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ZASIIMYER, HENRY, Member of the City Council of Baltimore, was born in the Palatinate, one of the Rhenish Provinces, September 6, 1835. Hc is the son of Peter and Madaline (Schuinacher) Cashmyer. llis father, who was a farmer in the old country, came with his family to America, and settled in Baltimore, in 1839. Ile soon after engaged in the coopering business, with his two sons, Philip and Augustus, who were older , than Henry. Mr. Cashmyer was educated in the parish schools of the city and at St. James's Roman Catholic Pa- rochil School. When about thirteen years of age, he entered his father's shop, where he learned the business and became a most thorough and skilful workman. On the breaking out of the war his elder brother went South, where he joined the Confederate service, becoming special agent for General Winder, which position he held until the close of hostilities. Mr. Cashmyer's father and brother Augustus had just prior to the war removed to a farm in Baltimore County, leaving him to conduct the business alone, which he did with ability and success. In 1867, he sold out the business, and for one year conducted a restaurant, " Otta- wa Hall," at the corner of Pratt and Bond Streets. In 1868, an act was passed by the Legislature, providing for the appointment of four extra magistrates, who spoke the German language, whereupon Governor Swann selected
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Mr. Cashmyer to fill one of these positions. He was suc- cessively appointed by Governors Bowie and Whyte, and continued to exercise the duties of that office with great acceptance and fidelity till 1875, when he resigned his com- mission. In 1871, he was elected to the Second Branch of the City Council for the term of two years; in 1874, he was elected to the First Branch; and in 1875, again re- turned to the Second Branch ; in 1877, and again in 1878, he was re-elected to the First Branch, in which he still holds a scat. In the Council he has been both active and influential. . Besides holding prominent and responsible positions on the regularstanding committees, he was Chair- man of the Special Committee appointed, in 1876, to inves- tigate the accounts of the several departments of the city government, on which occasion he made a majority report. Ile was also a member of the Special Committees on the contested elcction of William Baker versus Joseph Ma- caully, and J. J. Butler versus J. F. Sommerlock. He was also a member of the committee who visited Washington to try to secure an appropriation for a new Custom-house and Post-office. Few men have been more successful in political affairs in the city, or enjoyed greater popularity than Mr. Cashmyer. He is the President and active busi- ness manager of the Providential Life Insurance Company, a loan branch of the Mutual Life Insurance Company of Baltimore. He was married, in 1864, to Miss Mary Eliza- beth Zinkand, of Baltimore. They have four children liv- ing, Annie, Harry A., Joseph C., and Clara F.
BUDDY, JOHN WESLEY CRONIN, Physician and Surgeon, son of John P. and Ruth C. Cuddy, was born in Baltimore County, April 7, 1840. ITis Gruve grandfather, Captain Lawson Cuddy, bore a brave and conspicuous part in the war of 1812-15. Dr. Cuddy pursued a classical and scientific course at Calvert College, New Windsor, Maryland, and received at its con- clusion the degree of Master of Arts. He was decidedly literary in his tastes and intended to fit himself for a pro- fessorship, but on leaving college he was induced by the family physician, Dr. Joshua R. Nelson, to commence the study of medicine. He accordingly placed himself under the instruction of the celebrated Prof. Nathan R. Smith, the acknowledged leader in medicine and surgery, in Bal- timore, and also attended a thorough course of lectures at the University of Maryland, from which he received, in March, 1863, his degree of Doctor of Medicine. He was for sixteen months assistant surgeon in the Federal army during the late war, and was stationed in the hospitals of Washington and Alexandria. Since that time he has pur- sucd a highly successful private practice in Baltimore, re- siding at 363 Franklin Street. IIe was united in marriage, March 17, 1863, with Laura C. Graham of that city. He
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i decidedly conservative in religion and politics, endeav- oning to keep the happy mean between all extremes, and to hold fast all that is good, rejecting whatever seems to ham unworthy. He is a man of fine personal appearance, His manner is exceedingly pleasant, frank and cordial, in- spiring instant confidence in his character and skill. Hle holds a deservedly high rank in his profession, and is greatly esteemed in the community. His only child, Clar- ence Engene Cuddy, is nine years of age.
ARMICHAEL, WILLIAM, Commissioner of Balti- more County, was born in that part of the city of Baltimore called Old Town, February 5, 1810. Ilis maternal grandfather, Jeremiah Kirkpatrick, was born March 10, 1785, in County Antrim, Ireland, and died March 3, 1814. His paternal grand-parents were both natives of Scotland. His father, Dugald Carmichael, died in 1812, when his son William was only two years of age. lle was a tall, fine-looking man, intelligent and exceedingly fond of books. His circumstances were comfortable, but having indorsed notes for others, his property and fine li- brary were scattered at his death. His wife, Mary Ilay- den Carmichael, was left with ten young helpless children, nearly all of whom, after a hard struggle on the part of their mother to give them the comforts of life, found a home among strangers. Of them all, the subject of this sketch is now the only survivor. Ilis father had been an Episco- palian, but his mother, now brought under Methodist influ- ence, became an attendant at that church. She sent her son William to the Male Free School, taught by Thomas Bassford, which was then and is still under Methodist aus- pices. Here he was educated, having as his classmates, Wendel Bollman, Rev. Isaac P. Cook, and other promi- nent, self-made men of the city. Ile was also greatly in- debted to the Sunday-school he attended, for the means of cultivation he enjoyed. At the age of thirteen he was ap- prenticed to Mr. Christian Abell, an honest butcher, but a man very careful of his money, who deemed it his duty to train William to the strictest and most economical habits. The latter still amnses his friends with accounts of the hard- ships of his boyhood, and relates many incidents illustra- ting the difference between the treatment of apprentices at that day and the present. He completed his apprenticeship at the age of twenty-one, and served as journeyman butcher under several parties, until 1833, when he started in the same business for himself, conducting it successfully until the year 1864, when he resigned it into the hands of his son, Thomas Eugene, still, however, rendering him valua- ble assistance. Mr. Carmichael was considered a model man in his business; was very popular, and acquired a handsome competence. Since his retirement he has de- voted much of his time to his children, and to the interests
of the Whatcoat Methodist Episcopal Church, of which he is a member. He has taken much interest in the improve- ment of the county schools, and as Trustee of Clifton School, No. 4, has been exceedingly faithful and efficient. lle is also a Director of the Commercial and Farmers' National Bank, President of the Newington Land and Loan Company, of Baltimore city, an honorary position, and Treasurer of the Newington Building Association, one of the best ever organized in Baltimore. In politics, Mr. Carmichael has always been a Democrat. When it was known that he would accept the office of Commissioner of Baltimore County, both political parties indorsed him, and he was elected by an overwhelming vote. No one more acceptable to the people generally could have been selected for that position. Mr. Carmichael is a man of strict integ- rity, of a frank, social and charitable disposition. He was first married to Eugenia, daughter of Captain William Zachary, so long and so well known to the citizens of East Baltimore. Their children now living are, Thomas Eu- gene, who married Margaret C. Smith; Mary Louise, wife of Wm. HI. Harker; Elizabeth Lee, who married Dr. G. WV. Norris; Annie Moore, wife of Samuel Messersmith; and Melville Wilson Carmichael. The present wife of Mr. Carmichael is Margaret E., daughter of Jacob Hoff, also a well-known and highly respected citizen of Baltimore. She is greatly estecmed and beloved in church and chari- table circles. She has two children, Adaline Eugenia and William Jacob. Although in his seventieth year, Mr. Car- michael still exhibits great mental and bodily vigor, and his life continues to be one of great activity and usefulness,
BRITCHARD, ARTHUR JOHN, Paymaster in the United States Navy, was born in the town of East Newmarket, Dorchester County, Maryland, in .1836. In 1839, his parents removed to the city of Baltimore, where the subject of this sketch received his carly education. At the age of fourteen years, he left school and went into the grocery and commission business, on the wharf, in which he remained about three years, when he became employed as bookkeeper, by a large shipbuilding firm. In 1857, he was appointed a clerk in the State Tobacco Warehouse, but not finding this posi- tion sufficiently lucrative, he resigned at the end of eigh- teen months, and accepted the post of clerk in the office of Register of Wills for Baltimore city, where the close confinement to his duties proved, in a short time, so inju- rious to his health, that he was again compelled to resign. lle then, through the influence of Governor Thomas II. Ilicks, of Maryland, obtained an appointment, October 7, 1861, as an Assistant-Paymaster in the United States Navy ; sailed from Philadelphia, in December, in the gun-boat Itasca, commanded by C. 11. B. Caldwell, and joined the
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East Gulf Blockading Squadron, at that time under the command of Flag Officer MeKean, but who was soon afterwards relieved by Rear Admiral Farragut. Paymas fer Pritchard was attached to the Havea for two years, dur ing which time that vessel was engaged in all the lights on the Mississippi River, prominent among which were those at Forts Jackson and St. Philip, Vicksburg, Grand Gulf, Manshac Bend, etc. Previous to the first-named engagement, the Itasca succeeded in cutting the chain ex- tending across the river, by means of a number of small vessels, for the purpose of obstructing and preventing the passage of the Federal fleet, on its way to the city of New Orleans. He was wounded, in the fall of 1862, and sent to a hospital in New Orleans, where he remained for two months; but so serious was his injury, and so tardy his recovery, that he was sent North for treatment, and was altogether incapacitated from duty for seven months. At the expiration of that time, he rejoined his vessel, and remained with her until her return North, for repairs, in September, 1863, when he was detached, and ordered at once to the United States Steamer Wyalusing. The Wya- lusing proceeded to the Sounds of North Carolina, for the purpose of attempting to capture or destroy the Confede- rate Ram Albemarle, but, engaging that vessel, after a few hours' hot fighting, the ram retreated up the Roanoke River, where she remained until destroyed by Lieutenant Cushing. The Wyalusing afterwards assisted at the cap- ture of Plymouth, in 1864. In this same year, the sub- ject of this sketch was promoted to the full rank of Pay- master. In the summer of 1865, he was detached, and, after settling accounts, was ordered to the United States Steamer Ticonderoga, Captain Charles Steadman, and sailed, the following autumn, from' Philadelphia, to join the European Squadron. Stopping for a few days at the Azores, the vessel arrived at Lisbon, in December, and, during forty months that she remained on the station, visit- ed almost every sea-port town from Cronstadt, in Russia, which place she visited with Admiral Farragut, to St. Paul de Loando, on the coast of Africa, including that of Con- stantinople. In the autumn of 1869, Paymaster Pritchard joined the United States Steamer Benicia, Captain S. Nicholson, and sailing from Portsmouth, New Hampshire, bound for China, touched at Rio de Janeiro, the Cape of Good Hope, Anger Point, in Java, and Singapore, arriv. ing at Hong Kong, China, in July or August, 1870. After visiting several Chinese and Japanese ports, he arrived at Yokohama, Japan, towards the end of 1871, and there his health beeame so much impaired, that he was sent home to the United States, by recommendation of a medical board of survey. Having recovered from his illness, he joined the United States Steamer Saranac, Captain Thomas S. Phelps, at Panama, and in this vessel, which soon after his arrival became the flag ship of Rear Admiral A. M. Pennock, commanding the North Pacific Squadron, he visited, during eighteen months, all the sea-ports from Pan-
ama, northward, to Sitka, Alaska Territory, the beautiful sheet of water, Puget's Sound, and the Sandwich Islands, Having been detached from the Saranac, after settling his accounts, he was ordered, January, 1875, to the United States Steamer Powhatan, Captain James E. Jonett, and sailed that same month for Europe, having on board Rear Admiral John L. Worden, the relief of Rear Admiral Case, then commanding the European Squadron, the latter officer returning to the United States in the vessel, which touched at the West India Islands on her homeward voy- age. Having been detached from the Powhatan, July 26, 1877, Mr. Pritchard passed a few months at his residence, but, on January 28, 1878, he was again obliged to leave hiis home to join the United States Steamer training-ship, Minnesota, at New York, where he is now on duty. By strict integrity, and a prompt and faithful discharge of all the duties required of him, Paymaster Pritchard has won " for himself an enviable reputation as an officer and a gen- tleman; while his pleasing address, genial manners, and kindly disposition, never failed to attract all with whom he is brought in contact, and have made him highly es- teemed by all who know him.
B BROWN, JAMES II., Mayor of the city of Annapo- lis, the third son of Joshua and Mary (Todd) Brown, was born in Frederick County, Maryland, January 15, 1841. He was educated at St. John's College, Annapolis, remaining in that institution three years. Hle then spent two years on his father's farm in Frederick County, after which he superintended for three years a milling property also owned by his father. . Returning to Annapolis in 1861 he learned telegraphy, but after a few months went into the employ of the Adams Express Company, where he continued two years. In 1863 he became conductor on the Annapolis and Elk Ridge Rail- road, which position he still holds. Ile was elected Mayor of Annapolis in July, 1877, on the Democratic ticket for the term of two years. In this office he is exerting himself to reduce the city debt, which amounts to $36,000. IIe is also giving special attention to the educational interests of the city, which he regards as of fundamental importance to the prosperity of the people. He was married, Septem- ber 7, 1865 to Miss Matilda Mccullough, by whom he has one child, Matilda Margaret. While not a politician, Mr. Brown takes a deep interest in public affairs, and votes the Democratic tieket. Ile attends the Methodist Church, and contributes to its support, but is not a member. While comparatively young in years, Mr. Brown has, by his cour- teous manners and gentlemanly bearing, secured the esteem and confidence of the community in which he lives, and is qualified to fill yet higher positions of honor and usefulness.
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ROWN, JositA, President of the Annapolis and . Elk Ridge Railroad, from 1863 to 1873, was born October 28, 1807, in Frederick County, 1 Maryland, the oldest son of Vachel Brown, who ow ned a valuable estate in that county, and was possessed of many slaves. His ancestors came to Ameri- ca carly in the eighteenth century. The maternal grand- father of Mr. Brown was a Baptist clergyman, who was sent from Ireland to this country as a missionary, and labored in that capacity in this State and Virginia. HIe married a Miss Ilyatt in the old family mansion on the estate which the original Hyatts settled, and which has descended to the Browns. Mr. Joshua Brown was brought up on the farm and received such education as the public schools of the time afforded. Ile early commenced busi- ness as a merchant, but soon relinquished it to engage in railroad construction. In this he was very successful, and rapidly acquired a considerable fortune. He had large contracts on the principal roads of the State, among which may be mentioned the Baltimore and Ohio and the North- ern Central. When the Annapolis and Elk Ridge Rail- road was projected, he obtained the contract for building the whole of it, and completed it in 1841. He was im- mediately elected superintendent, which position he filled with marked ability and success for the long period of twenty-two years. In 1863, having obtained a controlling interest in the road, he was chosen President of the cor- poration, which office he held for ten years, when he re- signed, and retired to his farm in Frederick County, where he remained until his death, which occurred January 2, 1878. Mr. Brown was very able as a business man, kind and be- nevolent in his disposition, and highly respected. HIe was for two years Mayor of Annapolis, in which city he resided for over thirty years. He was twice married. In politics he was a Whig, and in religion a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church.
B ATES, JAMES, was born in Marietta, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, September 16, 1816. Ilis father was a native of Springfield, Windsor County, Vermont, born 17So, and his mother was born in Stowe, Worcester County, Massachusetts, in 1785. Early in life his father settled in Boston, and was engaged in the business of contractor and builder of warehouses. After remaining in Boston several years, he settled in Ma- rietta, Pennsylvania, and removed to Baltimore in 1810. Ile soon returned to Marietta, however, and remained there several years, and finally settled permanently in Bal- timore. He died at the age of seventy-four. The mother of James Bates died two years subsequently. Six brothers of Mr. Bates's grandfather were killed at the battle of Bunker Hill in the memorable bayonet charge during that hotly contested engagement. The subject of this sketch
was sent, at the age of fifteen, to Wilbraham Academy, a Methochist Institution of which Rev. Wilbur Fisk, D. D., was then the principal. Among his fellow-students there were many who have won for themselves honorable dis. tinction in the various professions and in other walks of life. Of these we may name Rev. Doctor Keener, one of the bishops of the Methodist Episcopal Church South, the late well-known and highly esteemed Rev. Thomas Sew- all, D.D., of Maryland, and John N. Maffett, Jr., son of Rev. John Newland Maffett, the distinguished Irish pulpit orator, who formerly resided in Boston. Mr. Bates com- menced his studies with a view to one of the learned pro- fessions, but at their close lie abandoned his original inten- tion and resolved to learn a mechanical trade. He chose the business of an iron founder for his life work, and, ac- cordingly, entered the establishment of John Barker & Son, North Calvert Street, Baltimore, their foundry being at that time the largest in the State. It was there all the castings for the Baltimore and Ohio, and other railroads then being constructed, were made. In 1840, he com- menced a small foundry of his own near his present local- ity, corner of Pratt and President Streets, and as his busi- ness increased the buildings were enlarged until it is now (187S) one of the oldest and largest foundries in the city of Baltimore. Several years ago hie patented an elevator for warehouses, that is now used in almost every city and town in the United States, and has become of world-wide fame. Mr. Bates is at the present time a director in the Marine Bank, Broadway Savings Bank, and Fireman's In- surance Company. IIe is also connected with the Poor Association. 1Ie has been frequently solicited to permit the use of his name as a candidate for the City Council, and also to the State Legislature, but has always declined, having no desire for political preferment. Mr. Bates was married, in 1838, to Miss Frances R. Atkinson, daughter of the late Joshua Atkinson, who was a Representative in the City Council, of East Baltimore, for many years, and filled many important positions in Baltimore at that day. They have had six children : Elizabeth, Emily (., Fanny (the last-named deceased), John, Joshua A., James W., and Wil- bur Fisk Bates. The sons are all with their father, except James W., who is engaged in the coal-shipping business. HIis children are all married, except the last-named. In 1850, Mr. Bates became a member of the Methodist Epis- copal Church, in which he now holds important official positions.
1 WCCURLEY, FRIx, was born February 17, 1813, at Baltimore, Maryland. Ilis ancestors on his father's side came from Ireland ; on his BX mother's side, from England. His father, Fe- lix MeCurley, was a native of York County, Pennsylvania, and fought on the American side in the war
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of 1812. Ile was for about forty years engaged with snc- cess in the grocery business in Baltimore. He had seven children, of whom Felix and his brother James are the only survivors. Mr. Felix MeCurley, the subject of this sketch, was educated in Baltimore. When seventeen years of age he became apprentice for four years at the car- penter business to John Colley. Ilaving completed his apprenticeship, he entered his father's grocery store. After aiding his father for about four years, he began the grocery business on his own account, which he has ever since con- tinned. In 1848 and 1867, he was a member of the Balti- more City Council. He has been director in the Drovers' and Mechanics' Bank. IIe is a member of the Masonic Fraternity. In 1841, he married Ann R., daughter of John Mellhinney, of Baltimore. They have five children liv- ing, three sons and two daughters. Mr. McCurley is one of Baltimore's substantial citizens. By a long business career, characterized by industry, perseverance, and sagac- ity, he has secured a handsome competence. His paper has never been protested ; his bills, at maturity, have been promptly met. In politics, he is a Democrat. Clear in his perceptions, careful and sound in his conclusions, and re- liable in integrity, he is eminently fitted for places of trust and responsibility ; but being naturally retiring, he has rarely sought political office, and has always shrunk from public prominence. His strong emotional nature, genial spirit, and kindly acts have endeared him to his many friends.
K CELLY, DANIEL JAMES, A.M., M.D., was born in Kilkenny, Ireland, September 23, 1844. Ile is the son of John and Bride Kelly. His father represented an old mercantile family, which had been settled in Kilkenny for over one hundred and fifty years. When Daniel was quite young, his mother died, and his father married his second wife, a Miss O'Hanlon, a sister of the celebrated Dr. O'Hanlon, the very reverend prefect of the Dunboyne Establishment, Maynooth, and one of the most eminent divines in the British kingdom. The subject of this sketch was educated, for several years, at Kilkenny College, finishing the course before he reached his fifteenth year. IIe then went to Stonyhurst College, England, where he graduated, in 1863. While at college, he was distinguished for his superior talent, constant ap- plication, and rapid success. Ile gave especial attention to the study of chemistry, and had as instructors such emi- nent scientists as Professors Perry, of Stonyhurst, and Barff, of University College, London. After graduating at Stonyhurst College, Dr. Kelly was made first assistant in the Astronomical and Meteorological Observatory at- tached to Stonyhurst. He subsequently held the profes- sorship of physics and mathematics in the college. At the early age of twenty-five he had thoroughly mastered the
classics. Ile began the study of medicine under Mr. Brad- ley, F.R.C.S., of Manchester, England, and graduated at the Medical Department of Georgetown University, Dis- triet of Columbia, in 1874. At the present time ( 1878) he is the Professor of Chemistry and Physiology in the Aca- demical Department, and of Chemistry and Toxicology in the Medical Department of Georgetown University. He is a member of the " Medical Association," and of the " Med- ical Society," of the District of Columbia. Besides the duties attaching to his professorships, he has an extensive practice, and is one of the physicians to St. Ann's Infant. Asylum. The many students who have had the good for- tune to be under the guidance in college of Dr. Kelly have all been noted for that thoroughness which characterizes the curriculum in the higher universities. Dr. Kelly is not only distinguished for his attainments in medicine, science, mathematics, classics, and chemistry, but is noted for his devotion to principle, and the kindly disposition displayed in the lecture-room, as well as in the daily rounds of a physician's life. He has never been married, although a great favorite in society circles. IIc is fond of scientific researches and devotes much of his time to literature, Eng- lish, Latin, and Greek. He speaks French and German fluently. While in England, he was a frequent contribu- tor to periodical literature, writing many articles for The Month, Dublin Review, Notes and Queries, and other periodicals.
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