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 127

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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this sketch. They had six children, viz: Dr. William A. Montell, a well-known dentist of this city; James E., a book-keeper; Cath- erine Singleton; Alexander McKim, clerk in the City Hall: Arthur C., cashier of the Catonsville National Bank at Catonsville; and Mr. Montell, the subject of this sketch. All reside in Baltimore, except Mr. Arthur C. Montell, who resides at Catonsville.

Mr. Montell was educated at St. James College, Washington county, Md. After quitting school he went into the service of Thomsen & Muth, wholesale druggists of this city, and was with this house for thir- teen years. After this he went into the em- ploy of the Murphy Varnish Company, of Newark, N. J., as salesman, and was with this company for some time. In 1895 he was the nominee of the Republican party for the second branch of the City Council to represent the Eleventh and Twelfth wards, and was elected at the November election of that year by a handsome ma- jority. His term was for two years, expir- ing November, 1897. He made a good and popular councilman, and but for his being a resident of the Eleventh ward, it being the Twelfth ward's turn to have the councilman, he would have been returned to the Council in 1897. He is now Cashier of Customs at the Custom House, a high and important office, to which he was appointed June I, 1898, going into office with Mr. William F. Stone, who was made Collector of Port by President Mckinley.

Mr. Montell is a bachelor, attends the Protestant Episcopal Church, and resides at 833 North Eutaw street.

He is a member of the Union League of Baltimore and Maryland, is one of its gov- ernors and chairman of the house commit-

tee: a member of Young Men's Republican Club of this city and a member of other Re- publican clubs. He is also a member of the Junior Order United American Mechanics. He is a pleasant man, stands well in our city, and has many staunch friends among our people. As a Republican, he is very popular with his party.

DR. GEORGE HENRY ROHE, of Sykes- ville, Md., son of John and Margaret (Fuchs) Rohe, both natives of Bavaria, was born January 26, 1851, in Baltimore county, near Baltimore, Md. He was educated in the public and parish schools in Baltimore City and county and commenced the study of medicine in 1867 at Baltimore, under the late Prof. August F. Erich; attended three courses of lectures at the University of Maryland School of Medicine, and was graduated therefrom in March, 1873. He afterward studied dermatology in Boston under Dr. Edward Wigglesworth. After some years spent in travel he returned to Baltimore and engaged in general practice until his appointment as superintendent of Maryland Hospital for the Insane at Catons- ville in 1891, which position he resigned in April, 1896, to accept the superintendency of the Second Hospital for the Insane of the State of Maryland at Springfield, near Sykesville. Doctor Rohe was acting assist- ing surgeon United States Army, 1885; has been Professor in the College of Physicians and Surgeons, Baltimore, since 1881, and now fills the chair of therapeutics, hygiene and mental diseases in that college; he was Health Commissioner of Baltimore, 1890- 91. He is a member of the American Med- ical Association, American Public Health Association, American Association of Ob-

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stetricians and Gynecologists, and its pres- ident in 1893; Medical and Chirurgical Faculty of Maryland, and its president in 1893; American Medico-Psychological As- sociation; American Electro-Therapeutic Association; Clinical Society of Maryland; Baltimore Medical Association; Balti- more Neurological Society; Medical and Surgical Society of Baltimore; South- ern Surgical and Gynecological Associa- tion; member of the Committee on Organi- zation First Pan-American Medical Con- gress; American Academy of Political and Social Science; foreign associate member of the Societe Francaise d'Hygiene, and secretary and treasurer of the Rush Monu- ment Committee. Doctor Rohe introduced a number of new methods of treatment of the insane, which have been adopted in a number of insane hospitals in this country, and have received recognition abroad. In 1894 he was elected an honorary member of the Society of Mental Medicine of Belgium, and corresponding member of the Medico- Psychological Society of Paris. Doctor Rohe is the author of many papers pub- lished in the transactions of the American Medical Association and of the American Public Health Association; has published a "Text-Book of Hygiene," third edition, Philadelphia, 1894; a work on "Practical Electricity in Medicine and Surgery (with G. A. Liebig, Jr.), Philadelphia, 1890, and a "Manual of Skin Diseases," Philadelphia, 1891. He is also associate editor of the Annual of the Universal Medical Science. He was married in 1890 to Miss Mary Lauder- man Coffin, of Baltimore, a descendant of Tristam Coffin, the original settler of Nan- tucket Island in 1660. Doctor and Mrs. Rohe have one child, Margaret Rohe.

RICHARD PARRAN HENRY STAUB, Attor- ney-at-Law, was born at Shepherdstown, Jefferson county, Va. (now West Virginia), on the 18th day of March, 1834. He is the son of Henry Staub, who was born at Ep- pingen, Grand Dukedom of Baden, Ger- many, July 8, 1808; his father's people orig- inally emigrated from Switzerland to Ger- many, and his father was of French and German descent. His mother was Mary (Boxell) Staub, born at Winchester, Freder- ick county, Va., April 1, 1809. She was an American and descended from an old Vir- ginian family, her mother being Catherine Orr, and belonged to that old and distin- guished Virginian family. His mother was of English and Scotch-Irish descent and many of her people served in the colonial wars of the Revolution and 1812. His father emigrated from Germany to this country about 1825, and settled at Shep- herdstown, where he engaged successfully in the milling and grain business until 1846, when he moved to Martinsburg, Berkeley county, Va., and continued this business until 1850, when he went into the hotel busi- ness and engaged in it until 1864. He was one of Martinsburg's prominent citizens. He died September 29, 1864. He had six children: an infant daughter, who died Oc- tober 4, 1831, and a son Stephen Samuel Roszel, who died December 20, 1855; the living children are John Frederick Staub, who is connected with the wholesale boot and shoe house of Carroll, Adams & Co., this city; Laura Morgan, wife of John H. Tegmeyer, civil engineer, this city; Ellen Margaret, widow of J. R. Crown, deceased, who was associated with the firm of W. T. Sneeringer & Co., wholesale tobacco deal-

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ers, of this city; and Mr. Staub, the subject of this sketch.

Mr. Staub was educated in the private schools of Shepherdstown, and the old Mar- tinsburg Academy, and was a student at Dickinson College, Carlisle, Pa., in 1853 and 1854, when he quit college and read law with the Hon. C. J. Faulkner, of Martinsburg, Va., one of the most distinguished lawyers of that day in Virginia. He was licensed to practice by Judges Richard Parker, John Kenney, and Lucas P. Thompson, Decem- ber 31, 1855, and practiced at Martinsburg until April 18, 1861, when he entered the Confederate service at Harper's Ferry, Va., and served first in the famous Stonewall Brigade, commanded by Stone- wall Jackson, and in Ashby's celebrated cavalry, during the whole war, and until he surrendered with Lee at Appomattox Court House, Va., on the 9th of April, 1865. His service was private, adjutant, captain, and on staff duty, and he participated in most of the notable battles fought by Lee's and Jackson's armies during the war. Among them Jackson's first fight at Falling Waters, in June, 1861, with Patterson's army; first battle of Manassas, Kerns- town, Winchester, Cedar Mountain, Fred- ericksburg, the great cavalry battle at Brandy Station, June 9, 1863; Gettysburg, battle of the Wilderness, Cold Harbor, Trevilian Station, etc., etc. He was hurt twice during the war, first in the fight at Sangster's Station on the railroad near Fairfax Court House, Va., in a night charge, and again in the fight at Jack's Shop, Va., in July, 1864. He was captured twice, first near Harrisonburg, Va., in 1862, and in a short time, in December, 1862, exchanged at Vicksburg, Miss. He was captured again

at Martinsburg in July, 1864, and in Febru- ary, 1865, exchanged at Richmond, Va. Each time he was confined at the military prison at Camp Chase, near Columbus, O.

Mr. Staub has a lot of war relics which he values as his most precious treasures, among them a sabre captured at the battle of Tre- vilian Station from a colonel of a New York regiment, orders from Stonewall Jackson, and an autograph letter written him by Gen. R. E. Lee.

During the war Virginia was divided, and Mr. Staub and his home put in West Virginia. When he returned home on the 18th of April, 1865, he was confronted with a law of West Virginia which prevented all attorneys who aided or assisted the Con- federacy from practicing law in that State, and as he had lost all his property during the war, and had his mother and others to care for, and could not practice his pro- fession there, he determined to leave Mar- tinsburg; he qualified as his father's admin- istrator, settled up his estate, his mother sold her property, and all of them in the spring of 1867 came to this city to live. Im- mediately on arriving here, he commenced the practice of law and by push and energy built up a good practice. He has resided here ever since, with the exception of six years, when he went back to Martinsburg and practiced his profession, in 1876, and returned here in the spring of 1882. While at Martinsburg, on the 10th of July, 1876, his mother died, and at that place, in 1880, he was nominated on the Democratic ticket for State's Attorney of Berkeley county, but he and the whole ticket was defeated.

Mr. Staub was married at West Alexan- der, Pa., January, 18, 1867, to Miss Alelia Ann Goshorn, of Wheeling, W. Va., daugh-

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ter of Mr. William Scott Goshorn, one of Wheeling's most prominent citizens, who was born on McMahon's Creek, Belmont county, O., January 19, 1814; one year af- terward his father, John Goshorn, took up his residence in Wheeling. Mr. Goshorn was of German and of English descent, and his ancestors were old settlers of the coun- try and served in the colonial wars. His great-grandfather on his mother's side, Jo- seph Scott, with others, serving with dis- tinction as an officer in the Revolutionary War. Mrs. Staub's mother was Priscilla Jane (Zinn) Goshorn, who was born in Mar- tinsburg, Berkeley county, Va., June 28, 1821, and in her girlhood moved to Wheel- ing. She was of German and Irish descent. She belonged to old Virginia families, who were among the early settlers of that State. Both of Mrs. Staub's parents are dead. Her mother died January 18, 1878, and her father, October 23, 1891. Mr. Staub has had six children. The living ones are Mrs. Jane Goshorn Shanklin, wife of Arthur Percival Shanklin, member of the Towson and Bal- timore bars; Mrs. Mary Fellows, wife of Frank Bradbury Fellows, associated with the P. Hanson Hiss Manufacturing Com- pany, this city; William Henry Staub, pur- chasing agent of Baltimore Consolidated Railway Company, this city; John Tegmey- er, law student, and Richard Parran Henry Staub, Jr., clerk in the office of the C. H. Pearson Packing Company, this city. All reside in Baltimore, except Mrs. Fellows, who lives at Roland Park. He and his fam- ily are members of the Protestant Episcopal Church.

He is a member of the Belle Lettres So- ciety of Dickinson College, Carlisle, Pa .; member of the Society of the Army and

Navy of the Confederate States for the State of Maryland, and a member of James R. Herbert Camp of United Confederate Veterans of Baltimore. In politics he is a Democrat.

Under Harrison's administration he was appointed examiner in the Department of Justice, a high and important office, and traveled nearly all over the United States in the discharge of his duties, examining the United States Courts, but as it took him away from his home over ten months in the year, after holding the office about a year, he resigned.

As will be seen, Mr. Staub has had quite an eventful life. In 1859 he was at Harper's Ferry, Va., called into the military service of Virginia, and saw John Brown and his men captured, and afterwards saw Brown and all of them tried, sentenced and hung. Mr. Staub and his family reside at 2453 Maryland avenue.

JACOB FIZONE, Coal and Wood Dealer, 1321 N. Fremont avenue, was born in Balti- more, November 2, 1849. He is the son of the late Jacob F. and Cordelia (Burk) Fi- zone. The former is a native of Philadel- phia, Pa., and a book-binder by profession. He came to this city about 1842, and short- ly after engaged in the dairy business, which he followed for twenty years, and at which he was very successful. In 1868 he opened a coal and wood yard on the site now oc- cupied by his son and successor, and the business was soon established upon a suc- cessful basis. He was a man of strict in- tegrity, conscientious in all his relations with the public, a man whose word was as good as his bond. He was his party's nomi- nee to the House of Delegates, and again

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for City Councilman. He was one of the founders of St. Paul's English Lutheran Church, and one of its main pillars. He died in 1892, lamented by all who knew him. The Burks, his wife's people, were members of an old Maryland family. Wil- liam B. Burk was among the first to enter into the oyster packing business in Balti- niore.

Jacob Fizone, the subject of this sketch, received his education at the public schools of this city. He entered into business withi liis father in 1868, and has continued to fol- low in his footsteps in a business way, so- cially and politically. He is in touch with the times, and a favorite with his party (Re- publican). He is a member of the City Council, representing the Twenty-first and Twenty-second wards. Mr. Fizone is on the Ways and Means, Highways, Sewer- age, Parks, Streets, Internal Improvements, Fire Department and Almshouse Commit- tees. Of these he is chairman of Parks and Highways Committees. He is successful in his dealings with men, gives one hundred cents' worth for a dollar; his motto being, "Live and let live." He is vice-president of Lafayette Building and Loan Associa- tion, and a director in the Reliable Building and Loan Association.

He was married in 1870 to Anna, daugh- ter of the late James Myrty, of Baltimore. Mr. and Mrs. Fizone have four children, William, Florence, Frank and Bertha. William Fizone is a draughtsman in the employ of Wyeth & Nolting. Frank Fi- zone is in his father's employ. Mr. and Mrs. Fizone reside at 2115 Linden avenue, and are members of St. Paul's Lutheran Church.

WADE HAMPTON SCHIMENNER, Butcher, No. 28 Lafayette Market, is a native of Baltimore. He was born in 1827, and is the son of John H. and Sarah A. (Perkins) Schmenner. The former is a native of Baltimore, and the latter of Washington. John H. is a baker by trade, a business he followed for a number of years with profit. About thirty years ago he turned his at- tention to butchering. He has carried 011 business successfully in Lexington Market for thirty years, in Richmond Market for twenty-five years, and in Centre Market for ten years. He occupies stalls in both Lex- ington and Hollins Street Markets at pres- ent. His son, W. H., the subject of this sketch, has succeeded his father in the Lafayette Market for the last three years, and has proved by his success to be adapted to the business. He has spent some time at Bryant and Stratton's College, from which he graduated with credit.

GEORGE J. HAFER, Dealer in Coal and Wood, No. 6 Hafer street, was born in Bal- timore, May 25, 1875. He is the son of George and Caroline F. (Byrle) Hafer, both of whom were born in Germany. They came to this country in 1864. He was a stone mason and bricklayer by trade, but in 1881 he entered the coal and wood busi- ness, in which he continued until his de- cease on January 19, 1897. Mr. Hafer, while not a man of acquired education, was strong in his natural abilities. He stood high with his fellow-citizens both socially and morally. He was strictly honest in all dealings with the public, who placed im- plicit confidence in him as a man of veracity. He was one of the founders of and officers

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in St. John's Lutheran Church, which he very liberally supported. His family con- sists of two, George J. and Henry. The former is successor to his father, and has been a partner in the business since 1888. He employs about fifteen hands and thir- teen teams, showing that the business has not decreased with the loss of its head. George J. is a graduate of Bryant & Strat- ton's Business College, a member of the class of 1894. He is a young man of good morals and is a supporter of his father's church.

ISIDOR L. MYERS was born in Baltimore, Md., in 1868. He is the son of Louis and Sarah Myers. The former is a native of Germany, the latter is a native of Baltimore. Isidor Myers has reached his majority and is connected with his father at the Union Stock Yards. He was educated in the pub- lic schools of Baltimore, after which he took a course in Lamb's School. His father, Louis, came to this country in 1848. He settled in Pittsburg, Pa., where he was extensively engaged in general merchan- dise. About 1860 he removed to Baltimore, where he entered into a contract with the Federal Government to supply beef for the army. In this relation he continued dur- ing the Civil War. At that time Mr. Myers had his office at the Calverton Road Yards. There he continued until their removal in July, 1892, where he is now located. Mr. Myers is an extensive business man in his line. His exports amount to about 700 cattle per week; his retail to about 300. He is the oldest living dealer in Baltimore. His family consists of four. He has two sons, Solomon B., who is a student at Johns Hopkins University,

and Isidor L., the subject of this sketch, who is in business with his father.

N. T. HUTCHINS, proprietor of "The Eureka Hotel," Brunswick avenue, was born on the York Road in 1846. He is the son of Richard and Mary Susan Hutchins, both of whom are natives of Maryland. He was a hotel-keeper for years on the York Road. In 1856 he abandoned the hotel business and bought a farm in Howard county, where he made his home. Mr. Hutchins was successful in his business pursuits. He had the full confidence of his fellow-citizens, through whose influence he was made gauger of spirits under Bu- chanan in 1858. He was appointed weigh- master in Baltimore in 1870, and was elect- ed tax collector for Howard county at one time, all of which offices he filled with credit.

The Hutchins belong to a very old fam- ily. Tradition says that one of the old Hutchins, uncle of Richard, owned, and his heirs rightly. now own, ninety acres of land on and around where the prison now stands.

N. T. Hutchins was reared and educated until he was eight years of age, when his father removed with his family to the farm now owned by Joseph H. Judik, in Balti- more county. He entered into business for himself at a very early age, his first enter- prise being farm machinery. He sold his farm in Baltimore county and removed to Howard county in June, 1857.

In 1877 he was appointed Deputy Sheriff of Howard county. In 1883 he was elected Sheriff of the same county under Governor Hamilton. He was appointed Inspector of Hay and Straw for the city of Baltimore March 21, 1888. To this office he was ap- pointed two terms, two years each. Being

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weary of political life he retired from the political field.

In 1892 he purchased his present property on Brunswick avenue, formerly owned by Mrs. Kingsmore.

Mr. Hutchins is a worthy man and keeps a first-class hotel of its grade.

MR. ANTHONY COOK, Florist, was born in Germany in 1818. He is the son of Mat- thews Cook, who was a noted German florist. During the French Revolution he lost all his property as a result of the for- tunes of war. He came to this country in 1840, bringing his family with him. His thorough knowledge of his business so es- tablished him in the confidence of the Balti- moreans that his son, Anthony, who was his partner and successor, became eminently successful.

When Baltimore was an infant city An- thony's place was at the corner of Lexing- ton avenue and Republican street. He then removed to Carrollton avenue, where he re- mained forty years. He removed to his present place in 1858. He has one of the finest floral displays in the city. His skill is unsurpassed and his reputation extensive.

While Mr. Cook is conservative by na- ture, yet he can express himself. He is a Roman Catholic. In politics he is a Re- publican.

His sons, Charles and George, are with him in business. They are all men of in- tegrity.

REV. J. C. DAVIDSON, Pastor of Grace Baptist Church, was born in Appomattox county, Va., in 1849. He is the son of Jesse and Martha A. (Osborn) Davidson. He received his early education at the public

schools and at Union Academy, after which he attended Furman University, South Carolina, and graduated from the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary of the same town. His first pastorate was at Sedalia, Mo., where he served eight years; at Han- nibal two years; was then called to Win- chester, Va., where he organized a church and built an edifice. From there he was called to his present pastorate, where he has served his people faithfully and loving- ly for nine years.

Grace Church was incorporated June 24, 1874, under the pastorate of Rev. Miles Reid. In 1877 Chas D. Parker was called. In April, 1884, J. B. English was called, during whose pastorate the building was erected. In November, 1889, the present incumbent, J. C. Davidson, was called. During his pastorate the debt on the build- ing has been reduced from $15,000 to $3,- 000, and a parsonage built costing $5,000. - Rev. Mr. Davidson is president of the M. B. A., and chairman of the Educational Board. He is an untiring worker, a logical speaker and an eloquent preacher.

He married Miss Lizzie Dinguid, daugh- ter of Geo. A. and P. A. Dinguid, of Lynch- burg, Va., an accomplished lady and a help- meet for a minister of the gospel.

REV. B. G. W. REID, Pastor of North Avenue M. E. Church, is a native of Mont- gomery county, Md. He is the son of George N. and Cassandra Reid, both of whom are natives of Maryland. He re- ceived his education at the public schools, and subsequently fitted himself for the min- istry by constant application to his studies. He stood high in his Conference class and was admitted to the Baltimore Conference

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in 1856. He was ordained a deacon in 1858; an elder in 1860.

He served faithfully the following charges and Circuits: Hancock, Frederick, Boons- boro, Prosburg, Painsburg, Allegany, Lib- erty, Harford Avenue and Greenmount, Bedford, Winchester, Hanover Street, Hagerstown, Fourth Street, Washington, D. C .; Jefferson Street, Baltimore; Caroline Street, Ricetown; East Harford County Station, Md .; also Emory Church and North Avenue Church, Baltimore. He is serving the last named charge in his fifth year. The North Avenue Church was a mission of the Madison Square Church up to 1892. Under the pastorate of Thomas Wilhide it became a separate charge. Un- der the judicious management of Mr. Reid a new edifice was built in 1896, costing $20,000. The ground was donated by Joshua Register.

Mr. Reid first married Miss Maggie Mor- rison, of Baltimore, in 1867. She died in 1878. His second wife was Mrs. Isabelle Pennington, of Glyndon, Md. To this lady he was married in 1885. One son was born to the first union.

HOWARD L. HARKER, Lumber, Mill Work and Hardware, Harford avenue cor- ner of Hoffman street, was born in Balti- more, October 23, 1875. He is the son of Charles E. and Ellen F. (Creig) Harker, both natives of Baltimore. Charles E. is a master mechanic who has worked as car- penter and builder for a number of years.

In 1892 he established his present busi- ness at the above place, where his integrity and business qualities, added to his skill, have worked up a successful business.

His son, Howard, the subject of this

sketch, has been in company with his father since 1892. He was reared and educated in Baltimore. After receiving a liberal educa- tion in the public schools, he attended Eaton & Burnett's Business College, of this city. He is a promising young man of business.

REV. J. M. SLARROW, Pastor of West Baltimore Station M. E. Church, was born in Tioga county, Pa., June 16, 1856. He is the son of George W. and Elizabeth (Camp- bell) Slarrow. The former was born in Bath, N. Y., and the latter in Pennsylvania. Rev. Mr. Slarrow received his early training and education in Potter county, Pa .; some years were spent in the Academy at Cou-

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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