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OONE, REV. JOHN FRANCIS, M.D., resident Home- opathic Physician in the town of Oxford, Talbot County, Maryland, was born in Greensborough, Caroline County, Maryland, in 1816. His parents werc Joshua and Rebecca A. Boone, both of English descent. His mother was the daughter of John Bradley, of that county. Three brothers of the name of Boone came from England to America in 1740, two of whom settled in the State of Maryland .. . Dr. Boone received his early education in the Academy of Greensborough. After at- taining the age of sixteen he attended for four years the Literary Department of the University of Maryland in Baltimore, when he returned to Greensborough, and com- menced in the office of Dr. White the study of medicine in accordance with a long-cherished desire. He com- pleted his studies with Dr. Nathan Potter, Professor of the Theory and Practice of Medicine in the University of Maryland, and graduated in the spring of 1837. He set- tled in his profession in Church IIill, Queen Anne's County, but removed in 1842 to Federalsburg, Dorchester County, where he had a large practice, and remained till the fall of 1849. In 1845 he was elected to the General Assembly of Maryland, and during the important session of 1846 served on the Committee of Ways and Means. The committee reported bills which, being passed by both houses, relieved the financial embarrassment of the State, and saved it from the dishonor of repudiation. IIe was nominated the same year on the Whig ticket and elected to the State Senate, but the claims of his large practice would not permit hin to serve, and he resigned his seat. Dr. Boone became a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church in 1844. In September, 1849, he was appointed Pastor of the church of that denomination in Salisbury, Maryland, to fill a vacancy occasioned by death. The following year he entered the Philadelphia Conference, and served as Pastor in 1850-51 at North East, Cecil County, Maryland; in 1852, Oxford, Pennsylvania; in 1853 and '54, Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania; in 1855 and '56, Bristol, in the same State ; in 1857 and '58, Suuner.
field, Philadelphia ; in 1859 and '60, St. George's, Phila- delphia; in 1861 and '62, De Kalb Street Church, Norris- town, Pennsylvania ; in 1863, Smyrna, Delaware; and in 1864 at Galena, Maryland. In 1865 he settled in Balti- more, and resumed the practice of his profession. In 1873 he removed to Philadelphia, but soon determined to try the climate of Kansas for his failing health, and entering the Conference of that State was stationed for two years at Parsons and Pleasanton. His family, however, desiring to return East, and his health having improved, he de- cided to settle in the town of Oxford, Maryland, a well- known and popular watering-place. In 1860 Dr. Boone became convinced of the superiority of the homoeopathic system of medicine, which he has followed from that time. His success has already brought into his hands a large proportion of the practice of Oxford and its vicinity. IIe was married in 1837 to Ann H., daughter of Thomas Cox, of Queen Anne's County. Of their children only two are now living, Fannie, wife of A. F. Bell, and John R. Boone, who has been engaged in the banking business in Kansas.
CRAFT, JOHN G., was born, September 20, 1838, at Arlington, Baltimore County, Maryland. His ancestors were natives of Germany. His father, Frederick Kraft, born near Bremen, Germany, emi- grated to America at early manhood, and settled in Baltimore County, Maryland, where he died when the sub- ject of this sketch was about eight years of age. Mr. Kraft was educated in the schools of his native county and at Oxford College, Adams County, and Sherwood Insti- tute, near York, Pennsylvania. Leaving school when fif- teen years of age he became for three and a half years clerk in the wholesale confectionery establishment of Clark & Jones, of Baltimore. In 1857 he removed to Chicago, and there became a bookkeeper in the stone and glassware house of G. W. Bittinger & Co. In 1859 he returned to Baltimore and engaged as bookkeeper for an oyster-pack- ing house until 1863, when he began the oyster-packing business in company with Messrs. Numsen, Carroll & Co. In 1868 this firm being dissolved he formed a partnership for the prosecution of the same business with P. F. Wine- brenner. Since 1870 they have engaged exclusively in the hermetical sealing of. steamed oysters, fruit, and veg- etables. Their goods are sent to all parts of the United States, Canada, Europe, and Australia, their sales being confined to the large jobbing houses. Mr. Kraft is Chair- man of the Ancient Order of United Workmen, and one of the directors of the Union Oyster.packing Company. lle is a member of the Mount Vernon Methodist Church. In April, 1871, he married Alice A , daughter of William Metzger, of Montgomery County, Maryland. She died in April, 1872, leaving one child.
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ILBOURNE, SEWELL THOMAS, Attorney-at-law, son of Z. Thomas and Jane Folkes Milbourne, was born at Snow Hill, Worcester County, Ma- ryland, January 12, 1836. The family descended from Major Mitbourne, who with Governor Leiz- ler, his father-in law, of New York, was executed on the accusation of high treason in 1669, their enemies having succeeded in making Slaughter, the new Governor of the Colony, drunk, and while unconscious of his act induced him to sign the death warrant, which with indecent haste was immediately executed. But the English Parliament revised the attainder and restored their descendants to all their legal rights. At the age of fifteen young Milbourne entered Dickinson College, from which he graduated B.A. in the summer of 1855, and in 1858 received the degree of Master of Arts. Immediately after graduating he was elected Principal of the seminary at Bethany, Pennsyl- vania, a boarding or public school with seven instructors and over one hundred students, of which he had the care for one year, when deciding to devote himself to the legal profession he returned to his native town, where he pursued his studies under the Hon. Ephraim K. Wilson, member of the Forty-fifth Congress, and now Associate Judge of the First Judicial Circuit of Maryland. Admitted to prac- tice in July, 1858, Mr. Milbourne remained in Snow Hill till the fall of 1861, when he removed to Cambridge, Dor- chester County, entering into partnership with Colonel James Wallace, who had raised a regiment and entered the Federal service. Ten years later the latter retired from practice, since which time Mr. Milbourne has practiced alone, his course having been attended from its commencement with very unusual success. He acted with the National Union party at the beginning of the war, and with the Republicans after the second cleetion of Mr. Lin- coln ; but his political views have always been moderate, and many of his warmest friends have been those of entirely opposite belief. Ile was often solicited to hold office, but always refused. Mr. Milbourne is a man of great versatility of talent, and an omnivorous reader. He has a fine miscellaneous library, one of the largest in the State, and as far as his large practice will permit is devoted to literary pursuits. He is generous and liberal in his dis- position. He was brought up under the influence of the Methodist Church, but his views have for some time been in accord with the Greek Catholic faith. He was married in October, 1868, to Gracc, only daughter of Dr. J. C. Loomis, of Carlisle, Pennsylvania,
ARTSOCK, REV. SAMUEL MITCHELL, a Minister of the Baltimore Conference, Methodist Episcopal Church, was born in Monterey, Steuben County, New York, November 23, 1838. His father, Sam- nel Hartsock, was a native of Alleghany County, Pennsylvania, his birthplace being near Pittsburg. His
mother's maiden name was Lydia Mitchell. She was a daughter of Robert Mitchell, of Tioga County, Pennsyl- vania. They had nine children, two sons and seven daughters, of whom seven, two sons and five daughters, are still living. Mr. Hartsock's parents removed to Lib- erty Valley, Tioga County, Pennsylvania, in 1850, at which place he attended school until he was sixteen years of age. Ile then went to Dickinson Seminary, Williamsport, Penn- sylvania, where he pursued the regular course of study of that institution. In his eighteenth year he joined the East Baltimore Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and entered upon the work of the ministry, in which he has since labored with great carnestness and success. In the year 1868 he was stationed as Pastor at Jackson Square Methodist Episcopal Church, Baltimore, and after one year's service there went to Middletown, Frederick County, Maryland, where he remained two years. Ile was then transferred to Washington city as Pastor of Union Chapel of that city, and after completing his pastorate there went to Baltimore, where he served three years as Pastor of High Street Church, and for three years was stationed at Emory Church. He was then transferred to Franklin Street Church, Baltimore, where he is at present sta- tioned. Ile is identified with most of the temperance organizations of Baltimore, and in addition to his minis- terial labors has devoted much time in the advocacy of the temperance cause. He has been twice married. At the age of twenty-two he married Miss Mollie L. Knode, of Washington County, Maryland, who died in 1866, six years after their marriage. In 1868 he married Miss Mary E. Lewis, daughter of Jacob Lewis, of Frederick County, Maryland. Two children were the fruit of the last mar- riage, Jacob L. and Mary A. Hartsock. For several years Mr. Hartsock has been a member of the Masonic Order.
6 ILLER, DANIEL, Merchant, was born in Loudon County, Virginia, July 7, 1812. His grandfather, 256 a man of education, emigrated from Germany prior to the Revolution, and settled in Loudon County, where he was for a long time highly re- spected and appreciated as a teacher of youth. His father with other patriotic Virginians came to assist in the defence of Baltimore in 1814. Daniel remained with his parents on their farm until he was about fourteen years of age, when his father having become embarrassed by reason of indorsing for a friend who went down in the commercial revolution succeeding the war, he, boy as he was, deter- mined to leave home and seek his own fortunc. So one bright morning he started off walking cheerily with his bundle containing all his earthly possessions on his shoulder, and bound for Harper's Ferry. Upon his arrival at that place he engaged as clerk in,a country store at a nominal salary. Harper's Ferry was then the centre of a very large trade and the rendezvous of all the gay young men of the
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surrounding country. Alcoholic stimulants were the uni- versal beverage, and temperance societies were unknown. But the young clerk, under the influence of a pious mother, had resolved never to touch liquor nor tobacco in any shape, and although the temptation was ever before him he seru. pulously adhered to the resolution he bad formed, and which to his dying day was unbroken. Never neglecting his duty to his employers he devoted all his spare time to the acquisition of useful knowledge, and produced such a favorable impression of his business capacity and integrity that before he was of age he was offered an interest in a mercantile establishment at Lovettsville. He accepted the offer, and in a short time bought out his partners and con- ducted the business successfully on his own account. It was here that he met his future wife, Miss Klein, with whom he was united at the age of twenty-four. In a very few years he became the leading merchant of that section of Virginia, and in 1842, at the urgent solicitation of his friends, he consented to become a candidate for the Legis- lature on the Whig ticket. He canvassed the district with his opponents, discussing with them the questions at issue, but refusing to resort to any of the usual appliances of candidates, while they spent money lavishly. He was elected by a large majority, the result thus vindicating his manly independence. In the Legislature, though a quiet member he was a most useful one, and through his influ- ence several measures of substantial importance to his con- 'stituents were enacted. In 1846, seeking a wider field of business activity, he removed to Baltimore and embarked in the drygoods trade. In conjunction with the late Mr. John Dallam he opened a small jobbing store at 304 Balti- more Street. They remained in that location until 1855, when Mr. Dallam was killed in the fearful collision on the Camden and Amboy Railroad. Mr. Miller then removed to 324 Baltimore Street, and in 1858 to 329, where the firm of Daniel Miller & Co. still remains. With ceaseless en- ergy he gave his entire time and attention to his business, which, beginning in 1847 with annual sales of eighty thousand dollars had increased at the time of his death to one and a quarter million dollars. In 1861 he was just beginning to reap the fruits of his hard labor when the war broke out, and all that had been accumulated by the patient toil of years was swept away, as it were, in a sin- gle day. These were times that tried men's souls. Mer- cantile credit was not worth a rope of sand. The strong- est houses went down before the deadly blast of ruin that swept over the country, and many of the leading merchants, in utter despair, made no attempt to save themselves or their creditors, and drifted into hopeless bankruptcy. It was then that the character of Daniel Miller shone forth. Men cast in his mould were few and far between. The bulk of his assets lay in the seceded States, practically as far from his reach as if in the wilds of Africa. Declining all suggestions of compromise he set his face against the storm, and notified his creditors that with the blessing of
Providence every dollar of his indebtedness should be paid. Ile dissolved his partnership, and thenceforth he ad- dressed himself to the one aim of his life, which was to see the day when his entire liabilities should be honorably dis- charged ; and he exacted of his children a solemm obliga- tion that in the event of his death they would consider themselves morally and religiously bound to fulfil his work. Dispensing with all the luxuries to which he had been ac- customed he worked hard and faithfully with unfaltering trust to accomplish his purpose. As the notes of his firm matured he paid such part as he was able and renewed the balance, and in much less than five years he paid up four hundred and ninety-six thousand dollars, principal and in- terest, cancelling every obligation held against him. He described it as the happiest day of his life when he issued a circular to his creditors announcing his full resumption. During the late conflict Mr. Miller was ever foremost in as- sisting to relieve the wants of the prisoners confined at va- rious times in the city, and to mitigate the severities of the unhappy contest. No one welcomed the dawn of peace with more delight than he, and no one was quicker to de- vise ways and means for the restoration of some portion at least of its former prosperity to that section of the country which had suffered so much from the devastating effects of war. The Valley of Virginia, which had been fought over . almost inch by inch had been made classic ground, indeed, but historic glory could not avail to feed nor shelter the starving, houseless people who called it home. Mr. Mil- ler was one of the most efficient promoters of the plan organized in Baltimore to make advances of money to the farmers of the valley to restock and seed their farms. As Treasurer of the Agricultural Aid Society he collected some seventy thousand dollars, which was thus distributed. Recognizing the prime necessity of currency and banking capital, it was mainly through his instrumentality that banks were established at Winchester, Harrisonburg, Staunton and Charlottesville. On his books there yet stood unpaid almost half a million dollars, most of it due by the people of Virginia, but forgiving them the debt he gave new cred- its to as many of his former customers as prudence and justice to himself would permit, thus enabling them to make a new start in life. At this period he gave his sons an in- terest in his business, and afterwards principally employed himself in directing the operations of the house and in im- pressing upon them that the only honorable road to wealth was by industry and honesty. He assisted to organize and was the first President of the National Exchange Bank, a Director in the Eutaw Savings Bank, and a member of the Board of Trade. Mr. Miller was in active bysiness up to the day of his death. On Saturday, July 23, 1870, al- though not entirely recovered from the fatigues of a recent business trip to Virginia, lie expressed himself as having never felt better in his life. On Sunday he rose in his usual good health. On returning from church he com- plained of being unwell, and sent for his physician, who,
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however, anticipated nothing serious. Ile retired at his usual hour without any apprehensions, but suddenly at mid- nigla he sat up in bed, turned over, and expired without a groan. His funeral, which was largely attended, took place on the Wednesday following, The services were coll. ducted by the Rev. Dr. Smith and Hamner, both of whont spoke most truly and feelingly of the great loss which the community had sustained in the death of such a man. By his prudence, energy, and integrity, extending through a period of a quarter of a century, Daniel Miller succeeded in establishing one of the largest as well as most reliable and widely-known drygoods houses of Baltimore; and dying in the height of his prosperity he left the business and his priceless reputation in the hands of his sons, a double legacy, of which they may well be proud. As a citizen he was true; as a man full of tender sympathies; a friend whose counsel could always be relied upon; of decided views upon all subjects, yet never obtruding them unasked. He was an elder in the Presbyterian Church, and teacher and Superintendent for years in the Sabbath- school. Of unbounded liberality, he contributed mainly to the building of the First Constitutional Presbyterian Church. In his habits he was thoroughly domestic. A loving husband and an intelligent father, his home was an abode of cheerfulness to his children, and a place where friends met a kindness not to be forgotten. In his business he was very decided, 'but at the same time affable and agrecable. He labored assiduously to have his business a model for others, and well did he succeed in his work. The large force under his employ were upon all proper occasions reminded that honesty and fair-dealing were the only true stepping-stones to success, and only on such a basis did he ever desire them to forward the interests of his business. In conclusion it may be sincerely said, that in every sphere of life he gave living evidence of his high moral and Christian character. To a work entitled Balti- more, Past and Present, we are indebted for the foregoing sketch. In 1836 Mr. Miller married Miss Mary Ann Klein, of Loudon County, Virginia. They had five sons and one daughter, viz,, John Madison, Margaret Elizabeth, who married James W. Raster, Henry Clay, Theodore Klein, William Reynolds, und Daniel. His two sons, Heury C. and Theodore K., continue the business under the old firm name of Daniel Miller & Co. His son William R. is a member of the well-known firm of Hurst, Miller & Co. All of his children are still living.
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BRADLEY, R. D., Inventor, was born in Federals- burg, Caroline County, Maryland, February 16, 1842, Ills father, John Bradley, was a skilled and ingenious mechame, and for half a century was a leading master builder. He was an original thinker, and noted for his modesty and strict integrity.
The grandfather of the subject of this sketch was a native of England. R. D. Bradley's mother, a lady of vigorous intellect and exemplary Christian virtues, who is still living, was Miss Chloe Ann Dines, member of a large and influential family that fifty years ago were extensive lauded proprietors in Dorchester County, Maryland. The Dines family removed to the then far West, and materially assisted in developing the section in which they located. Like the Bradleys they possessed rare inventive genius and con- structive skill. Mr. Bradley's maternal ancestors were of French origin, and came to this country during the religious persecutions in France. In his early childhood Mr. Bradley developed habits of observation and thinking on subjects entirely remote from the minds of other lads of his age, which isolated him from them and made him the victim of rough treatment and much persecution from his. boyish companions, to such an extent as to induce him at the age of eleven years to run away from school and home " in order to find relief from such annoyances. After a few weeks' absence he was found by his father and sent back to school. His continual dread of the boys and great dis- taste for books or study caused him to play truant, and to spend much of his time in the woods and on the river- bank. During his truant hours his mechanical ingenuity displayed itself in the construction of miniature boats, mills, wheels, pumps, etc. When he quit school finally, at fourteen years of age, he possessed but little book knowledge, and in fact never manifested any inclination for study until about a month prior to the close of his school days, when he experienced a sudden change in this respect, and thenceforward felt a keen longing for knowl- edge. Shortly after leaving school he was engaged in a subordinate capacity on a vessel trading in the Choptank River, of which he soon became Captain. He was thus employed for two years, during which time he invented and constructed a swinging saloon for passenger travel, but which he soon neglected on account of its impracticability. This is the identical invention recently brought out by Mr, Bessemer, of England, who after spending a million of dollars thereon has also declared it impracticable. Mr. Bradley next entered into the millwright and machinery business, which he prosecuted with success for several years. On the breaking out of the civil war he tendered his services in defence of the Union, and was commissioned by Governor Ilicks as First Lieutenant and assigned to the duty of recruiting and organizing the State forces. In 1862 and 1863 he served as Captain under General Golds- borough, who was then in command on the Eastern Shore. He was prompt, faithful, and efficient in the discharge of all the duties thus required of him. In 1965 Mr. Bradley became a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and in the following year was licensed to preach the Gospel. He spent several years in the travelling ministry, princi- pally beyond the Mississippi River. Failure of health necessitated his retirement from active religious work, and
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returning to Maryland he renewed his investigations and experiments in science and invention. The achievement to which he has mainly directed his studies and ingenuity is the discovery of a process for generating a motive gas from water and the invention of machinery for utilizing it. This motive power is economical, compact, easily managed, and safe, and therefore must supersede steam and other dangerous forces. This invention is the out- growth of logical deductions from the results of experi- ments in physical science. Not only has the inventor shown a knowledge of and regard for the laws of dynam- ics, but has also incorporated 'into his novel method a system essentially different from any hitherto known, es- tablishing a new cra in motive power. His invention has received patents from the United States Government, Canada, Great Britain, the German Empire, Italy, France, Spain, Austria, Russia, Brazil, and the Australian Colonies. The new motive power has been fairly tested for about two years, and in stationary and marine engines its success has been abundantly demonstrated. In politics Mr. Bradley adheres to the doctrines of the National Republican party, and regards a strong centralized system of government as essential to the perpetuity of the American Union. Decem- ber 24, 1866, he married Miss Mary Catharine Noble, a lady of Quaker lineage, and a member of a large and respect- able family of Maryland and Delaware. He has one son and three daughters.
Gre POWIE, HON. ODEN, Ex-Governor, President of the Baltimore and Potomac Railroad and the Balti- more City Passenger Railway companies, was born at " Fairview," Prince George's County, Mary- land, November 10, 1826. His parents were Hon. William D. and Eliza (Oden) Bowie, the former of Scotch and the latter of English descent. Both families were among the early settlers of the State. William D. Bowie was an intelligent and highly respected planter. He rep- resented Prince George's County for several terms in the House of Delegates, and was six years a member of the State Senate. Mr. Bowie lost his mother when nine years of age, and soon after was placed in the Preparatory De- partment of St. Jolin's College, Annapolis. He afterward entered St. Mary's College, Baltimore, from which he graduated in July, 1845. The following year he enlisted for the Mexican war as a private in the Battalion of Mary- land and District of Columbia Volunteers under Colonel William H. Watson, who was killed at the battle of Mon- terey, dying in the arms of Licutenant Bowie, he having been promoted, and was the only officer left with Colonel Watson at the time of his death. His gallantry in that battle sccured him the appointment as Senior Captain of the Voltigeurs Regiment, one of the ten regiments added to the regular army, and made a new branch of the ser-
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