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June 10, 1874, Major Goldsborough married Miss Amy Ralston Auld, a grand-niece of Salmon P. Chase, chief justice of the United States. They have one son, Edward Ralston, a bright and promising young man now in his nineteenth year. For the past few years the major has given much of his time to literary work, and has not practiced to a great extent in his profession. He has also devoted considerable time to philan- thropic work and the correction of public evils, and is now serving as a member of the board of managers of the Maryland House of Correction. He has about ready for publication a work on the
subject of the battle of Monocacy and one on his observations in California, during a trip to that state. Always a great and comprehensive student of the Bible, he has written several fine articles upon it. He has long been a member of the Episcopal Church, and is now one of the wardens of the local congregation.
OHN T. MARTIN, yardmaster of the Balti- more & Ohio Railroad, at Brunswick and Martinsburg, was born in Frederick Coun- ty, Md., in 1845, and is the only son of William and Mary (Gurley ) Martin, the former of Eng- lish birth, and the latter a native of this county. His father, who was a farmer, died when John was nine years old, and consequently but little is known of the family history. There were also four daughters, two of whom, Mrs. J. W. Jennings, of Brunswick, Md., and Mrs. C. R. Adams, of Lanark, Ill., are still living. After his father's death, his mother married George W. Yourtee, of Washington County, Md. She died in 1885, at the age of sixty-four years.
At the age of sixteen, Mr. Martin started out to secure employment and went to the headquarters of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad in Virginia. He had no one to recommend him, nor any acquaint- ance with the officers of the road, but in spite of these disadvantages, succeeded in getting a minor position, from which by hard work and careful attention to duty alone he steadily rose to the position of agent at Martinsburg, Va. In 1889 he was made the company's representative at Cumberland, Md. He returned to Martinsburg in 1890, and in 1891 formally opened the immense freight yards of the Baltimore & Ohio at Bruns- wick, Md. This office he still holds. The hun- dreds of trains that run through here every day and the large force of men he has to deal with make his position a responsible one. In the employ of this company for thirty-four years, he has never been absent for more than three days at any time.
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In 1868 Mr. Martin married Margaret C. Con- way, daughter of William Conway, of Martins- burg, formerly of Staffordshire, England. Mr. and Mrs. Martin have a son, George W., chief train despatcher for the Baltimore & Ohio Rail- road at Cumberland, Md., and a daughter, Emma. Politically a Democrat, Mr. Martin was mayor of Brunswick in 1895-96, prior to which he had been a member of the city council, 1892-94; also a member of the central committee of Frederick County. He was a delegate to the convention that nominated John E. Hurst for governor of Maryland, against whom he made a strong plea. Fraternally he is a Mason and holds membership in Brunswick Lodge No. 191.
which capacity he served until the close of the war. He then returned to the more peaceful oc- cupation of preaching the Gospel. His death occurred in Greene County, Pa., when he was seventy-five years of age.
The wife of Rev. Robert Laughlin was Eliza- beth Chalfant, daughter of James Chalfant, and a native of Brownsville, Fayette County, Pa. She is now living at the old homestead in Greene County, Pa., and is eighty-three years of age. In her family there were ten children, eight of whom are living, namely: Adam; Jane, wife of George Philips; George; James W .; Melinda, wife of Harvey Bane; Sarah, Mrs. David Keener; Andrew B. and Robert.
He is held in high esteem both by the large force of men under him and the officials of the road, being recognized as one of the most thorough . Greene County, Pa., where his father was pastor and efficient men in the company's services; for this credit is due his own untiring efforts, which, in spite of anything more than a common-school education and few advantages, nevertheless brought him success in his chosen life work.
In Harrison County, W. Va., Dr. Laughlin was born April 29, 1843. He was reared in
of a Methodist Episcopal Church. His literary education was obtained in the public schools and Waynesburg College, and upon its completion he began the study of medicine in Cleveland Medi- cal College at Cleveland, Ohio, where he re- mained until the conclusion of the course, gradu- ating in 1871 with the degree of M. D. Imme- diately after receiving his diploma, he opened an office at Mount Morris, Pa., where he remained for two years. Removing from there to Oak Forest, Greene County, Pa., he continued in prac- tice at that place for eight years. His next lo- cation was at Deer Park, where he devoted him- self exclusively to professional practice until 1886 (a period of five years) and then estab- lished the drug business that he has carried on in connection with his practice. Besides his town property, he is the owner of a farm near Deer Park, where he superintends the raising of cereals and the general management of the place.
Firm in his allegiance to the Republican party, Dr. Laughlin was its candidate for the state sen- ate in 1890, but suffered defeat. In 1896 he was chosen to serve upon the school board of Deer Park, and is now president of the board, main- taining an intelligent and efficient oversight of the schools. Fraternally he is connected with ( AMES W. LAUGHLIN, M. D., carries on a profitable practice as a physician and is also the proprietor of a drug store at Deer Park, Garrett County, where he has made his home since 1881. He is the descendant of Scotch-Irish an- cestors, who were among the earliest settlers of Fayette County, Pa., Hugh Laughlin having emigrated via Cuba to Pennsylvania. In Fayette County, at Brownsville, Adam Laughlin engaged in agricultural pursuits throughout his entire life, meeting with fair success in his chosen occupa- tion. His only son, Rev. Robert Laughlin, was for years one of the prominent ministers in the Pittsburg conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church. During the Civil war he became chap- lain of the Seventh West Virginia Infantry, but soon resigned and, shouldering his gun, be- gan to fight in the ranks of the army. Later he was made quartermaster of the regiment, in the Odd Fellows at Oak Forest, Pa., and the
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Junior Order United American Mechanics at Deer Park, in which he has passed all the chairs. A member of the Methodist Episcopal Church at Oakland, he is now a trustee of the congregation and one of its stewards, also superintendent of the Sunday-school. In 1862 he married Miss Caroline Green, who died leaving two sons, Adam and Hicy. His second union was to Rachel, daughter of David Hoge, and they have two children, Frank, now a student in the University of West Virginia, and Sadie.
During the Civil war Dr. Laughlin and his two brothers, Adam and George, following their father's example, enlisted in the service of the Union, becoming members of Company I, Eighth Pennsylvania Reserve Infantry. The doctor served with the army of the Potomac in its vari- ous engagements and for meritorious service was made sergeant. He remained in active duty for three years, and was mustered out after the bat- tle of the Wilderness, in May, 1864. During the entire period of his service he was never on the sick list nor in the hospital. Since the or- ganization of the Frank Thomas Post of the Grand Army he has served as commander of the post.
OHN WALTER CARROLL, a represent- ative citizen of Potomac District, Montgomery County, comes from one of the oldest and most honored families of Maryland. The Carrolls have been intimately associated with the annals of this state from colonial days, and have furnished many valued soldiers, statesmen and professional men to swell the ranks of her dis- tinguished sons. Carroll Manor, the beautiful homestead celebrated as the country place of that Charles Carroll who was one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence, is situated in Carroll County, which was named in honor of the family. They are of English origin, but many generations have come and gone since the founder of. the family in Maryland landed on these hospitable shores.
The father of the gentleman of whom we write was Walter Addison Carroll, born in Prince George County, Md. There he became a wealthy planter, but in 1832 he removed to Montgomery County, where he purchased a tract of three hundred acres. From that time until his death he was occupied in the cultivation and improve- ment of this property, and was quite successful from a financial point of view. Though he never aspired to political preferment, he took a deep interest in the success of the Democratic party, to which he gave his allegiance. Religiously he was connected with the Catholic Church.
Walter Addison Carroll married Susan Cook, whose father, John Cook, was a well-to-do planter of Prince George County. They became the parents of five children, of whom J. Walter, of this sketch, is the only son and the youngest of the family. Mary Amelia is the widow of Horace Benton, who for years was a farmer of this county and was superintendent of the Chesapeake & Ohio Canal for a period. Catherine Emily mar- tied John M. Smith, a government employe in Washington, D. C. Elizabeth M. survives her husband, John L. Trammell, and with her widowed elder sister makes her home with our subject. Hester Jane, a resident of Baltimore, is the widow of William McAllister.
The birth of J. Walter Carroll occurred near his present home, in April, 1842. After completing his education in the public schools of the neigh- borhood he obtained employment with the Chesa- peake & Ohio Canal Company, and was promoted to the position of boss carpenter, in which capacity. he served them for several years. In 1879 he left the company and engaged in running a hotel and in mercantile ventures at Great Falls, Mont- gomery County, for the next eleven years. Dur- ing this period he also conducted a farm near Potomac, and in 1888 purchased his present fine homestead, comprising one hundred and ten acres. In 1895 he sold his interest in the hotel, and has since been exclusively an agriculturist.
While a resident of Great Falls, Mr. Carroll was the postmaster of the place for a number of years. He gives his support to the Democratic party, and has been quite active during cam-
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paigns in advancing his party interests. In the fall of 1897 he was a candidate for the legislature, and though he was not elected he received a very flattering vote. Since 1871 he has been a mem- ber of the Masonic order, and belongs to Mont- gomery Lodge No. 195, A. F. & A. M. In the Knights of Pythias order he is prominent and has frequently represented his home lodge in the grand lodge of the state.
In May, 1863, Mr. Carroll married a daughter of Colmore Thrift, a farmer of this county. She bore the maiden name of Laura R. Thrift. Two children, a daughter and a son, bless the union of our subject and wife. The elder, Ella H., is the wife of H. A. Garrett, a Washington (D. C.) merchant. Walter Colmore, the son, is an at- torney-at-law in Washington, and married Miss Lelia Welsh, of West Washington.
ORACE RESLEY, for over half a century a resident of Cumberland, is one of her old- est and most honored citizens. He is well and favorably known throughout the county, as for several decades he occupied public positions, and was noted for his fidelity and reliability in the performance of the least, as well as the great- est of his duties. Few men have such a record as he in one particular, if no more; he was still active and in office up to the time he was eighty- one years of age, having been elected to his last office some fifteen years previously. In fact, though he is now in his eighty-fourth year he is quite vigorous, and is hale and hearty, sound in mind and body. He doubtless inherited from a long line of sturdy Swiss ancestors a strength of constitution that is too rarely met with in this nineteenth-century civilization.
The Resleys have been noted for their patriot- ism and love of country in all generations, and both the father and the grandfather of our sub- ject were valiant soldiers in the early wars of the United States, while his own brother George, now living in Texas, enlisted in the war with Mexico,
helped to capture Santa Anna, and finally was captured and held a prisoner by the enemy. Great-grandfather Resley was a native of Swit- zerland, and came to America some time before the Revolutionary war, in his young manhood, living thenceforth in Lebanon County, Pa. Grandfather Jacob Resley was born in the county just mentioned, and came to Maryland upon ar- riving at maturity. He located in Washington County in the vicinity of Hagerstown, and car- ried on a large farm there, with the aid of sev- eral slaves which he owned. He lived to about the allotted age of man, threescore and ten years. He fought in the continental army, and was one of the heroes of Valley Forge under General Washington.
John Resley, father of our subject, was born in Washington County, and owned extensive tracts of land and slaves to cultivate the same. He served during the whole War of 1812, being a lieutenant in a company commanded by Cap- tain Stevens. After the war had terminated he settled upon the old homestead, where he lived in quiet and comfort the rest of his days, his death taking place when he was in his sixty-fifth year. His wife, Mary Snively, as she was before their marriage, was a native of Pennsylvania, and was a descendant of Peter Markel, a former governor of the Keystone state. She departed this life at the age of seventy-four years. Of her ten chil- dren but three survive: Horace, George and Cora Ann, who lives in Fulton County, Pa.
Horace Resley was born near Hancock, Wash- ington County, in 1815, and until he was thirty- two years old he continued to make his home in that county. In the autumn of 1847 he came to Cumberland, which city he has since looked upon as his permanent place of residence. For a few years he conducted a mercantile business in connection with the Chesapeake & Ohio Canal contractors and was very successful. In 1851 he was elected clerk of Allegany County, and his ability having been well tested, he was deemed the fittest man for the office year after year, until twenty-two years had rolled away. He was later elected clerk of the city of Cumber- land, and acted as such fifteen years, or up to
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1896. He then retired from active pursuits to enjoy the rest which he richly deserves after his long and useful career in the public service. At one time he was the manager of the Grafton Hotel for eight years. His mind has often been occupied with mechanical problems, and he is an inventor of some note. In 1840 he suggested the idea for a pilot to be used on the locomotive, which is the one still in use by railroads, and later he took out patents upon a projectile for a cannon; a car-coupler, whereby the necessity of the brakeman standing between cars to couple them is avoided; a railroad snow-plough, and a device for rounding curves, giving greater speed and avoiding the wear and tear of machinery. Many other inventions of his possess great merit, as do the ones already mentioned, and though they have been a great success and of much use to the world, the inventor has not reaped the financial benefits which should have accrued to him. For many years he has been a member of the Masonic fraternity, belonging to Potomac Lodge No. 100, A. F. & A. M., of this city.
In 1840 Mr. Resley married Miss Sarah I. McLanahan, daughter of John McLanahan, of Franklin County, Pa. She died in 1872 from the effects of poisonous medicine being admin- istered by accident. The three children now living are named respectively: John M., William H. and Isabell. Mrs. Resley and her children were all connected with the Presbyterian Church.
A LEXANDER LOWER. Over a century ago the grandfather of this worthy citizen of the Seventh District of Garrett County settled upon a tract of land about two miles dis- tant from the home of our subject, and his de- scendants have since been residents of this de- lightful mountain location. Grandfather Henry Lower, for such was the name of the pioneer, came here from Gettysburg, Pa., and passed the remainder of his life here. He was noted as a hunter, and was a very successful farmer. He
owned a large piece of land, much of which he cleared and improved before his death, at about threescore and ten years of age.
William Lower, the honored father of our sub- ject, was born in these mountains in 1803, and spent his entire life in this immediate section. He was one of the first to take up his abode on Backbone Mountain, since considered a most desirable place for homes. By industry and good management he gradually accumulated a snug little fortune, and was the owner of several valu- able farms in his later years. He was summoned to his reward in 1884, at the advanced age of eighty-one years. To himself and wife, Drusilla, daughter of Elijah Harvey, ten children were born, only three of whom are now living. Henry resides in this locality and Thompson is making his home in Virginia. The mother lived to be sixty-five years old.
The birthplace of Alexander Lower is only one mile from the valuable homestead that he now carries on, and the date of the event was Feb- ruary 23, 1842. As the county was not divided before 1872 he therefore passed his youth and early manhood in Allegany County, as it was then, but the partition placed his property upon the Garrett County side. He owns a portion of his father's old homestead, and from time to time has purchased other fine tracts of land, un- til he now has in his possession several hundred acres. He is engaged in general farming and stock-raising and is usually very successful in his various financial enterprises.
Many years ago Mr. Lower identified himself with the Methodist Episcopal Church, and as he does nothing by halves he has been an earnest and valued worker in the denomination ever since. For a score of years he has been a class- leader, and in every possible way he has sought to promote the prosperity of the church. Al- ways a strong temperance advocate, he declared himself a Prohibitionist several years ago, and in 1895 his friends induced him to allow his name to be used as a candidate of the party for the judgeship of the orphans' court. In 1864 Mr. Lower married Huldah Harvey, daughter of Elisha Harvey, of an old and respected Virginia
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family. They have had five children, two sons and three daughters, namely: Hester Jane, wife of Titus Delawder; Serepta Rachel, Mrs. Dallas Riley; Mary, deceased, formerly the wife of Wili- iam Wonderley; John W., who is at home; and David Moody.
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AMUEL C. HOYE. A position of promi- nence among the people of Deer Park is held by the subject of this sketch, who has twice served as postmaster of the place, being the in- cumbent of the office under both administrations of President Cleveland. He is still holding the office, though the administration has changed. A Democrat in politics, he receives the unquali- fied support of his chosen party, and is also favored by many members of the opposing party, because of his well-known high standing as a business man and his championship in the past of every progressive measure.
Mr. Hoye was born in the northern part of Garrett County in 1833, and is a son of John and Ann E. Hoye. A sketch of the family and their ancestry will be found in the biography of Will- iam D. Hoye, presented upon another page of this volume. Samuel C. accompanied the family on their removal to the farm near Fort Pendle- ton, and there the years of his youth were un- eventfully passed. In 1859 he went to Pied- mont, W. Va., and for twelve years engaged in the mercantile business, meeting with fair suc- cess in his undertakings. In 1874 he came to Deer Park, where he has since resided, having during a portion of the intervening years engaged in the mercantile business at Altamont and also carrying on a farm.
In 1876 Mr. Hoye served as county assessor for Garrett County. Under the first administra- tion of President Cleveland, in 1885, he was ap- pointed postmaster at Deer Park and again, nine years later, he became the incumbent of that of- fice. For two years he held the position of just- ice of the peace, and for four years acted as a
member of the school board, his service in the latter position resulting in an improved condition of the schools. In 1886 he was his party's candidate for the house of representatives, but was defeated.
The marriage of Mr. Hoye took place in 1868 and united him with Miss Mary E., daughter of David Hoye, of Garrett County. Three daugh- ters bless their union, Georgia, Bessie and Nellie. The family attend the Evangelical Lutheran Church, in which Mr. Hoye has officiated as a deacon for fourteen years, and he has also served as superintendent of the Sunday-school. He is a gentleman whose exemplary character and genial, courteous manner have made him hosts of friends. As a citizen he is public-spirited and progressive, and is held in high regard through- out the community in which the greater part of his life has been passed.
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- ICHARD S. JAMISON, mayor of Oakland, Garrett County, was elected to this respon- sible position in the spring of 1898 and is attending to the duties which devolve upon him in this capacity. He has long been a factor in local politics in the ranks of the Democracy, and is thoroughly devoted to the cause, For three terms he served as a member of the town coun- cil, and later his name was brought forward as a candidate for the mayoralty. He was a candi- date for the office of sheriff in 1885, and though he was not elected he was favorably considered by a large number of citizens who afterwards be- came his adherents.
A son of Richard B. Jamison, our subject was born in this county, whither his father had re- moved from his native county, Frederick, about 1840. He was a wealthy farmer, owning large tracts of land and slaves prior to the war. For a number of years he was a magistrate in District No. 2, Allegany County, Md., and in 1868 he came to Oakland, where he spent his declining
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days. He lived to be about seventy-eight years old. To himself and wife, Ella M., thirteen chil- dren were born but only six are now living, namely: Edwin O., of California; Edmund; Flor- ence L., wife of John T. Browning; Cecelia, wife of Thomas Coddington; Richard S., of this sketch; and Ella. The mother died about ten years ago. The Jamison family is of English ancestry and their representatives were numbered among the pioneers of Maryland.
Richard S. Jamison was born in what was then Allegany (now Garrett) County, in 1849. He was reared upon his father's homestead and received a public-school education. When he had reached a suitable age he embarked in busi- ness for himself by opening a meat market in Oakland, and this he carried on successfully for several years. In 1876 he opened a liquor store, and with the exception of four years, has since been at the head of it. He is also interested financially in a machine for drilling wells. When the Catholic Benevolent Legion was organized in Oakland he became one of the charter members and has since been treasurer and collector for the same.
D APT. CHARLES FREDERICK LINTHI- CUM was born December 17, 1838, in Fred- erick County, Md., one mile north of Hyatts- town. He was educated in the public schools of that section and worked on his father's farm un- til a young man, when he began teaching school near what is now Mount Ephraim. In March, 1860, he entered the Baltimore Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church, by which he was sent to Loudoun County, Va. At the breaking out of the Civil war he entered the Confederate service as a private in the Eighth Virginia Regi- ment, commanded by Col. Eppa Hunton. He was soon taken from the ranks and made chap- lain of the regiment. When Colonel Hunton temporarily succeeded General Pickett in 1862, when the latter was severely wounded at Gaines' Mill, Chaplain Linthicum was made one of his
staff officers. Later General Pickett was promoted and Gen. Dick Garnett put in command of the brigade, when Chaplain Linthicum was put on his staff as adjutant-general with the rank of captain. He served in this capacity (being en- gaged in many severe battles) until the great conflict at Gettysburg, where Garnett was killed, together with his entire staff, with the single ex- ception of Captain Linthicum, who escaped with only a slight wound on the forehead from a spent minie ball. On this memorable field he had two horses shot from under him. The account he gives of this battle in his diary is an interest- ing bit of history and his tribute to his dead gen- eral is touching.
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