracious at to find this newspaper article. This Andrew J. Stottlemeyer (The paper gave it as S.) was my gg grandfather. I have recently received his Civil War pension records and would love to hear from anyone who can connect to this family. I'd love to share what I've found. I doubt that there would be a stone erected in any cemetery as money was quite scarce. However, if anyone has cemetery material from the Hancock area I sure would appreciate a look in the index to see if he might be mentioned. It seems that Andrew was married to Mary E. Haywood whose father, William H. Haywood came from England before 1841. Thanks for the help, Jack! Patsy Pifer ----- Original Message ----- The Valley Register Friday, September 7, 1900 Middletown, Frederick Co., Maryland KILLED BY THE CARS AT HAGERSTOWN Andrew S. Stotlemyer, who lived five miles west of Hancock, was instantly killed by an engine in the yards of the Western Maryland Railroad Co., in Hagestown shortly after noon last Wednesday. He cam to Hagerstown to be examined by the Pension Examing Board for an increase of Pension. In his hurry he boarded the wrong train to go home and when he discovered his mistake Jumped off directly in front of a switching engine, which he did not see. It pased over his body, cutting off a leg and an arm and horribly mangling the trunk. When the remains were picked up a silver dollar was found clutched in his hand. He had probably pulled the coin from his pocket to buy a ticket, but in his haste to catch the train got on without a ticket. He was 60 years old. He served in Co. A, First Maryland Regiment, Potomac Home Brigade, Volunteer Cavalry.

Patsy, in Vol. II of the Cemetery Records there is the following information in the Mt. Olivet Cemetery, west of Hancock, on Route 40: STOTTLEMYER, A. J. Co. A. 1st MD P. H. B. Cav. d. (n.o.i) [no other information] STOTTLEMYER, __________ w/o A. J. Stottlemyer d. (n.o.i.) So there is apparently a gravesite but the stones did not have dates on them. There are Stottlemeyer/Stottlemyer marriages beginning in 1814 going to 1859. There are 11 grooms and 9 brides in the index, but not Andrew. The index only goes to 1860, so A.J. may have married after that or married somewhere else. . Another spelling variation in the cemetery listing is STOTELMYER. One Elias, b. 3 Sept 1828 d. 21 May 1915 and his wife Anna C. Lantz are buried in the Smithsburg Cemetery at Smithsburg, MD. (Vol. III) There are also some buried in the Presbyterian Church Graveyard, High Street, Hancock and their name is spelled STOTLEMEYER. (Vol. II) Lauren Brantner Patsy Pifer wrote: >Jack was so gracious at to find this newspaper article. This Andrew J. >Stottlemeyer (The paper gave it as S.) was my gg grandfather. I have >recently received his Civil War pension records and would love to hear from >anyone who can connect to this family. I'd love to share what I've found. > >I doubt that there would be a stone erected in any cemetery as money was >quite scarce. However, if anyone has cemetery material from the Hancock >area I sure would appreciate a look in the index to see if he might be >mentioned. > >It seems that Andrew was married to Mary E. Haywood whose father, William H. >Haywood came from England before 1841. >Thanks for the help, Jack! >Patsy Pifer > >----- Original Message ----- > > > >The Valley Register >Friday, September 7, 1900 >Middletown, Frederick Co., Maryland > >KILLED BY THE CARS AT HAGERSTOWN > >Andrew S. Stotlemyer, who lived five >miles west of Hancock, was instantly >killed by an engine in the yards of the >Western Maryland Railroad Co., in >Hagestown shortly after noon last >Wednesday. He cam to Hagerstown >to be examined by the Pension Examing >Board for an increase of Pension. >In his hurry he boarded the wrong train >to go home and when he discovered his >mistake Jumped off directly in front of >a switching engine, which he did not see. >It pased over his body, cutting off a leg >and an arm and horribly mangling the trunk. >When the remains were picked up a silver >dollar was found clutched in his hand. He had >probably pulled the coin from his pocket >to buy a ticket, but in his haste to catch >the train got on without a ticket. He was >60 years old. He served in Co. A, First >Maryland Regiment, Potomac Home Brigade, >Volunteer Cavalry. > > > >==== MDWASHIN Mailing List ==== >If you have a Family Genealogy Website with Washington County connections, >please send the url to FamilyHart at FamilyHart@aol.com. We will place >a link on the Washington County Website. Thanks! > >============================== >Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration >Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. >http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 > > > > >