History of Baltimore, Maryland, from its founding as a town to the current year, 1729-1898, including its early settlement and development; a description of its historic and interesting localities; political, military, civil, and religious statistcs; biographies of representative citizens, etc., etc, Part 105

Author: Shepherd, Henry Elliott, 1844-1929, ed. 4n
Publication date: 1898
Publisher: [Uniontown? Pa.] S.B. Nelson
Number of Pages: 1344

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Socially, Mr. Linthicum is a regular at- tendant of church, but does not belong to any clubs, nor does he take any special in- terest in politics, attending solely to his practice and private business interests. He has been twice married, his first wife being a Miss Eugenia May Biden, a talented and finely educated young lady, of Baltimore; she died several years ago. His second wife, with whom he now resides at their commodious residence in Baltimore, was Mrs. Helen A. Clark, nee Perry, whose first husband was the late Gabriel D. Clark, of Baltimore. She was born in Saratoga Springs, N. Y. Mrs. Linthicum's father, Dr. John L. Perry, was a noted physician of his native town, and her mother, Harriet Perry, nee Sadler, was one of the best known Christian women of that section.

Mrs. Linthicum has three sisters and one brother now living, her brother being Dr.

John L. Perry (named after his father), of Saratoga Springs. She is of English de- scent, one of her ancestors being Commo- dore Perry, of historical fame. She is a lady of high intellect, a fine education and is con- stantly sought after in both the business and social world.

MR. A. ROBINSON WHITE, Attorney-at- Law, Central Savings Bank Building, is a native of Howard county and was born at the family country seat, February 16, 1857. His father, Charles Ridgeley White, was a native of Baltimore, where he lived until after his marriage, moving thence to How- ard county, which has since been his home. He married Mary Louisa, daughter of Mr. Bernard Waters, whose father, Charles Wa- ters, was a native of England. Steven- son White, the grandfather of our subject, was for many years a member of the well known firm of Henry White & Brothers, who for many years conducted an extensive business in Baltimore. The first American ancestor was Dr. John Campbell White, a native of the north of Ireland, who with his thirteen sons was compelled to emigrate at the close of the Irish rebellion in 1798, hav- ing espoused the losing side in that disturb- ance. He was one of the very prominent physicians of his day and became a resident of Baltimore shortly after coming to Amer- ica.

Mr. A. Robinson White attended private schools, St. Clement's Academy at Elli- cott City and St. John's College at Annapo- lis. After reading law for a suitable time in the office of Mr. Frederick J. Brown, Mr. White was called to the bar of Baltimore City in March, 1878, since which date he has given his time exclusively to his practice,

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which extends to all branches of law except criminal cases. Mr. White's only appear- ance in the Criminal Courts was by ap- pointment of the Court in a case very dis- tasteful to him, and he has accepted no cases in that branch of the law since. His prefer- ence and principal practice is in cases in- volving the law of real estate.

Mr. White is a Democrat in politics, and while not an active politician, frequently is heard in the hustings for some candidate whose qualifications for office he especially commends.

Mr. White married Miss Mary Louisa Carter, daughter of Mr. Bernard Carter, mention of whom is made elsewhere in this work.

MR. JOSEPH C. FRANCE was born in York, Pa., October II, 1862, during the temporary residence of his parents in that city.

He attended the Baltimore City College, graduating from that institution in 1879 with first honors. After taking a special course at Johns Hopkins University, Mr. France entered the law depart- ment of the University of Maryland and was graduated in 1883, taking the first scholar- ship prize. He was admitted to the Balti- more bar on reaching the age of twenty-one and has practiced his profession ever since.

Is a son of the late Rev. Joseph France, of the Baltimore Conference of the Metho- dist Episcopal Church, whose grandfather, Joseph France, came to this country in the last century and died in Philadelphia at the close of the Revolution. Married, 1892, Roberta Lee, daughter of Adolph Simon, of Baltimore, and has two children, Joseph and Robert.

MR. WILLIAM H. BAYLESS, Daily Rec- ord Building .- Mr. Bayless is a scion of an old Scottish family that has upwards of two centuries been well known and leading citi- zens on American soil. The emigrant an- cestor settled first in New Jersey, but a cen- tury and a half ago the family seat was changed to Harford county, Md. The es- tate owned by the forefather at that time has never been out of the family, having de- scended from father to son during all those years, and has never been the subject of a deed or mortgage.

William F. Bayless, father of our subject, a native of Harford county, was born in the year 1815, and died in '73, at the compara- tively early age of fifty-eight. He was a very prominent citizen of Harford county. He was for many years president of the Board of County School Commissioners, and upon him devolved the responsibility of examining teachers and granting certifi- cates. He was a man of broad and liberal education, whose death caused a vacancy in the community hard to fill. He repre- sented his county in both branches of the Legislature and served on prominent com- mittees while a member of those bodies. He married Miss Sarah E. Hanna, daughter of the late Col. William Hanna.

Mr. Bayless, subject of this sketch, was born in Harford county, Md., April 26, 1854. After a suitable time in the public schools of his native county, Mr. Bayless was a pupil for several years in Washington Institute at Columbia, Pa., later attending Lafayette College at Easton, Pa., where he graduated in 1874, after a four years' course, at the age of twenty. Beginning the study of law in the office of the Hon. Henry D. Farnandis, he pursued his studies

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one year in the Law School of the Univer- sity of Maryland. Seeing a favorable open- ing in the West, Mr. Bayless entered the Law School of the State University at Iowa City, Ia., graduating in the spring of 1877, and was shortly after admitted to the bar, after examination before the Supreme Court of the State. Fearing the severity of the climate of the West, Mr. Bayless re- turned to Baltimore, was admitted on cer- tificate to practice in the Courts of Balti- more and the State of Maryland, and short- ly after associated himself with Mr. Orlan- do F. Bump, the association lasting until the death of that gentleman. Since 1881 Mr. Bayless has been in practice entirely alone. His practice extends over all branches of the law excepting criminal cases, in which he will not accept retainers, but prefers equity cases and practice in the Orphans' Court.

Mr. Bayless is a stockholder and director in the National Howard Bank, of Baltimore. He is trustee in the Boundary Avenue Pres- byterian Church, of which his family are members. In politics he is a Democrat, and while taking a lively interest in the cam- paigns, is not an active politician and de- cidedly not an office holder.

Mr. Bayless married Miss Annie P. Sil- ver, daughter of Mr. James Silver, deceased, a member of one of the old and prominent families of Harford county.

MR. PETER E. TOME, 33 S. Gay street, a native of York county, Pa., was born Octo- ber 28, 1848. His father, Peter E. Tome, Sr., was also a native of York county, where he is a prosperous farmer. He is of old co- lonial stock, the emigrant ancestor having come to the country about the time of Wil-

liam Penn. The original spelling of the name was Toombe of English origin, but for the last century and a half the orthog- raphy has been as written now-Tome. Mr. Tome's mother was a daughter of Mr. George Woodson, of York county.

Our subject attended the public schools of his native place and a school at West Not- tingham near Port Deposit, Md., graduat- ing from the latter in 1879. He finished his literary course at Lafayette College at Easton, Pa., in '83. Beginning the study of law in the office of the Hon. George Haw- kins, Mr. Tome completed his professional course at the University of Maryland Law School, graduating in May, 1885, being ad- mitted to the bar on the last day of that month. Mr. Tome has never been a mem- ber of a partnership, preferring to practice his profession alone. His practice, which is general, excepting that he will take no crim- inal cases, has grown in the twelve years of his professional career to comfortable pro- portions. Mr. Tome is a prominent mem- ber of the Masonic fraternity, holding mem- bership in the Patapsco Lodge, No. 183, of Sparrow's Point; Adoniram Chapter of Royal Arch Masons; Maryland Command- ery, No. I, Knights Templar, and in the Al- bert Pike Consistory, Scottish Rite Masons, in which he has attained the Thirty-third degree, an unusual honor, there being only about fourteen of the degree in the entire State.

He is a member of Warren Lodge, No. 71, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and also of the Royal Arcanum. Of the clubs of the city he is on the membership rolls of the Merchants' Club. In politics he is a member of the Madison Avenue Methodist Episcopal Church.

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MR. J. MARKHAM MARSHALL, Glenn Building. Among the younger attorneys of the Baltimore bar who are winning their way to distinction is the subject of this sketch. Mr. J. Markham Marshall was born in Baltimore August 1, 1871. After attend- ing private and the high schools in Balti- more and Virginia, Mr. Marshall matricu- lated in the University of Virginia, where he received his M. A. degree in June, 1893, and the degree of B. L. the following year. Go- ing abroad immediately, he travelled during the summer through Europe, returning in the autumn, when he was examined and ad- mitted to the bar by the Supreme Court of Baltimore in October, 1894. Mr. Marshall began the practice of his profession without the aid of a partner, continuing that way until January 1, 1897, when he became jun- ior partner in the firm of which his father is the head. Mr. Charles Marshall, senior member, father of our subject, is a native of Fauquier county, Va., his birth occurring in 1832. He was admitted to the bar in 1852, since which time he has been a leading member of the Baltimore bar. During the Civil War he was on the staff of Gen. Robert E. Lee, ranking as colonel. He married Miss Rebecca, daughter of Richard Snow- den, of Maryland.

Mr. J. Markham Marshall is a member of the Baltimore Club, the Catonsville Country Club and the Chi Phi college fra- ternity. In politics he is a Democrat.

MR. S. TAGGART STEELE, a member of the leading legal firm of Steele, Semmes, Carey & Bond, has been a practitioner at the bar of Baltimore since his graduation from the University of Maryland Law School in the spring of 1887. His birth

occurred in Baltimore, November 21, 1863. After preparatory courses in private schools Mr. Steele attended the University of Vir- ginia for two years prior to his law studies mentioned above. After his admission to the bar, Mr. Steele practiced in association with his father, Mr. I. Nevitt Steele, until the death of the latter in 1892. From that date until January 1, 1897, Mr. Steele was associated with the firm of Steele, Semmes & Carey, of which his brother, Mr. John N. Steele, is senior member. On the date last mentioned William S. Taggart Steele, Wil- liam H. Buckley and Mr. N. P. Bond came into the firm which is known as Steele, Sem- mes, Carey & Bond. Mr. Steele's practice is a general one, excepting criminal cases. The law of real estate, however, receives more of his attention than any other one branch of the law. Mr. Steele is one of the governors of the Maryland Club. His in- terest in outdoor sports is indicated by his membership in the Baltimore Cricket, Golf, Bicycle and Athletic Clubs, as well as the Roland Park Club and the Bachelors' Co- tillion Club. In politics Mr. Steele is a Democrat. Religiously he is a member of Grace Episcopal Church, of which his wife is also a member. Mrs. Steele (nee Thomp- son) was a native of Springfield, Mass., the daughter of the late James Madison Thomp- son.

MR. HYLAND P. STEWART .- Chester- town, Kent county, Md., is the birthplace of Mr. Hyland P. Stewart, and the date of that event was August 15, 1863. His father, William H. Stewart, one of the most es- teemed citizens of Kent county, is descended from the immigrant ancestor, David B. Stewart, through his son David, who was a

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mere boy when the family moved from Scot- land to America in colonial times. Mr. Wil- liam H. Stewart married Miss Sarah E. Murphy, of Kent county. Her grandfather Murphy was a soldier in the War of 1812.

The childhood and youth of Mr. Stewart were spent on the farm, where he attended to the usual duties incident to rural life, go- ing to the public school through the winter seasons. Entering Washington College in 1880, he won the gold medal for industry and progress in the year 1882, and the year following graduated with first honors, hav- ing won the distinction of reading the Latin salutatory. On completing his literary course Mr. Stewart came to Baltimore to study law in the University of Maryland from which he was graduated in May, 1885, ranking very near the first in a large class, notwithstanding having completed a three years' course in two. In the fall of his grad- uating year Mr. Stewart began the practice of his profession without the assistance of a partner, and he has continued to practice alone as advocate and counsellor in all classes of cases except in the criminal court. He has by his own merit built up a lucrative practice in the courts of Baltimore City.

In politics Mr. Stewart is a thorough Democrat, and although he has no desire for office, takes a lively interest in the State and national campaigns, appearing upon the hustings for the measures and candidates of his party organization. At the time of the rising of the business men of the State to throw off ring rule in 1890, Mr. Stewart was a member of the convention, serving as its secretary, and was appointed one of the delegates to the State Convention, which met later, and successfully accomplished the mission of the movement.

Mr. Stewart married Miss Mamie Adams, daughter of Mr. William H. Adams, a re- tired merchant of Baltimore. Mr. Stewart was the organizer of the Gramercy Demo- cratic Club of the Twenty-second ward, and when its mission was finished, wound up its affairs and disbanded it. The Golden Chain is the only one of the secret orders to which Mr. Stewart belongs; and he is also a mem- ber of the Bar Association of Baltimore.

Mr. and Mrs. Stewart are members of the Boundary Avenue Presbyterian Church. His offices are at 710 and 712 Equitable Building.

MR. THOMAS FOLEY HISKY, Attorney- at-Law, 215 N. Charles street.

The first American ancestor on the pater- nal side, Joseph Hisky, came from Vienna early in the present century and resided in Baltimore until his death in 1848.

Mr. Joseph Hisky was a piano manufac- turer and established the first factory for the queen of musical instruments ever operated in Baltimore City.

Mr. John F. Hisky, father of our subject, married Miss Matilda L. Shipley, daughter of Mr. William Bennett Shipley, of Wil- mington, Del., who was a grandson of Wil- liam Shipley, a native of Leicestershire, England, who settled in Delaware with the Swedes and Finns in the early colonial days. Mr. William Bennett Shipley, grandfather of our subject, was a soldier in the War of 1812, while his great-grandfather, Samuel Shipley, was a soldier in the Revolutionary War.

Mr. Thomas F. Hisky, a native of Balti- more, was born July 22, 1865. After finish- ing the courses of the public schools of the city and the Baltimore City College, from

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which he graduated in 1883, fourth in a class of twenty-one, Mr. Hisky began the study of law in the office of Hinkley & Morris, the oldest in the city, having been established in 1819 by the late Edward Hinkley, one of the lights of the Baltimore bar. After pass- ing a rigid examination by those appointed for that purpose, Mr. Hisky was admitted to the bar of Baltimore, November II, 1886. He retained an office with the firm of Hink- ley & Morris several years, until 1888, since which time he has been an associated mem- ber of the firm.

Mr. Hisky attends St. Martin's Catholic Church, is a member of the Catholic Club of Baltimore, and is Past Chancellor of the Catholic Benevolent Legion in Mary- land. Mr. Hisky is connected with the management of several charitable institu- tions and societies, and is one of the man- agers and a member of the executive com- mittee of the Association for the Improve- ment of the Condition of the Poor. He is also a member of the Maryland Historical Society, and of the Bar Associations of Bal- timore and Maryland. In politics he is a Democrat, but has never sought or held po- litical office. By appointment of Mayor Hooper he lately served on the Commission on City Charities which recently made its report to Mayor Malster.

Mr. Hisky married Miss Hannah Mc- Clelland, daughter of the late Mr. George McClelland, of Baltimore, a native of Edin- boro, Scotland.

MR. ISADOR SCHOENBERG, a well and favorably known attorney of the Baltimore bar, was born in that city November 26, 1864. His earliest education was secured in private schools and from private tutors, af-

ter which he took a course in Sadler's Busi- ness College. After, completing his busi- ness course Mr. Schoenberg entered the of- fice of his father, Emanuel Schoenberg, in the oyster and fruit packing business. See- ing an opening for a wider field of labor in the east, he became a resident of Boston, where he became the promoter of various business enterprises, an occupation for which he possessed the requisite business tact and talent. Deciding upon a legal ca- reer for his life work, Mr. Schoenberg re- turned to his native city and matriculated in the Law School of the Maryland University in 1887; he graduated in July, 1889, and im- mediately opened an office in the city. He began practice without the aid of a partner, and has by his own unaided efforts built up a large and lucrative practice, principally in cases of a commercial nature and in equity.

Mr. Schoenberg is a member of the Phoe- nix Club, the Benevolent Order of Elks, and of the Young Men's Republican Club. He was married, in Baltimore, to Miss Gertrude Meyer, daughter of the late Mr. Elias Meyer, well known in the business circles of Baltimore.

MR. NOAH E. OFFUTT .- In noticing the prominent younger members of the Balti- more bar we take pleasure in making men- tion of Mr. Noah E. Offutt, of Towson. His father, Dr. Thomas Offutt, a well-known physician of the second district of Baltimore county, was born in Montgomery county, Md. He has practiced his profession for many years in Baltimore county, where he is known for his sterling worth as a citizen and loved for his watchful care as a physi- cian by a wide circle of friends to whose bodily ills he has tenderly ministered for so

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many years. Doctor Offutt served through the war as surgeon in the Fourth Texas Regiment, and at the close of the great con- flict returned to his native State and re- sumed the practice which he laid aside to be of service to the suffering boys in grey.

Doctor Offutt married Miss Mariah E. Offutt, also of Montgomery county.

The family in America originated from William Offutt, one of three brothers who emigrated from Wales in 1632, settling in Maryland. Many members of the family were participants in the colonial wars as well as in the War of the Revolution and the War of 1812.

Mr. Noah E. Offutt was born in the sec- ond district of Baltimore county, July 27, 1873. His early education was secured in the public schools of the county, supple- mented by courses in the City College of Baltimore and St. John's College of Ann- apolis, where he was graduated fourth in his class in June, 1892, while still in his 18th year. After graduating Mr. Offutt joined his brother in Chattanooga, Tenn., and was engaged there for a year in mercantile pur- suits. In 1893 he returned to Baltimore county and began the study of law in the office of his brother Milton W. Offutt, at Towson, and was called to the bar April 13, 1895, since which time he has been success- fully practicing his profession in the courts of Maryland.

Mr. Offutt was married in August, 1897, to Mrs. Comfort M. W. Saddler, daughter of Mr. Joshua F. Cockey, of Baltimore county, a representative of one of the oldest and most highly respected families of Mary- land. Mr. Offutt is a Democrat in politics and takes an active interest in political af- fairs. He has taken but little interest in

fraternal organizations, his membership be- ing limited to the Philomethean Society, in which, during his college days, he took a very active part.

MR. I. GORHAM MOALE .- One of the best known attorneys of the city of Balti- more is Mr. I. Gorham Moale, whose offices are located in the building of the Mer- chants' National Bank.

The family is one of the oldest in Mary- land and has taken a prominent part in the wars of the nation, as well as in the civil affairs of the State. The great-grandfather, John Moale, who came to Maryland in 1719, was owner of Moale's Point, and refused in very early colonial days to sell his holdings when it was desired to lay out a city there, necessitating the building of the city on the north side of the river, which was no doubt a much more suitable place. The city is growing in that direction, however, and will some day spread out over land that at one time was denied it. Randle H. Moale, fa- ther of the subject of this sketch, was born in Baltimore in 1782, shortly after the close of the Revolutionary War. He lived until nearly the close of the Civil War, passing over to the great majority in 1864. His fa- ther, John Moale, was one of the first judges of the county court after the organization of that branch of the judiciary, and a mem- ber of the Association of the Freemen of Maryland; was a lieutenant colonel in the Maryland militia during the Revolutionary War, and a member of the Convention of I774.

Randle H. Moale read law when a young man, and for many years was a well known solicitor in chancery of Baltimore. During the War of 1812 he was a member of Col.

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Samuel Moale's Columbian Artillery Com- pany, and served creditably through the war. His wife was a Miss Peck, of Rhode Island.

Mr. I. Gorham Moale is a native of Balti- more, where he received his education in the private schools and from private tutors.

He studied law in the offices of Messrs. Wallis & Thomas, and was admitted to the bar in 1863, since which time he has given his attention to the general practice of his profession.

Mr. Moale is a staunch Democrat in poli- tics and was one of the Maryland members of the Electoral College in the presidential campaign of 1888. He served for a time as a city councilman, but beyond that has held no political office. For over thirty years Mr. Moale has been a member of Concordia Lodge, A. F. & A. M., a longer term of membership than usually falls to members of any fraternity. He is also a member of the Royal Arcanum and of the Golden Chain.

MR. WILTON SNOWDEN .- The family of which Mr. Wilton Snowden is a representa- tive is of Welsh origin. His first American ancestor, Richard Snowden, held a major's commission under Oliver Cromwell, and came to Maryland in the year 1665, subse- quently owning large tracts of land in the State. His son erected Birmingham Manor House in 1690 (destroyed by fire in 1891) and added largely to the lands left by his father, which included at his death ten plan- tations.

Mr. Wilton Snowden is a son of J. Thomas Snowden, who, together with his wife (nee Maria Louise Schwrar), was a na- tive of Maryland. Many of his ancestors

were prominent and active during the colo- nial and revolutionary periods.

The subject of this review was born in Annapolis, June 5, 1852. After attending for some years the private schools of his na- tive city, Mr. Snowden came to Baltimore, where, entering the public schools, he sub- sequently took the full course in the City College, from which he graduated in 1869.

Shortly after graduation, Mr. Snowden became interested in the real estate busi- ness, to which he gave his entire attention for a period of ten years. In 1879, he began the study of law in the University of Mary- land Law School, graduating and receiving his license in June, 1881. Mr. Snowden's practice is principally office and trust busi- ness. His interest in several of the corpora- tions in the city and conduct of estates, for which he is attorney, demand all of his time, leaving little for court practice. He is a di- rector in the Central Savings Bank and the Mercantile Trust Company, and is director and treasurer of the Baltimore Equitable Society, the latter the oldest corporation in Maryland, having been incorporated in 1794.

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Author: Shepherd, Henry Elliott, 1844-1929, ed. 4n Publication date: 1898 Publisher: [Uniontown? Pa.] S.B. Nelson Number of Pages: 1344

Author: Shepherd, Henry Elliott, 1844-1929, ed. 4n
Publication date: 1898
Publisher: [Uniontown? Pa.] S.B. Nelson
Number of Pages: 1344