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EWIS D. KELLY. Among the enterpris- ing citizens of Thurmont, Frederick County, has been numbered for the past four years the gentleman whose name stands at the head of this sketch. Coming to this town in 1894 and properly estimating its future possibilities as a commercial center, he determined to cast in his lot with its inhabitants, and has never had occa- sion to regret his decision. In all movements calculated to benefit the community, he is fore- most, in influence and in more material ways, and can safely be counted upon to keep in tlie front ranks of this progressive age.
The birth of Lewis D. Kelly took place in Washington County, Md., in 1864. He is the only son of John E. Kelly, a native of Pennsyl- vania, he having been born near the town of
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Waynesboro. He has followed the occupation of teaching during the most of his life and has met with well-deserved success in this vocation. In his young manhood he removed from the Key- stone state to Maryland, becoming a permanent resident of Washington County. His home has been in the vicinity of Hagerstown, the county- seat, for years. His father, Lewis Kelly, for whom our subject was named, was a native of Frederick County, and spent much of his life at Mount St. Mary's. He was a mili-wright by trade. John E. Kelly married Annie Beard, a daughter of Daniel Beard, of Washington County. That worthy citizen was a tailor by trade and was respected and highly regarded by all who knew him. To the marriage of John and Annie Kelly three children were born: Lewis D., Elizabeth May and Barbara O. The daugh- ters are unmarried and still living at the old fam- ily homestcad.
every year. His customers become his friends, on account of the fairness of his dealings with them, and his uniform courtesy and good nature. During the busy season he keeps two or more clerks and sells an extensive stock of goods. The appearance of the store is such as to attract customers, for he makes it a point to have every- thing about the premises neat and artistically displayed. Commencing his independent career entirely upon his own responsibility, without moneycd friends or financial assistance of any kind, Mr. Kelly has made a stanch struggle for a place in the business world, and is entitled to
great credit for what he has already accom- plished. Many obstacles and reverses have come to him, as they come to almost everyone, but lie has bravely met his difficulties, and wherever possible has mastered them in the end. Not the least of his troubles has been the poor licalthi of his beloved wife, who has been a great sufferer and invalid for several years. They were mar- . ried in 1890 and had one little girl, Charlotte, who. died at the age of five years. Mrs. Kelly's father, Lewis G. Conrad, is a well-to-do citizen of Hanover, Pa., and is a builder and contractor. Her maiden name was Agnes M. Conrad, and Hanover, Pa., was the place of lier birth.
In his boyhood our subject learned the rudi- TRA E. FRIEND, a veteran of the Civil war and a member of the Grand Army of the Re- public, is the owner of a large and well-im- proved homestead in the Second District of Gar- rett County. He has recently been relieved of the responsibility of managing the farm by his son, who has assumed entire charge of the place, thus enabling the senior man to enjoy the free- dom from care that has rested heavily upon him for years past. He has been very successful in his enterprises, and has established a reputation a well-selected stock of dry goods and no- I ments of his education in the public schools. Hc passed the happy, careless years of his youth in Cavetown and Hagerstown, and when he was about sixteen years of age he entered upon his business life as a clerk in a store in the last- named place. He has been engaged in mercan- tile pursuits, in one capacity or another, from that time until the present, and has gained a practical knowledge of the demands of the trade. In the year 1894 he established his business place on Main street, in Thurmont. He keeps : for upright, conscientious dealings with others. In every respect he is a self-made man, having tions, replenishing his supplies several times . only himself to thank for the position he has won in the business and social world of this community.
Born in Carroll County, Ohio, in 1830, our subject is a son of Cornelius W. Friend, whosc history and that of the family is given at some length in the sketch of W. H. H. Friend, printed elsewhere in this volume. Until he was fifteen years of age, Ira E. Friend continued to live in his native county, and then accompanied thic family to Maryland. For a few years he lived at Sang Run, Garrett County, and when he attained his majority he and his father purchased Cherry Hill track, ncar Friendsville.
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A young man, full of patriotic impulses, Ira E. Friend was earnestly in sympathy with the Union, and in 1862 he offered his services in the defense of the old flag. He became a sergeant in Com- pany D, Third Maryland Infantry, which went from this portion of the state, and was later pro- mioted to be orderly sergeant. After taking part in the various campaigns in which his regiment participated he was taken prisoner, with many other comrades at tlie disastrous battle of Har- per's Ferry. He fought in the important battle of Frederick City and other notable engagements, but was never seriously injured by the fire of the enemy. For several years he was vice-coin- mander of Sherman Post No. 11, G. A. R., of Friendsville.
The year following his return from the war Mr. Friend married Miss Carrie B. Sisler, and their only child, Cornelius, named in honor of his grandfather, is the young man previously re- ferred to, as being the present manager of the farm of which our subject is the proprietor. Mrs. Friend is a daughter of Samuel Sisler, a re- spected citizen of this county. The same year that he was married Mr. Friend bought part of the Blooming Rose tract, and has ever since made his home here. His farm comprises six hundred acres of land, well adapted for general purposes, and here the . owner has each year gathered abundant crops, and has raised much fine live- stock.
An active and aggressive worker in the Re- publican party, Mr. Friend has frequently been called upon to serve in various positions of trust and honor. In 1874 he was elected treasurer of Garrett County, and acquitted himself with credit and to everyone's satisfaction, during the two years of his term of office. In 1892 his many friends pursuaded him to become a dele- gate for the legislature, and his defeat in the en- suing election was due to local issues. In 1894 lie was elected one of the commissioners of this county for four years and has acted as chairman of the board. Formerly lie was chairman of the state central committee. Religiously he is a Methodist, has been an active worker in the in- terests of the church, at one time was the super-
intendent of the Sunday-school and is now one of the board of trustees. His wife and son are also connected with the church as members.
ANIEL P. ZIMMERMAN, one of Fred- erick. County's most prominent citizens, was born in Woodsboro District, October 20, 1842, and is a son of Solomon and Susannah (Schank) Zimmerman. He was one of a family of six children, there being five sons and one daughter. He received his education in the pub- lie schools of his native place, and during his early years assisted his father in the management of his agricultural interests. On attaining the age of twenty-two years he entered the employ of the company, operating the copper mines in Woodsboro District, and remained engaged in this line of enterprise until 1872.
During this time he received from the county commissioners the contract for constructing the pike road extending from the Liberty Copper mine to the Jolinsville & Liberty turnpike. It is needless to say his filling of the public work met with the approval of those concerned. Sub- sequent to his employment with the copper in- terest he became the owner of his present valu- able farming property, in Woodsboro District, which has since claimed most of his time.
In 1893 he was nominated and elected by the Republican party sheriff of Frederick County by a majority of six hundred and six, the larg- est ever received by any candidate for that office. His administration of the affairs while an in- cumbent of that office was characterized by great energy and strict integrity, and won for him the respect and esteem of the entire community. Few men are better known in Frederick County, and to such men as he is due much of her reputa- tion as the "Garden Spot of Maryland." His act- ive identification with the growth and develop- ment of the county in hier agricultural, political and religious life, in which he has ever shown true Americanism and wide charity, places him
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among her most prominent citizens, one who is ever ready with time and means to assist any enterprise which tends to the betterment of her residents.
January 1, 1863, he married Catherine L. Stitely, who has been his loving helpmate. To them have been born nine children, one son and eiglit daughters, two of whom, Alice and Emma L., are deceased. Of those living, Zoie is the wife of Jantes H. Crum, an agriculturist of Lib- erty District, and who served as a deputy under Mr. Zimmerman, while he was sheriff; Ada is the wife of William Whitemore; and Daisy the wife of Charles W. Miller, of Frederick; Elsie L., Alva O., Grace L. and Effie L. reside with their parents. Mr. Zimmerman and family are mem- bers of the German Lutheran Church, of which he is a stanch supporter.
Characterized by industry and integrity, Mr. Zimmerman has gained a competency of this world's goods. As an official he was true to his trust, He is a firm adherent of the Republican party, always supporting its principles. Seen in his comfortable home, surrounded by liis at- tractive daughters and devoted wife, and blessed with all the comforts of existence, one realizes that he has been favored by Providence. He is, as he should be, respected for his energy of char- acter and integrity of life.
M. LEWIS is a wealthy retired railroad man, his home having been in the vicinity of Frederick since 1875. His fine residence is situated about half a mile from that place on the Washington Pike, and here he is surrounded by all of the comforts and very many of the luxuries of life. In former years he was very active and energetic in the discharge of the duties that devolved upon his shoulders and the responsi- bilities which he bore for several decades were very taxing upon his mind and body. Yet lie bravely niet all these difficulties, won the entire confidence and respect of liis superiors as well as
of those below him in office, and by his inherent inerits rose step by step until he found it best to give up his very arduous labors.
The Lewis fantily came to America from Wales at a very early period. The grandfather of our subject was Griffith Lewis, who was born De- cember 6, 1766, and whose wife, Lydia, had been born four years previously. They lived upon a good farin which they owned in Pennsylvania. and were prosperous and respected citizens. They and their children were adherents of the Society of Friends. Nathan H. Lewis, father of C. M. Lewis, was born in 1804 in Chester County, Pa., and for a great many years he owned a large foundry in the town of Westchester. He died when but thirty-eight years old with the scarlet fever, of which dread disease his son William Henry died at the same time. He was a strong Henry Clay man and was devoted to the interests of the Whig party, though he was nothing of a politician or office-seeker. His wife was Hannah, daughter of a Quaker, Caleb Mendenhall, who was born December 10, 1771, in Chester County, Pa., on the Brandywine battleground, and whose wife, Betsy Taylor, was born Sep- tember 5, 1776, near the same place. Mrs. Hannah Lewis survived her husband a great many years, as she lived to be eighty-two years of age. Their only daughter, Lydia, became the wife of Dr. Phillips, a prominent physician of Chester County, Pa., and both are deceased. Edwin, born in 1831, in Pottsville, Pa., died when young. Henry, a native of the same town, was formerly a machinist and is now a well- known coal merchant of Lewistown, Pa. William H., as previously mentioned, died in boyhood. Samuel, the youngest of the family, was an officer on the good ship Monitor at the time when she went down off Cape Hatteras December 31, 1862. He was the youngest officer on board tlie ship at the time.
The birth of C. M. Lewis took place in Down- ingtown, Pa., September 3, IS28, and most of his boyhood was spent in Pottsville, Pa. He learned the machinist's trade in Wilmington, Del., after which he entered upon his long railroad experi- ence. For ten years he was master mechanic of
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the Mifflin shops of the Pennsylvania Railroad . He was a son of Thomas Burnett, a prosperous Company, and in 1860 he took the position of farmer in the Keystone state. master of machinery with the Northern Central Railroad, having his headquarters in Baltimore. With this corporation he remained seventeen years, superintending the start of every train from Baltimore. During one year of the Civil war he conveyed the armies with great care, dis- patch and success, winning the hearty commend- ation of all concerned. In the year 1867 he be- came master of the rolling stock of the Eastern Railroad, having under his jurisdiction the
entire road. He retired from this position in 1878, feeling that he had truly earned a rest. He purchased the valuable farm, known as Au- burn, near Frederick City, and there he quietly lived until about four years ago. He then re- moved to his present home, close to the city, and situated to the south. He owns a well-equipped farm five miles east of Frederick on the Baltimore Pike and rents it to a responsible tenant. From time to time he has taken out patents on valuable inventions of his own on things connected with engines, machinery and cars, and many of these have proved of great service and worth. During the war his sympathies were strongly with the Union, and since the organization of the Repub- lican party he has stood by it at all times. Socially he belongs to Union Lodge No. 324, A. F. & A. M., of Mifflin, Pa.
In 1849 Mr. Lewis married Susan M. Burnett, who had been born upon the historic old battle- ground of Brandywine. She was the only child of Dr. Nathan S. and Eliza (Mickle) Burnett. The mother died when Mrs. Lewis was but six- teen months old and her grandmother, Mrs. Susan Burnett, took the child to bring up as her own. Dr. Burnett was a highly respected phy- sician of Chester County, Pa., and later of Somerset County, Pa. He was a surgeon in both the Mexican and Civil wars, doing most effective service. He went with General Scott to the first-named war and was wounded upon one oc- casion. He was an enthusiastic friend to the Union and was a true and noble patriot in times of peace as well as in those of war. He died some six years ago in Westmoreland County, Pa.
Four sons and a daughter came to bless the union of Mr. and Mrs. Lewis. Edwin died in childhood. Annie is the widow of Dr. Joseplı McSherry, of Baltimore, and has two daughters. Charles H. is chief clerk of the motive power de- partment of the New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad, with headquarters in New Haven." He learned the trade of a machinist with his father and is thoroughly competent. At present he has over one hundred and fifty men under his supervision. He has occupied his place with this railroad since 1880, and is trusted and reliable in every way. George and Frederick were twins. The former lived only until about two years of age, while the latter was thirty at thic time of his death. He had been a very suc- cessful druggist and had a most promising future lying before him.
EORGE L. CARDER, M. D., is a prac- ticing physician and surgeon of the regular school, with office at No. 178 Baltimore street, Cumberland. From boyhood he showed a decided fondness for the profession in which he is now engaged, and he was a mere lad when he began to study medicine under Dr. R. B. War- ford, with whom as preceptor he remained for a year. For a time his attention was diverted from the study of medicine, but on his return from the west, where he had spent eighteen months, he resumed his readings, entering the medical department of the University of Mary- land at Baltimore, from which he graduated in 1891.
For one year Dr. Carder was clinical assistant, also for a year attended the New York Post- Graduate School, and then received an appoint- nient as surgeon to the hospital for the crippled, where he remained for a time. In December, 1892, lie came to Cumberland in the capacity of surgeon to the Western Maryland Hospital, and
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this position he retained for eighteen montlis, . later establishing the practice which he has since successfully conducted. His specialty is surgery and he has successfully performed a number of operations that were delicate and difficult. In addition to his private practice, he is medical examiner for the Home Friendly Society of Baltimore, the Provident Insurance Company and other organizations.
Dr. Carder was born in Oldtown, Allegany County, Md., February 8, 1865, and is a son of John W. and Julia (Nicely) Carder, natives of Oldtown, and Luray, Page County, Va., respect- ively. His grandfather, George Carder, was a native of Rappahannock County, Va., and from there removed to Maryland, settling in Oldtown, where he followed farm pursuits. John W. Carder has been engaged in the general mercan- tile business at Oldtown since the '6os, but makes his home on a farm across the river in West Vir- ginia. In public affairs he has borne an active part, taking a warm interest in all measures calculated to benefit his locality. He and his wife have one daughter, Clara (whose husband, Samuel Eastburn, is the agent of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad at Rockville, Md. ), and two sons, William W., who is associated in business with his father, and George L.
In the schools of his native town the subject of this sketch gained the rudiments of his education and afterward he studied in a business college. As already stated, he has always had a taste for surgical and medical work, and while still a youth resolved to enter the medical profession. To this science his active life has thus far been devoted. As a physician and surgeon he takes front rank in his profession. His careful, pains- taking study of the science of materia medica (for he has ever been a student), combined with his experience in hospital work and general prac- tice, have given him deserved prominence in the medical fraternity.
Politically Dr. Carder is a Republican, heartily in sympathy with the principles of the party. Realizing that constant study and work are wear- ing on the physical system, lie allows himself diversions, by mingling in social circles, where he
is ever a welcome guest. He also devotes some time to his fox hounds, for he is a lover of dogs and always keeps a number of fine animals in his kennels. He is still a young man, but has already accomplished much in his profession and undoubtedly has before lini a successful career as physician and surgeon.
JOHN H. McGANN, M. D., of Grantsville, graduated from the medical department of the University of Baltimore at Baltimore, Md., in 1891, receiving the degree of M. D. Dur- ing the same year he took a course of special lectures at the Johns Hopkins University and after graduation, for one year he held the position of resident physician in the hospital of the Balti- more University. Later, for one year, he was employed as assistant in the department of children's diseases in the University hospital. Beginning private practice in 1893, he opened an office at Frostburg, Md., and remained in that place until the summer of 1897, since which time he has been a practicing physician of Grantsville.
A native of Ireland, born in 1853, our subject is a son of Bernard and Winifred (Cunningham) McGann, also natives of the Emerald Isle. He came to this country with his parents in 1859 and settled in the city of Baltimore, where his father became a prominent Democrat and an active worker in the party. For many years he served as superintendent of streets. There were ten children in the family, of whom four are living, namely: Kate, Mary, Nora and John H.
The education of our subject was acquired principally in the public schools and St. Vincent's Academy. His first work for himself was as clerk in the Carrolton Hotel of Baltimore, where he was employed for nine years. Later, for three years, he was proprietor of Hotel Western, on Howard and Saratoga streets. In 1883 lie was appointed a clerk in the Baltimore postoffice, where he remained for four years. During that time he attended the College of Physicians and
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Surgeons for two years and then entered the Baltimore University Medical College, from which he graduated in 1891. During his residence in Baltimore, in 1881, he was a member of the com- mittee of one hundred, organized to carry through certain reform movements. It has ever been his aim to support measures for the benefit of the pec- ple and the promotion of local interests. He is wellinformed regarding matters political and is a stanch advocate of the Democratic party, believ- ing that its principles, carried into practice, will best subserve the welfare of the nation.
LFRED KELLEY, who is well and favor- ably known in the Second District of Garrett County, has been a life-long resident of this section and lias taken an active interest in every- thing pertaining to its development and upbuild- ing. Now in the prime of manhood, hie pos- sesses a comfortable fortune, as the result of liis energetic and industrious manner of meeting fi- nancial problems. He is a thrifty and practical farmer and takes commendable pride in keeping everything about his homestead in a neat and at- tractive style.
The parents of our subject were David and Rosie (Ryland ) Kelley, both of whom have been deceased for many years. The fatlier settled up- on the homestead now owned by his only living son, Alfred, of whom we write, more than half a century ago, and the property has never since left the possession of the family. He was a thor- ough, progressive farmer and reared and pro- vided for a large family, giving them every ad- vantage in his power and training them to be useful members of society. He died in 1857, Itis loss being deeply felt by all who knew him. His wife departed this life when she was about fifty years of age. But four of their children are liv- ing at the present time. Isabel is the widow of Edward Findley; Lucinda is the widow of Lewis Van Sycle; and Saralı is the widow of John Sawyer.
Alfred Kelley, the only living son of David Kelley, was born in 1849 on the old farm which he now owns and operates. He has never re- sided elsewhere, and from his earliest recollections has been associated with his birthplace. His education was acquired in the neighboring dis- trict school and as soon as he was of suitable age he began working on the farm, giving such assistance as was in his power to his parents. Since he- bacame of age he has managed the place alone and after his father's death the prop- erty, which comprises a hundred acres, came into his possession. He has carried on general farm- ing and stockraising and has been blessed in his efforts to earn a livelihood for himselfand family. He is a stanch Republican and religiously is a Methodist. He has been an active and zealous member of the local church for many years, has served it in the capacity of trustee, steward and Sunday-school superintendent, and has contrib- uted liberally toward its support.
December 25, 1872, the marriage of Mr. Kel- ley and Miss Louisa McCabe was solemnized in this county. Mrs. Kelley is a daughter of Will- iam McCabe, and by her marriage has become the mother of five children, namely: Letitia, Laura A., Rufus, Marcia and Etliel. The eldest daughter, Letitia, is the wife of Lewis Forman. Mrs. Kelley and the other members of the family are also members of the Methodist Episcopal Church.
ESSE DENTON KAUFMAN is a prosper- ous and enterprising business man of Fred- erick. Just twenty years ago lie purchased his property on East Patrick street, has since re- modeled the building very materially and now has a well-equipped establishment. On this land stands an old stone house, one of the old-time mansions of the town, and this residence is rented to tenants. Our subject's own home is situated on the same property as his store, thus being very conveniently near.
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