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Å NDREW J. DE LASHMUTT, deceased, was one of the most influential citizens of Fred- erick, and for a great many years was num- bered among lier most enterprising and substan- tial business men. He acquired a fortune by good management and superior ability, and made numerous investments, both here and elsewhere, fostering many a weak industry, and giving ma- terial aid to various worthy institutions of this community. He enjoyed tlie esteem and respect
of all with whom he had any dealings, for his word was as good as his bond, and he was known to be thoroughly trustworthy and reliable.
The birth of our subject occurred near Hyatts- town, Montgomery County, Md., November 1I, 1825. After graduating from the old Frederick Academy he commenced clerking in a store here, and then going to Washington City, D. C., held a similar position for a year. Subsequently he went into business for himself as a boot and hat merchant, his store being on North Market street. There he carried on his enterprise for a quarter of a century, and in time employed sev- eral clerks to wait upon his numerous customers. Afterwards he turned the business over to his son, Elias, and then gave his attention to the manufacture of fertilizer, having a plant near tlie Baltimore & Ohio warehouse. He continued in this branch of industry until about six years prior to his death, when he placed his son Elias in charge, and retired from active life. Among his investments were mining and real-estate in- terests in Montana, and a large ranch in Texas, besides property in Frederick City and County. The home now occupied by his widow and children on South Market street is a three-story brick structure that has been owned by the fami- ly for over thirty years. Mr. DeLashmutt was a Democrat, but would never accept public office, and during the war period he was a strong sympathizer with the south. Religiously he was a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church South, and held various official positions in the same. He died August 1, 1896, beloved and mourned by hosts of friends.
May 28, 1851, was solemnized the marriage of our subject and Phoebe, daughter of Philip and Rebecca (Ayres) Reich. The father was born in Frederick, just across the street from the louise now occupied by his daughter, Mrs. De- Laslımutt, in 1797, and for years he owned tlie aforesaid house also. ' The old place has been in the family one hundred and two years. He fol- lowed farming nearly ltis whole life, but passed several years in Frederick ere his death, making his home with the subject of this article. He was a man of remarkable strength, and walked to
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his farm in the country a few days before his originally sprang. The mother of our subject demise, which took place in his ninety-fifth year. was Eliza. daughter of Andrew Michael, who owned extensive tracts of land at Point of Rocks. Mr. and Mrs. DeLashmutt were reared in the Methodist and Lutheran churches respectively, but both became members of the first-mentioned denomination. £ The father was a class-leader and held other official positions in the church. Of his four sons and three daughters, Dr. Van E. is living in Shelburn, Ind .; William G. is a mer- chant in Martinsville, Ill .: John H. is a business man, a grain dealer and farmer of Howard County, Md .; Sarah is the widow of J. H. O. Boyle, of Terre Haute, Ind .; Rebecca is the wife of James Perrie, a farmer near Comus, Md .; and Phoebe is the wife of Raymond C. Reich, a brother of Mrs. DeLashmutt. William and John H. were both in the Confederate army, serving all through the war as privates. He owned a number of valuable farms and many slaves prior to the war and was a southern man in sentiment at that time. In youth he was an old-line Whig, but became converted to the Democracy. He was a member of the Lutheran Church, and an officer in the same, and was identified with one of the early fire companies in Frederick. His father, John Reich, was a native of Lancaster County, Pa. ; his wife was in maiden- hood Phebe Steiner. The children born to Philip and Rebecca Reich were: Phoebe; Mary, widow of David T. Jones, of Virginia; Raymond C., a farmer near the Baltimore & Ohio Railway Junc- tion, in this county; Dorcas, wife of Benjamin Brown, of Market street; Annie, wife of Cor- nelius Mercier, of this county; Sarah E., wife of Isaac S. Strider, of Jefferson County, Va .; and Virginia, Mrs. William G. DeLashmutt, of Mar- tinsville, Il1.
Eight sons and daughters came to bless the home of our subject and wife, viz .: Philip R., pro- prietor of a shoe store in Austin, Tex .; Elias E., owner of the fertilizer business formerly belong- ing to his father; Frank M., manager of a Texas ranch; William, at home, and manager of his mother's estate; George H., of Baltimore; Clara, unmarried, and at home; Virginia, . widow of John R. Grove, of Winchester, Va .; and Mary E., wife of Rev. F. A. Gaines, pastor of a Method- ist Episcopal Church South, in the Baltimore Conference. Elias E. married Miss Susie Rams- burg. The mother of these children has been a life-long resident of Frederick, and was one of the first students in the old female seminary here. She has been a member of the same church as was her husband for years, and enjoys the love and good-will of a large circle of friends.
The father of Andrew J. was Ellas E. DeLash- mutt, who was a farmer near Point of Rocks, Frederick County, nearly all of his active life. He was at one time judge of the orphans' court, and was a great believer in the rights of the Confederacy during the war. His father came from France, and settled in western Maryland, whence all of the persons of the name in America
OHN F. SMITH. In America, as in no other country, a man may start out for him- self with nothing and yet secure a com- petency; one who is industrious and judicious has a chance to accumulate wealth. The large pro- portion of our people lay by something each year and after a time find themselves in independent circumstances. Among this class is the gentle- man who forms the subject of this sketch and who is a large and successful farmer of Frederick County. He owns and occupies one hundred and forty-three acres of land, situated seven miles southeast of Frederick, in New Market District, and upon this property he has made a number of valuable improvements, making it one of the model farms of the county.
Near Mount Zion Church, in Jefferson District, Frederick County, Mr. Smith was born January II, 1851, being a son of Jolin J. Smith, who was a native of the same locality. He was one of five children, named as follows: Annie E., Mrs. Richard C. Waters, deceased; Lottie B., who married, but is now deceased; John F., of this
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H. F. GETZENDANNER, M. D., D. D. S.
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sketch; Mary C., wife of M. T. Derr, of Fred- erick; and Ida, who is the wife of William Roderick and lives in this county.
Reared on a farm in Jefferson District, John F. Smith received his education in the neighboring schools. In youth he obtained a good knowledge of farm pursuits and arriving at manhood he chose agriculture for his life work. At the age of twenty-seven he went to Frederick and became a member of the firm of Duvall & Smith, carry- ing on a boot and shoe business there for four years. He then sold out his interest in the busi- ness and bought the farm on which he settled in 1884. Its cultivation has since engaged his at- tention, and in addition to the raising of cereals he also keeps stock and carries on a dairy busi- ness. He has never taken an interest in politics and objects to the display of partisanship as tending to injure the welfare of the country. In religious belief lie is connected with the Reformed Church.
The marriage of Mr. Smith united him with Miss Clara J. Dertzbaugli, the only child of Will- iam Dertzbaugh, a resident of Frederick County. They are the parents of three children: Ellen J., John W. and Mary Virginia.
ARVEY F. GETZENDANNER, A. M., M. D., D. D. S. Among the rising young professional men of Frederick is the subject of this sketch, who is a graduate both in mnedi- cine and dentistry, but gives his whole time and attention to the former profession. He has his office on South Market street and has built up a large practice, both in the city and among the people of the surrounding country. A careful and indefatigable student of his profession, he has attained a high reputation for learning among his fellow-practitioners in Frederick County. He skillfully handles the cases entrusted to his care, showing accuracy in diagnosis and good judgment in treatment.
At the family homestead, Elmwood, one and
one-half miles west of Frederick, the subject of this sketch was born in October, 1868. For the family history the reader is referred to the sketch of his fatlier, Dr. J. W. Getzendanner, of Middle- town. In boyhood he made his home with his grandmother Fout, and attended the old Freder- iek College. Later he entered the Baltimore City College, where he remained until his graduation in 1891, at which time he received the degree of A. M. On his return to Frederick he studied dentistry in the office of Dr. T. S. Eader, with whom he remained for nine months, and then continued his studies in the dental department of the University of Maryland, graduating in 1893. In October of the same year he entered the ined- ical department of the Baltimore University and continued there until his graduation in medicine. On his return to Frederick he entered into part- nership with Dr. W. T. Wootton, a physician of the city, with whom he remained until the lat- ter's death and since then he has practiced alone. For one year he was resident physician of the Baltimore University and assistant to Dr. Tiffany.
Dr. Getzendanner is very much devoted to medical education and the preparation of young men for college. A profound thinker and stu- dent himself, he is enabled to bring before the student the various duties which he must perform to make a success in his profession, so Dr. Get- zendanner is an able teacher as well as physician. Getzendanner's Medical Institute was organized by Dr. Getzendanner in March, 1898. C. Frank Rice, one of Frederick's most learned citizens. is superintendent. The institute is only in its in- fancy, but it is meeting with excellent success. Dr. William C. Johnson is one of the consulting physicians. A department of instruction for preparation for college has been added and for X-Ray work.
Devoted to professional duties Dr. Getzendan- ner has as yet had no desire to enter the arena of public life, and aside from casting a straight Den- oeratic ballot lie takes no part in politics. How- ever he is a public-spirited citizen and keeps lim- self well posted upon local and national problems. He is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church and is interested in the work of the church.
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Everything pertaining to his profession receives his attention and all its improvements have his support. He was the first to introduce the X-Ray machine into the city of Frederick. The Amer- ican Association of Physicians and Surgeons num- bers him among its members. An enterprising young man, thecity of Frederick finds in him a val- ued citizen, who manifests a commendable interest in everything connected with its welfare and ad- vancement.
DWARD HEWES, a representative young citizen of Frederick, is a rising member of the local bar, and has been a resident of this place since 1881. He has an office centrally located on Court street, and enjoys a large practice in his favorite field of labor. Not only in the legal profession does he stand high, but in the social, fraternal and church circles here as well. He is a Mason of the thirty - second degree, and was initiated into the order in Corinthian Lodge No. 93, A. F. & A. M., in Baltimore.
Three brothers of the name of Hewes came to America to found homes and enjoy religious liberty with the little colony headed by William Penn, they being also members of the Society of Friends. Joseph Hewes, one of the great and noble men who signed the memorable Declaration of Independence, was the great-great-uncle of our subject's father, James Ellicott Hewes, to whom we will refer later. The great-grandfather of Edward Hewes of this sketch bore the same name, and his death took place in Wilmington, Del., where he had lived for many years. There his son John was born, but in 1810 the latter removed to Baltimore. He devoted his time largely to literary pursuits and to looking after his large real-estate interests. He was a very religious man and was clerk of the annual Quaker meeting.
James Ellicott Hewes, father of our subject, was born in Baltimore, and has been a life-long citizen of that place. He was formerly engaged
successfully in the produce and commission busi- ness, but has been retired since 1873. He was reared in the faith of the Society of Friends, but has been identified with the Episcopal Church for years, having served as a vestryman for a long period. Like his son, he is a member of the Masonic fraternity. He married Gulielma G. K. Warner, eldest child of Michael Warner, a noted capitalist of Baltimore City, and for years presi- dent of the Mechanics' National Bank of that city. His wife bore the maiden name of Caroline Krebs, one of her cousins being the late Judge Krebs, of Baltimore. To James E. Hewes and wife ten children were born. Michael W. and his son are in the insurance business in Baltimore. James is an attorney in the same city, and John, the next younger brother, is an expert accountant and bookkeeper there. William G. is a farmer in the vicinity of Savage, Howard County, Md., and held a position in Washington under Senator Gorman a few years ago. Harvey B. died when young and was buried in Greenwood Cemetery in Baltimore. Caroline K. married Dr. Joseph M. Worthington, of Annapolis, Md. Mary E., who died at the age of twenty-two years, lies in beauti- - ful Greenwood Cemetery. M. Lewin is secretary of the Howard Fire Insurance Company in Balti- more. Charles K. is engaged in farming near Sikesville, Carroll County, Md.
Edward Hewes.was born in Baltimore, March 23, 1857, and received his early education in tlie Quaker school kept by Eli M. Lamb. In 1871 he began the study of law in the office of Benja- min F. Horwitz, of his own city, but a year later he became interested in pharmacy and chemistry, and passed the examinations with credit. He was employed in this occupation in Baltimore for several years, and in 1881 came to Frederick. Here he was similarly engaged for a few years, in the meantime resuming his legal studies. In 1887 he was commissioned justice of the peace by Governor Jackson and acted in that capacity under various changes of administration. In May, 1895, lie was admitted to the bar of this county and has since been practicing. In matters of political bearing he is an unreconstructed Democratic rebel. He is attorney for the Co-oper-
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ative Savings and Loan Association of Baltimore, and represents several fire insurance companies as their counsel. He is a member of the Episcopal Church and of the Brotherhood of St. Andrew.
In 1883 Mr. Hewes married Fannie, youngest daughter of the late Col. Edward Schley, a wealthy capitalist and life-long resident of Fred- erick. He was at the head of a militia company here, and met all of their expenses for years. In everything that made for the advancement of this community he was actively concerned, and by everyone was most highly honored.
ILLIAM H. BALTZELL, M. D., one of the leading physicians of the city of Frederick, has been practicing in this place for a period of thirty-three years. For the past twenty-nine years he has been the regular physician of the Deaf and Dumb Asylum here; for sixteen years was a pension examiner and for eight consecutive years was a health officer of the county, and since then at intervals has filled the position for a year or more at a time. Over forty-two years ago he became identified with the Masonic society, and among the brethren of that fraternity he ranks very high.
The doctor's father, John Baltzell, M. D., was a native of this city, born in 1774, and spent the early part of his life liere. After his graduation with the degree of doctor of medicine from the University of Pennsylvania he returned to this place and established himself in practice. He accumulated a goodly fortune and then retired to private life, about a quarter of a century prior to his death. From that time he devoted himself to study and literature, finding great pleasure in the pursuit. He died in 1854. He was a men- ber of the Reformed Church and was a Whig in · politics. His five brothers were all prominent merchants of Baltimore City. His father, Jolin Jacob Baltzell, came from Alsace, Germany, in the middle of the last century, during the Seven Years'
war there, and settled at first in Philadelphia. Later he came to this state and about 1750 or 1760 located in Frederick. He and his brother Charles came together and here their children and grandchildren have lived and died. Charles was a participant in the Revolutionary war, being a major in the German regiment of the Maryland line. John Jacob became blind many years be- fore his death.
The mother of our subject was the youngest daughter of Judge Charles Ridgeley, of Elkridge, who was a wealthy land owner and was known throughout this county and Baltimore County as well. His wife was a Miss Norwood, of Scot- land, and their family comprised several sons and daughters. Mrs. Baltzell, who was a true Chris- tian lady and a devoted member of the Episcopal Church, died in 1869, aged sixty-nine years. One brother of the doctor, John R., went to Madison County, Wis., became prominent in the legal profession and was city's judge at that place for thirteen years. A sister, Ellen, was the wife of Judge Robert Ford, of the fifth judicial dis- trict. Eliza is the wife of a well-known physician of Rochester, N. Y., Dr. Montgomery. Alice married Columbus Morgan, an attorney of St. Mary's County, Md. Fannie was the wife of Joseph Key, of St. Mary's County.
William H. Baltzell was born in this city in 1832 and graduated from Princeton College in 1851. He studied medicine with Drs. Will- iam and Samuel Tyler, then very influential phy- sicians of this place. Later he graduated from the University of Pennsylvania in 1854, after which he practiced for four years in Chicago. Returning then to this city he has since been a resident of the city and thoroughly identified with its welfare.
In 1855 Dr. Baltzell married the eldest dauglı- ter of Judge F. J. Nelson, of Frederick, and for twenty-seven years they have lived in a comfort- able home on North Market street. They have four children, namely: Jolin, Josephine, Rose and Frances. The only son is a merchant in Mis- souri and is doing very well; Rose is the wife of Leonard Jamison, of Baltimore; Frances is the wife of Robert La Dow, examiner in the depart-
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ment of justice at Washington, D. C .; and Jo- in the prime of life, leaving three children, of sephine is the wife of William Key, of Baltimore, a direct descendant of Gen. Francis Scott Key, famed throughout this land as the author of the "Star Spangled Banner."
ON. EPHRAIM L. BOBLITZ, who was a member of the Maryland state legislature for one term, having been elected on the Democratic ticket in 1890, is now the efficient superintendent of the public schools of Frederick County. His main vocation in life has been along educational lines, and he possesses that practical experience that is of untold value to one holding such a responsible and important posi- tion as the one lie now occupies. To the thought- ful citizen of this republic there can be no greater question than that of the proper means of educa- ting the rising generation, and every facility that the progressive time offers should be utilized. The best of teachers only should be employed and the standard of high excellence maintained at whatever cost.
The paternal grandfather of our subject bore the Christian name of Michael. He was a native of Pennsylvania, and was a stock dealer. He passed his whole life in his native state. His son Ephraim, father of Ephraim L., was a contractor and builder by occupation, and had already given evidence of much ability as a business man when he was untimely cut down by the hand of death. He was born in Adams County, Pa., and was a resident of Mechanicstown, Md., now known as Thurmont, in 1842, when he died with typhoid fever, aged but twenty-three years. His wife was a Miss Caroline Gernand before their mar- riage. Her father, William Gernand, was one of the early settlers of Gracehani, Md., and was one of the soldiers of a volunteer regiment of Maryland Infantry in the War of 1812 and participated in the famous battle of Bladensburg. He was a shoemaker by trade. He died while
whom Caroline was the eldest. His wife, Eliza- beth (Johnson) Gernand, lived to attain tlie ripe age of seventy-three years. Mrs. Caroline Bob- litz was born in Mechanicstown (now Thur- mont), Frederick County, and died in 1865. She was a devoted member of the German Reformed Church, and was a lady beloved by all who knew her.
Ephraim L. Boblitz was born in this county in 1843, after the death of his father, and was reared by his loving mother, who sought to fill the places of both parents to him. He was educated in Mechanicstown, in the old academy, of which Frederick White was the principal, and also pursued his studies in the public schools. As soon as lie had mastered the general branches of learning then taught in the common schools and academies he engaged in teaching in his home district, and met with gratifying success from the start. With the exception of a few years spent in merchandising in his native town, he has given his time and attention wholly to educa- tional matters.
During President Cleveland's first term of of- fice. he was appointed by him to be postmaster of Mechanicstown, and assumed the duties of the position in the fall of 1889. He has been a loyal Democrat, and has warmly espoused the prin- ciples of that organization since becoming a voter. In I891 he was elected superintendent of the pub- lic schools of this county, and, in addition to the regular duties of this office, lie is county school examiner and treasurer of the school funds, hav- ing S. N. Young as his capable assistant. For the past thirty years he has been a member of Thurmont Lodge No. 46, I. O. O. F. At pres- ent he resides in Frederick, but he owns a home in Thurmont, and still considers that his true honre.
In 1866 Mr. Boblitz married Enuna J., daughi- ter of Joli S. and Dorcas Pennell. The mother is still living and is now eighty-three years of age. To our subject and wife five children were born, viz .: Carrie, Nellie, Hattie, Frank and Lucy. Hattie is a successful teacher in the Fred- erick public schools, and Frank is a resident of
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Sykesville, Md. The family are identified with the Lutheran Church, and enjoy the respect and high regard of all who know them.
OHN THOMAS SIM, M. D. The entire active life of Dr. Sim has been devoted to the practice of the medical profession, and his energy and perseverance have been rewarded by the acquirement of a competency and by the high position he has attained as a skillful physi- cian. He began in practice a young man, with an abundance of energy and industry, two indis- pensable requisites to success in any calling. In his practice he has met with success. He is known as one of the prominent physicians of Frederick County, where he makes his home in his native village, Libertytown.
The Sim family has had among its members inany men who attained prominence in the pro- fessions. Among these was our subject's father, Thomas Sim, M. D., son of Joseph Sim, and a native of Frederick County, where he grew to manhood upon a farm. In boyhood he attended the old Frederick Academy, and on the comple- tion of his studies there he took up the study of medicine. He graduated from the medical de- partment of the University of Maryland at Balti- more and immediately afterward opened an office at New Market, but remained there a short time only. His next location was at Woodsboro, where he engaged in professional practice until 1837. At that time he came to Libertytown, where he continued in active practice until his death, in 1870, at the age of sixty-eight years. Fraternally he was connected with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and the Masons, while in religious belief he was a Methodist. By his marriage to Miss Mary Wagner two children were born, Sarah and Jolin Thomas. The daughter became the wife of Dr. Thomas Simpson and died in 1858.
Born January 31, 1838, the subject of this sketch was primarily educated in the public
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