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 86

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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son, Demonstrator of Chemistry. He then entered upon general practice with present office and residence at 1435 N. Broadway. Doctor Hyland is a member of the Medical and Chirurgical Faculty of Maryland, a member of and medical examiner for the Home Forum and National Union, and a member also of the Masonic fraternity, Knights of Pythias, Knights of the Golden Eagle and Improved Order of Heptasophs. He was married September 16, 1885, to Fanny Bell, daughter of Alex. H. Grimes, farmer of Prince George's county, Md. One son born of this union is Henry A. Hyland, Jr. The family are members of the Holy Innocents' Protestant Episcopal Church.

DR. GEORGE CHRISTOPHER ERNEST VO- . GLER was born at St. Louis, Mo., June 22, 1864. He is a son of Ernest and Helen (Zeitler) Vogler, the former a native of Ger- many, and the latter of Zanesville, O., and of German descent. Ernest Vogler is a re- tired merchant of St. Louis, Mo., where he still resides. Dr. G. C. E. Vogler attended the public schools of St. Louis, engaged in mercantile pursuits in Birmingham, Conn., for several years, came to Baltimore to en- ter Baltimore Medical College, and was graduated therefrom in 1895. During 1894- 95 he was assistant demonstrator of gyne- cology to Prof. T. A. Ashby, Maryland General Hospital Dispensary. Doctor Vo- gler was for two years medical examiner of the Improved Mutual Life Insurance Com- pany. He is a member of the I. O. O. F., and J. F. Wiessner Conclave I. O. H., Uni- formed Knights. His office and residence are at 1230 E. North avenue, and he is a member of the Presbyterian Church.

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DR. EDMUND CANTWELL GIBBS was born near Middletown, Del., September 17, 1856. He is a son of the late Benjamin and Han- nah (Justis) Gibbs, natives of Delaware, and descendants respectively of early Welsh and Swedish settlers of the colonies. Dr. Ed- mund C. Gibbs completed his general edu- cation at Middletown Academy, Delaware, and after several years' experience as a pharmacist came to Baltimore and entered Maryland University Medical Department, from which institution he was graduated with the class of '84. During the last year of his collegiate course he was resident stu- dent at University Hospital, and for several years following graduation was surgical dis- pensary assistant. He has since been en- gaged in general practice with present office and residence at 316 E. North avenue. He is a member of the Medical and Chirurgical Faculty of Maryland and Ancient Order of United Workmen, and a member of and medical examiner for the Shield of Honor. Doctor Gibbs married January 4, 1893, Lulu G., daughter of Philander Chase Hil- dreth, of Wheeling, W. Va. Dr. and Mrs. Gibbs are communicants of St. Michael and All Angels Protestant Episcopal Church.

DR. GABRIEL HENRY CHABOT was born in Baltimore, April 19, 1861. He is a son of Dr. Lawrence J. and Mary A. (Cole) Chabot, natives of Baltimore, the former of French parentage and the latter a descend- ant of early English settlers of the colony of Maryland. Doctor Chabot's maternal great-grandfather was a soldier in the pa- triot army during the Revolutionary War. Dr. Lawrence Chabot was graduated from Maryland University Medical Department,

class of '50, and practiced in Baltimore up to the time of his retirement in 1891. Ga- briel Henry Chabot attended the public schools of Baltimore, Maryland Agricul- tural College and Bryant & Stratton's Com- mercial College and was thereafter engaged for six years in mercantile pursuits. He studied medicine under the preceptorship of Dr. William B. Canfield, and was gradu- ated from Maryland University Medical Department, class of '83, during the last year of his college course being resident student at the Maryland University Hospi- tal. Following his graduation he was for one year chief of clinics, medical depart- ment of dispensary, and has since been en- gaged in general practice with office and residence at IIII E. Preston street. Doc- tor Chabot is a member of the Medical and Chirurgical Faculty of Maryland and Balti- more Clinical Society, a member of and medical examiner for Zeta Conclave Im- proved Order of Heptasophs, and member of and medical examiner for the Shield of Honor and National Union. He was mar- ried April 26, 1892, to Celia R., daughter of the late Thomas Kelly, of Baltimore. Dr. and Mrs. Chabot have one child, Gabriel Henry Chabot, Jr., and are members of St. Paul's Roman Catholic Church.

EDWIN ALLEN SAUERWEIN, Attorney-at- Law, was born in Baltimore, November 29, 1875. He is a son of Edward Augustus and Anna Procter (Taylor) Sauerwein, na- tives of Baltimore, the former of German, the latter of English descent. The Sauer- wein family had its first representative in Maryland in the person of Peter G. Sauer- wein, who came from Germany about the year 1700, locating in one of the villages

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which formed the nuclei of the city of Bal- timore. He founded the flouring business which for nearly two centuries bore the name of P. G. Sauerwein & Sons, having been handed down from generation to gen- eration, the eldest son of each bearing the name of Peter G. Sauerwein, down to the latest representative of the family Edward A. Sauerwein, who recently retired from the business. Thomas Wilson, founder of the Wilson Sanitarium of Baltimore county is an uncle of Mrs. Edward A. Sauerwein, who is the daughter of R. J. Taylor, of Balti- more. E. Allen Sauerwein received his general education in the public schools and City College of Baltimore; attended Mary- land University Law Department, was graduated therefrom in 1896, and is junior member of the law firm of Owens & Sauer- wein, 224 St. Paul street. Mr. Sauerwein resides at 1406 Mt. Royal avenue, and is a member of St. Peter's Protestant Episcopal Church.

CHARLES HARVEY STANLEY, Attorney-at- Law, was born in Saybrook, Conn., October 20, 1842. He is a son of the late Rev. Har- vey and Mary Anne (Kinne) Stanley. Rev. Harvey Stanley was a native of North Caro- lina and a lineal descendant of John Stanley, surveyor of the colony of Maryland, and a great-grandson of John Wright Stanley, of North Carolina, of Revolutionary fame. John Stanley was a younger son of the Earl of Derby. Mary Anne (Kinne) Stanley was a daughter of Charles R. Kinne, who in early life removed from New York to North Carolina, where he engaged in the practice of law. He was a brother of William Kinne, editor of Kinne's Blackstone. Rev. Stan- ley and family located in 1851 in Prince

George's county, Md., where the immediate subject of this sketch, Charles H. Stanley, received his initial training in the public schools and by private tutor. Soon after the breaking out of the Civil War he en- listed in the First Maryland Volunteer Cav- alry and served until General Lee's sur- render. Returning to Maryland he en- gaged in school teaching and began the study of law under the preceptorship of Gen. Thomas F. Bowie. He was admitted to the bar January 17, 1869, and has been actively engaged in the practice of his profession since 1870, dividing his time between legal and other interests in Prince George's county and the city of Baltimore. Mr. Stanley has served the State as a member of its Legislature, during which period he was chairman of Committee on Education and a member of the Judiciary and Inspection Committees. He was State Director of the Baltimore and Ohio Road for four years; was Mayor of Laurel for three years and has been for the past six years President of the Citizens' National Bank, of Laurel. Mr. Stanley has been married twice: November 26, 1871, to Miss Ella Lee Hodges, of Anne Arundel county, Md., who died in Septem- ber, 1881. In September, 1884, he married Miss Margaret, daughter of John Snowden, of Prince George's county. Mr. and Mrs. Stanley have four children, Harvey, Eliza- beth, Charles Harvey and William, and are members of the Episcopal Church. Mr. Stanley is a Mason. He is a member of the standing committee of the Diocese of Washington, residing in the town of Laurel, which is within the new diocese. He has for years been a trustee of the Maryland Agricultural College, elected with others to represent the private stockholders.

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DR. JAMES SHERMAN BARNARD was born in Albion, N. Y., June 25, 1857. He is a son of the late James B. and Caroline M. (Young) Barnard, natives of New York, and descendants respectively of early Scotch-Dutch and English settlers of the colonies. Gen. Ethan Allen, of Revolu- tionary fame, was an uncle of Doctor Barn- ard's maternal grandmother. James B. Barnard was a farmer; he died in 1887, hav- ing survived his wife seven years. Dr. James S. Barnard attended the public schools of his native county, studied medi- cine under the preceptorship of Dr. R. S. Bishop, of Medina, N. Y., was graduated from Hahnemann Medical College, of Phil- adelphia, with the class of '82, and entered upon the practice at Clyde, where he re- mained until 1890 when he removed to Bal- timore, where he has since been engaged in general practice, making a specialty of surgery, and with office and residence at 2III St. Paul street. Doctor Barnard was one of the charter members of the Southern Homeopathic College and is a member of the Faculty of that institution, having held the chair of surgery from 1890 to 1895, and the chair of surgical gynecology since the latter date. For the past three years Doc- tor Barnard has been Superintendent of Maryland Homeopathic Hospital. He was married October 1, 1884, to Lily, daughter of George H. Hoyt, of Ely Sons & Hoyt, glass manufacturers of Clyde, N. Y. Dr. and Mrs. Barnard are members of First M. E. Church. Doctor Barnard is a Mason, and was made a member of the Blue Lodge in 1883, of the Chapter in 1886, Knight Templar in 1886, and since 1893 Noble of the Mystic Shrine. His com-

mandery membership in Baltimore is with the Beauseant Commandery.

DR. J. WARD WISNER was born at Mar- tinsburg, W. Va., August 8, 1871. He is a son of Charles W. and Mary E. (Jackson) Wisner, natives of Baltimore county, Md., the former of Swiss, the latter of English descent. Charles W. Wisner was for a number of years a Government employe; was then connected with the Equitable Life Insurance Company, and is now a Justice of the Peace by appointment of Governor Lowndes. Dr. J. Ward Wisner studied medicine under Dr. James S. Barnard, and was graduated from the Southern Home- opathic Medical College, Baltimore, in 1895. In 1895-6 he was Assistant Demon- strator of Anatomy, and in 1896-7 Demon- strator of Gynecology under Prof. James S. Barnard, and Chief of Clinics of the College and Hospital. He resides at Hagerstown and is a member of the Protestant Episcopal Church of St. Michael and All Angels.

DR. GEORGE FLORENCE TAYLOR Was born in Baltimore, August 17, 1855. He is a son of the late Jesse and Elizabeth J. (Church) Taylor, natives respectively of Pennsylvania and Maryland, and descend- ants of early English settlers of the Ameri- can colonies. The family descended on the paternal side from three brothers-John, Henry and George-who immigrated to this country from England in 1700, and from whom descended the late President Zachary Taylor. The maternal side de- scended from the Halls, a prominent Mary- land family who flourished in Anne Arun- dell county for years. It is an interesting

This. J. Chott.

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fact that both the paternal and maternal line had representatives in each of the wars of the United States back to and including the Revolution. Jesse Taylor was for many years engaged in spice manufacturing in Baltimore. He was prominent in Odd Fel- lowship and died September 14, 1888. George F. Taylor attended Knapp's School, studied medicine under the preceptorship of Professors Brown, Latimer and Coskey; was graduated from the College of Phy- sicians and Surgeons in 1878, taking the fifth prize; was Clinical Assistant to Profes- sor of Throat, Heart and Lungs, College of Physicians and Surgeons, for two years, and has since been engaged in general prac- tice, with present office and residence at 1254 N. Broadway. Doctor Taylor is medi- cal examiner for Manhattan Life Insurance Company of New York; a member of Medi- cal and Chirurgical Faculty of Maryland, Medical and Surgical Society of Baltimore, Clinical Society of Baltimore, American Medical Association, Junior Order United American Mechanics and Knights of Pythias. He was married December 19, 1882, to Mary Jeannette, daughter of Thomas McGill, proprietor of a printing house in Washington, D. C. Dr. and Mrs. Taylor have one child, Herbert D., and at- tend Faith Presbyterian Church.

DR. HARRY GAUNT HARRYMAN was born in Baltimore, January 9, 1865. He is a son of the late Benjamin B. and Ellen (Gaunt) Harryman, the former a native of Mary- land, the latter of New York, and respect- ively of French-English and English de- scent. The Harrymans were early settlers in Baltimore county, taking up land on Belair Road early in the last century. Ben-

jamin B. Harryman was a printer in the em- ploy of the Government. He died in 1890. His widow resides in Baltimore. Dr. H. G. Harryman was graduated from City Col- lege, class of '81, and after a course at Mur- ray's School of Languages took up the study of medicine under Dr. Wilmer Brin- ton. He was graduated from Baltimore Medical College, class of '88, taking the gold medal, and was assistant to Professor of Diseases of Nose, Throat and Chest for three years after graduation. He is a mem- ber of Medical and Cltirurgical Faculty of Maryland, Baltimore Medical and Surgical Society and Baltimore Medical College Alumnal Association, of which latter he was secretary. He is surgeon to the Ancient Order of Foresters and medical examiner I. O. H. Reb. Conclave, No. 10. He was married October 27, 1892, to Mary Theresa, daughter of the late Dr. Wm. B. Klipstein, of Alexandria, Va. Dr. and Mrs. Harry- man have two children, Mary Ellen and William Klipstein; reside at 1512 E. Pres- ton street, and are communicants of Church of our Saviour P. E. Church.

DR. JOSEPH L. SPRUILL was born in Co- lumbia, N. C., June 16, 1870. He is a son of Thomas and Mary L. (Chaplain) Spruill, the former a native of North Carolina, of German descent; the latter a Virginian by birth and of English ancestry, and both are descendants of early settlers of the States of their nativity. For a number of gene- rations the Spruill family has been repre- sented in the Legislature of North Caro- lina. Three members of the Chaplain fam- ily were Confederate soldiers during the late war. Joseph L. Spruill completed his general education at Bingham (N. C.) Mili-

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tary Academy, then entering the School of Medicine of the Maryland University, from which institution he was graduated in 1895, becoming through excellence in competi- tive examination resident physician of St. Agnes' Hospital. In October, 1896, he was appointed to his present position of Assist- ant Dispensary Physician of Maryland Uni- versity Hospital, and is connected with St. Agnes' as lecturer on surgery. Doctor Spruill resides and has offices at 2466 Greenmount avenue, and is a member of Eutaw Place Baptist Church.

THOMAS IRELAND ELLIOTT, City Solici- tor of Baltimore, was born in Baltimore, December 25, 1855. He is a son of the late William and Rosa (Bunting) Elliott, natives of Baltimore and descendants of early English settlers of Maryland, the for- mer being lineally descended from William Elliott, who located in Queen Anne's county about 1715, and the latter from William Bunting, who settled in Baltimore county from Manchester, England, in 1740. Thomas I. Elliott was educated in the pub- lic schools and City College of Baltimore, graduating in 1873; and from Princeton College, with the degree of A. B., in 1876, receiving from the latter institution degree of A. M. in 1879. He read law with Messrs. Hinkley & Morris; attended the law de- partment of Maryland University, and was graduated therefrom with the degree LL. B. in 1878. He was admitted to practice in June of the same year upon oral examina- tion before the Supreme Bench, and has since been engaged in law practice, with present offices in the Equitable Building. Mr. Elliott was associated with Hon. Pink- ney Whyte as counsel by appointment un-

der ordinance to the Council Investigating Committee of 1894-5, and was appointed to the office of City Solicitor in the spring of 1896. He is a Mason, Knight Templar and Shriner and a member of the I. O. O. F. and Royal Arcanum. He resides at 2026 Mt. Royal Terrace and attends Mount Ver- non M. E. Church.

DR. PHILIP ALLEN PANETTI was born in Baltimore, December 19, 1871. He is a son of the late Dr. Ernest F. and Bar- bara (Gammer) Panetti, the former a na- tive of Bavaria, of Italian descent, and the latter a native of Baden, both of whom came to the United States in youth and were mar- ried in Baltimore, where Dr. Ernest F. Panetti engaged in the practice of dentistry up to the time of his decease in 1884. Philip A. Panetti attended the public schools of Baltimore and then made a special study of chemistry under Prof. P. B. Wilson, who was also his preceptor in the general study of medicine. He then entered the Ken- tucky School of Medicine, Louisville, from which institution he was graduated in 1892. Returning to Baltimore he entered upon the general practice with present office and residence at 1243 N. Broadway. During 1893-4 Doctor Panetti was assistant to Professor of Chemistry of Baltimore Uni- versity School of Medicine. He is a mem- ber of and medical examiner for Usa Con- clave, Improved Order of Heptasophs, a member of Jr. O. U. A. M., and medical examiner Legion of the Red Cross. He is a member of Trinity Episcopal Church. Doctor Panetti comes from a family of phy- sicians, his father, grandfather, great- grandfather and two uncles having been of the profession.

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DR. JOHN ROTH was born in Prussia, January 20, 1852. He is a son of John George and Louisa (Bertram) Roth, both natives of Prussia, as were their ancestors as far back as the genealogies of both fami- lies are traceable. Mr. and Mrs. John George Roth came to the United States and located in Baltimore in August, 1852, where Mr. Roth has ever since been engaged in business as a merchant tailor. His son John was educated in the public schools of Baltimore, and then took a commercial course at Bryant & Stratton's Mercantile College. For some years thereafter he was connected with the Police Department of Baltimore, during which period he devoted his leisure to the study of medicine, pursu- ing it latterly under the preceptorship of Dr. P. G. Dausch. He was graduated from Baltimore Medical University in 1895, and during the year following was Chief of Clin- ics of the gynecological department of the University. Doctor Roth's office and resi- dence are at 1429 E. Hoffman street. He is a member of the Masonic fraternity.

DR. ARMINIUS CLEVELAND POLE was born in Baltimore county, April 9, 1852. He is a son of William and the late Emily Vancourt (Stier) Pole, natives of Mary- land, the former a descendant of early Eng- lish settlers of Maryland, and the latter Welsh, of German ancestry. Mr. William Pole has held a number of official trusts, serving for & long period as Justice of the Peace; for one term as Sheriff of the county, and for several sessions as a member of the House of Delegates. He has always been a stalwart Democrat and served for several years in the Confederate Army during the late war. He resides with his son, Doctor

Pole. The latter attended the public schools of Baltimore and Lexington, Va .; began the study of medicine under the pre- ceptorship of Dr. Henry Darling, then of Baltimore, now of Brightwood, D. C .; was graduated from Maryland University Med- ical Department with the class of '76, and has since been engaged in general practice with present office and residence at 2038 Madison avenue. In 1884 Doctor Pole ac- cepted the chair of anatomy, which he still holds, in the Baltimore Medical College, to which were added for two sessions lectures on operative surgery. Doctor Pole is one of the medical staff of the Home for Consump- tives, a member of the American Medical Association, Medical and Chirurgical Fac- ulty of Maryland, Baltimore Clinical So- ciety and of the Maryland Book and Journal Club. He is also a member of the Royal Arcanum and a member of and medical examiner for the Shield of Honor. Doctor Pole is a Fellow of the Society of Science, Literature and Arts of London.

He was married January 2, 1884, to Miss Mary Louisa, daughter of the late William and Rosina (Nathan) Bumpus, of Virginia. Dr. and Mrs. Pole are members of Em- manuel Baptist Church, of the Board of Deacons of which Doctor Pole is a member.

DR. RICHARD ALEXANDER URQUHART was born in Isle of Wight county, Va., Sep- tember 28, 1872. He is a son of the late John B. and Mary L. (Urquhart) Urquhart, natives of Virginia, of Scotch descendants of early settlers of Virginia and North Caro- lina. Dr. R. A. Urquhart received his initial training by private tutor and at a private school and the Academy of Lewis- ton, N. C. This was supplemented by at- tendance at Churchland Academy, near

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Norfolk, Va. His general education was completed at the University of North Caro- lina. In 1892 he entered the medical de- partment of the University of Virginia, graduating therefrom in June, 1894. Re- moving to Baltimore he took a post-gradu- ate course at Johns Hopkins Hospital. In 1895-6 he was senior resident physician at St. Agnes' Hospital, and is now assistant in the Children's Department at Johns Hop- kins Hospital. Doctor Urquhart has his residence and office at 2724 Pennsylvania avenue and is a member of the Episcopal Church.

DR. MILTON ELMER HAMMER was born in Baltimore, September 4, 1866. He is a son of Peter and Sarah C. (Shoemaker) Hammer, natives of Maryland, of German descent. Peter Hammer was engaged for some years in mercantile pursuits in Balti- more, was then for a term of years master mechanic of the Northern Central Railway at Baltimore, and is now retired and re- sides in Baltimore. Dr. M. E. Hammer at- tended the public schools and City College of Baltimore, then taking a commercial course at Bryant & Stratton's Mercantile College, graduating therefrom in 1883. He entered the medical department of Mary- land University in 1886 and was graduated in 1888, and has since been engaged in the practice of his profession in Baltimore, with offices at 1100 N. Calhoun street and IOII Light street. He was married April 24, 1888, to Amelia H., daughter of Henry Muller, grocer, of S. Eutaw street, Balti- more. Dr. and Mrs. Hammer have two children, Sadie C. and Elmer V .; reside at 1100 N. Calhoun street and are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church.

DR. JOHN JABEZ CALDWELL was born at Oak Hill, near Wilmington, Del., April 28, 1836. He is a son of the late Col. John S. and Rebecca Webb (Baker) Caldwell, the former a native of Delaware, the latter of Pennsylvania, and descendants respectively of Scotch-Irish and English colonial set- tlers. Capt. John Caldwell, a son of Sir Davy Caldwell, County Antrim, Ireland, emigrated to America early in the last cen- tury, locating on the Eastern Shore of Dela- ware. On Doctor Caldwell's maternal side the descent is from Richard Baker, who came to the American colonies with Wil- liam Penn, and from the same stock came the Harlans, Marshalls and Webbs. Nu- merous representatives on both sides were soldiers in the Revolutionary War. Dr. J. J. Caldwell attended the Quaker school at Wilmington, Del., and was graduated from New York Medical College, class of 1860. He was an interne at Bellevue Hospital, New York, for two years, and early in the Civil War was appointed assistant sur- geon on general hospital duty, serving throughout the war from St. Louis to the Rio Grande, including transport, camp and hospital duty. Following the war he was physician and surgeon in charge of Brooklyn Central Dispensary until 1878 when he removed to Baltimore, where he has since been engaged in practice, with present office and residence 1138 N. Fulton street. Doctor Caldwell makes a specialty of neurology. An honorary degree was conferred upon Doctor Caldwell by College of Physicians and Surgeons, Baltimore. Doctor Caldwell has been engaged largely in magazine, journalistic and other literary work.

He was married January 6, 1864, to Ann

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Ridgeley, daughter of the late Robert Hor- ace Love, of Worthington Valley, Mary- land. Dr. and Mrs. Caldwell have three chil- dren: Maud Worthington, wife of Bereda Turner, merchant of Baltimore, and Ridge- ley Love and E. Calhoun Caldwell, elec- trical engineers, of Baltimore, and forming the firm of Caldwell & Co. The family are Episcopalians.

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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