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 119

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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Mr. Littleton T. Dryden, a brief account of whose life-work, ancestry, etc., will be found below, is a type of the citizens by whose achievements our great American municipalities have attained to such rank in the commercial and financial world. There are obviously types and anti-types of such men. A few bask in the reputations and in- herited wealth of their ancestors. All such are not necessarily to be classed as drones. A few-very few-of this class actually aid in the development of the city or State where they reside. The true typical representative of progressive and aggressive citizenship, however, must be found among those men who bear fruit and carve out and "blaze"

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their way, so to speak, against difficulties. When the fruitage attendant upon such ca- reers is to be seen in solid, practical, endur- ing results, and those results attach to and redound to the common good, then, indeed, is such a career deserving of perpetuity. Precisely for this reason, therefore, Mr. Dryden's works will be committed to city and State custody, by finding the mention they merit in a critical history of this char- acter.

Mr. Dryden is a native of Maryland, hav- ing been born some sixty years since. With his vicissitudes, struggles and failures, inci- dent to early manhood, an article like this can have small concern. With his public achievements, however, treatment will be made in the limited space at command.

Mr. Dryden commenced his public career as U. S. Deputy Marshal in Crisfield, Md. He held that important trust for twelve years, only to accept, later on, the position of U. S. Commissioner in Baltimore. This he vacated, in turn, for the post of U. S. Shipping Commissioner for the Port of Bal- timore. His present trust, that of Superin- tendent of the State Bureau of Immigration, he has held for some two years past, in which sphere Mr. Dryden's capabilities have been matters of State and municipal recog- nition. This assertion is emphasized by his re-appointment, and an added appropriation for his Bureau, given by the last Maryland General Assembly, made upon the showing or fruitage of his superintendency.

Even a summarized statement of these re- sults would swell these columns beyond the space at command. A glance, however, at the status of affairs before Mr. Dryden's in- cumbency, and as they now exist, will be

significant. His Bureau then found every natural inducement in Maryland ready and waiting immigration of the right sort. The immigrants had not come, however, until Mr. Dryden began his thorough and sys- tematic work. Maryland stands as high as any other State, but its true wealth of pro- duce needs to be made as well and as widely known as that of some other States. It is the land of the forest and of the rocks, and of the broad blue bay and the mighty rivers, while its genial soil responds liberally to every demand that intelligent labor can make upon it. All the products of the temperate zone, with some of the semi- tropical fruits, are brought forth in the greatest abundance in many sections of the State. Those who wander in summer amid the mountains are refreshed with its lovely scenery of wood and field. Nothing can excel its charming landscapes, and every- where the useful is blended with the beau- tiful-the forest with the crag and quarry, the rugged mountain side with the fertile slope, the rushing waters with the green pastures. Here nestles a pretty village, and there a thriving town; here a mill, and there a furnace or a factory. Down where the State is flanked by the Potomac on one side and the Delaware on the other, and where the beautiful Susquehanna makes its way into the Chesapeake Bay, the scenery is a grand panorama of luxuriant farms and or- chards, of winding streams and deeply shaded woods. From the mountains to the sea, the State has been blessed by nature with all that can please the eye and command the admiration of man; to these attractions let us add those which are suggested by the presence of a refined and hospitable popula-

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tion, living amidst all the conveniences which a progressive age has given them- quick transportation by rail and steamer; public and private schools without superior; churches of every denomination; the two great markets which Baltimore and Wash- ington afford, to say nothing of the vicinity of the larger cities farther east, or the smaller ones within and near the border of the State. The prudent. man in search of a home free from the ordinary vicissitudes of the settler in a new country; the farmer who seeks a better living nearer to the great mar- kets of the East; the capitalist who would establish industries, where mines and for- ests, railroads and rivers and abundant la- bor all combine to promote his purposes, might search the whole country from ocean to ocean, and he would fail to find a more desirable location than Maryland offers. Facts like these, widely disseminated, caused the stream of desirable immigration to set in under Mr. Dryden methods. The results are to be seen in many, very many, sections of the State. The men, families and capital come and remain here.

Such achievements as these are note- worthy, and when they emanate-as in this instance-from advanced methods, backed by resourcefulness, and from one head, cer- tainly then perpetuation is a fitting tribute.

Mr. Dryden's private career might be dwelt upon with profit did space permit. His children, or sons, seem to evince the push and "snap" of their father. One of these sons, State Senator A. Lincoln Dryden, is one of the foremost young men in the State, in point of mental equipoise and public rec- ognition. Such cases are matters of par- donable civic pride. Baltimore has many

stich men as our subject, but a welcome for others like him.

GEN. R. SNOWDEN ANDREWS .- Balti- more has many conspicuous citizens, whose activities and identification with in- terests here entitle them to honorable men- tion in a work of this character. Among these Gen. R. Snowden Andrews easily ranks among the foremost, in his active business pursuits, and connection with in- terests of public character. General Andrews is a son of Col. T. P. Andrews, of the U. S. Army, who was born in 1794, and was dis- tinguished for bravery at the battle of El Molina, Mexico, in 1847, and received a brevet as brigadier general for conspicuous gallantry at Chapultepec. He was after- wards appointed Paymaster General of the Army in September, 1862. He married Emily Roseville, fourth daughter of Rich- ard and Eliza (Warfield) Snowden. Richard Snowden, of Wales, the progenitor of the Snowdens of Maryland, is said to have held a major's commission under Oliver Crom- well. He came to America in 1639, and died in 1704. There is on file at Annapolis a deed for 10,000 acres of land to "One Richd. Snowden, gentleman." His son, Richard Snowden, Jr., married and was living as late as 1717. Thomas, the son of Richard, married Ann Redgely. Their old- est child was Richard, who married Eliza- beth, a daughter of Dr. Charles Alexander Warfield-a Peggy Stewart Warfield. Of this marriage, Emily Roseville, was the wife of Col. T. P. Andrews, and, of course, the mother of our subject.

General Andrews was born in Washing- ton, D. C., 29th October, 1830, and received

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his education under private tutors, there and in Georgetown. When a lad of only eigh- teen he began his preliminary studies in architecture, the profession of his choice. He graduated in 1852, as an architect, under the firm of Neirnse & Nelson, the foremost architects of Baltimore at that date. Among the achievements of his art, to be chronicled as going to his credit, may be mentioned the Hospital for the Insane, in Weston county, W. Va .; the Gubernatorial mansion at Annapolis; the superintendency of the South Wing of the Treasury Department, at Washington, D. C .; also the U. S. Cus- tom House at Baltimore; the Eastern High School, and churches, &c., of lesser note.

General Andrews is widely known and recognized in other spheres than those noted. He is president and principal owner of the Westham granite quarries, upon the James river, seven miles above Richmond. From these quarries came the granite used in the construction of the State, Army and Navy Departments at Washington, D. C., regarded as being the finest piece of granite work in the world. The Baltimore Cham- ber of Commerce building is also finished with granite from these quarries. General Andrews espoused the cause of the South in the troublous days of 1861. He was, therefore, early in the field, holding a ma- jor's commission in the Virginia cavalry. His fondness for artillery, however, in- duced him to reserve the privilege of transfer to that branch of the service, as soon as a battery could be provided. The Confed- eracy adopted, from his designs, the first three brass 12-pound Napoleon guns used, and three 12-pound brass howitzers were cast by Colonel Dimmock. The first ser-

vice seen by the battery, equipped and en- listed by our subject, was in the blockade of the Potomac, at Evansport, Va. Thence he went to Magruder's lines at Yorktown and co-operated in the McClellan campaign which followed. Subsequently, upon the raising of the siege of Richmond, the battery was sent to the line of the Rappahannock and attached to Gen. Stonewall Jackson's command until his death. Our subject was only a captain at that epoch. Although wounded he remained- with his com- mand during the entire seven days fight around Richmond. Conspicuous gallantry earned him his promotion as major. He was, upon withdrawal at Cedar Run, wounded and fell into the hands of the en- emy. His wound was a terrific, disembow- eling affair. Against all official statements that he "must die," Major Andrews uttered his disclaimer-and "still lives," decidedly. He was paroled, and finally recovered. In an exchange in '62 he was put in charge of a bureau of the ordnance. In '63 he re- turned to duty and participated in the battle of Fredericksburg, Hamilton's Crossing, and at Winchester, where he was again wounded, in the arm. In '63 Colonel An- drews was appointed on a board of officers at Richmond to designate what guns should be used in the campaign of '64. He was made president of that board. Under or- ders, he visited Europe, and examined the artillery of England, France, Prussia and Austria. Whilst in Europe, he had built and shipped to the Confederacy some guns, but they reached Bermuda too late. When he returned, his arrival at Havana brought to him the news of Lee's surrender, and ac- cordingly he is next seen in Mexico, where

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he was engaged for two years in the con- struction of the Imperial Railroad. Return- ing to Baltimore in '67 he resumed the prac- tice of his profession.

Gov. John Lee Carroll made Colonel An- drews a General of Artillery, and he served three successive Governors as Chief of Artil- lery of the State of Maryland. In 1877, Gen- eral Andrews, by his activity, knowledge, and strong personality received the excep- tional compliment of having his battery mis- taken-on parade-for U. S. Regulars, and that, too, by U. S. officers. It has been as- serted before, in this article, that its subject is a man of great versatality of talent, and all his energies redound to the public good. An impressive and conspicuous attestation of this is seen in the city's mosaic pave- ments, fostered by General Andrews. In his private career little need find place here. He is married, however, to Mary C. Lee, a daughter of Josiah Lee, a leading Baltimore® banker. Her mother was a daughter of Hon. Charles Smith Sewell, a member of the Twenty-seventh Congress from Mary- land. By such men as General Andrews, then, it can be truly affirmed that our great municipality has been aided in its expansion and development.

DR. CHARLES H. BROOKE, Brooklyn .-- The leading young physician of Balti- more's southern suburb, Brooklyn, is un- doubtedly Dr. Charles H. Brooke, who has been practicing in that part of the city since the summer of 1893. Displaying from the first an enviable proficiency in his chosen calling, the Doctor soon secured a lucrative clientage from the leading families of the village and the country round. Courteous and considerate, he has held all who have

entrusted their physical welfare to his hands, and adds new patients to his clientage as rapidly as any practitioner in his environs. The Doctor began his medical studies in 1884 with Dr. Norman F. Hall, of Balti- more, and five years later entered the Uni- versity of Maryland Medical School, from which he graduated in 1891, and shortly af- ter began his practice at Knoxville, Tenn., where he remained some two years, and then removed to his present location, as be- fore mentioned, in 1893.

Doctor Brooke is a son of Mr. Samuel Brooke, of Anne Arundel county, where he was born in the year 1866. His early edu- cation was secured in the Episcopal High School at Alexandria, Va., after which he engaged in farming in his native county until he began his medical studies under Doctor Hill. It was during this period of country life that Mr. Brooke secured most of his education, for which much credit should be given him. Naturally of a studi- ous temperament he employed spare time and long winter evenings in reading profit- able books, as well as the current literature of the day, the daily press, keeping abreast of the times, while feeding his mind with the good things that had been written in the past.

The Doctor has not affiliated with any of the fraternal orders, but is a consistent mem- ber of the Episcopal Church.

RICHARD F. GUNDRY, Medical Director of the Richard Gundry Home, Catonsville, Md.

Our subject was born in Dayton, O., and began his primary education there. When he was twelve years of age his parents came to Maryland, where he finished his primary

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education in the common schools. He graduated from the Baltimore School of Physicians and Surgeons in 1888, and was subsequently connected with the Dayton (Ohio) Hospital, from which he was trans- ferred to Athens (Ohio) State Hospital, where he remained until after the death of his father in April, 1891, at which time he returned to Baltimore, and with his mother, Mrs. R. Gundry, opened the Rich- ard Gundry Home. The late Dr. Richard Gundry was born in England in October, 1831. When a youth his father took him to Canada, locating in Ontario. He began his medical studies under Doctor Covern- ton, then of Simco, Ontario. He subse- quently entered Harvard College, from which he was graduated in 1851, after which he practiced medicine at New York for one year. He then went abroad and pursued his studies in England, returning to Amer- ica in 1853. On his return voyage he ren- dered valuable assistance to the cholera stricken passengers on board. One of the passengers prevailed upon him to locate at Columbus, O., where he became connected with the Sterling Medical College and also edited a medical journal. In 1855 he be- came assistant physician at Columbus (Ohio) Insane Asylum. He later became connected with the Dayton Asylum, and in 1861 became its superintendent, continuing as such until 1872, when he accepted the superintendency of the Hospital at Athens, O., and continued until 1877. The new asy- lum was completed that year, and he was in charge of this institution until his appoint- ment as superintendent of Spring Grove Asylum, Catonsville, Md., in 1878, which position he filled until his death in 1891.

He was Professor of Materia Medica and Mental Diseases, College of Physicans and Surgeons, from 1880 to the time of his death.

JOSEPH C. WUNDER, Physician, 1075 W. Fayette street.

This prominent young member of the medical profession first saw the light of day in Baltimore. He was born October 18, 1865, and is the son of George and Mary A. (Grandelmyer) Wunder, one of the original settlers of Minnesota. He attend- ed St. Alphonsus German School and sub- sequently the public schools, where he fin- ished at the age of eighteen. Soon after he entered the printing office of the Maryland Farmer, a journal devoted to agriculture, horticulture, etc., and edited at that time by Ezra Whitman. After a short period he was placed in charge of the office, and con- tinued so until he began his medical studies at the Maryland University in 1866, after having taken a preparatory course with the late Prof. Robert Seymour Murray, who was a graduate of Oxford University, England, and who prepared many of the leading phy- sicians of Baltimore. After graduating in 1889 at the Maryland University, Doctor Wunder began the practice of his profes- sion at 1303 Hollins street, from thence moving to his present location about 1890. He has been successful in building up an extensive practice. He has the honor of being the first physician in the city to use anti-toxine.

He was married April 28, 1892, to Miss Emma C. Albert, daughter of Michael Al- bert, of Baltimore, at St. Gregory's R. C. Church. To their union have been born the

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following three children: Joseph Albert, Louis McLane Tiffany and Richard Ed- ward.

In politics Doctor Wunder is a Demo- crat. He served as vaccine physician for nearly three terms. He is a prominent member of the Order of Elks, and also of the following Orders: Fraternal Mystic Circle, Shield of Honor, Catholic Benevo- lent Association, and of the Baltimore Medical Association, Medical Chirurgical Faculty of Maryland, and of the American Medical Association. He is a member of St. Peter's Roman Catholic Church.

George Wunder, father of our subject, was the first photograher in Baltimore, and was an old and respected citizen of the city. He died at the age of sixty-five. His wife still survives. Doctor Wunder is the sev- enth son of George Wunder, is a brother of Rev. Edward J. Wunder, pastor of St. Bernard's Church, Waverly, Md., and a brother-in-law of the Rev. Richard Albert, Prefect of Niagara University.

DR. EDWARD N. BRUSH, Superintendent of Sheppard Asylum.

Dr. Edward N. Brush was born in 1852, in Buffalo, N. Y., where he received his primary education in the public schools. He graduated at the University of New York, taking his degree in 1874, after which, until 1884, he was connected with the New York State Lunatic Asylum at Utica, N. Y. From 1884 until 1891, at which time he became Superintendent of the Sheppard Asylum, he was connected with the Pennsylvania Hospital for the In- sane at Philadelphia.

T. GIBBONS SMART, Physician, 415 Shel- don avenue, Roland Park, Baltimore, Md.

T. Gibbons Smart was born August 12, 1862, in North End, Matthews county, Va. When a boy he moved with his parents to Baltimore, where he pursued his primary studies in the public schools. Being of a studious nature, he diligently applied him- self to his books, which resulted in the breaking down of his health. His father took him back to the old home farm to re- cuperate, and for a time he was engaged in agricultural pursuits. He began his medi- cal studies in 1881 at Petersburg, Va., un- der Dr. T. D. Beckwith, with whom he re- mained until September, 1882, at which time he entered the Baltimore School of Physicians and Surgeons, graduating in 1885. He then located in Elk county, Pa., as surgeon for a coal mining company, and subsequently became surgeon for the Cedar Run Tanning Company, Tioga county, Pa., and later located at Marathon, N. Y., where he continued in general practice for over three years. At the expiration of this time he came to Baltimore county, and ac- cepted a position as senior assistant at the Sheppard Asylum under Dr. Edward N. Brush. For five years he remained at this institution, resigning to accept the super- intendency of the Maryland Asylum and Training School for the Feeble Minded at Owings, Baltimore county, and was con- nected with the same for fifteen months. His father, William R. Smart, is a success- ful merchant in Baltimore. His mother, who was Miss Rosalie Carter, of Lancaster county, Va., is a descendant of King Car- ter.

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REV. THOMAS LOWE, 1412 William street.

The career of Rev. Thomas Lowe since his advent to America is one surprising in its results, and shows what indomitable energy and pluck can accomplish. Born in Foleshill, Warwickshire, England, March 26, 1844, his early education was secured in private schools, a national college and St. John's College at Coventry, graduating in 1861. His father was a prosperous rib- bon manufacturer, and a man of profound religious convictions, being a pillar in the Wesleyan Methodist Church. He died in 1860 at the early age of forty-nine.

The father's religious zeal was reflected in the son, and in his early manhood he be- came a licensed local preacher, and for seven years presided in the pulpit in his native land. In 1875, desiring to see the Western Continent, he set sail from Liver- pool in December, landing in Baltimore in January. For a time he held services before the Young Men's Christian Association, and then began a nine weeks' revival in the Bethel Methodist Church, followed by thir- teen weeks at the Fort Avenue Church, se- curing by his convincing arguments the saving of many souls. Desiring to conduct his meetings under his own management, Mr. Lowe began services in a tent near his present residence, and within seven months had built a neat church, seating four hun- dred and fifty. It was not long before it became apparent that this edifice would soon be too small, and arrangements were made for the construction of the present building, with a seating capacity of nine hundred, which on special occasions is taxed to its uttermost limit of even stand- ing room. The first church was disposed

of, and the proceeds turned into the treas- ury of the new edifice.

Mr. Lowe has been very successful in his ministry. His fervor and earnestness im- part his own deep religious feelings to his hearers and win souls to Christ. During his ministry in Baltimore, Mr. Lowe has had the pleasure of bringing over four thou- sand sinners to repentance, and in one re- vival made nearly seven hundred conver- sions, recalling the days of Timothy and Paul.

Our subject was married in England to Miss Elizabeth Gilbert, daughter of Mr. William Gilbert, a tailor and clothier of Coventry, England.

Mr. Lowe has taken but little active in- terest in fraternal orders, although he has high respect for them. His only member- ship in secret societies is in that of the Ancient Essenic Order, to which he has be- longed but a short time.

As a minister of the Gospel, Mr. Lowe has a record of which his children may well feel proud, and one that for energy and effectiveness has few equals.

HARRY A. WEAVER, 523 Columbia avenue.

Wm. H. Weaver, deceased, was a native of Germany. He came to the United States with his parents when seven years old. He received but six months' schooling in America. He began life as a butcher at the age of sixteen. When his employer failed, young Weaver took the business, and through thrift, energy and business faculty, made a success of it. He conducted this business from 1848 until 1886, at which time he disposed of it to his son Adolphus H. In 1877, with Edward C. Harman, he

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engaged in the manufacture of bricks, with a yard on the Washington Road near Gywnn's Falls. With careful management it rapidly increased, and Mr. Weaver scored another success in this branch of industry. Mr. Harman withdrew from the firm some time prior to his (Mr. Weaver's) death. He joined the Republican party when it was in its infancy and continued a prosperous worker in the party until his death. He was a candidate for political honors several times, but never served in any. His defeat was due more to his inactivity during cam- paigns rather than to the lack of popularity. He was the architect of his own fortunes, having begun life at the foot of the ladder. He was strictly a home man, much devoted to his wife and family. His beautiful home on the Harford Road, where he died, bears strong evidence of his devotion to his home life. He was a director in the National Fire Insurance Company for many years, and in the past served as president of the Butchers' Building and Loan Association, and in recent years was president of the Harford Road Improvement Association. He was a member of the Masonic Order and of St. Stephen's Evangelical Church, of which congregation he was president for more than thirty years. His sons inherited a great deal of his business integrity. They are as follows: Adolphus H., Edward E., William C., Harry A.

The latter was born in Baltimore in 1873. He received his education in the public and private schools of Baltimore, and in 1889 entered his father's office as clerk. In 1893 he entered the University of Maryland Law School, graduating from the same in 1895, after which he successfully practiced his profession until April, 1897, when he par-

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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