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The father of the above, Samuel Hinks, was a native of Frederick, . Md., born May 1, 1815,
and, going to Baltimore early in life, entered into business in partnership with his brother, Charles Dent Hinks. He became one of the leading dealers in flour and grain in that city, and was elected to serve as mayor of the metropolis, in which capacity he acted from 1852 to 1854. He was also water register in Baltimore and was a director in the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Company. In 1863, his health having become impaired, he moved to his farm in Frederick County. For many years he was a Mason and a member of the Lutheran Church, and was also connected with the Maryland Historical Society. His earthly labors ended in November, 1887. His wife, whose maiden name was Susan Nix- dorff, is still living, her home being in Baltimore. She is now about fourscore years old, and en- joys good health. Her people were old residents of this county, whither they had come from the Moravian settlement, Bethlehem, Pa. Of her children, Samuel M. and Louis E. are in the commission business in Baltimore; George M. is a designer and artist and has been very success- ful in his work; Josephine married George A. T. Snouffer, of Carrollton, this county; Marian is the wife of Charles C. Smith, of Frederick; and Caroline is at home with her mother. The grandfather of these children was William Hinks, a machinist, and at one time superintendent of the Ellicott City Mills.
William H. Hinks is the eldest son of his par- ents, he having been born November 16, 1844, in Baltimore. After leaving the public schools of that city he entered the Baltimore City Col- lege, from which institution he graduated in 1862. He then became an employe of C. D. Hinks & Co., this firm being composed of his father and his uncle. The latter was one of the members of the first board of police commissioners of Baltimore. The young man kept the books of this large concern (C. D. Hinks & Co. ) for a year and then yielded to the wish of his father, and accompanied the family to this county. His father, finding that his health was not to be de- pended upon, was anxious to have his son become thoroughily familiar with the management of the property, etc., and so our subject continued to
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live upon the old homestead until 1870, when he commenced the study of law, for which he had been preparing under the guidance of Judge Nel- son Poe, J. P. Poe and Milton G. Urner. He graduated from the law department of the Univer- sity of Maryland in 1872, and has, since being admitted to the bar, been in active practice in Frederick. From the start he met with success, and soon built up a large and paying practice. He is one of the most public-spirited citizens of this place, and is a member of Columbia Lodge No. 58, A. F. & A. M .; Enoch Chapter No. 23, R. A. M .; and Jacques de Molay Commandery, K. T. He is also connected with the Essenic Order, the Royal Arcanum, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and other societies.
In 1882 Mr. Hinks married Ruth Griffith Welsh, daughter of Luther Welsh. She was born in this county, and died in 1889. In 1892 Mr. Hinks married Miss Alice Chase Auld, daughter of Robert E. and Janet (Chase) Auld and a grand-niece of Salmon P. Chase, who was governor of Ohio, United States senator, secre- tary of the United States treasury and chief jus- tice of the United States supreme court. One child was born of this last marriage; a dangh- ter, Janet Chase Dent Hinks.
REDERICK C. SCHOFIELD, junior mem- ber of the firm of B. T. Schofield & Sons, is one of the rising young business men of Frostburg and is especially proficient as an elec- trician, having from an early age cultivated his tastes in this direction. When a boy he assisted his father in the shop and became interested in the study of electricity, acquiring a knowledge of the science whose deepest mysteries still baffle the most learned men on earth. His first import- ant work was that of putting in the electric plant of Frostburg, the construction of which he super- intended and which he afterward operated for two years. In 1889 he was chosen to construct the plant at Lonaconing and this he afterward
operated for two years. For six months, during the year 1893, he was engaged with the Bliss En- gineering Company of Washington, D. C., in construction work in that city, and at the same time was connected with the Bliss School of Elec- tricity. On his return to Frostburg, in June, 1896, he became connected with the business of which his father is the head. Their store is situ- ated on the principal business street of the city, with a shop on Mechanic street. A large busi- ness is done in plumbing, gas-fitting and steam and hot water heating, also in the repair of all kinds of machinery and bicycles, and nickel- plating, enameling and electrical construction.
During the residence of his parents in Glen- rock, Pa., the subject of this sketch was born Angust 23, 1870, to Benjamin T. and Elizabeth (Krell) Schofield. His father, who was a native of Lancashire, England, was a son of Alfred Schofield, a woolen fuller of Lancashire, whose two surviving children are Benjamin T. and John, an engineer, living at Davenport, Iowa. In the shire where he was born in 1842, the early years of B. T. Schofield were uneventfully passed. In youth he served an apprenticeship to the machinist's trade, of which he acquired a thorough knowledge. On coming to America he settled in Baltimore, where he was employed by Ross Winans for some time. Afterward he was engaged as machinist in the engine shops at Glenrock, Pa., for five years, and later, until 1879, was employed in the Cumberland & Pennsylvania Railroad shops of Mount Savage. From there he removed to Frostburg and bought a plumbing business, which he carried on until November, 1896, and then retired, giving his sons charge of the store.
Active in public affairs, Mr. Schofield has done much to advance the interests of Frostburg, of whose council he has been a member since 1895. His life has been one of great activity. Begin- ning withont capital, he worked industriously in order that he might procure the necessities of ex- istence for those who were dependent upon him; now, though the necessity for hard labor has dis- appeared, lie still manages his financial affairs. He has never been idle, and as a result can look
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back over a well-spent life. His good reputation, pleasant surroundings and talented family are the crownings of his indefatigable industry and praiseworthy aspirations. Fraternally he is iden- tified with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, being past grand of the local lodge; Knights of Malta, in which he is past commander; Ancient Order of United Workmen, of which he is mas- ter; Shield of Honor, and Improved Order of Red Men.
In the German Lutheran Church, corner of Saratoga and Holliday streets, Baltimore, June 12, 1865, Mr. Schofield married Elizabeth Krell, whose father came to America in IS52, but re- turned to Germany in 1855, and again crossed the ocean in 1879, remaining in Maryland until his death. His wife, who was a native of Hesse- Darmstadt, made her home with Mr. Schofield for twenty years, until her death, February 8, 1898, at the age of eighty years and one month.
To Mr. and Mrs. Schofield have been born eight children: Sarah A., Alfred J. W., Freder- ick C., Jolın G. H., Wesley L., Mary J., Samuel T. and Rosena.
ATRICK DORSEY, formerly an extensive lumber dealer of Garrett County, was born in the south of Ireland in 1818, being the youngest of nine children comprising the family of Daniel and Mary ( Kelley) Dorsey. Of that large family he and his sister, Mrs. Bridget Blake, of Ohio, are the sole survivors. His father, who spent his entire life in Ireland, was an officer under the government, holding a position simi- lar to that of notary public in the United States. He died in 1825, when he was sixty-five years of age. After his deatlı his widow came to Ameri- ca and settled in New York, but afterward went to Olio, where she died at the age of forty years.
Orphaned by his father's death when he was a child our subject then accompanied his mother to America, and spent his boyhood years princi- pally in Muskingin County, Ohio. About 1840
he removed from there to Frostburg, Md., hoping that the change of climate might benefit his health, which had been impaired by repeated at- tacks of fever and ague. Here he found himself soon improving in health, his strength by degrees being restored. He then went to Somerset Coun- ty, Pa., and began contracting in tlie lumber business, which he followed until 1856, at that time going to Berlin, in the same county, where he was proprietor of the Mansion House about three years. Not especially liking the hotel business, he sold out and went to Johnstown, Pa., where he became interested in the Ashtola Lum- ber Company, owners of seven thousand acres. During the entire period of the war he carried on an immense business, furnishing the government with lumber and also making large shipments for other parties. In order to facilitate shipments, he constructed a railroad of five miles on which the lumber was hauled to the main line.
I11 1872 Mr. Dorsey came to his present prop- erty in Garrett County, which he had purchased some time before. He took up his residence at his present abode, still continuing, however, his interest in the lumber trade. From his land he cut about twenty million feet of pine, which he sold at a large profit. Thus clearing the land, he proceeded to put its two hundred and fifty acres under cultivation and has since carried on general farming. He furnished the lumber for the George's Creek Railroad from Lonaconing to Cumberland and filled other contracts of an in- portant nature.
Politically a Democrat, Mr. Dorsey is proud of the fact that in fifty-seven years he has never but once missed voting. He always takes an interest in elections and is on the ground ready to lend his influence and cast his ballot for his party's men. One of the amusing, though at the time rather perilous, adventures of his life occurred on the 4th of July, 1862, when he read the Declara- tion of Independence at a picnic in Somerset County. At that time party feeling ran ligh. The people were incensed against the Confeder- ates and anyone suspected of sympathizing with then received summary treatment. Some of the crowd at the picnic were intoxicated. It was
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mistaken for Jefferson Davis' message and its reader was accused of being a secessionist, was seized by the mob and narrowly escaped hanging at the hands of the enraged crowd. Mr. Dorsey and two others were the first promoters of the public school system in Payne Township, Somer- set County. He has resided in Garrett County since its organization and has been one of its most progressive citizens.
In 1851 Mr. Dorsey married Sarah J. Mckasker, daughter of John McKusker, of Allegany County. They became the parents of fourteen children, eleven still living, namely: J. Horatio, M. D., a surgcon in the United States army, now stationed at Tampa Bay, Fla .; Ella, the wife of Joseph Callahan; James, who lives in Minnesota; Mag- gie; Mary; Jennie, who is in St. Mary's, Notre Dame Convent, near South Bend, Ind .; Annie, wife of J. O. Getty; Frank, who is a physician practicing in Nebraska; Carric, Daniel and Rose.
RS. ANN REBECCA DIXON CULLER, widow of the late Philip Culler, who was a leading farmer of Ballanger District, Fred- erick County, has lived for over forty years on the valuable and well-kept homestead where she dwells to-day. This place, known as Muhl- heim, is one of the most fertile and desirable country places in the vicinity, and is now man- aged by the eldest son of our subject. She has been a witness of great changes and improvements in this section since her girlhood and has, in a humble way, done her share toward winning the prosperity which is now the portion of the inhab- itants of this county.
The father of Mrs. Culler, James Dixon, was born near Baltimore, Md., and there passed his early life. He followed the milling business with marked success for years, and was for a long time proprietor of the old Schley mills, situated below Frederick. He was an old-line Whig and died as he had lived, strong in the faith of the Reformed Church. He was then in his prime, being but
forty -two years old. He was an only son and was a descendant of an old English family. His wife was a daughter of Henry and Magdalen (Cook) Arter, who were respectively, natives of Germany and Philadelphia, Pa. Henry Arter left an unclaimed fortune in his native land, something over a million and a-half of English money, this having belonged to his father. Owing to the fact that a few necessary papers arc miss- ing, the money has never been surrendered to the heirs. Henry Arter came to America when a young man, bringing with him considerable wealth as riches were estimated in those days, and tradition has handed down the interesting fact that the boots which lie wore on state occa- sions had the uppers encrusted with pure gold. One of his daughters, Catherine, married John Krantz, grandfather of Edward C. Krantz, who is represented in this volume.
In the family of James Dixon there were seven sons and two daughters. Henry, deceased, was a miller by trade and married a Miss Filler, of Virginia, by whom he had seven children. James died at the age of twenty-three years, about the time when Henry Clay ran for president. Robert, a miller by occupation, never married. Richard chose for his wife a Miss Falkner, and with his family has his home in Pocomoke City, Md. Benjamin, of Baltimore, has been engaged in milling, and his wife was formerly a Miss Greenwald. Joseph married a Miss Ashby, whose father was a consin of the celebrated Gen- eral Ashby. Sophia became the wife of Lewis Thomas, of Jefferson.
Mrs. A. R. Culler was born in this county October 10, 1825, and was educated in the dis- trict schools. She became the wife of Philip Culler in 1844, and together they trod the path- way of life for several decades in happy harmony. For a few years they lived upon a farm situated on the old Jefferson pike, after which they came to the homestead where the widow still dwells. Mr. Culler was very successful as a farmer and business man, and in everything which he under- took he found in his wife a loyal helper. She was frugal and careful in the days when economy was needful with them, and was always cheerful and
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brave when trouble and trial came into their lives, as they come to all. Mr. Culler served as a mag- istrate at one time, and was looked up to among the people of this neighborhood, as he was a man of upright and honored life, worthy of confidence and respect. He was one of the influential mem- bers of the Lutheran Church, and put into daily practice the teaching of the Golden Rule. He was called to the silent land May 20, 1884, at the ripe age of seventy-two years.
Seven children came to bless the marriage of Mr. and Mrs. Culler. Henry, the eldest son, carries on the old farm, and is a progressive farmer. He is married and has ten children. John Jacob wedded a daughter of Peter Thomas, whose sketch appears in this work, and they have four children. Ann Rebecca is the wife of Harlan Beard, of this district. George Bowers chose Tempie Hargett for his wife, and is a citizen of this district. Mary Matilda, a well-educated and amiable young lady, is at home with her mother. Lloyd married Annie Murray and has one little girl. He is an extensive contractor and builder, having erected a great many fine struct- ures in various parts of this county. Our subject is the proud grandmother of twenty-six grand- children and two great-grandchildren. She and all of her children are faithful members of the Lutheran Church, and are good and useful mem- bers of society.
J 2 DWARD S. EICHELBERGER, ex-state's attorney of Frederick, Frederick County, has been a prominent member of the local bar for the past twenty years, and during his entire active life has been an interested supporter of every movement calculated to benefit this, his native city. As a private citizen and as a public official he has always shown himself to be thoroughly trustworthy and reliable and has con- scientiously discharged every duty devolving upon him in a manner meriting the praise of his acquaintances and friends. His high standing
among his fellows was manifested in 1887, when he was honored in being elected to the responsi- ble position of state's attorney. At that time his personal popularity was shown in the fact that he received a majority of four hundred and seven- teen votes and led his ticket by three hundred vote :. Four years later, at the expiration of his first term, he was re-elected and led his ticket by about five hundred votes, being the only man on the ticket elected.
The birth of our subject occurred in the old home where he now resides in Frederick, June 16, 1856. He is the eldest living son of Grayson Eichelberger, who was one of the leading mem- bers of the legal profession of this place for twenty-eight years. He was a native of Emmits- burg, this county, was a state senator during the war and was secretary of state under Governor Hicks. He was a man of superior education and fine natural talent and commanded the love and high esteem of all with whom he came into con- tact. His education in the higher branches was gained in Mount St. Mary's College, from which institution he graduated with honor, being chosen the valedictorian of his class. A man of strong Union principles, he did much to foster and maintain such sentiments in his own section of the county prior to and during the war. The cause of education found in him a sincere cham- pion. For a long period he was a valued worker in the Presbyterian Church. Death claimed him while he was yet in the prime of his usefulness, he being but forty-eight years of age at the time of that event, in February, IS70.
Col. George M. Eichelberger, our subject's grandfather, was born in Pennsylvania, and served in the War of 1812, during which conflict he participated in the battle of North Point. His early manhood was spent in the vicinity of Em- mitsburg, Md., and the rest of his career was enacted in this city. He was a recognized leader in the local Whig party and was register of wills of this county for many years. Fraternally he was an enthusiastic Mason, and was one of the reorganizers of Columbia Lodge, of this place. His death occurred when he was about sixty years of age. His father, Leonard Eichelberger,
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of Pennsylvania, was a child of the second mar- is at present one of the board of directors of that riage of Philip Frederick Eichelberger, who emi- company, as he is likewise of the Hygiea Ice Con1- pany, the Mount Olivet Cemetery Association, and the Central National Bank. He takes great interest in the work of the Young Men's Cliris- tian Association, being president of the local or- ganization. Moreover, he is a member of the Young Men's Bible Society and. of the Presbyte- rian Church, and is superintendent in the Sunday- school. In political matters he is a Republican and is broad and liberal in his views on all the questions of the times. grated from Germany in 1728, to henceforth make his home in the Keystone state. There he became a prosperous farmer, and owned large tracts of fine farming land. He died in 1776, at the age of seventy-six years. One of his sons, Martin, had a son who was a hero of the Revolu- tionary war, and later was a harbor-master in Baltimore for forty-five years. Leonard Eichel- berger, above alluded to, married Elizabeth Smy- ser, of York, Pa., and to them were born four sons and six daughters. His occupation in life was that of the tiller of the soil. The wife of Col. George M. Eichelberger bore the maiden name of Jane Grayson.
The mother of the gentleman whose naine heads this article was Miss Amanda Baugher, daughter of Isaac and Ann Elizabeth (Greena- myer) Baugher. The former was a wealthy mer- chant in Emmitsburg and in his last years was a citizen of Frederick. The family of Grayson and Amanda Eichelberger comprised five sons and three daughters, but three of the boys died in infancy. B. G. Eichelberger is an enterpris- ing business man of Baltimore, owning a well- equipped stationery store on Charles street. One of the sisters died some twenty-two years ago, and the others are Ella V. and Effie G., both of whom make their home with our subject.
Edward S. Eichelberger pursued his studies for a time in the old Frederick Academy, which was chartered in 1763, and was completed about 1796. Later he entered Princeton College, being enrolled in the junior class, and was duly gradu- ated from that renowned place of learning in 1875. Returning to Frederick, he began the study of law with Milton G. Urner and was ad- mitted to the bar in 1878, since which time he has been steadily occupied in the practice of his profession. He has built up an enviable reputa- tion as a lawyer and enjoys a remunerative busi- ness. Among the many enterprises in which he has been concerned to a greater or less degree here is the Steanı Brick Works, one of the lar- gest plants in the city, their specialty being the manufacture of a very fine quality of brick. He
The marriage of Mr. Eichelberger and Miss Miriam Gray, one of the most charming young ladies of Worcester, Mass., took place June 28, 1894. . Her father, Hon. Chiarles W. Gray, is president of the W. H. Hill Envelope Company, of Worcester. One daughter has been born to them, Margaret Grayson.
HINEAS D. GETZENDANNER, yard- master of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad at Cumberland, was born in Frederick, Md., January 10, 1840, and is a son of Charles and Ann M. (Jones) Getzendanner. He and his brother, Charles, of Baltimore, are the only sur- vivers of the family, originally consisting of four sons and one daughter. His father, who was also born in Frederick County, was a carpenter and builder by occupation, and devoted his en- tire active life to that work in the city of Freder- ick, building the female academy there and a number of other large and substantial buildings. In religious belief he was connected with the Lutheran Church. He passed from earth De- cember 12, 1843. Afterward his widow made her home with our subject until her death, which occurred when she was seventy-three years of age.
When only three years of age our subject was orphaned by the death of his father. At an early age lie was obliged to become self support- ing, and his education was therefore limited,
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though he attended for a time the schools of Frederick and Lester's Academy in Baltimore. He was sixteen when he entered the foundry owned by Calvin Page of Frederick, where he learned the moulder's trade. After two years he secured a position as brakeman on the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, running from Baltimore to Martinsburg, and after one year his faithfulness and efficiency were rewarded by promotion to the position of freight conductor. Shortly after the breaking out of the war, in October, 1861, he became a conductor in the yards of the road, and held that position until February 3, 1863. His next employment was as train dispatcher at Frederick Junction, where he remained until he was given his present position in August, 1894, as yardmaster at Cumberland. He has entire charge of the yards and traffic, which makes his position a responsible one.
December 28, 1865, Mr. Getzendanner married Sarah A. Weeks, daughter of Alfred Weeks, of Baltimore, where she was born and reared. The union was blessed by the birth of seven children, now living. One son, who was the third in the family, Charles A., was a graduate of the Union street high school, and possessed ability of a high order, discharging the duties of assistant yard- master in a way most satisfactory to his father. While in the yards he was killed, January 3, 1897, when he was twenty-five years of age. The other children are Harry F., night manager of the Western Union Telegraph Company at Cum- berland; Phineas D., Jr., assistant engineer at the city water works; William M., now serving as machinist on board the United States ship Abrender, of Admiral Sampson's fleet; Clarence E., who is in the high school; Isora, Carrie and Grace.
From June, 1892, until June, 1896, Mr. Get- zendanner served as councilman-at-large for the city, being re-elected to the office in 1894. For fifteen years or more he has been an active mem- ber of the Kinsley Methodist Episcopal Church, in which he has acted as a trustee and steward most of the time. Formerly he was connected with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and the Knights of Pythias, but has allowed his
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