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TIIE REV. CALEB LONG, was born Devem- ber 4, 1861, in Rockingham County, Va., a son of Samuel E. and Barbara (Shickel) Long, both natives of Rockingham County.
Samuel E. Long was twice married, his fist wife being a Miss Heatwole, by whom he had issue :
David, was a farmer and never married ; Emanuel, is a minister of the German Baptist church at Bridgewater, Va .; Barbara, who married Isaac Bowman, a farmer; Gabriel, a farmer; Simeon, a farmer; Catharine, who married Daniel Shickel. Mr. Long's second wife was Barbara Shickel, by whom he had nine children, of whom six sur- vive: Levi, who is a school teacher and surveyor in Rockingham County; Fannie, who is unmar- ried ; the Rev. Caleb; Mollic, who married Charles Ritchie; William, a carpenter; Jennie, who mar- ried Edward Garber.
Samuel E. Long is deceased ; his widow is liv- ing. They became attached to the German Bap- tist Church in childhood, and were active and con- sistent members. Mr. Long was a deacon at the time of his death in what is known as Beaver Creek German Baptist Church, near his homstead in Rockingham County. Mrs. Long holds her membership in the same church. During the Civil War, Samuel E. Long lost much from his farm by the ravages of soldiers. There is not living today an uncle or an aunt of the Rev. Caleb Long, on his father's side.
The Rev. Caleb Long is the only member of the family residing in Washington County, Md. He was educated in the public schools and at Bridgewater, in his native county. He taught school for six years in Virginia, and for one year in Washington County. On November 26, 1885, Caleb Long was married to Fannie Mullendore, a daughter of Daniel Mullendore, and representa- tive of one of the well known and respected fam- ilies of Rohrersville district. Mr. and Mrs. Long are the parents of six children : Edgar, who is a student at Union Bridge, Md .; Ina Virginia; Edna B .; Wilber, deceased, Verdie E .; and Ever- ett C.
In the spring of 1889. the Rev. Caleb Long removed with his family to his present farm of 95 arres, situated about one mile from Boonsboro, where he has since remained, enjoying the fine and commodious residence. About 75 acres of this farm are planted with fruit trees, 8000 peach and 500 apples, all of choice species. He is rec- ognized as one of the leading fruit raisers in his section of the county.
In 1897, the Rev. Caleb Long began to preach the doctrines of the German Baptist de- nomination at the Fahrney Church and the Beaver ('reck Church, two of the oldest churches of this denomination in Washington County. IIe has con-
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tinued to serve these congregations and makes frequent trips to preach the gospel in other por- tions of Maryland and Virginia. The Rev. Mr. Long was instrumental in establishing the Breth- ren Church at Chewsville in 1900, and assists the Rev. J. O. Butterbaugh, and the Rev. Calvin By- ers in conducting worship at that church.
The Rev. Caleb Long is a director of the Boonsboro Bank and is a Republican in political ideas. He is not only a conscientious Christian gentleman, but an upright citizen, enjoying the confidence of his neighbors.
THE REV. GEORGE ADAM ROYER, pas- tor of the Clearspring (Lutheran) charge, a min- ister very highly esteemed, was born in the vil- lage of Keyser, in Allegheny, now Garrett, Coun- ty, Md., and is a son of John and Eliza (Schultz) Royer. John Royer was a native of Germany, born in 1808; he emigrated to America while a young man, was during the greater part of his life a farmer, and died in 1888.
George A. Royer passed his boyhood on his father's farm, attending the common schools dur- ing the winter, and using his opportunities so faithfully as to prepare himself for teaching at an early age. For five years, he followed this voca- tion in the public schools. He then entered Mt. Union College, then at Mt. Union, Ohio, but now at Alliance, in the same state. After a six years' course of study, Mr. Royer was graduated in 1888. From college he passed to the Theological Seni- inary, from which he was graduated in 1891; he was ordained in September of that year, at Al- toona, Pa. The Rev. Mr. Royer's first call was to a charge at Accident, Garrett Co., Md., where lie served five congregations until the year 1896. In the summer of that year, he received a call to the .Aurora charge, consisting of six congregations, in Preston Count, W. Va. Here he labored dili- gently until June, 1901, when he was called to his present field of labor, the Clearspring charge, which includes St. Peter's congregation, in Clear- spring, St. Paul's, two and one-half miles east of that place, on the old National turnpike, and Mt. Tabor Church, at Fairview, Washington Co. As a true Christian pastor, the Rev. Mr. Royer faith- fully devotes his abilities to the cause of religion, and the uplifting of his fellow-men.
On December 24, 1889, the Rev. George A.
Royer was married to Miss Annabelle, daughter of Jacob L. and Mahala J. (Broadwater) Augus- tine, of Addison, Somerset Co., Pa. Mr. and Mrs. Royer have two daughters, Leonora Augustine and Mabel Pauline.
THE REVEREND HENRY EDWARDS was born in New Haven, Conn., December 31, 1821. He was the son of Horace Hampton and Maria (Golding ) Edwards, a lineal descendant of the Rev. Jonathan Edwards, the distinguished metaphysician. His ancestors came from England about 1640. Richard Edwards was a clergyman of the established church who came to Connecticut from Wales, during the reign of Queen Elizabethi. His grandfather was the Honorable Pierrepont Edwards, and tradition says that the Edwards fam- ily existed in Wales in the thirteenth century.
Henry Edwards attended the public schools and Hopkins Grammar School of New Haven. He prepared for College at Flushing Institute, Flush- ing, Long Island, and graduated with high honors from Yale College in 1841. Among his class- mates at Yale were Donald G. Mitchell (Ike Mar- vel), and other prominent men. After gradu- ation, he taught one year in the family of George Rives, Albemarle County, Va .; and during the next year was private tutor at Dansbammer, New- burgh, N. Y. In 1843 Mr. Edwards had a small school in Louisville, Ky.
From 1845 to 1847, he studied theology, first in New Haven, under the Rev. Henry Cross- well, D. D., and afterwards at the General The- ological Seminary of the Protestant Episcopal Church in New York. Henry Edwards was or- dained deacon in Trinity Church, New Haven, Conn., September 16, 1847, by Bishop Brownwell, and was in charge of Christ Church, East Haven, Conn., until he resigned in the summer of 1848. IIe was ordained priest in New Haven, August 13, 1848, by Bishop Ives, of North Carolina, and be- came Rector of the church of Saint John the Evangelist, Stockport, N. Y., where he remained until May, 1850. After filling charges at Pal- mer, Mass., and at Irvington, N. Y., he spent three years at ('umberland Teaching School, and serv- ing as assistant in Emmanuel Parish.
On the first of January, 1857, the Rev. Henry Edwards became Rector of Saint John's parish, Hagerstown, Md., and remained through all the
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commotion of those troubled times. In 1862 and later, a large majority of his congregation sympa- thized with the Confederacy. He writes: "In March, 1863, we had a visit from the whole of Longstreet's Division, and on the Sunday before the battle of Antietam. I had the pleasure of preaching to a congregation composed of South- ern officers and soldiers, and at the same time pray- ing for the President of the United States." Mr. Edwards was United States Hospital Chaplain in Ilagerstown by commission dated Mareh 5, 1863, and was on one occasion taken to the headquarters of the Confederate general. who proposed sending him to Richmond as a hostage to sreure the release of rome prisoners taken by the Union troops. He was, however, only detained for a short time. and released on parole.
In 1861, Mr. Edwards resigned the rectorship of Saint John's parish. and accepted a call to Saint Mark's Church, Lappan's Cross Roads, and later.took the additional charge of Saint Paul's Church, Sharp-burg. At different times he had other small churches in the vicinity under his care, retaining his home in Hagerstown. When he took charge of Saint Paul's church, Sharpsburg, the old church was in ruins, having been riddled by shot and shell at the battle of Antietam; but through his earnest efforts it was replaced by one of the prettiest churches in that region. During his rectorship at Sharpsburg. the Rev. Henry Ed- wards taught a select school in Hagerstown. From 1867 to 1891 he was Chaplain of Saint James' C'ollege, and in 1881. was made Grand Army Chaplain. In June, 1891. he resigned the rector- ship of Saint Mark's church, Lappan's and Saint Luke's Church, Pleasant Valley, and from that time until his death. in February, 1899. lived re- tired at his home in Hagerstown. He was an in- valid, a great suffereer. and utterly unable for service. The Rev. Henry Edwards was greatly beloved. and the news of his death was received with great regert throughout the city which had been his home for forty-two years.
The Rev. Henry Edwards was married, Octo- ber 20. 1850, to Charlotta Maria Crane, of New York, eldest daughter of Col. Ichabod B. Crane, First Artillery, United States Army. Mrs. Ed- wards died in Hagerstown, January 21, 1897. They had four daughters and four sons. The sur- viving children are : William ( .; Maria ; Charlotte, (Mrs. McCready) ; Caroline, ( Mrs. Buchler), of Gettysburg, Pa .; and George. Mr. Edwards' two
sisters are living in New Haven, Conn. His fun- eral services were held in Saint John's church, llagerstown, by the Rev. Henry Evans Cotton. Interment was in Rose Hill Cemetery. He was buried with military honors by the Grand Armny of the Republic. His pallbearers were: I. D. Martin, George W. Lands. J. H. Mandaville, I. R. Thompson, Col. C. M. Futterer. C. C. Walts, and W. B. Morrison.
BISHOP PETER ESHLEMAN was born near Lititz, Lancaster County. Pa., November 8, 1298, son of Abraham and Susanna E-hleman, and grandson of Ulrich Eshleman, a native of Switzerland, who, about 1750, settled between Lititz and Manheim.
IIere Abraham E-hileman was born, June 19, 1765, and died April 7. 1838. IIe reared a large family, and has numerous descendants. His son, Peter Eshileman, removed to Washington County, Md., in 1831, and became the owner of a large tract of land near Reid, on the Marsh turnpike; this land is still in the possession of his de- scendants. Mr. Eshleman married Mary Reiff, of Earl Township, Lancaster Co., Pa. ; their fam- ily consisted of eight sons and three daughters.
In 1832. Peter Eshleman was ordained a minister of the Mennonite Church; he and his family belonged to Miller's Church, in Leiters- burg District. He was ordained a bishop in 1838, and served in that office in Washington County, Md., and in Franklin County and part of Adams County. Pa., for nearly forty years. He was most faithful and diligent in his services, going from place to place on horseback at all times of the year. sometimes even when his feet became numb and insensible from coldl. He once remarked that he spent but one Sunday out of sixteen with his family. Bishop Eshleman died May 12. 1850; his body was laid to rest in the graveyard of Mil- ler's Church.
ULRICH ESHLEMAN. who came from Switzerland to Lancaster County, Pa., about 1:50, died in 1803. His widow, Catherine Eshleman, died in 1809. Their children were: Anna. who married Mr. Gingrich ; Barbara, who married Mr. Hoover; Abraham; Elizabeth, who married John
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Strite; John, who died in 1830, unmarried ; Mag- dalena; Jacob, who married and left a family ; Catherine, who married Abraham Westheffer; Pe- ter, who died, unmarried, at the age of twenty- seven years.
The children of John and Elizabeth ( Eshle- man) Strite are: Nancy, who married Jacob Mil- ler ; Abraham, who married Elizabeth Mantzer; John, who married Elizabeth Summers ; Christian, a Mennonite minister, who married Catherine Schnebley; Joseph, was married and died June 8, 1858 ; his widow died December 21, 1884; Samuel, born Deeember 10, 1800, died May 1, 1884, mar- ried Martha Sehnebley, who died January 13, 1894.
ABRAHAM ESHLEMAN, a native of Lan- caster County, Pa., married Susan Ebersolc. Their children are as follows: Martha, who mar- ried Uriah Eichelberger ; Susan, who married Ja- cob Hirsh; Adeline; David; Henry; Simon; and John.
John Eslileman, youngest son of Abraham and Susan (Ebersole) Eshleman, is a prominent citizen of Highspire, Dauphin Co., Pa. He was from 1868 to 1883 section foreman for the Penn- sylvania Railroad Company. He has been very successful as a farmer and dealer in lumber, and is a stockholder in the Harrisburg, Highspire and Steelton Electric Railway Company. He has also large real estate interests. Mr. Eshleman has served as assessor of lower Swartara Township, and as superintendent of the Highspire Ceme- tery Association. He is the proprietor of "Eshle- man's Addition" to Highspire.
John Eshleman was married in 1869 to Ellen Wolff; they have one son, Harry W.
THE GRIMM FAMILY .- The Rev. Joseph S. Grimm, son of John and Mary (Franck) Grimm, was born near Rohrersville, Washington Co., Md., May 8, 1812. He died March 10, 1892. His body was buried in the eemetery belonging to Bethel United Brethren Church. He was one of a family of eight children, of whom five were sons, named Frederiek, Thomas, John, Joseph and Daniel, and three daughters, Margaret, Susan and
Elizabeth. A large number of their descendants are still living in Washington County. Joseph S. Grimm was one of the first members of Bothel U. B. Church, in which he worked until his death, serving as class-leader, Sunday-school superintend- ent, and teacher of a Bible class.
His license to preach was granted at an an- nnal Conference, held in Washington County, Md. Il is dated February 22, 1847, and signed by Bishop Hanby. "He was an carnest evangelical preacher, and travelled some by the appointment of the Conference, and also preached for pastors in surrounding communities ; he often sought out neglected portions of the country, and there preached and labored for Christ and lost souls to good advantage."
As a citizen, the Rev. Mr. Grimm was ag- gressive, active in politics, and a staunch adherent of the Republican party. For a number of years he was a Justice of the Peace; he also served as Judge of Elections. .
The Rev. Joseph S. Grimm was joined in mar- riage by the Rev. G. B. Rymel, on November 22, 1836, to Sarah, youngest daughter of Jacob and Barbara (Bachtel) Huffer. They lived together more than fifty-six years, mutually bearing and sharing the sorrows and joys of life. To them were born thirteen children. One died in infancy ; six sons and six dangliters grew to manhood and womanhood.
The Rev. William O. Grimm, eldest son of the Rev. Joseph S. and Sarah (Huffer) Grimm, was also an honored minister in the U. B. Church. At the age of eighteen years, he began teaching school, at the same time learning the trade of shoe-making, by which he was enabled to save some money, and to attend a private high school. At a Conference, held at Myersville, Md., in 1863, he was licensed to preach. He served several years as teacher and missionary to the "freedmen" at Vicksburg, Miss. The Rev. William O. Grimm was married, March 16, 1865, by the Rev. G. W. Statton, to Miss Martha A. Mullendore. He preached in Virginia, Maryland and Pennsylvania. He died August 24. 1896, at the home of his mother in Rohrersville, and is buried in the eem- etery of Bethel U. B. C'hnreh at that place.
The Rev. John Wesley Grimm, the second son, is also a minister in the U. B. Church, having received his license to preach in 1861. He has labored in Virginia, Maryland and Pennsylvania, and is at present, pastor of the Boonsboro charge,
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in Washington County, Md. He married Miss Elizabeth Hoffman, of Virginia.
The Rev. Jacob Luther Grimm, the third son, was also a minister in the U. B. Church. He re- ceived his license to preach in 1866. He also served charges in Virginia. Maryland and Penn- sylvania. His last charge was at New Cumber- land, Pa., which he was forced to resign, on ac- count of failing health. He had enlisted and served for a time in the U. S. Army, during the Civil War. From September, 1899, to September, 1900. he was the National Chaplain of the G. 1. R. The Rev. Jacob L. Grimm was married to Miss Mary E. Harp, of Chewsville, Md. He died at the home of his son-in-law, Dr. II. C. Algira, in Baltimore, Md .. August 21, 1905, and is buried in Druid Ridge Cemetery.
Joseph S. Grimm, Jr., the fourth son, is a farmer, living near Trego, Md. He married Miss Arbelin Thomas, of Keedysville, Md.
Irvin R. Grimm, the fifth son, is a blacksmith, residing at C'earfoss. Md. He married Lila V. Beard, of Chewsville, Md.
Harmon M. Grimm, the sixth son, for several years a teacher in the public schools of Washing- ton County, at present lives near Trego. Md., and is engaged in raising fruit. He married Miss Etta M. Huntzberry. of Mount Carmel, Md.
Martha A. Grimm, eldest daughter of Rev. Joseph S. and Sarah ( Huffer) Grimm, is married to Simon (loss, and lives near Salina, Kan.
Sophia C. Grimm, the second daughter, mar- ried Mahlon H. Smith. He died in October, 1899, and she died April 25. 1904. Both are buried in the cemetery of Bethel U. B. Church. One son, A. G. Smith, survives.
Amanda M. Grimm, the third daughter, is married to Hiram J. Smith, and resides in IIa- gerstown, Md.
Sarah S. Grimm, the fourth daughter, was married to Albert H. Smith, who died in April, 1896. She resides at Loenst Grove.
Mary E. Grimm, the fifth daughter, formerly a teacher in the public schools of Washington County, lives at Rohrersville, Md.
Barbara Ella died in infancy.
Emma A Grimin, teacher in the Primary Department of the Rohrersville Public School for eighteen consecutive years, lives with her sister Mary in Rohrersville, Md.
When the mother, Sarah Grimm, died, on February 12, 1904, the descendants were as fol-
lows: Children, living, 11; deceased, 2; grand- children, living, 47; deceased, 7; great grand- children, living, 19; deceased, 4; there were thus 17 living and 13 deceased, making a total of 90.
JOHN E. OTTO, a minister of the German Baptist Brethren Denomination, was born near Sharpsburg, Md., December 12, 1855. He was educated in the common schools, and worked on his father's farm until he was twenty-one years old. He then went West, and spent nine months with an unele in Illinois. after which he went to Cal- ifornia, and lived nine years at Woodland, Yolo County, where he worked among the farmers. He then returned to his home in Washington County and was married, January 1, 1889, to Miss Alice B. Miller.
After his return to Sharpsburg district, Mr. Otto began farming on a small farm near Sharps- burg, which he bought from William Thomas. He remained on this farm for three years. Dur- ing this time he became imbued with a desire to become a minister, and took up the study of the gospel. He was elected to the deacon's office of the German Baptist Brethren Church November 26. 1891. and to the ministry, November 24, 1892. Ile was advanced to the second degree, November 26, 1896, and ordained to the full ministry, March 26, 1904. Ile has served the German Baptist Church at Sharpsburg for a number of years. and took oversight of the Berkeley Church in Berkeley County, W. Va., in June, 1905. During his min- istry he has officiated at twenty-six funerals, twen- ty-five marriages and eighty-eight baptisms.
SAMUEL MADDOX is a citizen of the Tilgh- manton District of Washington County, where with his sisters he owns one of the finest and most beautiful farmis in Maryland, inherited from his father, the late Dr. Thomas Maddox. Ilere the family of the late Dr. Maddox maintain their summer home, returning to the farm each year to spend the summer months at the old home- stead which is known as "Woodlie."
Samuel Maddox's business. however, is in the city of Washington, where he is engaged in the practice of the law, being one of the leaders of the Bar of the District of Columbia and upon
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one or more occasions he was elected President of the Bar Association.
Mr. Maddox was born on Woodlie farm in Washington County, in 1850. He was educated in the public schools of the neighborhood and at St. John's College, Annapolis. At an early age he entered the service of the Baltimore & Ohio Rail- road Company as a civil engineer. While a school boy he had served as rodman in the survey for ' the Washington County railroad and after leaving school was assistant engineer in continuing the Metropolitan Branch and on work for the company in Ohio and Indiana. Desiring to study law, he obtained a position in one of the Government Departments in Washington after competitive ex- amination and while so engaged attended lectures at the Columbia Law School from which he grad- uated with honors. In his practice he has been remarkably successful and has been engaged in many important cases. He is general counsel for the Indian River Canal Company and has taken an active part in the development of South Flor- ida. He has never lost his identity with Wash- ington County and takes great interest in his farm and old home upon which he spends a great deal of money in improvements.
Samuel Maddox is the oldest son of the late Dr. Thomas Maddox and Mary Priscilla (Clag- gett) Maddox. His mother was the daughter of Dr. Thomas John Claggett of 'Waterloo," Freder- ick County, the oldest son of the Right Rev. Thomas John Claggett, first Bishop of Maryland. Her mother was a daughter of Honore Martin of Rockville, a native of France.
Dr. Thomas Maddox was a son of Samuel and Sarah Fowler Maddox. He was born in Chaptico, St. Mary's County, Md., on Green Spring farm, which came to him by inheritance from father to son from the first settlement. He was descended from Samuel Maddox who emigrated to Maryland with his uncle, Governor Thomas Notley about 1646. Dr. Maddox graduated from the School of Medicine of the University of Maryland in 1832 and went to Louisville, Ky., to practic. There he distinguished himself by his courage and devotion during an epidemic of cholera. In 1844 he re- turned to St. Mary's County to visit his father, on his way to Paris to further pursue the study of medicine in the schools of that city. During the visit his father died, an event which reshaped his plan of life. He remained to take care of the family affairs and estates, and while so engaged
and in 1846 he married Mary Priscilla Claggetl of Frederick County, and two years later he purchas- ed Woodlie farm, having meanwhile sold the St. Mary's County estate to a first cousin, and made his home in Washington County. This farm was his home until his death in 1887. For a while ne engaged in the practice of medicine but soon became entirely absorbed in farming to which vo- cation he was devotedly attached. He was a pub- lic spirited citizen and actively supported all measures for the public advancement. He took a leading part in the construction of the Hagerstown and Sharpsburg Turnpike, an enterprise of inesti- mable value to the southern part of the County, which was cut off by impassable roads from Ha- gerstown during the winter season. He also was one of the organizers of the movement to construct the Washington County Railroad and was twice sent by the County Commissioners to confer with the Baltimore & Ohio Company upon this subject. He aided also in establishing the College of St. James at Fountain Rock. But it was his work as a progressive farmer which was of the greatest benefit to Washington County. It was he who in- troduced the use of commercial or chemical fer- tilizers on wheat. He first brought to the county a wheat drill and generally set the pace among other farmers for more careful and thorough cul- ture. He was a man of literary attainments and of a most benevolent disposition and he lived and died greatly beloved by the people around him. He was in the track of the armies during the Civil War and lost at that time all he had made. In religion he was an Episcopalian and gave the lot upon which St. Mark's Church, Lap- pan's stands and in the churchyard of which he lies buried. His efforts together with those of a few of his neighbors, notably John W. Breathed and George S. Kennedy, caused the building of that beautiful little church. Dr. Maddox was an advocate for public education. He served for a time as School Commissioner and always endeavor- ed to secure the services of the best teachers. Mrs. Maddox outlived her husband about eight years.
Dr. and Mrs. Thomas Maddox, had five chil- dren besides several who died in infancy.
The oldest is Miss Anne F. Maddox who never married but has devoted her life to works of charity and in helping others. She was educated at St. Mary's Hall, Burlington, N. J. She has traveled widely in the United States, Europe and the East. In 1906 she spent several months with
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