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HISTORY AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD
her nicce, the wife of Lieut. E. M. Zell of the army, in the Philippine Islands, making in that visit a trip around the world.
The second son of Dr. and Mrs. Thomas Mad- dox was Dr. Thomas John Claggett Maddox, born in 1852 at the Woodlie farm. He was educated at the public schools and at the College of St. James. After the conclusion of his studies at this school he engaged as teacher there assisting Henry Onderdonk the Head Master. Then he became principal of the public school at Boonsboro. After- wards he was engaged as assistant by Mr. Young of Emerson Institute, Washington, D. C. While there he studied medicine at the Medical School of the Columbian University and after a term as resident physician at Bellevue Hospital, New York. he was commissioned as assistant surgeon in th U. S. Army. In the army he quickly at- tained a high position by his professional skill and his distinguishd ability and courage. His first assignment to duty was at Governor's Island. In 1879 he was ordered to the Department of Texas and was stationed at several of the army posts in that State. When the Apache Indians went on the war path in 1885, under the lead of that stern and cruel old chief, Geronimo, Dr. Mad- dox requested an assignment to one of the cavalry troops sent out to quell the disturbance. While so engaged, on the morning of December 10, 1803, he was shot and killed by Indians in ambush. His body was brought home and buried with mil- itary honors in St. Mark's Churchyard where he lies beside the graves of his father and mother.
Sarah Sophia is the youngest of the children of Dr. and Mrs. Maddox. She was born at the Woodlie farm, educated at the Virginia Female Institute, Staunton, Va .. and in 1897 was married to Mr. John T. Wood. of Georgetown, D. C., a native of Prince George's County. Md., son of the late Peter Wood of that County, and a de- scendant of the Mortons. Comptons and other lead- ing Southern Maryland families. Mr. and Mrs. Wood reside in Georgetown, where Mrs. Wood is prominent in good works. They spend a portion of their time each year at Mrs. Wood's old home in Washington County.
The second daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Thomas Maddox is Cora Martin who in 1874 was married to Thomas John Chew Williams, a native of Cal- vert County, son of the Rev. Henry Williams. His mother was a daughter of Col. Thomas John Chew and Priscilla Elizabeth Chew, the latter a
daughter of Bishop Claggett. Cora M. Williams was educated at St. Mary's Hall, Burlington, N. J. Mr. and Mrs. Williams had six children who are the only descendants of Dr. and Mrs. Maddox in the third generation. The oldest is Thomas Notley Maddox Williams, who was born on the Woodlie farm, was educated at private schools and the College of St. James and after a brief service as a civil engineer with the Baltimore and Ohio and Western Maryland railroads and other work, he went to Chicago where he is now engaged with a large business corporation. Henry Wil- liams, the second son, was born in Washington County in 1877, attended the Hagerstown High School, and the Johns Hopkins University. In 1894 he was appointed by Congressman J. F. C. Talbott to the United States Naval Academy where he graduated No. 2 in the class of 1898. He was ordered to the Battleship Massachusetts and went to the West Indian campaign against Spain under Admiral Schley. In that campaign he did much active service in command of a "picket" boat in the mouth of Santiago harbor, and in landing troops. He was also active in the occupation of Porto Rico and was in command of a prize upon several occasions. After the war he was assigned to the corps of Naval Constructors and took the course of study at the Naval Acad- emy and was then sent to Paris where he pursued his studies at the great French Government school of Naval Architecture, the finest school of the kind in the world. Here young Williams dis- tinguished himself by his high standing at grad- uation. Returning to the United States he was assigned to duty at the New York Navy Yard where he remained four years and then went as assistant to the naval constructor in charge at the Newport News Shipbuilding Company. While there he married Maude Steer, of New York.
The third son of T. J. C. and , Cora M. Wil- liams is Richard Claggett Williams who was born in Washington County, attended the Hagerstown High School and the Baltimore City College, graduating from Princeton University with hon- ors in the class of 1900. After graduation he spent six months in Porto Rico where he was engaged on the U. S. Coast Survey. In 1901 he was appointed a member of the faculty of the Baltimore City College in the Latin department, a position he still occupies.
Ferdinand Williams, the youngest of the four sons of Thomas J. C. and Cora M. Williams, was
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OF WASHINGTON COUNTY, MARYLAND.
born in Washington County, near St. James, in 1881. When he was 10 years of age his parents removed to Baltimore where he attended the pub- lic schools and the City College and then went to St. John's College, Annapolis. While there, in the junior class, he received from Congressman W. W. McIntire an appointment to the U. S. Military Academy at West Point. In 1903 he graduated high in his class and was assigned to the corps of engineers, U. S. Army and was ordered to the Philippine Islands. He served there a year, on the island of Guimaras. Returning to the U. S. he was stationed at Washington Barracks, Washington, D. C. Here he made a high record for efficiency and gained the confidence of his superior officers. At West Point he had taken a leading part in athletics and played in the great Army and Navy football games in Philadelphia and at Washington Barracks he was assigned as manager of the athletics of the enlisted men. He gained their great esteem and confidence and was constantly called upon by them when they got into trouble, to defend them. In Washington a number of important assignments were given him. In 1904, within a year of his graduation, he was promoted to the rank of First Lieutenant of en- gineers. At Christmas, 1905, Lieut. Williams mar- ried in St. Michaels Episcopal Church, Charles- ton, S. C. Miss Sarah Rutledge Prioleau, a granddaughter of Capt. Huger of the U. S. Navy, afterwards of the Confederate Navy, and a sister of Gen. George Meade the federal commander at Gettysburg. The parents of Mrs. Williams are Mr. and Mrs. Edward Harleston Prioleau of
Charleston, S. C. In May, 1906 Lieut. Williams was assigned temporarily to Fort Madison, near Annapolis, for target practice with his company. While so engaged he was killed on June 1, 1906, by the accidental discharge of a pistol in the hands of a soldier. The young officer was buried with military honors in St. Mark's Churchyard, Washington County. The funeral was attended by Gen. Mackenzie, chief of engineers, U. S. Army. A number of officers who were his class- mates at West Point, a squad of soldiers and a buglar to sound "taps" also attended the funeral. A general order was issued by the chief of engi- neers announcing the death and highly extolling the deceased officer. He was a young man of brilliant intellect and attainments of exalted char- acter, the soul of honor and a sincere Christian.
Of the two daughters of Mr. and Mrs. T. J. C. Williams, both were born in Washington County. The oldest, Mary Priscilla, was educated at St. Agnes' School, Albany, N. Y., and shortly after her graduation, at Christmas, 1904, was mar- ried to Lieut. Edward M. Zell, 7th Cavalry U. S. Army, who graduated at West Point in the class with Ferdinand Williams. His father is Edward L. Zell, of Orange, N. J., and his mother was Miss Le Blanc, of New Orleans, a niece of Gen. P. G. T. Beauregard. Lieut. and Mrs. Zell were first stationed at Fort Myer, Va., and then at Batangas, Philippine Islands. They have one child, an in- fant daughter named Anne Claggett Zell. The youngest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. T. J. C. Wil- liams is Anne Elizabeth Chew Williams, who is attending school.
INDEX TO ILLUSTRATIONS.
Bell, Edwin facing 440
Breathed, Maj. James.
facing 368
Christ Reformed Church, ILagerstown, facing 534
Clearspring Evangelical Church. facing 206
Court House
facing 170
Downsville Christian Church.
. facing 544
Episcopal Church, Hancock. ..
facing 206
Evangelical Lutheran Church, Sharps-
burg facing 504
Fahrney Home for the Agcd. facing
72
First Christian Church, Hagerstown. . facing 104
Fort Frederick, built in 1756
facing
40
George Washington Monument
facing
24
German Baptist Brethren Church, Hagers- town facing 524 Gen. Lee's Headquarters at the Battle of Antictam
facing 332
Gen. McClellan's Headquarters at the Bat-
tle of Antictam facing 332
Hancock Bank
John Gruber facing 120
facing 296
John Gruber's Printing House. facing 296
Manor German Baptist Church. facing 278
Mt. Carmel U. B. Church facing 404 Mount Vernon Reformed Church, Keedys- ville facing 278
New Christian Church, Beaver Creek facing 494 New Smithsburg Bank. facing 152
Old Col. John Miller. facing 314 Old Christian Church, Bcaver Creek, facing 494
facing 72 Old Fahrney Church, Boonsboro .
Old German Reformed and Lutheran
Church, Boonsboro
facing 476
Old German Reformed Church, Hagers- town facing 534 Old Green Spring Furnace facing 40
Old Lutheran Church, Sharpsburg
.. facing 504
Old Market House
facing 170
Orndorff Mill Bridge
. facing 314
Old Hagerstown Bank
facing 56
Old Orndorff Mill, Built 1753.
facing 224
Old Smithsburg Bank facing 152 Old United Brethren Church, Hagers-
town facing 422 Presbyterian Church, Hagerstown, .. Lacing 686 Prospect Street, Hagerstown facing 188 Reiff's Mennonite Church facing 514 Reformed Church, Cavetown facing 104 Residence of P. N. Brumbaugh, built in 1746 facing 170 Residence of John Brown in Washington County facing 296 Rochester, Nathaniel facing 136 St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church, Ha- gerstown facing 422
St. John's Episcopal Church, Hagers-
town
facing 260
St. John's Reformed Church, Clear-
spring
facing 458
Spanish Cannon facing 350 St. Paul's U. B. Church, Hagerstown facing 260 St. Paul's M. E. Church, Hagerstown facing 242 St. Mary's Catholic Church, Hagers-
town
facing 476
ville
facing 558
spring
facing 558
St.
Paul's
Reformed
Church,
Clear-
St. Paul's
Evangelical Lutheran
Church
Funkstown
facing 514
Trinity Lutheran Church, Hagerstown, facing 242
Trinity Evangelical
Lutheran
Church,
Smithsburg
facing 544
The Famous Tunker
Church
on the An- tietam Battlefield facing 524 Washington County Free Library, Hagers- town facing 56 Washington County Orphans' Home, facing 88 Williams, T. J. C .. . frontispicce Zion Lutheran Church, Williamsport, facing 88 Zion Reformed Church, Hagerstown, . . facing 386
Salem United Brethren Church, Keedys-
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INDEX TO VOLUME I.
A
Academy Hagerstown
230
Agriculture
.256; 276; 374
Agricultural Society.
192; 376
Agricultural Implement Factory
371
Almanac, Grubers.
245
American Methodist Episcopal, Funkstown. . 497
Alms House
106; 180; 372
Amusements.
96; 179; 197
Alvey, Richard H. Resolutions by .... 304; 314; Arrested, 314; Sketch of, 419.
Annan, Roberdeau 446
Anthony, Rev. J. P. 584
Antietam, Battle of, 329 ; Lincoln visits Mcclellan, 338; talks to Confederate wounded, 338, Two future presidents at, 339 ; hospitals, 339; Maryland Monument 344.
Antietam Nat. Cemetery 343
Antietam Fire Co .. 159
Antietam Iron Works.
247
Appendix
355
Armstrong, Alex.
435
Attorneys, Qualified
555
B
Baer, Rev. Adam
570
Bald, Rev. Fred W.
579
Baldwin House
399
Baltimore & Ohio R. R., ... 227; and slavery, 251 Bank, Wash. Co 191; 201 Banks, 239 ; Farmers & Millers, 239; Valley, 240; Williamsport, 240; Hagerstown, 240. Bank, Hagerstown 240; 321; 323
Banking System
239
Baptist Chapel, Brownsville
502
Barn in 1822
179
Barnheiser, John
259
Barnes, Rd. and John.
131
Beard's Lutheran Congregation
540
Beaver Creek German Baptist. 528
Bell, Wm. D.
238; 278; 444; 446
Bell, Gen. George 238
Bell, Edwin, .
257, reminiscences 278; 438
Bell, George, Jr.
452
Bell, Wm. D., Jr
452
Bell, Edwin, Jr.
452
Bellevue
373
Belizhoover, Daniel
235
Belinda Spring
173
Benevola Chapel, United Brethren in Christ 553 Benson, Perry 80
Bethany Congregation, Christ, Downsville. . 494
Bethel United Brethren, Chewsville 501
Bıkle, John L.
398
Biographies
567
Black Rock, 173; Monument to Washington at, 174 Boerstler, Dr. Christian 28
594
HISTORY AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD
Boerstler, Col. Charles D. 147
Boonsborough 26
Booth, Jolın 95
Booth, Bartholomew, 70; School of, 70; letter from Robert Morris 383
Border Dispules 31
Boundary, Frederick 181
Bounties to Soldiers 326
Bouquet, C'ol. Henry
22
Bower, Rev. Geo.
385
Boyle. Rev. Robt. A. 574
Boyd, Rev. Dr. H .; his arrest. 363
Boyle, Dr. Charles B.
429
Braddock, Gen.,
37; Orderly Book of 48
Bradford, Gov., visits Antietam
327
Breathed, John W. 365
Breathed, Major James
365
Brent, Robert J.
231; 426
Brethren Church, Washington County 531
Bridges, Robert
372
Brien, J. Mel'herson
217
Broad Fording German Baptist.
529
Brown, John, Raid, 287; rents farm in Washing- ton Co., 287; Emissaries, 287; poem in his house, 289; Cook captured, 290; Summary of events, 291; Brown hanged, 293; Report of Senate Committee, 293; (note) Souvenire, 296; Contemporary comments, 206.
Brownsville German Baptist 530
Buchanan, Gen. J. A 452
Buchanan, Jolın 132
Buchanan, Thomas
133
Burgoyne's Army
28
C
California Rush to, 256; Hagerstown men in 283 C'anal, ('. & (). History of, 203; disturbances among laborers, 223; Application for troops, 221. 234; Judgment against militia officers, 231; in wartime, 312.
Captivity with Indians 44 Carnahan, Rev. B. R. 576
Carroll, Charles 135; 140
Catholie HIjerarehy in Maryland 483
('atholie Missions 479
Catholic Church, Boonsboro 500
Cemetery, Antietam, .
.343 ; Confederate 344
C'ensus . 177; 196 Chapline, Joseph, 23; deed to ehureh, 24; 73; 87 death of, 163.
( 'harity School
301
Chews Manor
22
Chewsville Brethren Church 528
Chimney Sweeps
115
Cholera in 1832. 221; Clay's resolution, 221;
Thomas Kennedy dies with it, 222; W. D.
Bell's activity. 223 ; fear of in 1849, 273; 444. Christ Reformed, Sharpsburg. 489
Christ's Reformed, Funkstown 497
Christ's Reformed, Hagerstown 484 Christian Church, Beaver Creek. 472
('hurch, Episcopal,
166; 379; 380; 381
Church of Christ, Boonsboro
548
Church of God, Sharpsburg 539 Churches, 112; in Funkstown burned, 278; 379; 381; 389; 391; 394.
Circus, the first. 97
Civil War, 303; Bitterness among neighbors, 303;
Union meetings, 304; Great Hagerstown meeting, 304 ; Peace Party, 306; first soldiers arrive, 301; Union sentiment, 308; Negroes look for freedom, 509; How soldiers treated them, 309; Northern troops pour in, 311; hospitably treated, 311; tax, 313; Movement of troops. 313; Shooting across the Potomae, 318; New England Thanksgiving, 318; price of wheat, 321; Coffee, 321; Riot in Hagers- town, 324; Confederate prisoners, 325; draft, 325; Recruiting in Hagerstown, 325; Judge Mason and others arrested, 325; Enlistments, 326: bounty, 326; Battle of Antietam, 329; Battle of South Mountain, 330; hideous scenes, 336; Col. Henderson's remarks on the battle, 336; What Gon. Wolseley said, 338; Two future presidents at, 339; Gettysburg campaign, 347; Discipline of Lee's Army,
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OF WASHINGTON COUNTY, MARYLAND.
347; Lee's Army marehes to Gettysburg, 348; the retreat, 348; Battle expected in Washington County, 349; the armies con- fronting each other; Skirmishes in Hagers- town, 350; Soldiers on Md. Heights, 354; Confederate raids, 355; soldiers after sup- plies, 355; McCausland's raid, 355; Close of, 367; people impoverished by, 36T.
Clagett, Z. S. 422
Clagett, Dr. Horatio. 427
Clark, Win.
129
Clark, Wm. Beverly
426
Clay, Mrs. Henry
103
Clay, Henry, visit of.
188
Clearspring Mennonite
514
Clearspsring Pastorate Evangelieal Lutheran Synod, Maryland 469
Clerks of Circuit Court 564
Clever, Rev. Conrad 568
Coffee, seareity of
321
Coins, value of foreign
63;
130
Coit, Rev. Joseph
363
Cold Spring
173
Colored Methodist, Sharpsburg. 551
Committee of Safety,
74; minutes of 81
Confederate Prisoners 325
Confederate Raids,
326; Stuart's, 340
Confederate Cemetery
344
Confederates in Hagerstown stores, 327; mareh
Congressmen
560
into Maryland, 330.
Conococheague, the first settlement, 21; bloek house at 22; Settlers return to 56; 89; 90; Creek, improvement of, 181; 196.
Constitution of 1864,
419; of 1867, 410.
Cooper, Thomas 123
Cotterills, Trial and Execution of. 161
Coudy School Law
300
County Commissioners
564
Court, County
87 128
Court House, first, 88; seeond, 165; burned, 379; rebuilt, 380.
Creek Hill German Baptist
529
Cresap, Fort
47
Cresap, Thomas .35, 40
Cresap, Michael 76; did not kill Logan's fam- ily, 77.
Cromwell, Richard 129
Crops, in early years 93
Cunningham, Raehael 192
Customs, in early Hagerstown. 149
D
Darby, F. M.
422
Davis, Capt. Richard. 128
Democrat The
234
Dickens American Notes
255
Dickinson College
240
Dixon, Dr. James
427
Dornblaser, Rev. S. G .. 569
Dorsey, Dr. Frederick . 265
Doubleday, Capt. Abner 311
Douglas, Capt. Robert 200
Douglas, Henry Kyd. 421
Draft
325
Dry Bridge 443
Drought in 1854. 276
Duckett, J. Gabby, killed 318
Duckett, Dr. T. B.
427
Duels
109; 234
Dunkard Church, Funkstown
498
Dunker or German Baptist, Antietam Bat- tlefield 527
E
Early, Gen. at St. James. 363
Eddes, Wm. visit to baek settlements. 26
Education, Coudy Law. 300
Edwards, Rev. Henry.
583
Election Districts, 177; Ringgold and Spring, 301. Indian
Election 1860, ... 304; Hagerstown in 1861; 307.
Elliott, J. D. Commodore.
147; 236
Emigration to the West.
100; 367
596
HISTORY AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD
Episcopal Church, 166; burned, 379 ; rebuilt, 380; history of 381.
Episcopal, Haneock 552
Eshleman, Bishop Peter 584
Eshleman, Abraham 585
Eshleman, Ulrich 584
Evangelical Lutheran, Sharpsburg 563
Evers, Rev. A. M. 574
F
Farmers & Millers Bank 239
Faulkner, C. J. 12
Fiery, Lewis P. 314; 320
Findlay, John V. L. 321
Fire in Hagerstown 1871 380
Fire Companies 115; 158; 159
First Baptist, Hagerstown 553
First Brethren, Hagerstown 334
First Christian, Hagerstown 517
Fitzhugh, Wm. 135; 136
Fitzhugh family
138
Fitzhugh, Col. Wm. H. 243
Fitzhugh, Pere and William 79
Fort Frederiek 41, 42
Forty Niners 257; 278
Fountain Roek 197
Fourth of July 174
Fowler, Robert,
234; 425
Franklin, Benj.
36
Franklin R. R. 260
Freaner, Col. James L. 241; 281
Freneh and Indian War 37; 38
French, George
422
Friend Charles 21
Funkstown, Battle of. 152
Funkstown or Jerusalem
86
Furniture of Settlers
14
G
Gabby, Joseph 446
Gaither, Col. Henry 80
Galloway, Benj., 169; 198; visits Mt. Vernon, 199
Gamblers
165
Garver & Flannagan 371
Gas introduced
Gates, Gen. H. 93
Gaver, Rev. M. D. 581
Georgetown, Trade to 64
German Baptist Brethren 517
German Baptist Brethren, Hagerstown. 529
Gettysburg Campaign 347
Giesy, Rev. S. H. 301
Gilpin, Mrs. H. B.
455
Globe The Evening. 431
Glorious Nineteen 229
Gold, Premium on 321
Governors 559
Grace United Brethren Church 467
Grimes, Dr. Wm. H 428
Grimm Family 585
Gruber, John.
129; 245; 435
H
Hager, Jonathan, grants to 23; 27; 39; natural- ized, 64, member of Assembly, 64; death of G6; litigation over his estate, 67.
Hager, Jona. Jr., 66; marries Mary Orndorff, 69; death of 60.
Hagerstown laid out, 60; 86; Recruiting Station, 113; Early customs in, 149; in 1817, 163; Streets in, 178; population of, 182; Mrs. A. Royall visits, 183; Condition of, 191; Suf- frage at town eleetions, 196; Lottery for streets, 251; name ehanged, 251; Deerease in population, 1840, 252; public hall, 252; street lighting, 215; Gas in 216; First troops in, 307; Stirring times in, 312; Lee's Army passes through to Gettysburg, 348; in the hostile lines, 349; disturbance in, 349; street skirmishes. 350; appeal to loyal citizens, 353; Confederate Army retires to Virginia, 354; Soldiers on Maryland Heights, 354; Raids;
597
OF WASHINGTON COUNTY, MARYLAND.
McCausland's raid, 355; Levies tribute on the town, 355; Industries after the war, 372; E. Bell's reminiscences, 438; Water works in, 449; rapid growth of, 450; new charter, 450; Street paving, 451; Hos- pital in, 456; population and growth, 157.
Hagerstown Academy 230
Hagerstown Bank .... 240; buys gold, 321; 323
Hagerstown Fair 376
Hagerstown Steam Engine Co 371
Hall, Buchanan, 281; 283
Hall, Wm. Hammond 286 Hamilton, Wm. T., 253 ; elected Senator, 410; 413 Hamilton, Hotel 399
Hammond, R. P. 241; 281
Hammond, Dr. Wm.
241; 281
Hammond, John Hays
285
Hard Times in 1818.
164
Harne, Overton C.
436
Harrington, John,
.118 (Note)
Harrison Campaign
236
Harrison, W. H., in Hagerstown. 237
Harry, Jacob
94
Harry, George I.,
446
Hart, Capt. John D
273
Hart, Lucretia (Mrs. Clay)
103
Hart, Thomas,
89; 94; 102
Hays, Col. John C. 282
Heiskell, Little
166
Heister, Gen. Daniel.
66; 110; 131; 301
Hcister, Mrs. Daniel
88
Herald and Torch Light.
433
Herbert, F. Dorsey
323
Heyscr, Capt. Wmn.
79
Heyser, Wm.
135
(Note)
Hill, Ira
185
Hilliard, Thos. E.
417
Holmes, Capt. Oliver Wendell 340
Homes of Settlers
12
Horse Races
97
Horse Thieves
325
Hospitals, 339, in a barn, 361; Washington Coun- ty, 456.
House of Delcgates 561
Hoyc, Rev. Walter S. 579
Hughes family 247
Humrichouse, Dr. J. W. 429
Humrichouse, Peter 231
Hunting
13
I
Indians,
10; 11; battle between, 19
Insurance Co., Mutual.
246; Planters, 246
Iron Works, Antietam
247
Isracl, Midshipman
141
J
Jack, Jeremiah 22 Jackson, Andrew Campaign, 185; visits Hagers- town, 187; vetoes improvements, 194; visits Hagerstown, 195; Coffin handbills, 440.
Jacob's Lutheran Church, Lcitersburg. .... . 534
Jacques, Lancelot, 25; dies, 188; Jacques, Dr. Launcelot 427
Jail,
106; 160; 251; 278
Jefferson, clection and celebration
127
Jew Bill
169
Johnson, Thomas
25
Judge Mason's lecture on
266
Judges elected in 1867
410; 420
Junior Fire Company 159
Judges Circuit Court
563
Judges Orphans' Court
563
K
Kausler, John
231
Kausler, John H. 398
Kausler, John S. 398
Keedy, H. H.
422
Kcener, Bishop Gco. S. 571
Kenly, John R.
323
Kennedy, John and Hugh,
254; 446
598
HISTORY AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD
Kennedy, James, murder of. 249
Kennedy, Thomas 170; 223
Kennedy, Dr. Howard 428
Kereheval, Samuel 14
Kerfoot, Dr. J. B.
342 ; arrested, 363
Kershner, Maj. Martin 162
Kieffer, Rev. J. Spangler 567
Know Nothing Party
274
L
La Fayette, invited to Hagerstown, 180; Funer- al procession, 200.
Lane, J. Clarence 422
Lane, Wm. P. 451
Lawrenee, Upton,
179; 426
Lee, Robt. E., quells John Brown insurrection, 290; Letter to Mrs. Lee, 353; Crosses baek to Virginia, 354. Lee, Col. S. D. at Antietam. 337
Lehman's Reformed Mennonite, Ringgold Distriet 510
Lewis, Col. Henry 88
Lewis, Capt. Wm. 112; 175
Library, Washington Co. 453
Lincoln Campaign
304
Lineoln, Pre-t. visits Antietam 338
Lind, Dr. John
283
Little, Chas. A 452
Little Heiskell 166
Long, Rev. Caleb 582
Long Meadows
; 23
Long Meadows or Rowland's German Baptist. 528
Long-treet, Gen. Article on Antietam. 331
Lotteries
182
Lutheran Congregation, Boonsboro 403
Lutheran Congregation, Loeust Grove 500
Lutheran Church, St. Johns, History of. 394
Lyceum Hall
252
M
Macgill, Dr. Charles 128
Maddox, Samuel 586
Manor, Beaver Creek,. Welsh Run Congre- gations 523
Marsh German Baptist
527
MeC'ausland, John, 355 ; Levies upon Hagerstown, 355; his rough soldiers, 355; burns Cham- bersburg, 357; his defense of his aet, 357 (Note)
Mcclellan, Gen. Geo. B. 332
McClellan, Wm.
58
M.Comas, Fred F 422
McComas, Louis E.
416
Madagascar, Monster
96
Maddox, Dr. Thomas
.256; 428
Mail, the Hagerstown, mobbed, 324; of, 431.
History
Mails
97
Manufacturing after the war. 371
Manufactures, Home,
93; 148; 247
Markets in 1193 123
Market House
167
Martin, Luther
70
Maryland Monument at Antietam 344
Mason and Dixon's Line
31
Mason, Dr. A. S ..
429
Mason, J. A ..
429
Mason Jno. Thompson, Judge, 237; Lecture on Dr. F. Dorsey, 266; Arrested. 325; 425. Mason. John T. 128; 425
Massacres by Indians 47
Mealey, E. W. 454
Mennonites
512
Merrick, Senator
241
Methodist Episcopal, Sinithsburg 539
Methodist. Leitersburg 538
Methodist Episcopal, Funkstown 497
Methodist Episcopal, Williamsport.
553
Methodist Congregation, Sharpsburg
549
Methodist Episcopal, Hancock
352
Meteorie Shower
223
Mexican War 241
Millers Mennonite 512
Mittag, Thos. E.
434
Monroe United Brethren
511
599
OF WASHINGTON COUNTY, MARYLAND.
Monument, Maryland at Antietam 344
Monroe, Maj. Alex 28
Montpelier
128
Morris, Robert, Letter to Booth.
383
Mount Nebo United Brethren, Boonsboro
494
Mount Zion United Evangelieal, Conoeo- eleague District .511
Mount Tabor United Brethren Cearfoss Dis- trict 508
Mount Carmel United Brethren in Christ 503
Mount Vernon Reformed, Keedysville 491
Mount Moriah Charge, Reformed. 489
Mount Moriah Congregation
492
Mount Tabor Evangelieal
471
Mountain View Cemetery, Sharpsburg
551
Mt. Aetna Furnaee
247
N
Nail Factory
247; Antietam, 247
National Road 157
Negley, Peter
434
Negley, Charles
434
Negroes fleeing for freedom, 309; A case of cruel- ty, 310.
Neill, Alex 128; 422
Neweomer, Christian 200
Newspapers, the first, 92; Western Correspondent, 129; 148; in war of 1812, 245; 431; in Clearspring and Hancock, 435; eharacter of, 436.
News, The Daily 431
Neweomer, B. F. 454
Nieodemus, John, Gift to the County
372
Norfolk and Western R. R.
450
C
Old Defenders
277
Orndorff, Rosa 93
Orndorff, Mary
93
Orphans' Home
455
Oswald, George B. 417
Ott, Adam, 114
Otto, Rev. John E. 586
Owen, Rev. S. W
571
P
Paradise Mennonite 514
Patrick, Capt. M. A. 224
Peace Party
306
Peach Culture
375
Pensions for families of Volunteers 323
Physicians
427
Physicians, Registered
558
Pindell, Dr. Richard
427
Pioneers
11
Planters Mut. Insurance Co 246
Pleasant Valley Dist.
227
Pleasant Valley
27
Poffenberger, John
27
Politics, 107; 129; Campaign 1820, 178; 182; Campaign 1841, 237; 246; 274; 308; 409. Population 196
Porter, Gen. Fitz John, 311; Mother of at St. James, 311.
Post Office
98
Potomac Company 62; 191
Potomae German Baptist
528
Pottinger, Mrs. Mary,
134; 278
Powder Mill, Booths
95
Presbyterian Church,.
389 ; Division of 445
Presbyterian Church, Hancock 552
Price, Wm.
426
Price, Josiah
426
Price, C'apt. Thos.
76
Priee Wm., Duel with Frank Thomas
234
Prospect Street opened,
443; 444
Protestant Episcopal, Smithsburg
537
Q
Quantrill, Jesse, E. D.
255
600
HISTORY AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD
R
Railroads, First Cars, 224; Time table and rates, 221 : B. & O., 227; Tape Worm, 259; routes to West, 259; The Franklin, 260; Cumber land Valley, 264; Washington Co. Braneh, 278; Franklin, 300; Washington Co., 401; West. Md., 402; Norfolk & Western, 450.
Ragan, Dr. Wint. 429
Ragan, Dr. O. H. W. 429
Randolph, John 130
Reapers, Wheat
160, 196
Redemptioners
21; 250
Refugees from Virginia 324
Reformed Church, History of 391
Register of Wills
565
Reichard, Dr. Milton V 429
Reichard, Eld. W. S.
573
Reiff's Mennonite
513
Reminiseences of the war
359
Rentch, DeWitt C., killed.
309
Reynolds, Capt. John. 100
Ringgold, Gen. Samuel,
148; death of,
197
Ringgold, Major Samuel
242
Ringgold. Cadwalader
242
Ringgold, George Hay
2.12
Ringers Church
511
Riots in Hagerstown. 324; 325
River Brethren, Ringgold 510
Roads
151
Robertson, John 446
Rochester, Nathaniel, 135; opposes Jackson, 187
Rock River Emigration to. 235
Roman, J. Dixon 357
Root, Elihu, speech at Antietam 339
Royer, Rev. Geo. A 583
Royall, Mrs. Anne 183
Rumsey, James
116
Ryan, Rev. Timothy
231
S
Salem Lutheran, Bakersville
498
Salem Reformed Church 551
Salem United Brethren, Keedvsville 476 St. James College, fire at, 277; 278; Southern Students, 320; 341; skirmish at, 350; 362. St. John's Parish 382
Salt
13
Schlatter, Rev. Michael 28
Schley, Col. George
412
Schley. Buchanan
416
Schools, 95; in Boonsboro, 178; Free, Rejected, 180; Coudy Law, 300; Charity, 301.
Scott, Dr. N. B 429
Scott, Dr. J. McP. 429
Serivener, a publie
95
Seminary, Female
259
Sener, Nathaniel, store mobbed.
324
Servants, Indentured
251
Settlement, the first
21
Settlers, see Pioneers, Proprietors.
Seven Years War
37
Shafer, Henry
110
47
Sharpe, Gov.
528
Sharpsburg German Baptist
Shenandoah Valley R. R. 450
Shryock, George,
175; 396
Simon, Rev. J. S.
573
Simmons, Dr. T. W.
429
Slave Trade, Jail used for. 251
Slavery, 249; 250; 317; Number of slaves in County 457
Smith, Geo. W. Jr. 425
Snake Bites 14
Sneary, John R.
433
Snell, Rev. S. H
581
Snow Storm of 1839
234
Soldiers Rations, 113; Soldiers first in Hagers- town, 302 ; hospitably treated, 311.
South Mountain, Battle of. 330
Spanish War
451
Spy. The Washington .92; 433 St. Andrew's Episcopal Mission, Clearspring 498 St. James Reformed 527
St. John's Reformed Congregation, Clear-
spring
463
601
OF WASHINGTON COUNTY, MARYLAND.
Sheriffs
563
St. Luke's Protestant Episcopal, Brownsville 486 States Attorneys 564
St. Mark's Lutheran, Hagerstown
501
St. Matthew's German Lutheran, Hagerstown 550
St. Matthew's Evangelical Lutheran, Beaver Creek 498 St. Paul's Protestant Episcopal, Sharpsburg 550 St. Paul's United Brethren, Hagerstown. 466
St. Paul's Lutheran, Leitersburg. 544
St. Paul's Lutheran, Leitersburg
538
St. Paul's Methodist Episcopal, Hagerstown 486 St. Paul's Evangelical Lutheran, Funkstown 497
St. Paul's Reformed, Clearspring
461
St. Peter's Catholic, Hancock.
484
St. Peter's Evangelical Lutheran, Kecdysville 507
Stake, Edward
421
Stamıp Act
73
State Senators
561
Stay Law
310
Steamboat, Rumsey's.
116
Stockton, Wm., Story of.
42
Stonebraker, John W.
372
Stores,
98; 99
Stough, Rev. John, 106
Stouffer's Mennonite
514
Strite, Rev. Christian R. 575
Stuart, Gen. J. E. B. raid 340
Stull, John, 74; Anecdote of,
Surveyors
565
Swann, Robt., kills Sprigg
274
Swearingen, George, elected Sheriff, 178; trial of 102.
Sycster, A. K.,. . . 274; 275; 412
T
Taverns, Hagerstown, 91; 99; charges, 134; 149; 196; 276.
Taylor, Zach. campaign 246
Tea Burning .
75
Temperance Society
194
Thanksgiving, a New England
318
Theft of a copper vessel 255
Thomas, Gov. Frank 304
Thompson, Victor 601
St. Mark's Evangelical, Rohrersville
501
Tiernan, Luke
235
Tilghman, Col. Frisby 2 71
Threshing machine, .... 160; 256; my steam, 374
Tobacco, cultivation of
28; 93
Tomlinson family, note
102
Townsend, Geo. Alfred
331
Trade on Potomac
64; 131; 191
Trappers and Hunters 20
Trinity Evangelieal Lutheran, Hagerstown .. 508
Trinity Evangelieal Lutheran, Smithsburg ..
538
Trinity Reformed, Boonsboro
472
Tshudy, Dr. Fred., for Quackery
230
Turnpikes, 151; National, 157; Leitersburg, 251.
U
Updegraff, Win.
371
Union Edifice, Ringgold
510
United Brethren, Leitersburg. 539
United Brethren Churches
465
United Brethren, Rohrersville
499
V
Valley of the Antietam
17
Van Buren electors
229
Van Lear, John,
235 ; family, 235
Vegetables, scarcity of
20
W
War of 1812. ...
. . 144 ; Old Defenders meet, 277
War between the States
303
War, Spanish
451
War tax
313
Washington County, its outline, 18; Soil, 18; min- erals, 18; erected in 1776, 85; impoverished by the war, 370; changes from the staging
602
HISTORY AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD
days. 370; Bar of, 422; Population, 457; number of slaves in, 457.
Washington Co. Hospital 457
Washington Co. Library 153
Washington Co. Orphans' Home, 455
Washington Co. R. R.
218; 401
Washington Co. Water Co. 449
Washington, Gen., 61; visits Hagerstown, 89;
Certifieate to Rumsey, 119 ; death of, 125. Washington's Monument 123
Washington House built 216; burned, 399
Water Works
449
Wedding Festivities 15
Weisel, Daniel, 241; 306; 422
Weisel. Dr. Samuel 428
Welsh Run German Baptist 429
Welty Tunker
510
West. Routes to.
181
Western Md. R. R .. 402
Wever, Casper W.
.194; 229
Weverton, M'f'g. Co.
.229; 248
Wharton, Dr. Jno. O.
427
Wheat, price of, 181; failure of erop in 1836, 240; 216; priee in 1862, 325.
Wherritt, Capt. George
240
Whiskey, manufacture and use of. 92; 91
Whiskey Insurrection 111
Whistler, Jolin 28
Whistler. Ensign 112
Williams, Eli,
. 26; death of, 163
Williams. Otho Holland Gen. 78
Williams, Edward Greene, 9; dies, 191
Williams, Rev. Win. 24
Williams, Henry, U. S. N. 452
Williams, Lieut. Ferdinand
452
Williams, T. J. C.
588
Williamson, Peter, story of.
44
Williamsport, 191; 196; urged for national foun- dry, 248.
Witzenbacher, Judge Wm. 421
Y
Yellow fever scare
114
Yourtee, Elder Eli.
565
Z
Zion's Lutheran, Williamsport
. .
473
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