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As he loved all that was beautiful in nature and his fel- low-men, so Mr. Abell loved instinctively the inspiring crea- tions of man's brains and hands. In art his taste was keenly
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discriminating and his judgment remarkably correct for one who had received no professional training along artistic lines. He studied works of art through eyes that instinctively elimin- ated the gross 'or rude, and turned only to that which was beautiful in character and where true artistic merit was re- vealed.
As a judge of real estate, Edwin F. Abell had few equals. His long experience in the management of his father's prop- erty gave him opportunity to exercise his excellent judgment in purchases and improvements. Foreseeing that Baltimore, like other cities, might be visited by a great conflagration, he erected "The Sun's" emergency building at the southwest corner of Calvert and Saratoga streets, which proved a timely refuge when the Great Fire of February 7th and 8th, 1904, swept the "Sun Iron Building" out of existence and destroyed the most valuable portion of the commercial sec- tion of Baltimore. Mr. Abell was confined to his residence by illness when the fire occurred, and the shock occasioned by the calamity, and especially the destruction of the "Sun Iron Building," is considered to have hastened his death. The ruin of so large a portion of the business properties of Balti- more was a deep grief to him, aside from his personal losses, as many of the improvements that other real estate owners had made in years gone by were the result of his suggestion and practical advice.
Edwin F. Abell's death, occurring, as it did, as an almost immediate consequence of the conflagration of 1904, was re- garded by his fellow-citizens as one of the first and most lamentable results of that tragic event. The general Assembly of Maryland ordered resolutions to be spread on its journal to the effect that Mr. Abell, through his management of "The Sun " had labored effectively for the uplift of the State, while the House of Delegates declared that in losing Mr. Edwin
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F. Abell the State had lost one of its foremost citizens. Both branches of the City Council passed resolutions of respect and honor and deplored his death as a distinct loss to the city, and doubly a loss at a time when his clear judgment, ripe experience and distinguished patriotism were peculiarly needed for the restoration of Baltimore.
Edwin Franklin Abell was twice married; (first) to Margaret Curley, a daughter of the late Henry R. Curley, and (second) to Elizabeth M. Laurenson, daughter of the late Francis B. Laurenson. His children by his first marriage were two sons: Arunah S. Abell, and W. W. Abell; and one daughter, Mary Abell. Arunah S. Abell and W. W. Abell were associated with their father in the conduct of "The Sun" for a number of years, and, upon the death of Edwin F. Abell, his second son, W. W. Abell, was elected president of the A. S. Abell Company, and manager of the paper. The Sunday edition of "The Sun" was inaugurated under Mr. Edwin F. Abell's administration, the first edition being issued October 6, 1901.
Mr. Abell's death was announced in all the Baltimore churches Sunday morning, February 28th, and his funeral took place from the Cathedral, Wednesday, March 2nd, and was attended by the chief dignitaries of State and city. The great building was thronged to its fullest capacity with a multitude of sorrowing people that included rich and poor, high and low. Cardinal James Gibbons delivered an impres- sive memorial address, and a pontifical high mass of requiem was celebrated by Bishop A. A. Curtis. The interment was made at Bonnie Brae Cemetery, and the honorary pall- bearers were chosen from those who had been the longest in the service of "The Sun," and from the heads of the depart- ments of the paper.
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CHARLES SETH LANE
W ITH truth it may be written of Charles Seth Lane that he was an important factor in the business life of his city and State, that his ability as a financier was of the highest order, statements proven, if proof were necessary, by the fact that he was a vice-president of the American Bankers' Asso- ciation, prominent in the Maryland Bankers' Association, and president of Trust Company, Water Company and Insur- ance Company in his own city of Hagerstown. To this more is to be added of activity in the business world, of public service and general usefulness, but his highest eulogy was pronounced by an editorial friend : "He stood by his friends and was kind to every one." Loyalty and kindness were his dominant traits, and in accumulating for himself he gave generous aid and opportunity to others. Not only was his advice and counsel freely sought and as freely given in shap- ing the course of enterprises and concerns of great moment to his city, but individuals leaned on him and in his strength they relied, their trust never being misplaced. Many men of fine judgment and great business foresight were equally strong in handling their own affairs, but without the human sympathy and love of fellow-man which marked Mr. Lane as a truly great man who "in honor preferreth not himself."
Members of the class of 1872, Princeton University, recall the three Lane brothers whose college days were a period of close brotherly intercourse, mutual help and in- centive, and of these Charles Seth Lane was the eldest, Colonel William P. Lane and John Clarence Lane the others of the three Lane brothers who made class history at Princeton. They were sons of John C. and Elizabeth (Horine) Lane, of Washington county, Maryland.
Charles Seth Lane was born in Frederick county, Mary-
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land, October 27, 1848, and died in Hagerstown, Maryland, November 19, 1916. Left a widow in 1855, Mrs. Lane re- moved with her sons to Washington county, Maryland, locat- ing in Boonsboro, and there Charles S. began his education in a private school. Later he attended St. Timothy's School at Catonsville, Maryland, then with his brothers, John Clarence and William P., became students at Edgehill Academy, Princeton, New Jersey, a school which prepared young men for the University. All entered Princeton, class of 1872, and all graduated A. B. John Clarence was the first of the brothers to finish his earthly course, Charles Seth next, the last brother, Colonel William P. Lane, yet a resi- dent of Hagerstown, Maryland.
Charles S. Lane, after college years were over, became a clerk in the banking house of Johnston Brothers & Com- pany, of Baltimore, but in the autumn of 1874 transferred his service to the then youthful banking firm, Hoffman, Eavey & Company, of Hagerstown. His banking genius must have deeply impressed the house, for not long afterward he was admitted a member. Upon the death of Mr. Hoffman, the house reorganized as Eavey, Lane & Company, and upon Mr. Eavey's death in December, 1903, Mr. Lane succeeded him as a senior member. The life of this highly successful private banking house terminated on May 31, 1908, and upon its broad, sound and secure foundation arose the Maryland Surety and Trust Company, Charles Seth Lane, president from its organization until his death. Sound in judgment, broad of vision, strong in position and high ability, and in many particulars the most important man of his city, he won public trust and confidence to a most surprising degree, as the tendency of the general public is to view a banker with caution at least and with a certain amount of distrust. But Mr. Lane in his intercourse with the public broke down all barriers, and in a generous, helpful spirit co-operated, en-
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couraged and advised men to their financial betterment. He was a citizen and a neighbor, entirely independent and self- reliant, acting for the good of all and for that which he be- lieved best for all regardless of who or what might oppose.
He was long interested in public utilities, having been one of the incorporators of the Hagerstown Street Railway Com- pany, serving as director and vice-president until the merger as the Hagerstown & Frederick Railway Company. Prior to 1911 he had been a director and vice-president of the Washington County Water Company, succeeding Edward W. Mealey as president of that corporation, May 1, 1911. He was also president of the Washington County Mutual Insur- ance Company, and otherwise interested in the business en- terprises of Hagerstown and Washington county. He was elected vice-president of the American Bankers' Association in 1896, was an active influential member of the Maryland Bankers' Association, served on many of its important com- missions, and in Maryland financial circles rated one of the ablest bankers of Western Maryland. He was a Democrat in politics, served a term as street commissioner, that being his sole public office, public life having no attraction for him. He was one of the original members of the Conococheague Club, and interested in everything which interested his neigh- bors, friends or fellow-citizens.
Mr. Lane married Hetty McGill, daughter of Rev. Alex- ander H. McGill, D.D., LL.D., of Princeton Theological Seminary, sister of Alexander T. (2) McGill, Chancellor of the State of New Jersey until his death, and sister of Dr. John Dale McGill, Surgeon General of the State of New Jersey at the time of his death. Mrs. Hetty (McGill) Lane survives her husband, a resident of Hagerstown. The three sons of Charles S. and Hettty Lane are: Alexander M., Charles Seth, Jr., and John McGill; the three Lane brothers were graduates of Princeton University.
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JOHN CLARENCE LANE
A SSOCIATED with the business life of Hagerstown in a most attractive manner, a lawyer of great ability, a man of the highest and best type, J. Clarence Lane was a man his fellow-men delighted to honor. He was an exemplar of the highest ethics of his profession, a profound student, a traveled, cultured gentleman, and both in private and public life all that was admirable. As a Democrat he was consistent in measures and independent in action, his best years of public party action being as the energetic lieutenant of William T. Hamilton, they devoting their ability and strength to the causes then prevailing for the betterment of the party and State. Single-hearted and true in his attitude toward all public questions, without devious interpretation of men or measures, he was honestly warm-hearted in the support of a cause he espoused and its strong advocate. Highly regarded professionally and as a business man he was not less popular socially, of jovial disposition and pleasing personality, he was welcome in every circle and many warm friends mourn their fallen comrade.
J. Clarence Lane, second son of John C. and Elizabeth (Horine) Lane, was born near Middletown, Frederick county, Maryland, March 13, 1850, and died in Hagerstown May 6, 1914. He was but five years old when his father died and his mother removed to Boonsboro. Here he grew up and received his early education in the public and private schools. Later he studied at the Cumberland Valley Insti- tute, Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania, and at the Princeton University, where he graduated with his two brothers, class of 1872. He at once began the study of law in the office of his brother-in-law, Henry H. Keedy, of Hagerstown, later entered the law department of the University of Maryland and was graduated LL.B. in the spring of 1874. After grad- uation he was admitted to the bar of Washington county,
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located in Hagerstown, and henceforth until his death was engaged in the practice of his profession, member of the law firm of Lane & Keedy. The senior partner, who was also his preceptor and brother-in-law, died, and his place in the firm was taken by his son, also Henry H. Keedy, the firm name continuing as before, uncle and nephew practicing to- gether until death dissolved the bond.
Mr. Lane was an attorney for and a director of the Hagerstown Street Railway Company and its allied interests ; attorney for the Baltimore and Ohio Railway Company from 1884 until his death; director of the Washington County National Bank of Williamsport; director of the Hagerstown Heat and Lighting Company; attorney for Eavey, Lane and Company, a private banking house of which his brother, Charles Seth Lane, was senior partner; attorney for the Cum- berland Valley Railroad Company; the Moller Organ Com- pany and for the Hagerstown Spoke and Bending Company.
In politics Mr. Lane was an independent Democrat, and was honored by his party, although during his later years he withdrew from active participation in public affairs, but he was long a conspicuous figure in Washington county poli- tics and a strong advocate of all forward movements. In 1884 he was elected State Senator, and during his term in committee and on the floor was eloquent and energetic in forwarding routine work and eloquent in his advocacy or opposition to the measures presented to the Senate by the regular organization. He was a member of the Board of Visitors to Maryland Asylum and Training School for Feeble Minded Children, an institution incorporated by the Legis- lature in 1888. As a member of the Conococheague Club he was active and popular, his social nature there unfolding and expanding. He was a member of and from 1875 a vestry- man of St. John's Protestant Episcopal Church. Mr. Lane never married.
THOMAS EMERSON BOND, M.D.
T' HE entire history of the Bond family is unusually inter- esting, including, as it does, the annals of numerous men famous in the various walks of life. The family is of Norman origin, and may easily be traced to John le Bonnd, of Hatch Beauchamp, Somersetshire, England, who was assessed as an inhabitant of that parish as early as 1327, dur- ing the reign of Edward III, and again in 1332 as John Bonde. His grandson, Robert Bond, of Hatch Beauchamp, married Mary, daughter of Sir John Hody, Knight, Chief Justice of England in 1440, and sister of Sir William Hody, Knight, Chief Baron of the Exchequer. A descendant, Roger Bond, was a priest, rector of Kingston Russell, and died in 1559. Giles Bond, another descendant, baptized in 1571, was captain of the ship "Dragon," of Weymouth, and his son, John Bond, of London, was appointed captain-general to command an expedition for the "discovery" and occupation of Madagascar during the reign of Charles I, and he was also in the East Indics. A cousin of Captain-General John Bond, "fair Alice" Bond, who was baptized in 1617, mar- ried, in 1636, John Lisle, one of the judges of Charles I. He was a Lord Commissioner of the Great Seal of Oliver Cromwell, a member of the House of Lords, and was assassin- ated at Lausanne, Switzerland, 1664, and his wife, Alice (Bond) Lisle, after being tried and condemned for high treason by Lord Jeffreys, was beheaded at Winchester in 1685. Dennis Bond, born in 1588, was a member of Parlia- ment in 1648, was named one of the commission to try Charles I, but appears not to have taken any part in that proceeding.
(I) Peter Bond, the American progenitor of this family, came to America and for a time was in Virginia, from whence he came to Maryland in 1660. He received large grants of
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land on both sides of the Patapsco River about the mouth of Gwynn's Falls, which became known as Bond's Pleasant Hills, and now included within the limits of Baltimore. He also patented Harris' Trust, and purchased the adjacent tract called Prosperity, in 1691, this lying on both sides of the Bush River. It is said that two brothers came with Peter Bond to America, but nothing further is known of them, and it may be only tradition. He was twice married, and died in 1705. He left a number of children, among them being: Peter and Thomas, of whom further; William and John.
(II) Peter, son of Peter Bond, succeeded to all the estate of his father except Prosperity and Harris' Trust, which were divided by will among his three younger brothers, Thomas, William and John. He was a member of the General As- sembly of Maryland in 1716-17, and died in 1718.
(II) Thomas, son of Peter Bond and his first wife, died in 1755. He established himself in what was afterward Har- ford county, and patented in 1703 Knave's Misfortune, adja- cent to the tracts mentioned above, where he built a substan- tial brick dwelling in which he lived and which was in excellent preservation within recent years. In 1714 he re- ceived from Lord Baltimore the grants of Bond's Forest, 3,100 acres, lying between Bynam's Run and Little Falls of the Gunpowder; and in 1731 a manor of 5,000 acres lying in Baltimore county, on the west side of the Susquehanna River, called Bond's Manor, which was near York, Pennsyl- vania, on the debatable land between Maryland and that State. He sold a portion of this land in 1739 to Captain Thomas Cresap, who thus became involved in the boundary dispute. Thomas Bond in 1735 patented Poplar Neck, which comprised 1,000 acres on Bush River, and in 1749 made a deed to his sons, Thomas and John, as trustees, conveying a lot, part of the tract known as Bond's Forest, to be laid out MD .- 4
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conveniently near the main road, including a house intended for a meeting house for "the people called Quakers" to wor- ship God, and also a schoolhouse already built. The records of Gunpowder Meeting show acceptance of this deed in 1753, and this was the commencement of the Little Falls Meeting at Fallston. In 1710 Thomas Bond was a member of the cele- brated grand jury which protested against the removal of the county seat from Forks of Gunpowder to Joppa, denouncing it as "a palpable, notorious grievance to this county. The land records of Baltimore contain many conveyances signed by Thomas Bond, and also many signed by his wife. He married, in 1700, Anne Robertson (or Richardson), of Anne Arundel county, Maryland.
(III) John, son of Thomas and Anne (Robertson or Richardson) Bond, was born in 1712. He resided in winter on Fell's Point, and was known as "John Bond, Gentleman," of Baltimore Town. As a record of his residence there we have Aliceana and Bond streets. He was a large land owner and merchant, shipping tobacco from Joppa and Baltimore to England, until he became involved in financial difficulties con- nected with the Bush River Company, which he and his father-in-law had organized, and for which the first iron fur- nace in the colonies had been erected. He was among those who purchased in 1746 lots in Joppa, which was the county seat from 1708 until 1768. Bills of lading, etc., from the "Port of Joppa" are still to be found among his papers. He was one of the foremost men of his time, served as justice of the peace, coroner, judge of the Orphans' Court, 1769-73, and was dealt with by Gunpowder Meeting for taking the oath of office "contrary to the testimony," finally being read out of meeting for his contumacy. The family of Bonds seem to have been found "unruly members" by the Quakers, for from 1759 until 1776 the sons and daughters, including
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the two trustees of the meeting house, were dealt with twelve times for serious offenses, such as "lent a man a gun," "took oath as magistrate," "purchased a negro," "married out of meeting," etc. It was probably owing to his earlier affilia- tion with meeting, although he had been read out of it, that John Bond declined to serve Harford county as a member of the "Committee on Correspondence" to which he had been called. His brother Jacob was prominent as a member of Revolutionary committees and was a member of the legis- lature from Harford county in 1776. A nephew, Thomas Bond, was one of the signers of the Maryland Declaration. John Bond married, 1732, Alice Anna Webster, and among their descendants we find such names as Fell, Kell, Lee, Wil- son, Bradford, Johnson, Gibbs, Walsh, Carrington and Augus- tu's W. Bradford, Governor of Maryland.
(IV) Thomas, son of John and Alice Anna (Webster) Bond, served as a justice of the peace and as a judge of the Orphans' Court. He was one of the earliest adherents of the Methodist denomination, and his house became the rally- ing place of the society. He married (first) 1771, Rebecca, daughter of Captain Tobias Stansbury, (second) Sarah Chew.
(V) Dr. Thomas Emerson Bond, second son of Thomas Bond, studied medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, where his kinsmen, Dr. Thomas Bond and Dr. Phineas Bond, were members of the faculty. He was one of the founders of the Medical School of the University of Maryland, and it is said that when the bill for its incorporation was presented to the legislature one of the members observed that but one of the names signed was followed by the letters "M.D." He expressed surprise that not more of the signers had been hon- ored with a medical degree, and it was explained to him that this degree had been conferred by an English university, and that American colleges could not legally confer it. The legis-
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lature then formulated a resolution to the effect that American physicians were entitled to degrees with as much right as English ones, and decided that these letters be inserted after each name, the degree being conferred by statute. Dr. Bond was engaged in the practice of medicine in Baltimore for many years after his marriage, his residence being in Lombard street, near Sharpe street, at that time one of the most desirable residential districts of the city, but now given over to whole- sale warehouses, and he retained the Harford homestead as a summer residence. He retired from medical practice in 1844, and accepted the office of editor for "The Christian Advocate," the official organ of the Methodist Episcopal church. This necessitated his removal to New York City, where he resided until his death in 1856.
Dr. Bond married Christiana, daughter of Dr. Solomon and Jane (McCulloch) Birckhead, the latter a brother of James McCulloch, collector of the Port of Baltimore. Dr. Solomon Birckhead, who was one of the most eminent phy- sicians of his day in Baltimore, was the son of Colonel Chris- topher Birckhead, of Talbot county, Maryland.
ANDREW CROSS TRIPPE
A NDREW CROSS TRIPPE, noted as a lawyer, dis- tinguished as a statesman, and deservedly honored as a brave soldier, amply displayed his possession of the traits which came to him by right of direct inheritance, and which rendered many of his ancestors distinguished in the various walks of life. The Trippe family is an old one in England, dating back to the time of William the Conqueror, and the family seat was in Kent county. The name is to be found on record in the Domesday Booke in the title of lands. In 1234 Nicholas Tryppe gave Lamplands, County Kent, to Elham Church. The first record we have of the family in Mary- land is in 1663. Thomas Trippe, brother of the Lieutenant Colonel Henry Trippe mentioned below, is mentioned by James, Duke of York, afterwards James II., in his auto- biography (Nairn papers), as aiding him to escape from St. James' Palace after the beheading of Charles I.
(I) Lieutenant Colonel Henry Trippe, the immigrant ancestor, was born in Canterbury, England, 1632, and died in Dorchester county, Maryland, March, 1698. He had fought in Flanders under the Prince of Orange, afterwards William III of England, and came to America in 1663, bringing with him to the Province three of his troopers, and took up land in Dorchester county, where he attained a prominent posi- tion in the management of affairs. He was a representative in the Maryland Assembly, 1671-75, 1681-82, 1692-93; one of the Committee of Twenty for regulating affairs in Mary- land, 1690; justice and county commissioner, 1669-81, 1685- 94; captain of foot of Dorchester county, 1676; major of horse, 1689. He married (first), 1665, Frances, widow of Michael Brooke, of St. Leonard's Creek, Calvert county, Maryland; married (second) Elizabeth who died in April, 1698, by whom he had five children.
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(II) William, son of Lieutenant Colonel Henry Trippe, was born in Dorchester county, Maryland, and died April 24, 1770. He married Jean Tate, and had children.
(III) Edward, son of William and Jean (Tate) Trippe, was born in Dorchester county, Maryland. He married Sarah, daughter of Edward Noel, of Castle Haven, Dorches- ter county, and widow of Joseph Byus.
(IV) James, son of Edward and Sarah (Noel) (Byus) Trippe, died in Cambridge, Maryland, September, 1812. He married (first) Elizabeth Purnell, who died without leav- ing children; married (second) Mary Purnell, of Worcester county, Maryland, who died in Cambridge, Maryland, in September, 1812. Child : Joseph Everitt, see forward.
(V) Joseph Everitt, son of James and Mary (Purnell) Trippe, was born at Cambridge, Maryland, July 18, 1805, and died at Baltimore, December 28, 1882. He married, May 30, 1837, Sarah Patterson Cross, born November II, 1813, died October 8, 1853. Children: 1. Andrew Cross, see forward. 2. Mary Purnell, married William Belt, and died September 11, 1904, without leaving children. 3. Rachel Elizabeth, unmarried. 4. Joseph Everitt, born May 6, 1845; married Frances, daughter of Daniel Holliday.
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