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He married Miss Annie, daughter of Gideon Herbert, Esq., to whom were born seven children. Mr. Herbert is a well known man in Baltimore county, having held several public offices there.
THOMAS S. GODMAN is a native of Balti- more and belongs to one of the oldest fami- lies in Maryland. He is a son of Thomas W. and Eveline Godman and was born on Pennsylvania avenue, October 22, 1831. Thomas W. was an extensive mutton butcher, whose patronage extended over a large territory. His reputation for square dealing was proverbial. He was the son of Brutus Godman, a man of talent who spent some time as an educator. He was also a man of patriotism, for when the mother country placed its hands too heavily upon the shoulders of the infant colony,
Brutus and his father, Capt. Samuel God- man, immediately joined the forces under Washington. The latter organized and equipped a company at his own expense.
Thomas S. Godman at an early age took up the occupation of his father, and under the latter's supervision. At the age of twenty-one he left the company of his father to do business for himself, and en- gaged in the beef trade. When Mr. God- man entered the Hollins Market, forty-six years ago, there were only eight stalls erect- ed there, and at the expense of those who occupied them. Mr. Godman has a wide reputation for his honesty as a business man, by which means his patronage is large. He is a worthy member of the Methodist Church, of which he was at one time a trus- tee. In politics he is a Republican. He is a member of the I. O. O. F. of the State of Maryland and also of the Seven Wise Men.
He married Miss Emma A., daughter of George Bell, by whom he had eight chil- dren, five of whom are now living. His family is very interesting and all belong to the Methodist Church. His son, George W., is in the butcher business in Richmond Market.
MR. ADAM APPEL .- The subject of this sketch (deceased) was a native of Germany, who, with his parents, came to this country in 1854. They located in Baltimore, where they engaged in the butcher business, and so conducted themselves that they found favor in the estimation of their American neighbors and their business grew exten- sively. After working with his father and with other noted men in his line, he em- barked in the same business for himself in 1872, locating in Hollins' Market, where he
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remained for twenty years, or up to the time of his death in 1893. Mr. Appel was a moral man, of strict integrity and honest for the sake of principle, not policy, whose business grew as his acquaintance widened. He confined himself strictly to his calling which extended far beyond his expecta- tions.
He married Miss Mary, daughter of Christopher Hoehn, a native of Germany. She has succeeded her husband in his busi- ness, which prospers as greatly as it did under his supervision. There are no chil- dren.
HENRY ELLIOT SHEPHERD .- The sub- ject of our sketch was born at Fayetteville, N. C., in 1844. His father was one of the most cultured and successful lawyers that the South has produced; his maternal un- cle was James C. Dobbin, Secretary of the Navy during the administration of Presi- dent Pierce, and a colleague of such "men of light and learning" as William L. Mar- cey, Caleb Cushing and Jefferson Davis. Mr. Shepherd received his preliminary training in the schools of his native town, and at a very early age entered the Univer- sity of Virginia, where he was especially distinguished in the sphere of languages, literature and history. The beginning of the war between the States in 1861 found him in the service of the Confederacy; he was wounded, almost fatally, at Gettys- burg, July 3, 1863, and for several months lay prostrate in the hospital. Gen. D. H. Hill, the brother-in-law of "Stonewall" Jackson, publicly complimented him as "a splendid young soldier" of the Army of Northern Virginia. Upon the cessation of hostilities he repaired to Baltimore with
the intention of making his permanent home there. Within a few months after his arrival he was elected to the chair of History and English in the City College, and retained the position until July, 1875, at which time he was promoted without so- licitation on his own part to the office of Superintendent of Public Instruction, be- ing one of the youngest men ever called to
the discharge of so grave, delicate and re- sponsible a trust. In October, 1882, he re- signed the superintendency in order to ac- cept the presidency of the College of Charleston, S. C., the oldest institution de- voted to the advancement of high culture in that State, its origin dating back into colo- nial times. In July, 1897, he retired from the presidency of the college and returned to Baltimore, where he is now actively en- gaged in literary and educational enter- prises in a variety of fields. Mr. Shepherd is an author and lecturer whose reputation far exceeds a merely local limit. His his- tory of the English Language, his His- torical Reader, Advanced Grammar of the English Language, his address upon the genius of Edgar A. Poe, delivered at the formal dedication of the monument, No- vember 17, 1875; his numerous contribu- tions, educational, philological, historical, have secured for him a recognized position among scholars not in America alone, but in the leading shrines of culture and learn- ing in the European world. In all his public lectures he speaks without notes or memoranda of any kind whatever. His lectures upon English literature have been received with enthusiastic appreciation in1 all parts of the country, from Boston to Savannah; and the manner of his delivery as well as the fluency of his utterance has
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induced more than one discriminating critic to compare him to the late Dr. Phillips Brooks. Mr. Shepherd is now engaged in the preparation of an elaborate commen- tary upon the poetry of Tennyson which will be issued at a future day. He is an intense student of the aesthetic and spiritual phases of literature, not a student of its merely verbal or structural form, an atti- tude of mind which has more than once in- volved him in severe conflict with the ad- vocates of an extreme and exclusive philo- logical method. During his term of ser- vice as Superintendent of Public Instruc- tion, Mr. Shepherd organized and selected the Public School Library, which ranks among the most complete and admirable libraries of its kind in the entire country. He devoted himself to the educational life of the city through the elevation of the in- dividual teacher, and labored for the attain- ment of that end through all the legitimate agencies at his command, lectures, special classes, contributions to the journals, in- deed every medium through which educa- tional activity can assert its force and con- vey its inspiration. His home is 1109 Mc- Culloh street and he hopes that he is es- tablished in Baltimore for life. It was the scene of his early labors and is one of the principal centres of his strong attachment and affection.
BENJAMIN HOWELL GRISWOLD .- The subject of this sketch, B. Howell Griswold, was born at St. Louis, Mo., October 3, 1845. He is the son of Rev. Whiting and Ellen Maria (Howell) Griswold. His father was a much esteemed minister of the Protestant Episcopal Church, a graduate of the Gen- eral Theological Seminary of New York
and first rector of St. John's Parish, St. Louis, Mo. He was also founder of The Church Home and Orphan Asylum of the latter city. He died in 1849 after a useful and eventful life. Rev. Whiting Griswold was the son of Capt. Chester Griswold, who served in the War of 1812. Chester was the grandson of Lieut. Ebenezer Griswold, who served his country with honor in the Franco-Indian war. B. H. Griswold's ma- ternal great-grandfather was Joseph How- ell, a major in the Revolutionary War. He served under Washington, and was the first Paymaster General of the United States Army. The subject of this sketch is a di- rect descendant of two of the regicides of Charles the First of England, namely, Sir Gregory Clement and Gen. Thomas Harri- son, men who were lovers of freedom and liberty.
Benjamin Howell Griswold was educated at Hagerstown Academy and by private tutors. He subsequently entered St. John's College, Washington county, Md. During the Civil War, when this college was closed, he entered Trinity College, Conn., from which institution he graduated in 1866. After leaving college he entered the rail- road service as civil engineer, and in 1871 was appointed chief clerk and telegraph op- erator of the B. & O. R. R. at Hagerstown, Md. In 1872 he was made agent of the Western Maryland railroad at Hagerstown. In 1874 this company transferred him to Baltimore, where he was made Auditor and General Freight and Ticket Agent. At that time the road was in an undeveloped state, with but limited local traffic. When the road branched out to other sections, Mr. Griswold was placed in charge of its traffic as General Freight and Passenger Agent,
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which position he has most creditably and satisfactorily retained since 1883. In his extensive acquaintance in the railroad world Mr. Griswold is recognized as all official thoroughly conversant with the intricacies of traffic and transportation details. Not only does Mr. Griswold liold a positon of trust and responsibility in business, but likewise maintains an enviable popularity. His affable manners and genial nature have won for him universal esteem and respect. He is a member of the Masonic Fraternity and of the Alpha Delta Phi College Fraternity, also of the Royal Arcanum, National Union, Order of the Golden Chain, Sons of the American Revolution, Society of the Colo- nial Wars, University Club, Baltimore Country Club, and Maryland Historical So- ciety. On December 21, 1871, he married Miss Carrie G. Robertson, daughter of Col. Thomas G. Robertson, of Hagerstown, Md., to whom were born three children, named Ellen Howell, Ben. Howell and Robertson. Ben. Howell, Jr., is a grad- uate of Johns Hopkins University and also of the Maryland University Law School, and is now professionally associated with the well-known legal firm of Charles Mar- shall & Sons, of Baltimore.
DR. JAMES BOSLEY was born in Balti- more county, Md., October 1, 1852. He is a son of John and Mary (Pearce) Bosley, natives of Maryland and descendants of co- lonial settlers. Their son, James, received his initial training in the public schools of his native county, took his academic course at Milton Academy, and then en- tered the University of Virginia, from the medical department of which institution he
was graduated with the class of 1874. Dur- ing the following year he was resident phy- sician at Bay View Asylum and then en- tered upon the general practice of his pro- fession, in which he has ever since been en- gaged with present office and residence at IIOI Lanvale street. Doctor Bosley was one of the Board of School Commissioners representing the Fourteenth ward from 1888 to 1896. Politically he is a Democrat, has taken a lively interest in and worked for his party's success, and his acceptance of official trusts at his party's hands has been frequently urged, which the demands of an extensive practice have compelled him to decline. He is a member of the American Medical Association, Medical and Chirurgi- cal Faculty of Maryland, and Baltimore Medical and Surgical Society. He has been twice married, his first wife being Le- clare, daughter of the late Charles R. Wat- ers, of Carroll county, Md. Mrs. Bosley died, leaving two children, Charles Ed- monds Bosley, now a student at the Univer- sity of Virginia, and Mary Leclare Bosley, a student at Bryn Mawr. Doctor Bosley's second wife is his deceased wife's sister. The family are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South.
DR. FREDERICK WILLIAM WILSON is a native of Baltimore, a son of Dr. Pierce B. and Henrietta (Stewart) Wilson, natives of Philadelphia, whence they came to Balti- more, where Dr. P. B. Wilson has since re- sided and engaged in business as consulting physician and expert chemist. Frederick W. Wilson received his education in the public and manual training schools of Bal- timore, pursued the study of medicine under the preceptorship of his father, then one of
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the Faculty of the Baltimore University School of Medicine, from which institution he (Frederick) was graduated. Believing, after investigation, in the superiority of the new over the old school methods, Doctor Wilson took up the study of Homeopathy, was duly graduated, and is engaged in that practice in Newark, N. J.
MR. J. M. BUCK, deceased, was a native of Baltimore, and was born January 7, 1814. He was the son of Capt. Benjamin C. Buck, a prominent business man of Baltimore, and an extensive ship owner and importer of foreign merchandise. J. M. Buck, his son, at the age of seventeen was manager for Herr & Co., one of the largest firms in the city. In 1832 he engaged in the commission business with the son of his former em- ployer, under the firm name of Herr & Buck. In 1845 Mr. Buck retired from city life to a farm he owned near Frederick City, one of the finest farms in the country. There he remained until 1849, when he re- turned to Baltimore and purchased one of the flouring mills situated on the Franklin turnpike. In 1855 he acquired another farm on which he lived about four years.
Mr. Buck was not only a practical busi- ness man, looking to personal ends, but he was a public-spirited man as well. He was trusted implicitly by his fellow-citizens. He was for three years cashier of the Franklin Bank of Baltimore.
While Mr. Buck took no active part in the late war, yet he was a pronounced "Southern Democrat" in, his views. At the breaking out of the war, when every heart was stirred to its depths and men were obliged to show to which side leaned their sympathies, Mr. Buck was not slow in re-
vealing his colors. He was one of the lead- ing spirits in the organization of the M. E. Church South.
While Baltimore was under martial law the militia demanded that the Union flag be placed in the pulpit of the M. E. Church South, then on Hanover street; Mr. Buck objected and corresponded with the Gov- ernment of the State to interfere.
Mr. Buck was twice married; his first wife was the daughter of Capt. Jas. F. Frazier. His second wife is the daughter of Alex. Benson Coe. There are four sons and four daughters living. Henry B., his son, is a prominent lawyer, of Syracuse, N. Y. Another son, Thomas Corner Buck, is a banker and broker in New York City; while J. M., another son, is an active man in business in the same city.
ABNER B. MUDGE, deceased, is a native of Lynn, Mass. He was born in 1807. He came to Baltimore in 1833, at which time he became a clerk for Mr. Tiffney, where he endeared himself to his employer and soon rose in influence and importance as a busi- ness man. Later on he went into the paper business with Samuel Epes Turner and Geo. W. Wheelwright under the firm name Turner, Wheelwright & Mudge. After the accumulation of means he entered into a partnership with Mr. Wheelwright, who formed the boot and shoe concern of Wheel- wright & Mudge on Charles street. This firm, however, gave up the boot and shoe trade, embarking in the paper business under the old firm name. Afterwards in 1851 the brother of George W. Wheel- wright, the late Jeremiah Wheelwright, who had been in the boot and shoe business, took the firm name of Wheelwright & Mudge.
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Mr. Mudge was a self made and self edu- cated man, and contributed in a material way to make Baltimore what it is to-day.
In politics he was a staunch Republican. He was married to Miss Caroline C. Phil- lips, daughter of Isaac and Ann Phillips, of Baltimore, who bore him nine children, six of whom are living; of this number two are prominent business men of Baltimore-E. Tileston Mudge, who succeeded his father and whose firm name is Dobler & Mudge, and Frank Mudge, who is engaged in the grain and flour business.
Abner B. Mudge died in 1872 at the age of seventy-two years.
AMONG the attorneys of the Baltimore City and County bar who have successfully mingled their profession and politics may be mentioned Hon. J. Fred C. Talbott, of Towson. The emigrant ancestor of the male line was John Talbott, who settled first on the Eastern Shore in the early colonial days, moving thence to Anne Arundel county and finally to Baltimore county, where he be- came a large landed proprietor. He was succeeded by his son, Edward, and he in turn by Joshua F. C. Talbott, grandfather of our subject, for whom he was named. The Talbotts have always been landed pro- prietors, cultivating the soil. The father of our subject, Edward Talbott, was born on the homestead near Towson. He married Miss Temperance Ellen, daughter of Amon Bosley, of Baltimore county. The Bosleys are of English origin, the colonial ances- tor, Joseph Bosley, coming to Baltimore di- rect from the mother country. His father- in-law, Captain Marsh, was an officer in the Revolutionary Army. Both of our subject's
grandfathers, J. C. F. Talbott and Amon Bosley, were soldiers in the War of 1812.
Mr. J. Frederick C. Talbott was born in Baltimore county, July 29, 1843. After at- tending the public schools of the county, Mr. Talbott began the study of law in the offices of Messrs. Wheeler & Keech, of Tow- son. On the outbreak of the war Mr. Tal- bott enlisted in Company F, Second Mary- land Cavalry, in July, 1863, and participated in the battle of Winchester on September 19th following, and at Fisher's Hill in Oc- tober; also in the Chambersburg Raid and innumerable skirmishes. After the close of the war Mr. Talbott returned to Towson, renewed his studies in the same of- fice and was called to the bar September 6, 1866, and at once sprang into prominence as an acute and skillful practitioner and trial lawyer, and many are the prominent cases in which he has participated. In 1885 Mr. Talbott opened an office in Baltimore in ad- dition to the one he has occupied in Towson since his coming to the bar.
Mr. Talbott's political career has been prominent and interesting. He served as State's Attorney for Baltimore county from 1872 to '76. In 1878 he was elected to rep- resent his district in the Lower House of Congress, and was twice returned, serving six consecutive years. He again represent- ed his district in that body for the term be- ginning in 1893. During his earlier terms in Congress Mr. Talbott took a prominent part in the establishment of the new navy; he prepared and introduced the bill for es- tablishing the two national gun foundries; he secured the appropriation for the De- Kalb monument; secured an amendment to the naval appropriation bill providing for the building of the cruisers Newark and
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Baltimore. As chairman of the sub-Com- mittee of Naval Affairs in the Fifty-third Congress he prepared the naval appropria- tion bill and had charge of it while being considered, finally securing the appropria- tion for building the cruisers Kearsarge and Kentucky. Mr. Talbott may well feel proud of the part he has taken in establishing the new navy. At the dedication of the York- town monument in 1881 Mr. Talbott was a member of the Congressional Committee, who officially represented the House on that occasion. Mr. Talbott represented his dis- trict in the National Democratic Conven- tions of the memorable campaign of 1876, and again in that of '84, which nominated the winner. Mr. Talbott is a Democrat of pronounced type and a firm believer of the Democratic doctrine that the majority should rule, and gives his support to the party nominees regardless of his own per- sonal preferences. He is a speaker of fine ability, and his logical discourses in the halls of Congress or on the hustings carry con- viction to unprejudiced hearers.
Mr. Talbott married Miss Laura B., daughter of Mr. John G. Cockey, of Balti- more county, and of English descent. The fraternal orders have found favor in Mr. Talbott's eyes, he being a member of the three leading organizations. He is affiliated with the Mount Moriah Lodge of Masons and the Towson Lodge of Odd Fellows, both of Towson; and of the Hebron Lodge of Knights of Pythias, of Cockeyville.
JOSEPH FRIEDENWALD, retired mer- chant, whose office is at 216 N. Holliday street, was born in Geissen, Germany, in 1829. His father was Jonas Friedenwald,
of Geissen, Germany, who, with his wife, came to this country in 1832, and settled in Baltimore, where he carried on the re- tail hardware business for years and accu- mulated a fortune. He had four sons and one daughter; three only living: Isaac, who is in the printing business and resides on McCulloh street; Dr. Aaron Frieden- wald, practicing physician, of N. Eutaw street, and Mr. Friedenwald, the subject of this sketch.
His father was one of the most promi- nent Israelites of this city in his day, and when he retired from business some years before his death, he devoted his remaining years to charities, it being the greatest pleasure to him to relieve the destitute and needy, not only those of his own faith but everybody in need, being noted as a philan- thropist in the true sense of the term. He died in 1894, his wife in 1882, both of them loved and respected by the whole com- munity.
Mr. Friedenwald was educated in private schools of Baltimore and upon completing his education entered as a partner the firm of Wiesenfeld & Co., wholesale manufac- turers of clothing. He was also a member of the firm of Wiesenfeld, Stern & Co., cot- ton commission merchants, both of these firms being old and established business houses of Baltimore at that day, though not in existence at the present time. Although retired from business as a merchant, Mr. Friedenwald still looks after many business . interests, and is now president of the Crown Cork and Seal Co., a large establishment near Guilford avenue and Lanvale street, employing a great number of hands and doing a large business in this line. He is
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also a director in the Equitable National Bank and connected as trustee and other- wise with nearly every charity in the city of every denomination, being like his father devoted to doing good to others and to helping those who need help. He was the organizer and founder of the Hebrew Hos- pital and Asylum of this city and for six- teen years was president of the board of this institution; the only public office (if it may be so termed) he ever held was that of trustee of Bayview Asylum, to which he was appointed by Joshua Vansant, Mayor of Baltimore, some years ago, and re-appointed by the successive Mayors of the city since Mayor Vansant's time, hav- ing served on the board twenty-one years, most of the time being president.
Mr. Friedenwald was married in this city in 1852 to Miss Rosina Rosewald, a daugh- ter of Judah Rosewald, a prominent and leading business man of Baltimore at that day. She is a sister of Professor Rosewald, now deceased, who at that time, with his wife, was well known here and distinguished for his rare musical attainments, each having fine voices. Mrs. Rosewald now resides in California.
Mr. Friendenwald has had fourteen chil- dren, twelve living, as follows: Hiram W., Benjamin B., Bertha, wife of Julius Gold- enberg, of the firm of Goldenberg Bros., retail dry goods; Blima, wife of A. A. Brager, department store; Moses S., Jacob H., Leo W., Flossie, wife of M. Selz, of the firm of Selz Bros., wholesale dry goods; Merla, wife of Samuel Thalheimer, of the firm of Oppenheimer & Co., wholesale clothing merchants; Jennie, Aimee and Berleen. All reside in Baltimore. He and his family are Israelites. In politics he is a Democrat.
Mr. Friedenwald is noted for his kindly disposition, strict integrity and honesty and is universally liked. In winter he and his family reside at 1916 Eutaw Place and in summer at his country residence near Glyn- don, Baltimore county, where he has a beautiful place and fine farm of 900 acres.
RICHARD CURZON HOFFMAN, President of the Seaboard Air Line System Railways, and president of the Baltimore Steam Packet Co., offices Equitable Building, Baltimore, was born in Baltimore, July 13, 1839. His father, Samuel Hoffman, was born in Frederick county, Md., September 30, 1782, and his mother, Elizabeth Re- becca Becker (Curzon) Hoffman, was born in Baltimore, May 5, 1796. Their ancestors were among the early settlers of Maryland and their people belong to some of Mary- land's most prominent families.
Mr. Samuel Hoffman was one of Balti- more's leading merchants in his day, and the senior member and head of the old and prominent firm of Hoffman & Co., which did a large and extensive business in this city for years. He died in Baltimore, June 20, 1852. His wife died March 15, 1880. They had six children. Those living are Mrs. Sophia L. McLane, wife of Louis Mc- Lane, IIOI N. Charles street, this city; Mary Dorothea Hoffman, No. 1039 St. Paul street, this city, and Mr. Hoffman, the subject of this sketch.
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