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 81

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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1512 W. Pratt street and attend the Baptist Church.

ROBERT WELCH OWENS, Attorney-at- Law, was born in Baltimore, November 16, 1871. He is a son of the late Robert W. and Ida (Randall) Owens, natives of Mary- land and descendants of early settlers of the State, the Owens family antedating the Revolutionary War more than one hun- dred years. Of the early Randalls, Wm. Dilworth Randall was a soldier in the War of 1812. Robert W. Owens was educated in the public schools and City College of Baltimore, entered the law department of Maryland University, was graduated there- from and admitted to practice in 1896, and is now senior member of the law firm of Owens & Sauerwein, with the offices at 224 St. Paul street. Mr. Owens is a member of Trinity M. E. Church.

FRANK HOWARD SLOAN, City Surveyor, Baltimore, was born at Bloomsburg, Pa., November 7, 1866. He is a son of Charles Preston and Phoebe Ann (Lott) Sloan, na- tives of Pennsylvania, of English descent, the founder of the former family in the United States having located in Pennsyl- vania early in the century, and of the latter some years prior to the Revolutionary War, Col. Abraham Lott having served in the Continental Army. Charles P. Sloan is a retired manufacturer residing at Blooms- burg, Pa. His wife died in January, 1891. Frank H. Sloan was educated in public and private schools of his native town, studied civil engineering under a private tutor and began his engineering career in steam rail- road and general land surveying in Penn- sylvania. In 1887 he came to Baltimore and

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member of the Shield of Honor in 1878 and its Grand Master for the State of Maryland in 1882. In October, 1885, he was ad- mitted to the Supreme Lodge and elected to the positon which he has ever since held and still holds, of Supreme Secretary. Mr. Henry has represented the Nineteenth and Twentieth wards in the City Council of Baltimore for one term. He has been married twice; in 1870 to Miss Matilda S. Mabee, who died within a year, and in September, 1872, to Miss Maggie E., daughter of William Martin, an artisan of Baltimore. Mr. and Mrs. Henry have two children: Ada E., wife of J. Frank Pumphrey, a granite cutter, and Samuel T. Henry, a granite cutter. Mr. and Mrs. Henry reside at 1911 Harlem ave- nue, and are members of St. John's Inde- pendent M. P. Church. Mr. Henry is a member of the Royal Arcanum, Knights of Golden Eagle, Legion of the Red Cross, Improved Order of Heptasophs, Junior Or- der United American Mechanics and Home Circle.

OTTO HUNCKEL, Attorney-at-Law, was born in Bremen, August 10, 1831. He re- ceived his education in Bremen and was then articled to the leading leaf tobacco im- porting house of that city. After mastering the details of the business he made a tour of the United States when he became so favorably impressed with Baltimore that he determined upon locating in this city. He found service as buyer for the leaf tobacco house of Shaer & Kohler, in whose employ he continued for some years, then return- ing to Europe. After a sojourn abroad, he returned to Baltimore, where he engaged in extensive mercantile business, importa-

tion of European wines, brandies, cigars, etc. He afterwards took up the study of law and was for twelve or fifteen years engaged principally as arbitrator in the settlement of business and other controver- sies. He was not admitted to practice law until 1893, purposely deferring his admis- sion to the bar not only because of its non- essentiality to his business as arbitrator, but of its possible detrimental effect. Mr. Hunckel was one of the most prominent and extensively known Germans in Balti- more and especially noted for his charity.

He married Katharine, daughter of the late John Voneiff, a merchant of Balti- more, his former business partner. Mr. and Mrs. Hunckel reside at 2426 St. Paul street and are members of the Lutheran Church. Mrs. Hunckel has read law and is a graduate of Baltimore University School of Law, class of 1893.

J. FREDERICK REQUARDT, Attorney-at- Law, was born at Bremen, September 28, 1844. He is a son of the late John J. Re- quardt who located in Baltimore in 1855, and established a wholesale cigar and to- bacco business which was subsequently car- ried on under the firm names of J. J. Re- quardt & Sons and latterly Requardt Bros. J. Frederick Requardt attended Knapp's School, then entering into business with his father and brothers as above indicated and continued to be so engaged until 1879. He studied law with the late George C. Maund

and ex-Judge King, was admitted to the bar in 1885, and has since been engaged in general practice with present office, 322 Equitable Building. Mr. Requardt was secretary for a number of years of the Schuetzen Association of Baltimore. He

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was married July 19, 1871, to Bertha, daughter of the late Adoph Yeager, of Hesse Cassel. Mr. and Mrs. Requardt have five children, Dr. Whiteall Requardt, of Bal- timore; J. M. Requardt, attorney-at-law; Alice, Gustav Y., and F. Fred, Jr. The fam- ily reside at 2235 Eutaw Place and attend Franklin Street Presbyterian Church.

MAJ. GEORGE CHASE WEDDERBURN Was born at King George Court House, Va., April 17, 1842. He is a son of the late Dr. Alexander J. and Sarah Ann (John- son) Wedderburn, natives of Virginia, the former of Scotch, the latter of English de- scent. The Wedderburn family of the United States had its founder in the person of David Wedderburn, who came from Scotland in 1720 and located on York river, in the colony of Virginia. Dr. Alexander J. Wedderburn, his great-grandson, was surgeon in the United States Navy by ap- pointment of President Andrew Jackson, a position which he resigned to accept the chair of anatomy in the University of Louis- iana, to which State he removed his family from Virginia in 1842. He died in Wash- ington City in 1859; his wife survived until 1895. Their son, George C. Wedderburn, was educated in private schools and under private tutors of New Orleans, La. At the breaking out of the Civil War he en- listed in Drew's Battalion of Cadets, of New Orleans, which battalion was subse- quently transferred to the Confederate ser- vice, serving until 1863, then joining the Third Virginia Battalion until the close of the war. Major Wedderburn was editor of the Richmond Bulletin, redivivus of the Sen- tinel, and upon the suppression of the Bulle- tin, became associated with Capt. Philip

B. Hooe in a commission business at Al- exandria, Va., under the firm name of Hooe & Wedderburn. In 1871, Major Wedder- burn was appointed business manager to succeed Col. James G. Berrett, of the Wash- ington (D. C.) Patriot, a campaign sheet which suspended publication after the de- feat of Horace Greeley. During the follow- ing two years he was business manager of the Richmond (Va.) Enquirer. In 1875 he was the Democratic nominee for Clerkship of the National House of Representatives on the ticket with Hon. Fernando Woods. He was clerk of the Committee on Investi- gation of Freedman's Bank, Washington, and was the author of the resolution calling that committee into existence. He was for two years Assistant Doorkeeper of the House and Superintendent of the Docu- ment Room until 1882. Coming to Balti- more, he engaged in the insurance business. He was appointed City Librarian by Mayor Davidson and was reappointed for two con- secutive terms under Mayor Latrobe and continued to serve under the latter's suc- cessor, Mayor Hooper, until November 6, 1896. He has since been engaged in the in- surance business. Mr. Wedderburn has been Secretary of the Baltimore Business Men's Democratic Association since 1889. He is a member of St. Andrew's Society and resides at 2208 Ruskin avenue. Of his children, Lawrence Alexander Wedder- burn was killed while a cadet at Annapolis in 1882; George C. Wedderburn, Jr., is an Examiner in the Patent Office, Washing- ton, and John Wedderburn, a patent attor- ney in Baltimore.

ALLAN CLEAVELAND, Attorney-at-Law, was born in Baltimore, June 28, 1872. He

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is a son of Amos J. and Mary E. (Jones) Cleaveland, natives of Baltimore of English descent. Amos J. Cleaveland is in the em- ploy of the Mas & Lambert Company, of Baltimore. Allan Cleaveland was educated in the public schools and City College of Baltimore, was employed as clerk for four years, then entered the law department of the Maryland University, was graduated therefrom in 1896, and admitted to the bar immediately thereafter, and is now engaged in the practice of law with offices in the Law Building. He resides with his parents at 1338 N. Eden street and is a member of Eutaw Place Baptist Church.

WILLIAM MERRIKEN, Justice of the Peace, was born in Baltimore, September 4, 1869. He is a son of James T. and Elizabeth C. (Lee) Merriken, natives of Baltimore of English descent. The Merriken family had its first representative in America in the per- son of Charles Merriken, who located at what is now Snow Hill, Worcester county, on the Eastern Shore of Maryland, in 1641. One of the family, John Merriken, who was captured at the battle of North Point, was so badly maltreated by his British captors that he died from the injuries received. James T. Merriken is a real estate dealer, of Balti- more. William Merriken received his edu- cation in the public schools and City Col- lege of Baltimore, and has since been en- gaged in the real estate business with his father. He was appointed to the office of justice of the peace for the Sixth ward of Baltimore, by Governor Lowndes in May, 1896. He is a member of the Jr. O. U. A. M. and R. A. He was married December 16, 1896, to Julia B., daughter of Samuel C. Hearn, an agriculturalist of Howard county.

Mr. and Mrs. Merriken reside in East Balti- more and attend the Methodist Church.

DR. ALEXANDER LEWIS HODGDON was born in Philadelphia, Pa., June 23, 1860. He is a son of the late James Hodge and Sarah (Dana) Hodgdon, natives of Penn- sylvania, the former being English, the lat- ter an Italian name. Gen. Samuel Hodg- don, Doctor Hodgdon's paternal great- grandfather served on General Washing- ton's staff in the Commissary Department of the patriot army during the Revolution- ary War, occupying the positions success- ively of Deputy Commissary General, Com- missary General and Quartermaster Gen- eral. The founder of the American family of Dana settled in Cambridge, Mass., in 1640. Of his posterity Anderson Dana, who was a lawyer, served in the Connecticutt Legislature as a representative from the col- ony of Wyoming, and returning home dur- ing the massacre of Wyoming, was killed while fighting in defense of his country. He is also descended from Col. William Stevens, brother of Baron Philip Stevens, a follower of Charles the First of England, who was beheaded at Whitehall by order of Cromwell shortly after the monarch was executed; and from the Willards, the Weldons, the Tracys, the Adams and Huntingtons. All of the above families married Danas or Stevenses. Dr. A. L. Hodgdon was graduated from the Maryland University Medical School with the class of 1884. He is dispensary physician Depart- ment of Nervous Diseases, College of Phy- sicians and Surgeons; one of the visiting physicians to Home for Aged, a Fellow of Virginia State Medical Society, member of Clinical Society of Baltimore, and Medical

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and Chirurgical Faculty of Maryland, and of the Sons of the American Revolution.

He was married April 25, 1888, to Lillian, daughter of John R. and Susan Huntington (Dana) Coolbaugh, of Wilkesbarre, Pa. Dr. and Mrs. Hodgdon have one child, An- derson Dana Hodgdon, reside at 1235 W. Lafayette avenue, and are members of First Presbyterian Church.

ALFRED PRATT JUMP, Attorney-at-Law, born in Talbot county, Md., November 10, 1832. He is a son of the late Charles and Margaret (Pratt) Jump, natives and de- scendants of early settlers of Maryland, of English descent. Charles Jump was a planter; he died in 1852, his wife in 1872. Alfred Pratt Jump was graduated from Ox- ford (Md.) Military Academy in 1852; studied law under the preceptorship of the late Col. Samuel Hambleton, of Easton, Md., entered State National Law School, Poughkeepsie, N. Y., from which institu- tion he was graduated in 1853. Returning to Easton and being admitted to the bar he was associated in practice with his precep- tor for a number of years. For one year during this period he was proprietor of the Easton Gazette. In 1857 Mr. Jump was ap- pointed Auditor of the Chancery Court of Talbot county, a position which he resigned in 1870 to enter upon the practice of law in Baltimore, where he has ever since been lo- cated, with present office at 211 N. Calvert street. He was married May 7, 1856, to Wil- helmina, daughter of the late Samuel Har- per, of Easton. Mrs. Jump died March 3, 1894, leaving four children. They are Cora, wife of Robert N. Soper, a merchant, of Elk- ridge Landing, Md .; Alfred Preston Jump, agent at Thurlow, of the P. W. & B. R. R.,

and who married Miss Lizzie Hannum, of Chester, Pa .; Dr. Clarence K. Jump, of Bal- timore, who married Miss Ella Whittaker, of the same city, and William Jump, of the P. W. & B., at Canton, and who married Miss Mollie Clickner, of Baltimore. Mr. A. P. Jump resides with his son, Doctor Jump, at 1202 Argyle avenue, and is a mem- ber of Columbia Avenue M. E. Church.

T. JULIUS SCHAUMLOEFFEL, Attorney- at-Law, was born July 30, 1869, in New York City. He is a son of the late Nicholas S. and Annie R. (Dastadi) Schaumloeffel, the former a native of Hesse Cassel and the latter of Basle, Switzerland. The former was a wholesale clothing merchant of New York, who removed to Baltimore in 1879, where he followed the same pursuit, remov- ing thence to Rochester, N. Y., where he died in 18 . T. Julius Schaumloeffel was educated in the public schools, City College and Johns Hopkins University, of Balti- more. He then entered the law depart- ment of the Maryland University and was graduated therefrom and admitted to the bar in May, 1891, and is now practicing law with offices in the Herald Building. He was a 'candidate for the Legislature from the Third District of Baltimore in 1895 and was defeated. He was married October 16, 1895, to Annie E., daughter of Henry Voltz, with Carlin & Fulton, hardware merchants. Mr. Schaumloeffel is a member of the I. O. H., K. of P. and Jr. O. U. A. M.

HENRY SHIRK, JR., Attorney-at-Law, was born in Baltimore, Md., July 11, 1856. He attended the public schools and City Col- lege of Baltimore, graduating from the lat- ter institution with the class of '73, taking

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the Peabody prize. He then entered the Sophomore class of Dickinson College, from which he was graduated in 1876. Two years later he had graduated from the law department of Maryland University and after some years spent in the further study of law in the offices of Amos F. Musselmann and W. Burns Trudle, established him- self in 1885 in the general practice with of- fices on E. Lexington street. Mr. Shirk is a member of the Civil Service Association, Reform League and Twenty-second Ward Republican Club. He is a member of the First M. E. Church, and one of the Board of Stewards and a member of the Ad- visory Board of the Twenty-fourth Street Methodist Episcopal Church Mission. (For genealogy see Isaac Holmes Shirk, this volume.)

JAMES D. COTTER, Attorney-at-Law, is a son of the late John and Mary F. Cotter. John Cotter was for a number of years iden- tified in a large way with the commercial and real estate interests of Baltimore. He died in the summer of 1893; his widow re- sides in Baltimore. James D. Cotter com- pleted his general education at Loyola Col- lege, graduating therefrom with the degree of Bachelor of Arts in the class of 1882. He was graduated from the law depart- ment of Maryland University in 1887 and was by election of his class its orator of the commencement exercises, at which he was also awarded the two faculty prizes of $100, each for highest percentage upon ex- amination and best thesis-the second in- stance up to that date in the history of the law school where both prizes were awarded to the same student. Immedi-

diately after graduation Mr. Cotter was ad- mitted to the practice of law and is still en- gaged therein with offices on St. Paul street. Mr. Cotter was actively identified with the Tariff Reform Association and a member of its Executive Committee. He is an In- dependent Democrat politically, a member of the Church of the Immaculate Concep- tion, and resides at 1122 W. Lafayette avenue.

WILLIAM FRANK TUCKER, Attorney-at- Law, was born in Anne Arundel county, Md., May 1, 1844. He is a son of the late William and Rebecca (Laughlin) Tucker, natives of Anne Arundel county, and de- scendants of early settlers of Maryland. W. Frank Tucker was educated in the public schools and academy of his native county and at West River Classical Institute, Rev. R. G. Cheney, principal. In 1863 he came to Baltimore and was for one year engaged in mercantile pursuits. Returning to An- napolis, Mr. Tucker began the study of law under the preceptorship of James Revell, now Judge of the Circuit Court; was ad- mitted to the bar upon examination by Judge Miller, late Chief Justice of Mary- land, in April, 1868; entered upon the prac- tice of his profession at Annapolis, where he remained until 1877, removing thence to Baltimore, where, until 1890, he had charge of attachment cases for the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Company. He has since been engaged in general practice, with of- fices now at 208 N. Calvert street. Mr. Tucker has taken an active part in politics ever since attaining his majority, being identified with the Democratic party up to 1886, and since then with the Prohibition party, of which latter he has acted as State

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organizer in each campaign up to 1896. He was a delegate to the Prohibition Na- tional Conventions of 1888, 1892 and 1896, in the last, placing the name of Hon. Joshua Levering for the Presidency. In this convention he also took a leading part in the advocacy of a single issue platform. He accompanied and assisted Mr. Levering throughout his New England campaign. Mr. Tucker was married April 25, 1872, to Blanche, daughter of the late Benjamin O'Hara, also of Anne Arundel county, who died February 9, 1897, and whose planta- tion adjoined that of the late William Tucker. Mr. and Mrs. Tucker have five children: Claude Tucker, with Paine & Co., bankers and brokers, of Baltimore; Adele, Alice, Benjamin and Philip; reside at 315 E. Huntington avenue, and are mem- bers of North Avenue Baptist Church. Mr. Tucker is a member of the Board of Trus- tees of his church and one of the Board of Directors of Glyndon Park Campmeeting Association.

FREDERIC CHUNN, Attorney-at-Law, was born in St. Mary's county, Md., December 22, 1871 He is a son of the late Mark Bourne Chunn and Anna Matilda (Dent) Chunn, natives of Maryland, of English de- scent, whose ancestors were settlers of Maryland prior to the Revolutionary War. Frederic C. Chunn completed his general education at Charlotte Hall Military Acad- emy, engaged for three years in school teaching in St. Mary's county, then enter- ing the law department of Yale Univer- sity, from which institution he was gradu- ated in June, 1895. He was admitted to the bar at Leonardtown, St. Mary's county, in the fall of '95; removed to Baltimore in

the spring of '96, where he is engaged in practice of law, with offices at 221 St. Paul street.

MORRIS AMES SOPER, Attorney-at-Law, was born in Baltimore, January 23, 1873. He is a son of the late Samuel J. and Sarah (Hiss) Soper, both natives of Maryland, the former of English, the latter of English- German-Swiss descent. Samuel J. Soper served for one term as a member of the Maryland Legislature from Baltimore, and was subsequently his party's nominee for a court clerkship, but was defeated. He died April 16, 1889. His widow survives. Mor- ris Ames Soper was educated in the public schools and City College of Baltimore, from which latter institution he was graduated with the class of 1890. He then entered Johns Hopkins University, graduating with the degree B. A., in 1893. He next entered the law school of the Maryland University and was graduated therefrom and admitted to the bar in 1895. He was one of the attorneys for the Baltimore Re- form League and is counsel for the Society for the Suppression of Vice. His office is in the Equitable Building.

ROBERT BRENT WALLING, Attorney-at- Law and senior member of the law, real es- tate and collection firm of Walling & Woodward, was born in Baltimore, Octo- ber 28, 1860. He is a son of Charles E. and Adeline E. (Irwin) Walling, the former a native of Maryland and of English, the latter of Alabama and of Italian-English ex- traction. Mr. Charles E. Walling is now Superintendent of Public Schools, Morgan- town, W. Va. His wife died in June, 1879. R. Brent Walling was educated in the pub-

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lic schools and City College of Baltimore, and at Frederick College, Frederick, Md., from which institution he was graduated in June, 1879. He began the study of law under I. Thomas Jones, now Associate Judge of the Fifth Judicial Circuit; contin- ued under Abraham Sharp and John F. Williams, attended one course of lectures at Columbia Law College, Washington, D. C., graduated therefrom in 1886, and upon oral examination before the Supreme Bench of Baltimore, January 28, 1888, was admit- ted to practice. He attends to the law busi- ness of the firm of which he is a senior mem- ber as above stated. He was married Jant- ary 29, 1893, to Marguerite E., daughter of Prof. David A. Woodward. Mr. and Mrs. Walling have one child, Marguerite Marie, reside at 337 N. Calhoun street and attend St. Luke's P. E. Church.

MICHAEL JOSEPH CONWAY, Attorney-at- Law, was born in the County Tyrone, Ire- land, May 21, 1869. He is a son of the late Daniel and Mary (McVeigh) Conway, both natives of County Tyrone, Ireland, the lat- ter a full cousin of Gen. James Shields, of the Federal Army in the late war. Dan- iel Conway was a merchant carrying on business in Baltimore for many years and being for the past ten years exclusively en- gaged in the importation of tea. He died December 12, 1896. His wife, two sons and two daughters survive, the sons being Dr. J. Henry Conway and the immediate subject of this sketch. Michael J. Conway received his education at Calvert Hall, Bal- timore; was for several years thereafter in the employ of his father, began the study of law under the preceptorship of Lewis Hochheimer, was graduated from the Bal-

timore University School of Law, and ad- mitted to the bar in May, 1894, since which time he has been engaged in the practice of his profession in Baltimore. Mr. Con- way organized the "Guardian Building and Loan Association of Baltimore," of which he is general manager and associate coun- sel; is President of Division No. 2, Ancient Order of Hibernians, and Supreme Treas- urer of the "American Catholic League." He was married October 16, 1895, to Mar- garet, daughter of J. P. Harrington, a re- tired iron merchant, of Erie, Pa. Mr. and Mrs. Conway have one child, John Daniel, and are members of the Roman Catholic Church.

HENRY BROOKE GILPIN, a member of the wholesale drug house of Gilpin, Lang- don & Co., was born in Baltimore, April 3, 1853. He is a son of the late Bernard and Mary (Bernard) Gilpin, natives of Maryland, and descendants of early English settlers of the colonies, who were driven from England by religious persecution in the sixteenth century. The genealogy of the American Gilpins is clearly traceable to early in the thirteenth century. Bernard Gilpin was senior member of the firm of Gilpin, Langdon & Co., successor to Can- by, Gilpin & Co., who founded the business July 1, 1845. Mr. Bernard Gilpin was President of the Merchants' and Manufac- turers' Association of Baltimore, a member of Baltimore Water Board, Director of the Third National Bank of Baltimore and President of the Emigration Society. He died May 7, 1897. His wife survives and resides in Baltimore. Henry Brooke Gil- pin attended the public schools and Lamb's School, Baltimore, and at seventeen en-

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tered upon his business career in the em- ploy of Canby, Gilpin & Co., continuing with it and its successor, Gilpin, Langdon & Co., and having had a partnership in- terest in the latter firm since January, 1886. He is one of the Vice-Presidents of the Mer- chants' and Manufacturers' Association, Baltimore, and President of Maryland State Pharmaceutical Association. He was mar- ried October 27, 1886, to Hattie, daughter of Benjamin F. Newcomer, President of Baltimore Safe Deposit and Trust Com- pany. Mr. and Mrs. Gilpin have three chil- dren, Donald, Kenneth and Dorothy, re- side at 1207 N. Calvert street, and are com- municants of Emanuel P. E. Church. Mr. Gilpin is a member of numerous social and charitable associations of Baltimore and of the Masonic fraternity, a Knight Templar.

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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