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ANDALL, JOHN, was born in Westmoreland County, Virginia, in the year 1750. Ile was the youngest in a family of twelve children. Ilis father, Thomas Randall, early in the eighteenth cen- tury emigrated from England to that country, in which he became a landholder and a Justice of the Peace. John Randall removed to Annapolis, Maryland, about the year 1770, where he was engaged as an architeet and builder until the commencement of the Revolutionary war. In 1774, when the act of Parliament " blocking up the Port of Boston " had so exasperated the inhabitants of Annapo- lis that they resolved in general meeting to oppose the collection of debts due by the colonists to British subjects, John Randall, with other inhabitants, published in the newspaper their individual protest against this first act of repudiation. At the breaking out of the war he en- tered the army, under a commission from the Governor and Council, as State Clothier, and as a Commissary un- der a resolution of the Congress. In these capacities he served with the Maryland line in the different colonies during the war. Many of his letters to the Governor of Maryland are now in the State archives. At the end of the Revolution he returned to Annapolis, where he was engaged as a merchant for most of his life. He was appointed by President Washington Collector of the Port of Annapolis, which office, or that of Navy Agent, he held until his death, in 1826. Hle married Deborah Knapp, by whom he had many children, eleven of whom arrived at years of maturity. His widow survived him many years, receiving a pension from the United States in recognition of the Revolutionary services of her husband. She died in Annapolis, at the age of ninety years.
ANDALL, DANIEL, Assistant Paymaster-General, was born in Annapolis in 1790, and died in the city of Washington in 1851. Ile was the second son of John and Deborah ( Knapp) Randall. In the war of 1812 he was in active service in the militia, and in 1820 was commissioned as Paymaster in the army, remaining in that corps of the service until his death. Ile served in Mexico, with the army under General Scott, as Assistant Paymaster-General, and in every position in a long and arduous service exhibited in the highest degree the qualities of a conscientious and efficient officer. It was in recognition of his worth, and as a mark of the high ap- preciation in which he was held, that the important military post, Fort Randall, in the then Northwestern Territory, re- ceived its name. At the time of his death he was in charge of the Pay Department of the Army, as Assistant Paymaster.General.
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ANDALL, HENRY K., fourth son of John Randall, was born in Annapolis in 1793, and died in Wash- ington in 1877. Early in life he entered as a midshipman in the United States Navy, but shortly afterwards resigned, and served in the militia during the war of 1812. Following this he was an officer in the Custom House at Baltimore, and was afterwards appointed to close up the affairs of the Government in the agency of the Choctaw Nation in Georgia. He was for many years Chief Clerk of the Bureau of Revolutionary Pensions, in the office of the First Auditor of the Treasury. He married Emily, the eldest daughter of Thomas Monroe, of Wash- ington, and left two daughters.
ANDALL, JOHN, JR., eldest son of John Randall, was born in Annapolis, in 1788, and died in that city in 1861. He was a merchant, and with his father composed the firm of John Randall & Son, Hle married Eliza Hodges, who survived him some years.
ANDALL, HON. THOMAS, Lawyer and Judge, third son of John Randall, was born in Annapolis in 1792, and died in Washington in 1877. He was a graduate of St. John's College, in his native city, where also he studied law with the elder Chancellor Johnson. In the war of 1812 he entered the army of the United States as a Lieutenant, was severely wounded and captured in a battle on the frontier, and taken to Quebec, where he was detained as a hostage till the close of hos- tilities. On the disbanding of the army after the war, he was retained as a Captain of artillery. In 1820 he resigned and engaged in the practice of law in the city of Washing- ton. President Monroe appointed him Special Minister of the United States on important service in the West Indies, during the prevalence of piracy among those islands. In 1826 he was appointed one of the three judges of the Su- preme Court of the Territory of Florida, and after serving out his term of office remained and devoted himself to planting. After a time he resumed the practice of law in Tallahassee, in connection with his nephew, Thomas Il. Hagner. During the Seminole war he served as Adjutant- General to Governor Call, and his experience and knowl- edge of the Indian character, and of the country, proved especially valuable. The wife of Judge Randall was Laura 11., the eldest daughter of William Wirt. Hle survived her many years, and left numerous descendants. He was a man of remarkable determination and coolness, of fine address and grace of manner, and of great versatility of talent. To extensive and varied reading and a tenacious memory he added great powers as a conversationalist, and was a most agreeable companion. His attainments as a polished and forcible writer were very marked.
ANDALL, RICHARD, M.D., fifth son of John and Deborah (Knapp) Randall, was born in Annapolis in 1796, and died in Monrovia, Africa, in 1829. lle studied medicine in Annapolis, and was gradu- ated as a Physician at the University of Pennsylva- nia. Entering the army of the United States as a surgeon, he served several years in the South, until he resigned and commenced the practice of his profession in Washington city, where he was appointed Professor of Chemistry in the Medical College. In 1828 the subject of African col- onization attained national prominence, and Dr. Randall became greatly interested in the scheme. The dangers of the enterprise would have deterred most men from for- saking the comforts of home and abandoning a career of remarkable promise, but when he was appointed Governor of Liberia he accepted the position without hesitation. llis arrival infused new vigor into the affairs of the colony, and he was the first white man to ascend the River St. " l'aul, hitherto unexplored. Attacked soon after by the malignant fever of the country, he had almost recovered from its effects when he learned that a number of immi- grants, who had just arrived from the United States, were suffering for want of proper medical attendance, and, leaving the healthy hill country he hastened down to the coast to their assistance. The exposure and fatigue were too severe in his enfeebled condition, and he fell a victim to his zeal 'and humanity. He was a man of uncommon talent and acquirements, and his premature death closed a career that promised great distinction and usefulness.
ANDALL, HON. ALEXANDER, Lawyer and Presi- dent of the Farmers' National Bank, Annap- olis, sixth son of John and Deborah (Knapp) Randall, was born in Annapolis, Maryland, in 1803. lle was educated at St. John's College, from which he graduated, receiving the degree of Master of Arts. In that city also he studied law and practiced his profession for over fifty years. During the last twenty-five years of that period, his nephew, Hon. Alexander B. Hagner, was his partner. In 1833 he was appointed Auditor of the Court of Chancery by Chancellor Bland, and held that office until 1840, when he resigned. In 1841 he was elected to the Twenty-seventh Congress, by the Whig voters of the double district of Baltimore city and Anne Arundel County, with John P. Kennedy. While a member of the Ilouse and of the Committee on the District of Columbia, he prepared and reported to the House a bill to introduce into the code of the District, which was then governed by the laws of Maryland and Vir- ginia, all such suitable and important amendments of their laws as had been enacted in those States since the separation of the District, and found to be valuable im-
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provements. These amendments have since all been adopted into that code. During the violent discussions in that Congress on the Right of Petition, which began or fomented the estrangement between the North and the South, and finally led to the civil war, Mr. Randall, with a few Southern members, united with those from the North in maintaining the constitutional right of petition, and in opposing the twenty-third rule of the House, which abridged it. In 1851 he was elected one of the delegates from Anne Arundel to meet in convention, and form a new Constitution for the State of Maryland. He there in- troduced a number of very important measures, and was for a short time President pro tem. of the Convention, and was Chairman of the committee that closed up its pro- ceedings and superintended their publication. He united early in the movement of the people to elect General Taylor President of the United States. He was chosen a delegate from Anne Arundel to the State Convention which met in Baltimore to nominate General Taylor, and was elected its President. In 1864 the Union party of Mary- land nominated and elected Mr. Randall Attorney-General of the State, under the Constitution of that year, which , office he continued to hold until it was vacated by the new Constitution of 1867. Ile was an active and unwavering Union man in politics through the civil war and the recon- struction period, and was a delegate to the National Re- publican Convention that met in Philadelphia in 1872, and nominated General Grant as President. In 1877 Mr. Randall was elected President of the Farmers' National Bank, of Annapolis, which position he still holds. Ile was in early life elected a Trustee of St. John's College, and has ever since served in that capacity, and given to his Alma Mater his active and cordial support. Ile, with . other zealous friends of primary school education, organized in Annapolis the first primary school in the State under the original law of 1825, and for many years, as Clerk, Trus- tee, or Commissioner of these schools, gratuitously aided the cause of education. Ile has been an active citizen of Annapolis, aiding in all plans calculated to advance the interests of the city. By his efforts prompting the meas- mes, the laws establishing the Gaslight and Water com- panies were enacted, and the plans carried into practical and successful execution. He was early a member of the Protestant Episcopal Church, and has been active in the discharge of the duties that position imposed upon him as vestryman, member of the Convention of the Diocese, or Trustee of the General Theological Seminary. Ile took an early and active part in the Temperance Reform, and was for many years President of the State Temperance Society, and has always been one of its consistent and zealous members. Mr. Randall first married Catharine, the third daughter of William Wirt, who died in 1853, leaving him several children. In 1856 he married his present wife, Elizabeth, only daughter of Rev. John G. Blanchard, by whom he also has a family.
ANDALL, BURTON, M.D., seventh son of John Randall, was born in 1805 in Annapolis, where he studied medicine. Afterwards he graduated as a physician at the University of Pennsylvania. He entered the United States Army as an Assistant Surgeon, and served on the frontier, South and West, in the Seminole and Creek wars. He was with the army under General Scott during the Mexican war, and was especially and favorably mentioned for his valuable ser- vices in the official report of his immediate commander, General Twiggs. During the civil war he had charge of the hospitals at Annapolis and Fort Hamilton, and at its close received the brevet rank of Lieutenant-Colonel " for faithful and meritorious services during the war." In 1869, having reached the age specified by law, he was at his application retired from active service, and now resides in Annapolis. He married Virginia Taylor, niece of General Z. Taylor.
OWARD, DR. WILLIAM, fourth son of Colonel John Eager Howard, was born December 16, 1793. Although scarcely of age he served with his three brothers at the battle of North Point in 1814. Ilaving chosen the profession of civil en- gineering, he took part in the survey and construction of the most important works in Maryland and elsewhere. He was one of the earliest engineers of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, and had previously made the surveys for a portion of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal. Ile was also employed both by the United States Government and by private corporations here and in other States, and per- formed his work with ability. Devoted to all subjects of science he was distinguished as a chemist, and his name is recorded in connection with some experiments and dis- coveries in that branch. He died, having scarcely attained middle age, August 25, 1834. .
ELLMAN, HON. ROBERT, Farmer and Legislator, was born in Montgomery County, Maryland, in 1846. In 1870 he removed to Carroll County, where he has since resided. Ile is at present, 1878, a member of the Maryland House of Delegates.
CHAMBERKINS, HON. WILLIAM II., Physician and Legis- lator, was born in Frederick County, Maryland. Ile studied medicine, and graduated in 1860, at Long Island Hospital, New York, since which time he has been engaged in successful practice at Han- cock, Maryland. Ile served three years in the Federal Army during the civil war, and in 1877 was elected to the Maryland House of Delegates on the Republican ticket.
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FOLK, HON. EPHRAIM G., Editor and Legislator, was born in Somerset County, Maryland, October 6, 1844. Graduating at the age of seventeen, he accepted the position as Principal of Salisbury Academy, and engaged in teaching until his twenty- first year, when he studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1869, and entered upon the practice of his profession. In 1871 he purchased the True Marylander, a Demo- cratic newspaper published in Somerset County, in the publication of which he has since been engaged. He is at present, 1878, a member of the Maryland House of Delegates.
GIJUN HOOPER, GEORGE WASHINGTON MEZICK, Attorney- at-law, Treasurer, Examiner, and Secretary of the Board of School Commissioners of Wicomico County, Maryland, was born in Sussex County, Delaware, July 11, 1840. His parents were Noah Cotman and Mary Ann Cooper. His father being a ' farmer, he was trained to the usual labors of farm life. The district school of his neighborhood afforded the only early advantages of education that he enjoyed, and this was open only three or four months in the year. When not attending school he was kept constantly at work on the farm, but having determined to make every effort to obtain an education, he made time for study by limiting his sleeping hours to only six out of the twenty-four. By the time he had reached the age of seventeen he had ac- quired, mostly by his own efforts, sufficient knowledge to teach a country school, and by teaching was enabled to defray the expenses of his education. In May, 1865, he commenced the study of law at Georgetown, Delaware, in the office of Hon. Willard Saulsbury, since United States Senator, and now Chancellor of the State of Dela- ware. Desiring to overtake two other young men in the office who were a few months in advance of him, he ap- pled himself to study for about fourteen hours each day. His strength had already been overtaxed, and during the heat of the summer his health became seriously impaired. Ile left the office expecting to be absent only a few weeks of the warmest weather, but was unable to return. Ile still kept up his reading as his strength permitted. In September, 1868, he removed to Salisbury, Maryland, where he still resides, and his health having improved he pursued his studies with greater diligence. He was ad- mitted to the bar in October, 1869. Mr. Cooper imme- diately purchased the interest of Ilon. L. Malone in the law firm of Malone & Holland, and the firm has from. that time been continued under the name of Holland & Cooper. For two years from the time of his' coming to Salisbury, in 1868, he edited the Salisbury Advertiser, then published by Parker & Morgan, but his name was not
published in the paper as the editor. On March 8, 1871, he with his law partner founded The Bachelor, of which he was associate editor for three years. Mr. Cooper was elected Secretary, Treasurer, and Examiner of the Board of School Commissioners for Wicomico County, Jan- uary 2, 1872. This position he still holds, having been re-elected every two years since. He has given but little attention to the practice of law since his connection with the School Board, the school law requiring him to devote himself entirely to the duties of this office. During this time a county high school has been established in Salis- bury, the lower schools of the town have been graded, and in other towns of the county schools of a higher order than they had before enjoyed, have been opened. The services rendered by Mr. Cooper are invaluable, and are highly appreciated by all classes throughout the county. In his religious faith he is a Methodist Protestant, and in politics a Democrat. Hle was married, October 16, 1878, to Miss Maggie A., daughter of William M. Knark, of Somerset County.
ADWALADER, GENERAL, JOHN, of Shrewsbury Parish, Kent County, was born January 10, 1742, and became a distinguished officer in the Revolu- tion. In August, 1777, by the order of General Washington, he took command of all the Eastern Shore forces, Ile greatly distinguished himself at Prince- ton, Germantown, and Monmouth, and was noted for his chivalric gallantry and devotion to Washington. Ile deeply felt the unpatriotic criticisms of General Thomas Conway, the enemy of Washington, gallantly resented them, and severely punished the leader of the Conway cabal in a duel fought July 4, 1778. He died, February 11, 1786, aged forty-four years. The following character was given him by Thomas Paine, who during his life- time had been his violent political enemy : " His early and inflexible patriotism will endear his memory to all the true friends of the American Revolution. It may with the strictest justice be said of him, that he possessed a heart incapable of deceiving. His manners were founded in the nicest sense of honor, and the whole tenor of his life was governed by this principle. The companions of his youth were the companions of his manhood. He never lost a friend by insincerity, nor made one by decep- tion. His domestic virtues were truly exemplary. While they serve to endear the remembrance, they' embitter the loss of him to all his numerous friends and companions." His daughter, Maria Cadwalader, married General Samuel Ringgold, of Fountain Rock, and was the mother of Major Samuel Ringgold, U. S. A., killed at Palo Alto, May 8, 1846, and of Rear-Admiral Cadwalader Ringgokl, U. S. N., whe died in New York city, April 29, 1867.
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BARRETT, JOHN W., President of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company, was born in the city of Baltimore, July 31, 1826. He was the second son of the late Robert Garrett, a wealthy merchant, largely engaged in foreign and domestic commerce, who throughout a long life enjoyed the respect of his fel- low-citizens for his intelligence, enterprise, and purity of character. John W. Garrett was educated in the city of Baltimore until his removal to Lafayette College, in the State of Pennsylvania, where he completed his studies. On his return home he entered his father's counting-room, and became a partner with his father and elder brother, Henry S. Garrett, at the early age of nincteen years, in the firm of Robert Garrett & Sons. Mr. Robert Garrett knew thoroughly the unlimited resources and production of the Western States, and understood the geographical advantages which Baltimore enjoyed as their market and place of supply. Hle therefore spared no pains in cultivating close relations between the city of Baltimore and the commti- nities west of the Alleghany Mountains, and gave a zealous support to the projects for opening those communications by canal and railway, which were required by the rapid increase in the population of the States bordering on the Ohio River. His sons, Henry S. Garrett and John W. Garrett, shared the opinions of their father, and when they entered into business with him devoted themselves to the same great objects, while by their energy they enlarged the scope of the business of the firm of Robert Garrett & Sons. The house became the active correspondents and repre- sentatives of George Peabody & Co., of London, and of other well-known European firms, as well as of many Icading mercantile firms in the Western States, and held a `leading position in the commerce of the city. While thus engaged in active commercial life, Mr. John W. Garrett was a close observer of the progress of the construction of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. This work, although . nominally opened to Wheeling in 1852, remained embar- rassed and practically ineffective to as late a period as 1856. Mr. Garrett, although solicited to take part in its affairs at an early day, declined to participate in the contests in which the company was engaged until 1857, when he was induced to attend a meeting of the stockholders, which had been called to consider its affairs, He took an active part in the discussions which arose at that meeting. lle maintained that, although the stock of the company was owned in part by the State of Maryland, and in part by the city of Baltimore, as well as by individual citizens, yet the nature of the ownership of each proprietor was the same; that each was alike interested in the profitable manage- ment of the company, and that a similar obligation was devolved upon the representatives of each class of proprie- tors. He insisted that it was the duty of every Board of Directors, by whatsoever constituency its members were elected, to employ to the best and most profitable advan- tage the property committed to its charge, to maintain a
just proportion between the expenses and revenues of the company, and to practice the exact and rigid economy in dealing with its property which any just and intelligent agent would employ in managing property belonging to himself. Those opinions were embodied in resolutions, which were adopted by the stockholders' meeting to which we have alluded. They form the groundwork of that policy which has made the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company an unrivalled example of successful management. In October, 1857, the stockholders of the company being determined to give, if possible, cffect to the resolutions which they had adopted, requested Mr. John W. Garrett to accept the office of Director in the company. Ile did not shrink from the performance of the laborious duty, which he had foreseen would devolve upon those who un- dertook to reform the management of the company and to conduct it solely as an industrial enterprise. The embar- rassment' in which the company was involved was of the most serious character, and although it had arisen acci- dentally was difficult to remedy. When the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company was incorporated in the year 1827, it was believed that the sum of three millions of dol- lars would suffice to construct and equip the line from Bal- timore to the Ohio River. This sum, therefore, was as- sumed to be the basis upon which the ratio of representa- tion in the Board of Directors ought to be computed. The Legislature, with great wisdom, provided a scale of repre- sentation which gave the management of the road to the individual stockholders, although they were authorized to subscribe to one-half part only of the capital stock of the company. No party considerations induced the State to grant the charter authorizing the construction of the road; and it was wiscly determined to place the management of the property in the hands of those who were personally and permanently interested in its productiveness, rather than commit it to the control of the rapidly changing rep- resentatives of a political body. But, unhappily, the esti- mates made of the real cost of the road were not well founded, and it was soon discovered that a large increase of the capital stock was necessary to the completion of the work. The stockholders of the company were unwilling to sacrifice the large sums of money which they had al- ready invested ; the public clamored for the completion of the road; the Legislature, less wise or less liberal than the body by which the charter had been granted, in giving new aid, and in authorizing it to be given by the city of Baltimore, insisted upon increased representation for the State and city, whilst the friends of the railroad company omitted to reserve any right to increased representation to the individual stockholders who might. agree to increase in equal or greater ratio their ownership in the stock of the company, The result was that, although the new stock subscribed for by the State and the aid afforded by the city of Baltimore were, insufficient to complete the road, and means were provided by the individual stockholders,
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