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lowing survive, viz., John William Whaland ; Henrietta Whaland, who married, January 3, 1865, Charles Henry Wickes, son of Captain Simon and Elizabeth ( Blake) Wiekes, and has a daughter, Hope Wickes; Marian Vic- toria Whaland ; Sarah Ann Whaland, who married, April 18, 1861, Henry Ward Carvill, and had children, viz., Mary Lewin, John Ward, born August 15, 1864, died in July, 1865, Augusta Eccleston, Caroline, Annie Ward, Grace, and Henry Ward Carvill; Ida Valeria Whaland, who married, June 10, 1868, Dr. Joseph A. Catlin, and had three children, viz., Grace, born July 3, 1869, died June 19, 1871, Thomas Ilenry Whaland, and Lenox Catlin ; Charles Wickes Whaland, M.D .; Thomas Ilenry Whaland, and Albert Constable Whaland, attorney-at- law.
HOWARD, CHARLES, sixth and youngest son of Colonel John Eager Howard, was born April 25, 1802. Although his tastes and favorite pursuits were altogether those of a private gentleman, he was called at various times into the service of the public. For some time he was President of the Baltimore and Susquehanna Railroad Company in the earlier stages of the great work which was begun under that name. From 1848 to 1851 he was Presiding Judge of the Orphans' Court of Baltimore City, and subsequently, in 1853 and 1854, filled the place of City Collector. He took an active part in the Reform measures of 1856-1860, and in 1860 was appointed by the General Assembly of Mary- land a member of the Board of Police Commissioners, under the law of that year, and presided over the Board until July, 1861, when he was forcibly removed, with his colleagues, by the military power of the General Govern- ment, and imprisoned in Fort Lafayette and Fort Warren for more than sixteen months. There was scarcely an enterprise or an institution of public benevolence or use- fulness to which at some time or other he did not give his personal aid and labor. Ile was one of the earliest friends of African colonization, and President of the Maryland State Colonization Society. At the time of his death he was one of the Trustees of the Peabody Foundation, a Vice-President and active member of the Baltimore Poor Association, and belonged to the Board of Trustees of the Maryland Hospital, and the Board of Managers of the Asylum for the Blind. He died June 18, 1869.
RINGGOLD, THOMAS, settled on Kent Island, Mary- land, in 1650, being then forty years of age. Ile brought with him his two sons, John and James Ringgold. He was appointed one of the Judges of Kent County in 1651, and was foreman of the jury in the famous trial of Robert Holt and Reverend William Wilkinson in 1659. Ilis son, Major James Ringgold, of
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Huntingfield, who was in many respects a remarkable and distinguished man, married twice. By his first wife he had one son, Thomas Ringgold, the ancestor of most of the Ringgolds of Maryland. His second wife was Mary Vanghan, daughter of Captain Robert Vaughan, the Com- mander of Kent County from 1647 to 1652, and had a son, William Ringgold, who is now represented by Judge Joseph A. Wickes, of Chestertown.
BOODWARD, WILLIAM, Merchant, was born in Anne Arundel County, Maryland, September 8, 1801. ITis paternal ancestors are traceable back for two hundred and fifty years, and are of English origin. The first progenitor of the family of whom we have any record, was William Woodward, of London, England, who was a resident of that city in the early part of the seventeenth century. He was the father of William Woodward, also of London, who came to America and settled at Annapolis, in the province of Maryland. The latter was the father of Abraham Woodward, who was the father of William Woodward, Sr., who was the father of William Woodward, Jr., who was the father of Henry Woodward, who was the father of William Woodward, the present subject of this sketch. The above succession eu- braces seven generations of the family, six of whom have lived in Anne Arundel County. William's mother was Eleanor, daughter of Colonel Thomas Williams, of Prince George's County. After receiving as good an education as the schools of the day could furnish, and remaining for awhile in a clerical capacity in Annapolis, young Wood- ward, in the fall of 1815, went to Baltimore, and entered the mercantile house of B. D. & R. Mullikin. After a continuance in their service for four years, he obtained a situation with Clark & Kellog. Ile remained with the latter firm until 1821, when he became a clerk in the old- established house of Talbot Jones, continuing as such until 1828, when he formed an association with Mr. Jones's son, under the firm of Jones & Woodward, for the conduct. ing of the commission drygood- business, which, under va- rious changes of firm name, he has been prosecuting in the same locality where he founded his establishment half a century ago, the present style of the house being Wood- ward, Baldwin & Co. From the eighteenth year of his age Mr. Woodward has been identified with the Protes- tant Episcopal Church, and was, until recently, President of the Church Home and Infirmary, which was established under the auspices of that Church. Ile has been a constant attendant of St. Peter's Church during his long residence in Baltimore, and has been a devoted friend of and labo- rer in its Sunday school, filling, most of the time, the posi- tion of Superintendent. About the>year 1825, in connec- tion with Henry Bird, of the First Presbyterian Church, he
formed the first temperance society in Maryland, and has been a zealons and active advocate of the temperance reform ever since. He was one of the originators of the Western Bank of Baltimore, and served for several years as one of its directors. In 1864 he became a Director in the Union Bank of Maryland, which position he now oc- cupies. Ile is also a Director in the Central Savings Bank. Ile is the Vice-President of the Maryland Bible Society, which association, under its old name of the Young Men's Bible Society and its present title, he has been connected with for over fifty years. Ile is Manager in the Church Missionary Society of the Protestant Epis- copal Church; was for many years a vestryman in St. Peter's Church; was a Director in the Ilouse of Refuge, and has been a director in several insurance companies. Mr. Woodward had, in the days of Henry Clay, adhered to the doctrines of the old Whig party. During the American civil war he was an unfaltering friend and sup- porter of the Federal authority, and now votes with the Republican party. His first vote was cast for John Quincy Adams for President, and he has voted at every Presidential election since. Previous to the war he was a member of the Reform Club in Baltimore, but he has never held political position of any kind. Mr. Woodward mar- ried, June 3, 1830, Miss Virginia Barnetson, daughter of Isaac Barnetson, of Baltimore. They have had six daugh- ters and three sons. Mr. Woodward stands high in pub- lic esteem as a Christian, a philanthropist, and an honor- able and enterprising business man.
GILMER, WILLIAM BLACKISTON, was born June 24, 1818, in Kent County, Maryland. Ile was the son of William Blackiston and Mary Ann (Taylor) Wilmer. Ile was educated in Kent, and represented that county in the Legislature of Mary- land in the sessions of 1868 and 1870. He married, Octo- ber 11, 1852, Mary A. Brooks, daughter of Philip and Araminta Brooks, and died October 9, 1877, leaving the following children, viz., Alice Medford, Mary Brooks, Philip George, Helena Taylor, and William Blackiston Wilmer. Ile was descended from Simon Wilmer. In re- ligion he was an Episcopalian, and in politics a Democrat.
AMILL, HONORABLE PATRICK, Ex-Member of Congress, and a Director of the Ohio and Chesa- peake Canal, was born in Maryland, April 28, 1819. He is the third son of . Patrick and Mary (Morrison) Hlamill, of County Antrim, Ireland. llis father was a rebel under Emmett, in 1798, and was forced to flee to America to save his life, Ile, was a Catho-
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lic, but his wife, Mary, was a Protestant and a Methodist, and her son, Judge Hamill, is a devoted member of the church of his mother. Ile was educated at the common schools of his neighborhood until he was of age, when he went to a private teacher at his own expense. He learned the carpenter's trade, at which he worked one year, then engaged in farming and stock-raising. In 1841 he was ap- pointed Collector for Alleghany County, which position he held for two years. In 1843 he was elected to the Legis- lature, and was re-elected in 1844. In 1845 he commenced merchandising, and continued in the business for ten years. He was nominated to the Constitutional Conven- tion which met in 1852, but declined, and held no public office until appointed Judge of the Orphans' Court by Gov- ernor Ligon. lle was re-elected to the same office for a second term. In 1866 he was elected to the Legislature, but declined to take his seat because of the test oath and other causes. In 1868 he was again elected Judge of the Orphans' Court for Alleghany County. He was tendered . the nomination for the Constitutional Convention which framed the present Constitution of Maryland, but declined; was nominated and elected to the Forty-first Congress, to succeed Governor Thomas ; has held no public office since except that of Director of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal. He was influential in the formation of Garrett County with Oakland as the county seat, in which place he now re- sides. He was married in 1841 to Miss Isabella Peck. They have eight children, four sons and four daughters. llis oldest son, Gilmor S., is a successful lawyer in Oak- land. The second son is a clergyman of the Methodist Church South, and is located at Middleburg, Loudon County, Virginia ; he is a member of the Baltimore Con- ference. llis third son, Patrick, is at Bethel Academy, Fauquier County, Virginia.
PEAKE, REV. WILLIAM F., was born in Baltimore, August 3, 1831. He received an excellent English and classical education in the grammar schools and City College of Baltimore. While passing through these schools, he was in a measure obliged to support himself; and after his fourteenth year was thrown on his own resources. The training thus forced upon him developed that spirit of self-reliance which now, with a firm trust in the Divine help, so prominently marks his character. After leaving college, he spent a short time in'a mercantile establishment, and was then appointed a teacher in Public School No. 4. In these positions, as clerk and teacher, he has learned much of that accurate discernment of character, and that facility for the manage- ment of business affairs, which have made his ministry so decidedly successful. He was converted in his fourteenth year, and was soon recognized by the church with which
he connected himself as a youth of more than ordinary promise. In his sixteenth year he was appointed teacher of a Bible class, some of whose members were okler than himself. During his service as teacher in the public schools, he spent his evenings in study, with a view to the ministry. He was licensed to preach June 13, 1849, before he had reached his eighteenth year, and in March follow- ing was received as a probationer in the Baltimore Con- ference of the Methodist Episcopal Church. During his twenty-seven years' active service in the ministry, he has spent eleven years in Virginia, nine years in the city of Baltimore, and seven years in the District of Columbia; four years of which he held the position of Presiding Elder of the Washington District. Ilis ministry has been marked by a careful attention to all the duties of his call- ing, and a vigorous prosecution of his work. preacher, Mr. Speake is clear, forcible, and often eloquent.
As a He avoids everything merely sensational, and conscien- tiously confines himself to the established doctrines of his Church. In his administration as a Presiding Elder, he exhibited very superior ability. Ilis decisions have been sustained, not only by the higher authorities in the Church, but also by some of the best legal minds. During his service as Presiding Elder, he was elected as the first of the reserve delegates to the General Conference of 1876.
ITTENHOUSE, NICHOLAS M., Proprietor of the Baltimore Terra Cotta Works, was born, April 24, 1844, at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Ilis an- cestors came from Germany in 1674, and settled in New Amsterdam (now New York). After a few years, on account of the more liberal government, they removed to Philadelphia. One of his ancestors, David Rittenhouse, was an engineer on the staff of General Washington. Ile was afterward first director of the United States Mint, the appointment being made by Gen- cral Washington. Ile was also an astronomer of note, and invented an instrument to determine the transit of Venus, which is held in high esteem by the astronomers of Europe. William Rittenhouse, another of his ancestors, built in Roxborough Township the first paper-mill ever erected in the United States. Nicholas Rittenhouse, father of the subject of this sketch, was in the flour-milling busi- ness for more than thirty years. His mother, Sarah ( Potts) Rittenhouse, was daughter of William l'otts, of Plymouth, Pennsylvania. Zebulon Potts, one of ther ancestors, was the Quaker who accidentally found General Washington engaged in prayer, and, going home, immediately raised a company of Quaker volunteers.' Mr. Rittenhouse received a common-school education in Philadelphia. In 1861, at the age of seventeen, he entered the volunteer service of the United States, and became a member of the Second
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l'ennsylvania Cavalry, commanded by Colonel R. Butler Price. Ile served from September, 1861, until September, 1864, and took part in all the battles of the Army of Vir- ginia and of the Potomac during his term of service, except those of Antietam and Fredericksburg, being dur. ing the latter confined in the hospital by fever, He passed through all those engagements with only some slight flesh wounds. At the battle of Gettysburg he formed a part of General Meade's escort. On his return home he en- gaged in telegraphing for about two years; after which, in company with his brother, Enoch W., he went to Balti- more and purchased the Baltimore Terra Cotta Works from their uncle, George R. Rittenhouse. That gentleman had established the works about twenty-one years pre- viously, and had, by long-continued and careful experi- ment, brought them to a high degree of perfection. They conducted the business together until the death of Enoch, March 25, 1877, since which time N. M. Rittenhouse has been alone in the management. The Baltimore Terra Cotta Works are the oldest of the kind in the South. In the work executed more attention is paid to the quality than to the quantity. To this company alone a bronze medal was given at the Centennial, and a certificate for tested Terra Cotta Pipe. Mr. Rittenhouse is a member of the Lee Street Baptist Church. He married Emma Gorgas, third daughter of John Omensetter, a merchant of Phila- delphia, July 12, 1869. They have four sons and one daughter. Mr. Rittenhouse is held in high esteem on ac- count of his upright life and Christian character. He is an honorable and enterprising business man, a faithful friend, and among his comrades in arms, enjoyed the reputation of being an enthusiastic, brave, and reliable soldier.
BEE, RICHARD CURRIE, M.D., son of Currie and Mildred Lee, was born in Middlesex County, Vir- ginia, August 23, 1833. His parents had four children, of whom he was the eldest son. His s father was a native of the same county, born in the year 1800, and died in 1838. His mother's maiden name was Hutchings; she was born in the same county in 1802, and died in Baltimore in 1871. His father was a farmer. Richard's opportunities for acquiring an education in his boyhood were limited ; so that all his snecess in that direc- tion since is attributable to his own efforts and persever- ance. A part of the time after his father's death until he was fourteen years old he lived with his uncle, Thomas 1 Hutchings, who was a farmer, and attended what was called "Old Field School." At that age he started out for him- self, Arst engaging as a clerk in a country store, and in 1849, after two years' experience, he went to Baltimore and entered the grocery and commission house of Taliaferro & Springer, on South Calvert Street, the latter of whom. . except the cook. He died mimarried.
had married one of his sisters. In 1857 he commenced the study of medicine in the office of Dr. B. II. D. Bull, and graduated at the University of Maryland in March, 1850. After graduation he practiced with his preceptor for six years, having the advantage of Dr. Bull's very large practice. He then removed to his present location, northwest corner of Hanover and Barr streets, where he has had a good practice ever since. ' At the solicitation of his friends, he accepted, in 1875, from Governor Broome, the office of Coroner of the Southern District of Baltimore City, to which he was reappointed by Governor Carroll in 1876, and again in 1878. Religiously, he was trained up under both Methodist and Baptist influences ; but the latter prevailing, he identified himself with that denomi- nation, and is now a member of the First Baptist Church of Baltimore. In February, 1866, he married Miss Ada A. Laws, daughter of Z. Core Laws, Esq., of Accomac " County, Virginia. They have had four children, named in the order of their birth, as follows : Richard Laws, Calvin Currie, Ada, and Mildred.
BICKES, CAPTAIN LAMBERT, of the Continental Navy, was born in Kent County, Maryland. Ile was the son of Samuel and Mary Wickes, and a descendant of Major Joseph Wickes. Hle was one of the most gallant officers of our first American Navy. On June 10, 1776, he was ordered to re- pair, with the Continental ship, the " Reprisal," to the West Indies, for arms and ammunition, carrying with him Mr. William Bingham, Commercial Agent for the Govern- ment, at Martinique. Soon after leaving the capes of the Delaware, July 11, 1776, he captured the English mer- chant ship " Friendship." Two days after he captured the English schooner " Peter," and before he arrived at his destination, he captured, also, the " Neptunc " and the " Duchess of Leinster." On September 21, 1776, he was directed to convey Dr. Benjamin Franklin to Fiance, and to perform other services, which instructions he faithfully complied with. On his way he made prizes of two Eng- lish brigantines, and was the first American naval officer and commanded the first American man-of-war that ever appeared in European waters. On February 5, 1777, he captured the " Lisbon Packet," Captain Newman, two days out ftom Falmouth. He also captured the " Polly and Nancy," the " Hibernia," the " Generous Friends," the "Swallow," and the " Betty." .Subsequently, while commanding a squadron, consisting of thel " Lexington," Captain Henry Johnson, the " Dolphin," Captain Samuel Nicholson, and his flag-ship, the " Reprisal," he captured many prizes of considerable 'value, and performed many gallant exploits. Hlis vessel, foundered, October 1, 1777, on the Banks of Newfoundland, and all on board perished
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ICKES, MAJOR JOSEPH, came to Kent County, Maryland, in 1650, and was then thirty years of age. lle was one of the Judges of Kent County as early as Jaummary 12, 1651, and remained on the beach, almost continuously, more than twenty years. He was a member of the English t'harch, and a gentleman of elevated character. Ile was the first owner in Kent County of an African slave, and was a very kind master. In 1658 he represented Kent County in the General Assembly of Maryland. On July 19, 1656, he married his second wife, Mrs. Marie Hartwell, and died in 1693, leaving an only son, Joseph Wickes, whose lineal descendants are now living in Kent County.
RUSSELL, JOHN MOALE, of the United States Army, was born in the city of Baltimore in 1785. His father was Thomas Russell, for many years a dis- tinguished merchant of that city. He married Rebecca Moale, daughter of John Moale, and sis- ter of Colonel Samuel Moale, of whom a sketch is given in this volume. Thomas Russell was an active participant in the defence of Baltimore in 1814. Ile was an officer in Captain Pennington's Company, and was wounded during the bombardment of Fort Mellenry. General Ar- mistead, who was commanding the Fort, expressed a desire to remove the magazine, fearing an explosion from the fierce bombardment kept up by the British ships. Mr. Russell volunteered to assist, and in doing so was wounded. The Russells were an ancient Irish family, descendants of the house of Bedford, and were settled very early in the counties of Cork, Limerick, Tipperary, Munster, and also in Dublin. John M. Russell received his early edu- cation in his native city, and at the age of nineteen went into mercantile business, in which he continued six years. lle then entered the United States Army, joining the forces under General Andrew Jackson, and went to Florida during the Seminole war. After several years of hard service, and receiving the thanks of General Jackson, he was honorably discharged; going then to Savannah, Georgia, where he was married to Jane M., daughter of M. P. l'indar, of that city. The family were from Man- chester, England, where Miss Pindar had received her edu- cation. She was considered one of the most accomplished ladies of her time in that section of the country. The marriage took place in 1815. They had six children, three of whom died in infancy. The remaining three are still living, Thomas M. Russell, named after General C. W McCall, the historian of Georgia ; Raswell Moale Rus- sell, and Frances M. Russell. Raswell married Frances E. Jackson, daughter of Captain John Jackson, of the United States Navy. In politics John Moale Russell be-
longed to the old Jackson school, being a great admirer of the hero of New Orleans. lle was an Episcopalian in re- ligious belief. He died at the age of forty two, after a brief illness.
ROWLAND, SAMUEL, Capitalist, was born February 28, 1780, on the family homestead, near Liberty Grove, Cecil County, Maryland. llis parents, William and Sarah (Latham) Rowland, emigrated to America in the latter part of the eighteenth cen- tury, and settled first in Delaware, but afterwards removed to the above locality, about four miles north of Port De- posit. Their children were Robert, John, William, Thomas, Samuel, Margaret, Jane, and Isabel. Robert, John, and James were farmers, the two former emigrating to Ohio, while the latter remained in Cecil County, where he died at an advanced age. Samuel received such limited educa- tion as the county schools of his time, usually open dur- ing the winter months only, afforded. The remainder of the year farmers' sons were expected to work. After his father's death he for some time assisted his brother James on the farm, but his tastes were for a more stirring life, and deciding to embark in mercantile business, he formed a copartnership with George Kidd, at a place known as " Kidd's Purchase," two miles east of Port Deposit. Sub- sequently this partnership was dissolved, and young Row- land opened a store on his own account at the upper por- tion of Port Deposit, known as " Rock Run." lle also engaged with John Sterrett in the then profitable business of shad and herring fishing on the Susquehanna River. Under his management both the store and the fisheries proved successful. About 1811 a more promising opening invited him to the Octorara, where he entered into part- nership with a Mr. Cathcart, whose death shortly afterward left him sole proprietor of the store. Soon his steadily in- creasing business rendered it necessary to eall to his aid some reliable assistant, and he associated with him in the business his nephew, John Carson, of Baltimore. This partnership continued with great prosperity until 1830, during which time Rowland and Carson had become large lumber dealers at Port Deposit, and in connection with another nephew, William Carson, became also engaged in the lumber business in Baltimore. In 1830 this firm was dissolved, and for several years Mr. Rowland associated John S. Everett with him in the store. In 1840 he retired from mercantile pursuits. While engaged in the above en- terprises Mr. Rowland was also a pioneer in the business improvements of Port Deposit. In copartnership with Cornelius Smith he built the first wharf for steamboats and sail-vessels, and erected upon it a commodious warehouse. They owned the largest hotel in the place; it was at the head of this wharf, and was kept by Mr. Smith. It is still the leading public house of that town. They also owned
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other valuable property in the place, and for many years the firm of Smith & Rowland were the leading lumber dealers. Also with parties in Baltimore Mr. Rowland held important business relations, and owned some valuable properties in that city. He was for many years a Director in the Marine Bank of Baltimore, and for a long time was private banker for the business men of Port Deposit and its vicinity. lle was quick to perceive the advantages of a business opportunity, and prompt to act upon it, was ever ready to assist the deserving to enter into business, and to aid the industrious in their struggles, whenever a worthy subject was brought to his notice. There are still living those who hold in grateful remembrance his wise counsel, his friendly admonitions, and pecuniary aid. About fifty years ago a Post-office was established in Octorara, which in compliment to Mr. Rowland, who was appointed Post- master, was called Rowlandville. This name the village, now grown to importance, still retains. Through all the changes of the administration at Washington he was con- tinued in that office until his resignation at the time of his retirement from business. Such instances of life-long con- tinuance in office are of rare occurrence, and evidence the satisfaction he gave its patrons, and the faithfulness with which he discharged his duties to the Government. This was the only public office Mr. Rowland would ever ac- cept. Ile regarded a private station in life as the post of honor. He was decided in his political preferences, and voted with the Democratic party the most of his life. He was educated in the Presbyterian faith, and worshipped at Nottingham until the erection of the Presbyterian church at Port Deposit, in 1836, with which he united. He was liberal in his views and courteous in his intercourse with other Christian denominations. He married Mary Black, of Geneva, Ontario County, New York, February 25, 1812, and their union, which lasted nearly half a century, proved a happy one. They resided until her death at his farm on " Octorara Heights." They had three sons and four daughters: Samuel, who died in infancy; Sarah Maria, who married Sanders Mccullough, of Pennsylvania, and died a few years afterwards ; William Black, M.D., whose wife is the daughter of Dr. Jolm K. and Rebecca Neeper Sap- pington, of Havre de Grace, Maryland; James Harvey, who married Elizabeth Ark, daughter of Jonathan and Rachel Ark Webb, of Pennsylvania ; Hannah Jane, who married Ilugh Steel, merchant and farmer of Port Deposit; Isabel, who married Edwin Clapp, of Pawtucket, Rhode Island; and Margaret, who married the Rev. John Armstrong, of Oxford, Pennsylvania Mrs. Rowland was a lady of cul- ture and refinement. She died in 1856, in the seventy- third year of her age. After this event Mr. Rowland va- cated the old homestead in favor of his son, Dr. William B. Royland, who still resides there, and thereafter divided his time somewhat among his children, but made his home chiefly with his son James II., at Port Deposit. He was at the house of his daughter, Mrs. Ingh Steel, when, in
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