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member of Council High Priests; Past Offi- cer Adherence Lodge, No. 88; Past High Priest Druid Lodge, No. 28; member of Grand Chapter Royal Arch Masons and member of Grand Lodge Masons; Past Of- ficer of Knights Templar. He is also a member of the Royal Arcanum. Doctor Waters and wife are members of Grace M. E. Church, the Doctor being one of the official board and his wife a member of the Ladies' Aid and other church societies.
JOHN PENTLAND BROWN .- Among the many nations that have contributed to the prosperity of our national life, none have been more potent than the hardy race of Scotchmen who for a few generations made their home in the north of Ireland before emigrating to America. From ancestors of Scotch-Irish birth the subject of this sketch has sprung. His father, Matthew J. Brown, was born in Baltimore, and is a son of James and Mary A. (Gault) Brown, natives of County Antrim, Ireland. Matthew J. Brown was in early life interested in oil properties in the firm of Brown, Hamil & Co., which they sold to the Standard Oil Company about 1870, and immediately es- tablished a pottery business under the firm name of Hamil, Brown & Co. In 1885 they incorporated under the name of Maryland Pottery Company of Baltimore, Mr. Brown becoming president, which office he held until his death October 13, 1895. Mr. Brown was an elder in the Presbyterian Church, and a Democrat in politics. He was married to Miss Elizabeth M. Pent- land, a native of Philadelphia, daugh- ter of John and Margaret (Findlay) Pent- land, natives of the north of Ireland. John Pentland was a designer of patterns for tex-
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tile fabrics and an expert in his profession.
Of nine children born to his parents, John Pentland Brown is second. Of these four survive: Clara Findlay, wife of William J. King, Jr., of Baltimore, is third; Matthew J., Jr., secretary of Pottery Company, is sixth, and Alice Bradbury Brown, is the youngest.
John Pentland Brown was born October 2, 1857, in Baltimore City. His education was secured in the schools of Baltimore, and his legal knowledge in the University of Maryland, where he graduated in the law department in the class of 1879, and imme- diately opened an office for the practice of his profession. Since the death of his father Mr. Brown has served as president of the Maryland Pottery Company, which claims the distinction of being the only company to first make all vitrous sanitary ware. He is manager and director of the Patapsco Title Company. He is a member of the Reform League and also on the executive committee of the Civil Service Reform Commission. In all national affairs he is a staunch Democrat, but in local questions is strictly independent. He is a member of Asquith Street Presbyterian Church.
HON. D. HOPPER EMORY .- The Emory family is descended from the earliest colo- nials, dating back to the immigration of Arthur Emory (first), who left Old England for the wilds of America between the years 1680 and 1690. He was followed by a son and grandson, named for himself, and to Arthur E. Emory (third) were born two sons. The family was of no little promi- nence as John, the elder of the two brothers, was appointed surveyor to his Majesty, King George. The second Thomas was the
father of Jno. K. Emory, whose son, Judge D. C. H. Emory, so long occupied with much dignity and credit a seat on the bench of the courts of the State of Maryland.
The subject of this sketch, a son of Judge D. C. H. Emory, was born in Queen Anne county, Md., in 1841, and was an infant when his parents moved to the city of Balti- more, where he attended private schools, Newton Academy, Rugby Institute, Mt. Washington private school, and the school of Dr. Edwin Arnold. After completing his literary courses, Mr. Emory began the study of law in his father's office, and was admitted to the bar in 1871 in the Superior Court. For fifteen years he was commis- sioner of Chancery in the Baltimore county court, and was at times candidate for Judge and State's Attorney. In 1896 he was elect- ed to the State Senate by a handsome ma- jority in a district usually giving fifteen hun- dred majority to the opposition. Mr. Emory held a prominent place on the com- mittees of the session of 1896, serving on those of education, engrossing bills, library, public buildings, Annapolis, committee on Article III, section 24 of the Constitution, and re-valuation and assessment. In the session of 1898 Mr. Emory was on commit- tees as follows, viz: corporations; educa- tion; railroads and canals; insurance, fidel- ity, security and loan companies ; re-valua- tion and assessments, and was chairman of the committee on education.
Mr. Emory and family are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. He is a member of the Masonic Order, affiliating with the Mt. Moriah Lodge, No. 116, of Towson, and Jerusalem Chapter and Mary- land Commandery, No. I, of Baltimore, and Past Grand Master of Towson Lodge of In-
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dependent Order of Odd Fellows. Mr. Emory is one of the board of directors of the Female House of Refuge and is secre- tary of that board. He is secretary of the board of beneficence of St. John's Independ- ent Methodist Protestant Church.
WILLIAM PENN LEWIS .- This family, as the Christian name indicates, is of Quaker origin. William Penn Lewis, Sr., was born in Philadelphia May 13, 1829, and was edu- cated there. Already interested in mercan- tile pursuits, he came to Baltimore in 1852 and engaged in the wholesale dry goods business. In 1864 he became a member of the firm of Hodges Brothers. He was for many years one of the best known mer- chants in the trade, and crossed the ocean one hundred and twenty times as European buyer for his firm. He retired from busi- ness in 1888 and died October 8, 1897. He married in Philadelphia June 24, 1852, Miss Janie Macferran, who died September 17, 1895. They left surviving them, a son Wil- liam Penn Lewis, and a daughter, the wife of Dr. B. Merrill Hopkinson.
William Penn Lewis, Jr., was born in Baltimore September 2, 1856; and was edu- cated in the private schools of the city, and at the Institution Sillig, Vevey, Switzerland. For about four years he held a position in the house of Hodges Brothers under his fa- ther, and in 1880 began the study of law in the offices of Hinkley & Morris. While reading there, he entered the law depart- ment of the University of Maryland, from which he was graduated in 1882. He prac- ticed law in the offices of Hinkley & Morris until 1894, when he removed to the Build- ers' Exchange Building and opened offices with Mr. Frederick W. Story. On the 2d
of July, 1890, Mr. Lewis was married to Mary Claytor, daughter of J. Rogers Wool- len, of West River, Anne Arundel county. They have one child, William Penn Wool- len Lewis.
DANIEL GANS, Attorney-at-Law, 300 Equitable Building, was born near Waynes- boro, Pa., in the year 1822. His father, Samuel Gans, who attained the age of 67 or 68, was of German descent, though the family has been American for many gen- erations, his ancestors having been amongst the early colonists. The wife of Samuel Gans was Miss Mary Linn, of Scotch-Irish parentage. Of six children born to them, Daniel was fifth and youngest of the three sons. His education was secured in Mar- shall College, in the preparatory depart- ment of which he was taught the rudimen- tary branches. After completing the liter- ary course he entered the theological sem- inary, a department of his Alma Mater, and on completing his course was ordained min- ister of the German Reformed Church of America. His first charge was at Bloom- field, Pa., where he remained two years. Thence he was called to Hagerstown and six years later accepted the pulpit at Harris- burg, where he remained nine years. Mor- ristown, near Philadelphia, was his next charge, whence, after four or five years, he came to Baltimore, preaching some eight years until he experienced a change of faith, abandoned the pulpit, and became a com- municant of the Catholic Church under the spiritual direction of Father Clark of Loyola.
Having abandoned the ministry, Mr. Gans began the study of law in the office of his distinguished son Edward H. Gans, and
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in 1882 was admitted to the bar. Shortly after he was elected to the judgeship of the Orphans' Court, which position he filled with honor until 1896 when he went out with the overturning of the political wheel. Dur- ing his long term of service his administra- tion was such that his descendants in after years may look upon it with pride.
Mr. Gans was twice married; first to Miss Sarah Duncan, daughter of Judge Duncan, an associate on the bench of Perry county, Pa. Of the two children born of this mar- riage, the only survivor is Mary, a Sister of Charity in Richmond, Va. Mr. Gans was married the second time to Miss Schwartz, Hagerstown, and she is the mother of six children, of whom five survive. The eldest of these, Edgar H. Gans, for eight years the distinguished Deputy State's Attorney un- der Hon. Chas. G. Kerr, is mentioned more at length in this work.
Mr. Daniel Gans has always been a staunch supporter of Democratic doctrines, placing patriotism and principle above par- ty. So firm a believer is he in the principles and traditions of his party that in the politi- cal revolution of 1896 he cast his ballot for the candidate who stood for sound money and a stable government, although the ticket bore another name. Its principles were those of true Democracy and he felt he was honoring his party by giving that ticket his support. Mr. Gans was never a member of any of the fraternal orders, not being in sympathy with secret societies of any kind. During the days of his ministry there was conferred upon him the degree of Doctor of Divinity by the college of the city of Tiffin, State of Ohio.
At the Synod of the German Reformed Church convened at Hagerstown, Md.,
1868, Mr. Gans, then pastor at Morristown, Pa., was elected to the chair of Biblical His- tory and Exegesis in the Theological Sem- inary at Lancaster, Pa., but as the endow- ment of this chair was not entirely com- pleted, the position was not accepted.
For many years he was an extensive con- tributor to the columns of the weekly paper of the church, called the Reformed Church Messenger.
He also furnished quite a number of heav- ier articles for The Mercersburg Review, then a very lively periodical. The subjects here were mainly theological and contro- versial.
At the Tercentenary Jubilee, held in Phil- adelphia, Pa., in 1863, he was chosen to fur- nish one of the leading essays of the occa- sion. The theme given was: The Educa- tional System of Religion Underlying the Heidelberg Catechism.
In the year 1869 he prepared two small volumes of questions and answers on the Church Year, one on the gospels and the other on the epistles, adapted especially to Bible Classes and Sunday-schools.
Throughout his ministerial career Mr. Gans was an active advocate of what was then called High-Churchism, over against the strong tendency to regard the church, with all its admitted virtues, as on a level practically with any other merely human organization. Amid all his practical care as pastor, Mr. G. never seemed to lose sight of the higher intellectual work of the Christian minister.
ROBERT TAYLOR, Investment and Stock Broker, 15 South street, a native of Balti- more county, was born at Cloud Capped in the year 1853. His great-grandfather, Jo-
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seph Taylor, came with a brother from Pennsylvania, making Baltimore his home. His son, Robert Taylor, a leading whole- sale grocer of Baltimore, lived for many years at the corner of Charles and Mulberry streets, until retiring from business, when he purchased Cloud Capped from James Cox, and the estate descended to Talbert J. Taylor, father of our subject. Under its roof four generations of the Taylor family made their homes. Mr. Taylor disposed of the estate in 1886.
Mr. Taylor's education was secured at St. Timothy's School at Catonsville, in which he completed the course. Mr. Taylor very early began business life, becoming a mem- ber of the firm of J. S. Yeaton & Co., deal- ers in coal at 3 West Saratoga street. Mr. Taylor is at the head of the firm of Robert Taylor & Co., investment and stock brokers, at 15 South street. Mr. Taylor holds a membership in the Stock Exchange of Bal- timore. Mr. Robert Taylor, his grand- father, married Miss Easor Jones, daughter of Mr. Talbert Jones, a prominent business man, member of the firm of Andrew D. Jones & Co. Mr. Talbert J. Taylor was never actively engaged in business, giving his entire time to the management of his es- tates. His wife was a daughter of Mr. Al- exander Kirkland, of the well-known firm of Kirkland, Chase & Co. A more extended account of this family will be found else- where in this work.
Mr. Taylor is a member of St. Timothy's Church at Catonsville. In politics he is a Democrat, but of the sound money type. He is not blindly partisan, but casts his vote with a view to the merits of the men and measures before the public.
FREDERICK STORY, Attorney-at-Law, II Builders Exchange, of well-known New England family, was born at Boston, on January 5, 1852. His great-great-grand- father, William Story (son of Elisha), was Register of the Admiralty at Boston during the turbulent days prior to the Revolution; as such he was custodian of the "stamps," which created so much of the popular dis- content, and it was from his office that the mob took them to burn them before his door. Nevertheless his eldest son (by Eliza- beth Marion, his first wife), Dr. Elisha Story was an ardent patriot from first to last. He was the original president of the Sons of Liberty and one of the three commanders who led them to the Boston Tea Party. He served at Concord, Lexington and Bunker Hill (where he was surgeon in charge the night following), and was with Washington at the crossing of the Delaware. Four of his younger brothers also won commissions in the Continental Army, of whom John died unmarried, a major in the regular army, after the peace. Doctor Story was very emi- nent in his profession, was twice married and had many children-Capt. John Patten Story, U. S. A., being a great-grandson by the first wife. His second wife was Meheta- bel Pedrick, daughter of Col. John Pedrick, of Marblehead, who prudently contrived "Leslie's Retreat" in 1774, and so put off the war one year. She also was an ardent patriot and refused the hand of the British Lieut. Col. McGraw, who afterwards fell at Bunker Hill at the head of his men. The eldest child of that second wife was Joseph Story, one of the Justices of the Supreme Court of the United States, and the author of "Story's Equity Jurisprudence," father of
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William Westmore Story, sculptor, poet and author, father of Julian Russell Story, painter; the second son by the second wife was Isaac Story, captain of Marblehead Light Infantry when the frigate "Constitu- tion" sought refuge there in the War of 1812, father of Isaac Story, one of the oldest living members of the Massachusetts bar and Justice of the Court at Somerville these twenty-five years last past, now in his eightieth year. Among the younger sons by the second wife are Capt. Horace Cullen Story, U. S. A., and Frederick Washington Cathan Story, U. S. N., both of whom served in the War of 1812, and afterward died unmarried. Isaac Story last above named married his first cousin, Elizabeth Bowen Woodberry, whose father served in the War of 1812, and her grandfather in the Revolution, and they had ten children, of whom but the third, fourth and sixth sur- vived childhood, viz: Wm. Edward Story, Harvard, 1871, Ph. D., Leipzig, formerly Associate Professor in Johns Hopkins Uni- versity and now Professor of Mathematics in Clark University at Worcester, Mass; Frederick Story, of Baltimore, and Isaac Marion Story, C. E., Massachusetts Insti- tute of Technology, now living at Somer- ville.
Frederick W. Story, Harvard 1873, learned to read very early at his mother's knee, and was graduated with distinction from the Somerville High School in 1869. He read law under his father and was ad- mitted to the Massachusetts bar at Boston in July, 1875. After teaching private school in Ohio, he came to Baltimore December 8, 1876, and for a time taught private pupils here. In September, 1879, he entered the office of Hinkley & Morris, where he con-
tinued the study of law, and was admitted on certificate to practice in Maryland in the spring of 1880, making the law of real es- tate a specialty.
In August, 1894, Mr. Story left the office of Hinkley & Morris, in company with Wil- liam Penn Lewis, Jr. (who had been there the same time), removing to the Builders Exchange, where they are still located.
In February, 1896, Mr. Story was ap- pointed to the office of Examiner of Titles for the city of Baltimore by Mayor Hooper, and was unanimously confirmed by the City Council. April 15, 1896, Governor Lowndes appointed him on the "Torren's Plan" com- mission and he was unanimously confirmed by the Senate. He is first vice-president of the Harvard Club of Maryland. He is a member of the Episcopal Church and of the Brotherhood of St. Andrew of that denomi- nation. He is a corresponding member of the New England Historic-Genealogical So- ciety and of the Harford County Historical Society, and an active member of the Mary- land Historical Society, a recognized au- thority in the heralding of genealogy. He is a member of the Bar Association of Bal- timore, and of the Maryland State Bar As- sociation. In politics he has always been a consistent Republican, in shade and in sun- shine.
On June 17, 1885, the one hundred and tenth anniversary of the battle of Bunker Hill, he married Mary Aline, daughter of Richard Blakistone Keys by his wife Rachel Jackson Mary Barker, daughter of Maj. James Nelson Barker, appointed Comptroller of the U. S. Treasury by Presi- dent Andrew Jackson, for whose wife (Rachel Jackson) Mrs. Keys was named. Major Barker, also well known as a poet
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and author, served in the War of 1812, as did his father, Gen. John Barker, of Pennsyl- vania, in the Revolution. Father and son was each in his time Mayor of Philadel- phia. The paternal grandfather of Richard B. Keys likewise served as an officer in the Revolution.
Mr. and Mrs. Story have an only child, Frederick Washington Marion Story, now in his eleventh year.
MR. EDWIN J. FARBER, Attorney-at- Law, 207 St. Paul street, Baltimore, is a na- tive of Baltimore City. His ancestors are of English, French and German origin, his paternal grandfather coming from Bavaria, Germany, his paternal grandmother from France, and in the maternal line he descend- ed in part from the English people and from Hanoverian stock, and some of his kindred still reside in Hanover. One branch of the family, the Klares, have been well known bankers in the city of Bremen and another branch, the Mayors, also of the city of Ba- varia. The father of our subject, Henry J. Farber, came from Germany and was during his business career a leading com- mission merchant and also a bank director in the city of Baltimore. Through his inde- fatigable energy he amassed a competency. He was one of the earliest of those families who built up handsome estates in the vi- cinity of Catonsville, where he and his family have resided for forty years on one estate. Edwin J. Farber is the oldest son, born December 22, 1856. He first attended Newton Academy, and subsequently en- tered Pennsylvania College as a member of the class of '77, where he took the Fresh- man prize for best general scholarship, lead- ing his class. He then went to Lafayette
College at Easton, Pa., where he graduated in 1877 as the youngest member in a class of over one hundred; was selected class historian of his class for class day and was awarded one of the honorary orations on the occasion of his graduation. In 1877 on his graduation he received the degree of A. B. and in 1880 the college conferred on him the degree of A. M. Previous to his colle- giate course Mr. Farber was also a student of music at the Peabody Conservatory of Music. He is the author of a number of musical compositions, some of which have been published. On returning to Baltimore upon his graduation he entered the law of- fice of Mr. Orville Horwitz as a student and also the law department of the University of Maryland, from which he graduated in 1879 as one of the youngest members of his class with the degree of LL. B. He was also elected class historian of his class in the University of Maryland. He was imme- diately admitted as a member of the bar of Baltimore City. After completing his col- lege course Mr. Farber spent several months in the mercantile establishment of H. J. Farber & Co. to familiarize himself with practical business principles for use in later life. In 1881 he was elected to the lower branch of the Maryland Legislature and although the youngest Democrat in the House has the distinction of having more bills passed than any member of the House with the exception of one. He took a prominent part in the proceedings and was instrumental in pushing through much needed legislation. One bill that might be mentioned was that excusing the executors of wills from giving bond, saving to many estates thousands of dollars. During his term there Mr. Farber served on the Com-
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mittees on Engrossing, Library, Judiciary and the special committee on Edmondson avenue, of which he was chairman, and was instrumental in having that thoroughfare promptly and economically completed. Mr. Farber was admitted to practice in the Courts of the United States on motion of Hon. J. M. Dickinson, Assistant Attorney General under the administration of Presi- dent Cleveland.
Of many business enterprises of Balti- more City and county Mr. Farber has been a principal promoter. With several col- leagues he was instrumental in having the railroad built to Catonsville, making that suburb what it now is. He is president of the Daily Record Building Company, and vice-president of the Daily Record Pub- lishing Company, president of the Mary- land Medical Journal, president of the Argus Printing Company and president of the Economy Novelty Manufacturing Com- pany, and director in and counsel for the First National Bank of Catonsville, and for most of them is attorney and counsellor, as well as several corporations of which he is director. When time permits Mr. Farber is an occasional contributor to the various publications with which he is connected, but as much of the business management falls upon him, little time is given for the use of his versatile pen. One of the most interesting cases with which Mr. Farber has been connected in his professional ex- perience was the famous will case of John McCaffery, of Chicago-a case that rivals a novel in romantic features. During two years of the litigation, Mr. Farber traveled over fifty thousand miles, securing evidence and adjusting the claims of his clients.
In politics Mr. Farber has always been a
staunch Democrat, and was a delegate of his constituency in the State Convention of 1895, and has frequently represented them in the County Conventions.
Socially, he is a member of the college fraternity Phi Kappa Psi. Mr. Farber has probably a wider acquaintance with the leading men in various walks of life of his day than any man of his age, and has many communications from them attesting their friendship and interest.
GEORGE R. CARTER, D. D. S., is a repre- sentative of one of the oldest Virginia families, dating back into earliest colonial times. He is descended from Mr. Robert Carter, the first American ancestor of the family, who was known in colonial days as "King Carter," one of the most influential and wealthy men of his State, whose de- scendants intermarried with the Lees, Pages and other prominent families of Virginia. Doctor Carter is a great-grandson of Rich- ard Carter, of Westmoreland county, Va., who married Agnes Rutledge, of South Carolina, a daughter of Justice Rutledge, of the United States Supreme Court,
Doctor Carter is a son of Francis M. Car- ter, whose wife, Miss Pritchard, like him- self, was a native of the Old Dominion. Mr. Francis M. Carter was born in Loudoun county, where he cultivated a fine estate. He has served his county as magistrate and supervisor. He is also a director in the local insurance company. During the Civil War he did no active service in the field after the first battle of Manassas, owing to bad health. He was commissioned by the State to look after the Confederate soldiers families, which he did most faithfully, not only distributing the State funds, but most liberally of his
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own. Two of his brothers, Col. George W. and Capt. John R. Carter, served in the Confederate Army.
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