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Doctor Carter was born in Loudoun county, Va., in October, 1855, attending private schools at an early period, and later was under the instruction of a private tutor in his father's house. When a young man Doctor Carter clerked in a store for a few years, and for a longer period followed farm- ing. Preferring a professional career he came to Baltimore and matriculated in the Baltimore College of Dental Surgery, where he graduated in the spring of 1889, and immediately opened an office in his present location, where he has built up a comfortable practice.
Doctor Carter was married to Miss Kath- arine Gordon McCoy, February 22, 1892, daughter of Mr. Robert H. McCoy, of Bal- timore. They have one child, George Pritchard Carter, born September, 1894. The Doctor and his wife are regular at- tendants of the Episcopal Church, of which Mrs. Carter is a member. Doctor Carter is not connected with any of the social clubs or fraternal orders. In politics he is a staunch Democrat of the Jeffersonian type.
GEORGE EDWARD HARDY, M. D., D. D. S., 716 Park avenue, is a native of Bruns- wick county, Va., and was born July 12, 1868. His early education was secured in public and private schools of his native county. In 1886 he came to Baltimore and began his studies in the Baltimore College of Dental Surgery, graduating in March, 1888. Continuing his studies in the Col- lege of Physicians and Surgeons, Doctor Hardy passed the final examinations and
was licensed to practice medicine in March, 1889. Beginning the practice of dentistry in the office of his preceptor, Dr. R. B. Win- der, Doctor Hardy continued that asso- ciation until the death of the former, since which time he has continued the practice where he began, having held the elder Doctor's patronage and added much of his own. In 1894 Doctor Hardy was appointed senior demonstrator of Mechanical Den- tistry of his Alma Mater, which position he now fills.
Doctor Hardy is a son of Dr. George E. Hardy, Sr., who during his lifetime, was a leading physician and surgeon of Lunen- berg county, Va., where he died in 1894, at the age of seventy-two. He was a surgeon in the Confederate Army during the Civil War, serving with Pickett in the army of Virginia. He married Miss M. Ellen, daughter of Mr. William Irby, of Virginia.
The father of Doctor Hardy, Sr., was John Covington Hardy, a native of Eng- land, who on coming to America about the close of the Revolutionary War, settled in Lunenberg county, Va., of which he was a highly respected citizen.
Doctor Hardy, the subject of this sketch, was married in the city of Baltimore to a daughter of Mr. Alvin Corell, a native of New Jersey, who came to the city of Balti- more when nine years of age. Some of his ancestors were participators in the War of the Revolution.
Doctor Hardy is a member of the Im- proved Order of Heptasophs, of the Mary- land State Dental Association, of which he is secretary, and of the Southern and the National Dental Association of America, In politics he is a consistent Democrat.
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MR. HENRY J. BOWDOIN, a member of one of the leading legal firms in Baltimore, Marbury & Bowdoin, was born in that city in November, 1860. After fitting himself for college in private schools, Mr. Bow- doin matriculated in Johns Hopkins Uni- versity, from which he graduated in 1881, and two years later graduated from the Law School of the University of Maryland, and was immediately admitted to practice. For three years Mr. Bowdoin practiced in the office of Mr. S. T. Wallis, then for a time alone, until forming a partnership with Mr. Wm. Cabell Bruce. Following the dissolu- tion of this firm Mr. Bowdoin was a mem- ber of the firm of Marshall, Marbury & Bowdoin, which was dissolved January I, 1897. The present firm of Marbury & Bow- doin has been in existence since the latter date.
Mr. Bowdoin's father, George E. Bow- doin, was a native of Virginia. Moving to Baltimore prior to the war, he engaged in the grain business. The first American an- cestor of the family was Pierre Bowdoin, a Huguenot, who was compelled to flee from France after the Revocation of the Edict of Nantes. Settling in Virginia, his family increased and spread out from there to other States. Mr. Bowdoin's grand- father served in the Revolutionary War.
In politics Mr. Bowdoin is strictly inde- pedent. He is a member of the University, the Maryland and the Merchants' Club, and of the Maryland Historical Society. He is serving as second vice-president in the Maryland Trust Company, of which he is one of the stockholders. Mr. Bowdoin has never sought nor filled any official position in the gift of the people. While taking an interest in the political affairs of the State and Nation he is in no sense a politician.
DR. CHAPLAIN H. CARSON, D. D. S., is a native of Moorefield, Hardy county, W. Va., his birth occurring October 6, 1871. When. ten years old his parents moved to Baltimore. Prior to that time he had at- tended the public and private schools of Virginia, in which State his parents had lived since his infancy. After coming to Baltimore Doctor Carson attended the grammar school for a time and then pur- sued a three years' course in the City Col- lege. After completing his college course our subject secured a position in a whole- sale house and for six years was engaged in mercantile pursuits.
In 1894 he began the study of dentistry in the Baltimore College of Dental Surgery, graduating and receiving his diploma March 19, 1897. He has since been ap- pointed assistant demonstrator in his Alma Mater. Doctor Carson has an office on Madison avenue with his preceptor, Dr. B. Holly Smith.
Doctor Carson is independent in politics, casting his ballot for whom he considers the man best suited for the place. He is a member of the Psi Omega Fraternal Order, and of the Maryland State Dental Associa- tion, and of the American and Southern Dental Association.
The parents of Doctor Carson are Rev. Thomas E. Carson and Mary A., daughter of Mr. Richard Keene, a prominent citizen of Dorchester county, Md., which he has represented in the Legislature. Rev. Thomas E. Carson, a native of Baltimore, has for many years been a leading light in the clergy of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, having filled many of the pulpits in Maryland, Virginia and West Virginia. His father, Daniel Carson, was a soldier in the War of 1812, and his earlier
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ancestors, amongst them, the Chaplains and Tildens, served in the War of Independence. The family is of English origin, the last for- eign-born ancestors coming to America in colonial times.
BENJAMIN F. CLARKSON, D. D., Pastor of the Woodberry First Methodist Church, No. 29 Woodberry avenue, Baltimore. Rev. Benjamin F. Clarkson was born Janu- ary 19, 1841, in Cassville, Huntingdon county, Pa., where his primary education was secured in the public schools. After teaching a few years Mr. Clarkson entered the Cassville Seminary, which his father was instrumental in founding, from which he graduated in the spring of 1861. On the outbreak of the Civil War and the call for troops, Mr. Clarkson was the first from his town or township to offer his services. En- listing August 30, 1861, he served three years and two months, receiving his dis- charge in November, 1864. Had it not been for a serious injury to his eyes, from which he has never recovered, Mr. Clarkson would have re-enlisted and served through the en- tire war or have shed his life's blood for the cause. The injury mentioned was caused by the settling of a cold in his eyes brought on by being out all night in the rain the day after his discharge from the hospital, where he had endured a severe spell of typhoid fever. Mr. Clarkson served in D Company, Forty-ninth Regiment, Pennsylvania Vol- unteers, Hancock's Corps, under General McClellan. Among the battles in which he fought may be mentioned Fredericksburg, Mayer's Heights-a part of the battle of Chancellorsville, Antietam, Gettysburg, the second battle of Bull Run, Rapidan-
through the battles of the Wilderness and Spottsylvania.
On his return from the army Mr. Clark- son taught a school for one year and then entered the ministry on trial, in March, 1866, in the East Baltimore Conference. The successive charges over which he presided were as follows: Harford Circuit in Carroll and Baltimore counties; Piedmont, W. Va .; Great Falls, in Baltimore county; Harford Circuit, Harford county; West Harford, Severn, Baltimore Circuit. Since that time Mr. Clarkson has been stationed in Baltimore, first at Hanover Street Church, followed by High Street Station, Harford Avenue Station, Franklin Street Station, and in March, 1897, was assigned his present charge. Mr. Clarkson has now served fif- teen consecutive years in the city of Balti- more, the longest term of any living min- ister of his denomination.
Our subject is a son of David West Clark- son, who married Eleanor, daughter of Mr. Jesse Corbin, of Huntingdon county, Pa. David West Clarkson was a native of Ger- mantown, Pa., where he was for a number of years an undertaker. On removing to Cassville, he became, in addition to his for- mer business, a contractor and builder. He was a man of profound religious convictions and an earnest promoter of educational and religious enterprises. With a few equally devout friends, he established the Cassville Seminary, under the auspices of the Metho- dist Church, and remained secretary of the Board until the close of its career as an edu- cational institution. Prior to the war he held the office of justice of the peace for fif- teen years and was later twice elected As- sistant Judge of Huntingdon county, serv-
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ing in that capacity ten years. He died in July, 1895, in his eighty-first year, mourned by all who knew him. His life is a good ex- ample for the rising generation to follow.
The immigrant ancestor of our subject was John Clarkson, a native of Old Eng- land, where he was possessed of large land- ed estates, which he sold and invested in the region of Philadelphia, where he became a man of prominence. During the Revolu- tion he held a colonel's commission in the patriot army. His wife was a sister of the famous American artist, Benjamin West. His son, Samuel Clarkson, grandfather of our subject, was a sergeant in the War of 1812. He was born in Philadelphia in 1787; married Susan Bowman, of Montgomery county, and moved with his family to Hunt- ingdon county, where he died in 1830, his wife attaining the age of eighty-four. He was a carpenter and builder by trade, and many of the buildings he erected are stand- ing in Huntingdon county to-day. One of his sons, Capt. Adam Clarkson, was a sol- dier in the Mexican War under General Scott.
The family from first to last has been a race of fighters and patriots, and each suc- ceeding generation has furnished a soldier to each successive war of the country since the Revolution. One of Mr. Clarkson's brothers fell with Reynold's command at Gettysburg. Mr. Clarkson was married to Miss Laura Kelly, of Manchester, Carroll county, Md., daughter of Mr. James Kelly, for a number of years surveyor of Carroll county. Mr. Clarkson is a Republican in politics, but not a rank partisan. He is a member of the Masonic fraternity, affiliat- ing with Adherence Lodge and Druid Hill
Chapter of that order, and has had conferred upon him the fourteen degrees of the Scot- tish Rite. He is a comrade of Dushane Post, G. A. R., and the Union Veterans, and has served as chaplain of the Grand Army of the Republic, department of Mary- land. He is also a member of the Ministers' Fund Society of the Methodist Church.
The First M. E. Church, of Woodberry, over which Mr. Clarkson presides, is a fine brown-stone structure of Gothic architec- ture and of remarkably fine proportions, on a location especially favorable for display- ing its symmetrical outlines. The structure was begun in the spring of 1867, the corner- stone being laid July 2d of that year. The lecture-room was opened for services Janu- ary 19, 1868, and the church dedicated by Bishop E. R. Ames on December 18, 1870. The parsonage, a block west of the church, is one of the best in the conference. On Sunday, July 4, 1897, the church celebrated the thirtieth anniversary of its building with appropriate ceremonies. Under Mr. Clark- son's pastorate the church is growing in strength and influence; the Sunday-school, the Epworth League and the various socie- ties are progressing and spreading their in- fluence for the good of the community.
DR. WILLIAM ROSENAU, 2114 Bolton street .- The Eutaw Place Temple, in which Doctor Rosenau presides, is one of the finest in the city of fine churches and temples. It is the place of worship of the Oheb Shalom (Lover of Peace) congregation, an offshoot from the congregation of the Madison Av- enue Temple, and has grown to be the largest Hebrew congregation in the city, in fact as large as any other two. The con-
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gregation was organized in a hall on Gay street, October 30, 1853. The first regular place of worship was in a hall over Childs' Coach Factory on Gay street and the first president of the congregation was Julius Stife. The first service was held November 12, 1853. In January, 1858, the congrega- tion moved to Hanover street, below Lom- bard. Prior to 1859 the congregation had been under the charge of Doctor Lansberg, and from that date until 1892 the congrega- tion was under the charge of the memorable Doctor Szold, Rabbi emeritus; Doctor Szold is a native of Hungary, received his rabbinical degree in Breslau, and came di- rect to Baltimore, where he has lived for nearly forty years. He is one of the most eminent Hebrew scholars in the world and is the author of many works, among them a commentary on the Book of Job, written in Hebrew. He is now preparing a trans- lation of the same book for the forthcoming English edition of the Hebrew Bible.
Almost as remarkable in years of service is the venerable Cantor Mr. Kaiser, who for thirty-one years has been the leader of the sacred music of the congregation. A na- tive of Hungary, he received his musical education in Vienna, and shortly after came to America, settling in Baltimore, which has since been his home. He is known as one of the foremost writers of sacred music liv- ing, and his compositions are sung in every city of importance in America as well as in many abroad.
The present house of worship was begun in July, 1892, the cornerstone laid with im- posing ceremonies September Ist, follow- ing, and formally dedicated September 8th and 9th in the year 1893.
Rev. Dr. William Rosenau was born
in the village of Wollstein, Silesia, Germany, May 30, 1865. His father, Na- than Rosenau, a merchant of Newburg, N. Y., emigrated to America when William was eleven years of age. He had attended school in the Fatherland, and on coming to America graduated from the grammar schools of Philadelphia, where the family then resided. In 1882 Mr. Rosenau en- tered the Colleges of Cincinnati and gradu- ated from the Hebrew Union College with the rabbinical degree in 1889. He received a call to Temple Israel at Omaha, Neb., where he remained until his call to Balti- more in 1892.
Doctor Rosenau was married in Omaha to Miss Mabel Hellman, daughter of Mr. Meyer Hellman of that place.
Doctor Rosenau is instructor in rabbin- ical studies in Johns Hopkins University. While in Omaha he became a member of the Masonic fraternity, St. John's Lodge, No. 22; Ancient Order of United Work- men, and the Hebrew Order B'nai Berith. In politics he is a believer in republican principles.
A number of Doctor Rosenau's sermons have been published and favorably received, as has been his paper on Semitic Studies in American Colleges. His occasional con- tributions to the press are likewise of a high order. Doctor Rosenau is a teacher of strong mentality and personal influence, in the prime of life with the best of his career before him.
ROBERT B. CROMER, a native of Balti- more, was born October 1, 1852. His training was secured in the public schools of the city, Lester's private school, Newton Academy, and in Eli Lamb's Quaker
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School. After completing his literary edu- cation, Doctor Cromer began the study of dentistry in the office of Doctor Duck, un- der whose tutelage he remained five years. He then attended the Maryland Dental Col- lege two sessions, and in 1873 at the close of the second session, opened an office near the corner of Eutaw and Saratoga streets, and has been engaged in the practice of his profession at or near this corner for twenty- four years. He is a member of the Mary- land Dental Association.
The father of Doctor Cromer, Thomas W. Cromer, married Miss Emily J. Whit- ney, a member of an old and honored Mas- sachusetts family. Thomas W. Cromer, for many years the senior member of the whole- sale tobacco firm, Cromer & Hoff, died in 1887 at the age of sixty-five. He was a Re- publican in politics and a member of the Methodist Church. His father was a ser- geant in the War of 1812.
Doctor Cromer is married to Miss Helen A. T. Miller, daughter of William D. and Mary H. (Edwards) Miller. The ancestors of Mr. Miller served in the War of the Rev- olution. The Doctor and Mrs. Cromer have one son, William D. The Doctor and his wife are members of the Lafayette Avenue Methodist Protestant Church. In politics he is a thorough Republican. Secret socie- ties have never appealed to the Doctor, he preferring to spend his evenings at home.
DR. CHARLES E. DUCK, Dentist, 112 West Mulberry street, though a Baltimor- ean by birth is of English parentage. His father, Dr. James Duck, an eminent special- ist in insanity, was born in Bristol, England. He studied medicine under Sir Astley Cooper, and making insanity a special
study, established an asylum at Plympton, known as the Plympton House. This be- came a well known place for the treatment of cerebral diseases and proved a source of profit to its proprietor. Doctor Duck emi- grated to America in 1845, being fifty years of age, settling first in Baltimore, where Charles E. was born, but removed within a year to Brooklyn, where he died January I, 1859. His family was of the Quaker sect, but after his marriage Doctor Duck experi- enced a change of faith and became a com- municant of the Episcopal Church, to which his wife belonged. Doctor Duck and all his children were baptized the same day by a minister of that denomination, while the family was living in Brooklyn. Doctor Duck was married in England to Miss Eliz- abeth Sargent, a native of London, a de- scendant of Earl Godwin through her mother, who bore that name. The grand- father of our subject was John Duck, a leader of the Friends' Church. His life was spent in England, where his dust and ashes now repose.
Dr. Charles E. Duck was born at Waver- ly, now within the limits of Baltimore, which his father named in honor of Waverly Hall in England. Shortly after his birth, Doctor Duck's parents moved to New York, where he attended the grammar schools and was under the instruction of a private tutor. He finished his education at the Stanmore school in Montgomery county, Md. Choos- ing the dental profession for his life's work, Doctor Duck entered the office of Dr. Wil- liam H. Stinson, where he remained a year and then spent the same length of time un- der the instruction of Dr. O.A. J. Volck. He practiced the two following years with Dr. Edwin Chandler, and then in 1867 formed a
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partnership with Doctor Stone, at No. 67 North Charles street. In 1868 Doctor Duck opened an office for himself, and has since been one of the leading practitioners of Bal- timore.
In the days when he began the practice of dentistry, the student was taught to roll the gold of which plates were made and to man- ufacture the teeth, in fact almost everything that is now readily purchased at a dental supply depot. Times have changed.
Doctor Duck was married to Miss Susan Sheppard, daughter of Mr. Thomas Shep- pard, of Baltimore. Many of her ancestors were patriots in the Revolutionary War and in the War of 1812. One of her brothers was a soldier in the Confederate Army in the late war, and the Doctor had a brother on either side. There is quite an interesting item of international history connected with the Sheppard family.
In 1817 when the Chilian patriots were endeavoring to throw off the Spanish yoke, Senor Jose M. Carrera, president of the Junta, came to Baltimore, a guest of Mr. Thomas Sheppard. Interesting his host and the firm of d'Arcy & Didier in the cause of the revolutionists, they fitted out a cargo of supplies and arms sufficient to equip twelve thousand men. It was principally through this expedition that the patriots made a success of the Revolution. Whenthe claim for repayment was first made Daniel Webster prosecuted the claim and in 1840 the debt was acknowledged and part of it paid. Efforts are now being made to se- cure the balance of amount due with eighty years' interest, which amounts to more than one million. Thomas Sheppard, the first colonial ancestor of the family, built the first church in Massachusetts some time during
the early part of the seventeenth century. Moses Sheppard, the philanthropist, is of near kinship.
Doctor Duck resides at Whitemore Heights, where with his wife he worships in the Episcopal Church. In politics he is a Republican. He is one of the incorpora- tors of the Baltimore Society of Dental Sur- geons, the only incorporated society of its kind in the State. He is also a member of the Maryland State Dental Society. Doctor Duck merits and enjoys a large practice and is recognized as one of the foremost practi- tioners of the city.
WILLIAM H. DAWSON, Attorney-at-Law, 33 S. Gay street, a native of Baltimore, was born December 8, 1842. His primary edu- cation was secured in private schools and in Loyola College, which he attended until af- ter his nineteenth year. After a course of reading in the office of Mr. George Haw- kins Williams, Mr. Dawson was admitted to the bar of Baltimore in July, 1866. Mr. Dawson devotes his time to general practice in all the courts of the State. Mr. Dawson's father, Mr. William Dawson, Jr., a native Baltimorean, was a civil engineer of well known ability. He married Harriet, daughter of Mr. George Fernald, natives of New Hampshire and descendants of Renald Fernald, one of the earliest settlers of Maine. Many members of the Fernald family took part in the Revolutionary War. They were probably of Scotch-Irish origin and were of the Presbyterian faith. Mr. William Dawson, Sr., was a ship builder, descended from John Dawson, an emigrant from Eng- land in colonial times. They were of the Friends Society and consequently took no part in the wars of the country.
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Mr. Dawson was married to Miss Balder- ston, daughter of Hon. Isaiah Balderston, for many years Judgeof the Orphans' Court. Mr. Dawson is a staunch Democrat in po- litical faith and with his family is a member of the Presbyterian Church.
JUDGE ROBERT GILMOR .- Of all the ex- judges of the Supreme Court of the city of Baltimore, none is more favorably known nor more highly respected than Judge Rob- ert Gilmor. Born in Baltimore March 8, 1833, he moved at a very early age with his parents to their country seat, "Glen Ellen," where his childhood was spent. After some years' study under a private tutor he became a pupil in the classical school of Mr. M. R. McNally, one of the best educators of the day.
Entering as a student the office of Hon. John Glenn, afterwards Judge of the United States Circuit Court of Maryland, after a course of reading, Mr. Gilmor was admitted to the bar of Maryland and of the Federal Courts.
Engaging in the practice of his profes- sion, Mr. Gilmor gave it his undivided at- tention until his elevation to the bench after the close of the war. When the Demo- cratic-Conservative party came into power, during the reconstruction period, they re- formed the judiciary system of the State, and Robert Gilmor was one of those nomi- nated on the first ticket and triumphantly elected to the Supreme Bench of Baltimore City.
Being the youngest member of that bench Judge Gilmor was assigned to preside over the criminal branch of the Court, which re- quired the most labor and the closest appli- cation. Subsequently he presided over
each of the courts of the system. After fif- teen years' service the Judge received the endorsement of his party and re-nomina- tion, but as is known the political wheel that year was reversed.
Since that date, 1882, Judge Gilmor has devoted himself exclusively to his private practice, except during the time he served as City Counsellor by appointment of Mayor James Hodges.
Later, leading citizens and members of the bar, regardless of party, united in press- ing his claim for re-appointment. One of the most prominent members of the bar, al- though of the opposing party, wrote to the Governor as follows: "Judge Gilmor, in my opinion, is not surpassed by any of his con- temporary judges nor their successors. It is hardly becoming in me to commend him, who served the city so long and ably, for his judicial qualities; but I may say that the bar always felt he had a strong grasp of every case which was ever discussed before him-that his learning was rated as exten- sive-that his industry was ever to be de- pended upon-that he had in a high degree the habit of decision which lends so much dignity and authority to the conduct of ju- dicial business-and finally, that he was al- most always right." This was a tribute to him of which he might indeed well be proud.
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