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After the death of General Garnett, General Hunton was put in permanent command of the brigade and was glad to renew his old acquaint- ance with Captain Linthicum and to retain him as adjutant-general of the brigade, in which capa- city he faithfully served until his untimely death, which came at the battle of Second Cold Harbor, June 3, 1864. His remains lie at Richmond in Hollywood Cemetery. He is described by Gen- eral Hunton as the ablest adjutant-general in the army of Northern Virginia, as a true Christian, an earnest patriot and as gallant as any of the heroes of General Lee's incomparable army. His successor as chaplain of the Eighth Virginia Regiment, the Rev. T. A. Ware, in an obituary, says: "His gallantry was such as sometimes to have the appearance of recklessness, his many escapes amidst imminent perils seeming little short of miracles. But I have reason to know it was not from recklessness of life, which from his genial nature and happy faith in God and man he loved, and which he prized as a 'talent' in- volving every other boon of heaven only to be dispensed in highest usefulness, but from a sense of duty alone he was brave." It is said that an order from him was as readily and cheerfully obeyed by the men as one from the commanding general, so great was their love for him and con- fidence in his judgment. His courteous manners, affable nature and generous spirit, made him al- ways a favorite from the very beginning of his brilliant life to its close. His mother has re-
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marked to the writer that she never knew him to tell a falsehood nor to wish harm even to the boys who did him injury, which shows his mag- nanimous heart and pure manly nature.
He was never a prisoner although he made his way through the lines at Christmas, 1863, to visit his home, which was near the present postoffice of Thurston, just across the line of Montgomery County, Md., the last time they ever saw him, the favorite of the household. On this occasion he was overhauled by the enemy in crossing the Potomac, but managed to escape or get through, it is not known how. It is to be regretted that none of his many letters home were preserved. The family were afraid to keep them on account of the frequent searches of private homes by government agents. In the art of letter writing he was a master, as also in conversation and pub- lic speaking. His sentences were beautifully rounded, his style pure and subjects always well chosen.
His father, John Hamilton Smith Linthicum, was born near Hyattstown, March 20, 1812, and died March 22, 1896, at Thurston. He was a man of sterling worth and noble character. No man ever lived whose posterity looked up to him with greater reverence and admiration than was accorded him. He was of medium size, with blue eyes and brown hair, was as fearless as a lion in the face of danger, but like all brave men when at peace, gentle and affectionate. He was for a time a prisoner of state and confined in the old capitol at Washington during the war. He never knew who his accuser was, nor what his offense. He was married April 5, 1832, to Julia Ann, a daughter of Nicholas Garrott, and who Julia Ann, born October 21, 1850, was married was born on Merryland Tract May 17, 1810. to Noah Watkins, in November, 1871. They live at Cedar Grove, Mr. Watkins being one of the most prosperous farmers of Montgomery County and a large real-estate owner. She was a woman of rare tastes, sweet temper and a noble Christian. She died October 23, 1887, five years after the celebration of their golden wedding. Her connections are the fami- lies of Burgee, Dawson and Bean, and his those of Pitt, McElfresh and Smith.
They had seven children, in addition to the one whose name opens this sketch, who grew to maturity. William Thomas, born March 1, grandfather, John Linthicum, who was one of 1833, was united in marriage with Sarah Ellen,
daughter of Rev. James Henson Crawford. November 6, 1856. This good woman died January 12, 1893, and her husband followed July 3, 1897. Like his father, he was noted for his pluck and courage and for never being known to bear a grudge. He was a miller by trade but began farming about 1860. The next son is James Garrott, an eminent physician of Balti- more, born November 26, 1834. At one time he was a member of the city council and is now a professor in one of the leading medical colleges of that city, besides enjoying a lucrative practice. He was married to Marie Ridgley Wilson, of Baltimore, October 16, 1860. John Warren, another son, born November 25, 1836, followed the fortunes of the passionate and forcible Mosby throughout the Rebellion. He was noted for his dash and courage and for his tireless efforts in gathering forage for the army. He was married in 1865 to Amanda, daughter of Charles Hendry. He is now a prosperous farmer near Urbana. The eldest daughter, Hannah Frances, born December 11, 1840, still resides at the old home- stead, near Thurston, and has devoted her life to the care of her aged parents. No fairer specimen of self-sacrifice, devotion and filial love is to be found anywhere. Martha Elizabeth, born Feb- ruary 18, 1844, was married to John E. King April 29, 1873, and they now reside at Kemp- town with their family of prosperous children. Annie Mary, born July 3, 1846, was married to Joel H. Wolfe, February 7, 1864; she died at her home in Comus, August 28, 1889, where her husband and children still reside. She was a woman of rare charms and great personal beauty.
Of the descendants of John H. S. Linthicum, including thirty-five grandchildren and many great-grandchildren, all, so far as known, are Democrats. His father was Frederick, who died in 1836; and grandfather, Zachariah; and great- three brothers, so the story goes, who settled in
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Maryland from England or Wales, and from whom, it is said, have sprung all of the name in this country.
Crawford, to Montgomery County. It is said. Then going to Gaithersburg he clerked for an
The wife of William T. Linthicum was a daughter of Rev. James Henson Crawford, born near Roxbury, Howard County, Md., in 1811. In early life he moved with his father, John that in youth he was wild and was a grown man before he entered the church. From the time that he laid aside his waywardness, however, he was noted for his piety. He was ordained a deacon in the Methodist Episcopal Church March 19, 1843, by Bishop Waugh, and ordained an elder by the same bishop March 12, 1848. He lived a holy life and met a happy death, which came to him at his home near Urbana, Decem- ber 2, 1879, where his remains repose. He was an earnest preacher and eloquent talker. He has said that he never wrote but one sermon in his life and that he could not deliver. Notwithstand- ing this his discourses, if not written out, showed careful study. It is said of him that during his ministry, covering a period of thirty years or more, he married more couples and preached more funeral sermons than any contemporary of his acquaintance. In early life he married Caroline Thompson, who, too, lived a life of sanctity, and who, for years before her death, which occurred in 1892, could quote any chapter in the Bible from hearing the first verse repeated, and could also tell the chapter. Their children were: William, who married Rhoda Cecil and who died in the west some years ago; Thomas W., who recently died in Ijamsville and whose wife was Frances Cecil; Sarah Ellen; Charles W., of Gaithersburg, who was in 1886 a member of the state legislature and who married Cordelia Connell, of Rockville; Mary E., whose husband is C. Columbus Cecil, a brave Confederate sol- dier, now residing at Ijamsville; John S., of Cloppers, a prosperous farmer, who married Fran- ces Purdum, of Kemptown; and Jane, who mar- ried Arnold F. King; she died at Urbana in 1887; hers was a noble Christian character.
Charles Frederick Linthicum, son of William T., and namesake of the brilliant soldier, was
born July 7, 1862, in Frederick County near Comus. In 1876 he went to Washington, D. C., and clerked in old Georgetown for his uncle, John Warren Linthicum, in a feed store, for a year or so. From there he went back to Fred- erick County in 1878, where he remained until 1882, working on the farm most of the time. uncle on the mother's side, Charles W. Crawford, in a drug store. In 1884 he became a partner in the business, continuing in the same until 1887, when he went on the road for Hoover & Gamble, of Miamisburg, Ohio, traveling in the states of Virginia, West Virginia, Maryland, Pennsyl- vania, New Jersey and Delaware. He stood a civil service examination about this time and se- cured the third appointment in his class, being made inspector of customs at Baltimore in Febru- ary, 1888. April 11, 1888, he married Sarah (born near Jefferson December 10, 1861), daughter of Daniel P. Snyder, of Frederick, Md.
In the summer of 1889 he was offered a position with his old firm as manager of their entire col- lections, with headquarters at the factory office at Miamisburg, Ohio, where he moved in No- vember, 1889, having resigned as inspector, to take effect the 11th of that month. Upon enter- ing his new position, Hon. Edwin Warfield, who was surveyor of the port of Baltimore under Cleve- land's first administration, also served as president of the Maryland senate, and is now president of the Fidelity and Deposit Company of Maryland, at Baltimore, wrote a letter to Hoover & Gamble, in which he congratulated them upon securing the services of Mr. Linthicum, saying among other things: "I first met Mr. Linthicum about three years ago, when he entered the service of the government as an inspector of customs and was in my department. He soon developed into one of the best and most competent men in the serv- ice, and when I had very special or confidential work, requiring discretion, tact and reliability, I selected him to perform it. I have implicit con- fidence in his honesty and integrity and regretted very much to lose his services. I am confident that he will prove to be one of the very best men you have connected with your establishment."
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Mr. Linthicum remained in Miamisburg until December, 1892, when he accepted a position with the McCormick Harvesting Machine Com- pany, of Chicago, Ill., by whom he was sent to Nashville, Tenn., to take charge of their collec- tions for the South. In noting his removal the Frederick Citizen, of Frederick, Md., of January 27, 1893, quotes from the Miamisburg (Ohio) News as follows: "Mr. Charles F. Linthicum, who for the past three years has had charge of the collection department of Hoover & Gamble, has resigned his position and accepted a similar po- sition with the McCormick Company at Nash- ville, Tenn. Mr. Linthicum is an expert accountant and was a most efficient man in his position. Before coming to Miamisburg he held a position in the customs service at Baltimore under President Cleveland." The friends of Mr. Linthicum here and everywhere wish him all the success his ability and enterprise merit. He is still at the head of the company's collection department at Nashville.
The only child of Mr. Linthicum is Frederick Hamilton, born at Miamisburg, Ohio, September 29, 1890. In sentiment Mr. Linthicum is a thorough southerner; in politics a Democrat; and in religion a Catholic.
TTO HOHING, mine inspector at Frost- burg, and ex-sheriff of Allegany County, was born at Lonaconing February 3, 1857, and is the descendant of ancestors who were identified with the history of Germany as far back as the record can be traced. His paternal grandfather, George Hohing, was a blacksmith in Germany and had a family of six children. One of these, Conrad, was born February 9, 1826, and in youth learned the trade of a cooper and brewer. In 1854 he came to America and settled at Cumberland, Md., but a year later re- moved to Lonaconing, where he was employed in a brewery. In 1865 he embarked in business for himself and conducted a brewery successfully
until his retirement in 1890. Politically he ad- hered to Republican principles and in religion held membership in the German Lutheran Church.
April 22, 1856, Mr. Hohing married Christina Trott, by whom he became the father of eleven children, namely: Otto, the subject of this sketch; Annie, wife of Martin Eichhorn; John and Edward, who are agents for a brewing com- pany; Louisa, wife of Adam Muir; August; Catharine, wife of James Dixon; Agnes, Mrs. Percy Lees; George, Oscar and Mabel. The oldest of the children, our subject, received his education in the public schools of Lonaconing. Upon starting out for himself he secured employ- ment in the mines, where he worked for three and one-half years. He then went to St. Louis, where he learned the trade of a brewer, and after a year returned to Lonaconing, where he assisted his father in the brewing business.
Upon his election as sheriff in 1887, Mr. Hoh- ing removed to Cumberland. Two years later he came to Frostburg, where he built a house and has since resided. For two years he was en- gaged in business, after which the board of county commissioners appointed him tax collector and he served for two years in this capacity. Upon the expiration of the term, in 1896, he received from Governor Lloyd Lowndes appoint- ment as mine inspector. He has taken an active part in the affairs of the Republican party. An intimate personal friend of Senator Wellington, he has exerted considerable influence in that gentleman's behalf. To every state convention since 1887 he has been a delegate and has exer- cised considerable influence in the deliberations of the party. While serving as sheriff he had the disagreeable duty of inflicting capital punishment in the case of Melvin E. Garlitz, who shot his wife, and for that crime was hung August 30, 1889.
The members of the bar, in speaking of Mr. Hohing during his term as a county officer, gave this testimony: "He is a courteous, obliging and efficient sheriff and goes out of office com- manding the respect of the citizens of the county, irrespective of party." Fraternally he is identi-
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fied with the Lonaconing Lodge of Masonry; George Creek Valley No. 161, A. F. & A. M .; Garfield Chapter No. 130, R. A. M .; Cumber- land Antioch Commandery No. 6; Maryland Consistory at Cumberland; and Boumi Temple, Nobles of the Mystic Shrine, at Baltimore. Heis also a member of the Junior Order United Ameri- can Mechanics; the German Odd Fellows; and Rising Sun Lodge No 86, K. of P., at Lonacon- ing. In religious connection he is identified with the German Lutheran Church.
March 4, 1880, occurred the marriage of Mr. Hohing to Elizabeth Hartig, daughter of Philip Hartig, who was a native of Germany, and emi- grated to this country, settling at Frostburg. Three sons and two daughters were born of the union of Mr. and Mrs. Hohing, all of whom are at home, namely: Emma, Conrad, Nellie, Otto and Philip.
G FORGE C. DAWSON ex-register of wills for Montgomery County, is now engaged in agricultural pursuits, and resides on the old homestead, situated just at the limits of Rock- ville. He is a descendant of English ancestry. The family was founded in Maryland by three brothers, one of whom settled in New England, another (James) in Maryland, and the third fur- ther south. James, who settled in Prince George County, was a land owner and planter and a man of considerable note in his locality. From him the subject of this sketch is descended.
Lawrence A., father of George C. Dawson, was born near Dawsonville, Montgomery County, in 1813. He received his education in the public schools and at the age of sixteen commenced to teach, several of his pupils being older than he. After teaching two years at the old Bethel school- house, he came to Rockville to study law with Benjamin Forrest, then one of the most noted lawyers of the state. On completing his studies he was admitted to the bar and engaged in active practice, in addition to which he superintended his farm. About 1840 he purchased the farm
now occupied by our subject. When the war broke out he gave up the practice of law, as his position as auditor of the court required almost his entire time. In politics he was first a Whig and later a Republican. He was stanch in his ad- vocacy of the Union. He was a member of the state legislature and served as commissioner of the draft during the war, when that position was far from a sinecure. In his younger years he at- tended the Baptist Church, but later became a member of the Episcopal denomination.
In 1842 he married Mary Elizabeth, daughter of George W. Kiger, of Winchester, Va., and granddaughter of George R. Kiger, a soldier in the Revolution. George W. Kiger married Mary Elizabeth Rice, and their children were Daniel, William, Edward, John P. and Rice, who served in the Mexican war; and Mary Elizabeth. John P. Kiger went to Texas with his older brother, Edward, and when the war broke out he became a member of the Texas Rangers, remaining with them until Texas gained her freedom. Soon after the war with Mexico commenced he en- listed, as did his brothers, William, Edward and Rice, the three latter being officers. At the close of the war John P. returned to Parkersburg and married Minnie Shanklin, after which he followed the trade of a tailor. At the breaking out of the Civil war he raised Company K, of the Eighth Virginia Regiment United States Volunteers, and commanded it until his discharge in 1864, partic- ipating in many of the hard-fought battles of the war. During a part of the time he was an aide to General Rosecrans. He continued vigor- ous and active until December, 1897, when he was stricken with paralysis. He has a son, John William, who is a reporter on the Baltimore Sun.
The son of Lawrence A. and Mary Elizabeth (Kiger) Dawson, our subject was born at Rock- ville, Montgomery County, November 18, 1847. He was educated in Rockville Academy under Capt. James Anderson. Until nineteen years of age he followed farming here, but then removed to Prince George County, Md., and engaged in agricultural pursuits near the old family home- stead. In December, 1871, he returned to Mont-
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gomery County and settled on the old farm here, but at the time of his marriage, in 1883, he pur- chased and removed to a farm near Bethesda, which he still owns.
March 11, 1890, Mr. Dawson was appointed deputy register of wills to Robert W. Carter, whose death occurred in August. He was then appointed to fill the unexpired term. In Novem- ber, 1891, he was elected to the position, which he filled for a term of six years. In politics he is a Democrat, having been an active worker in that party since the campaign when McClellan and Lincoln were pitted against each other; in fact, he has aided in campaign work ever since he was fourteen years of age. He has attended many conventions and his advice is sought by the party leaders in this locality. Fraternally he is a member of Montgomery Lodge No. 195, A. F. & A. M., Montgomery Chapter No. 33 and Council No. 13; also the Junior Order United American Mechanics. In religion he is a mem- ber of the Episcopal Church.
January 4, 1883, Mr. Dawson married Sarah Louise, daughter of William Van Wycke and Sarah Catharine ( Harlie) Weaver. Her father was a son of Captain Weaver, of the United States navy, and his brother, Aaron W., now re- tired, was an admiral in the navy. Mr. and Mrs. Dawson have an only child, James Weaver Dawson, who was born on Christmas Day of 1884.
The subject of this sketch was one of seven children, the others being as follows: James, an attorney in Spokane, Wash .; John L., a farmer of Montgomery County; Mary, who married George P. Comer and resides in South Dakota; Henry A., a merchant and ranchman of South Dakota; Anne Elizabeth, now Mrs. William M. Wilson, of Prince George County; and Thomas. The last-named was born in Rockville, October 6, 1857, followed farming when a young man, but afterward engaged in the mercantile business in Rockville for some years. Under President Har- rison he was appointed postmaster of Rockville. When he resigned that position he engaged in the real-estate business and in the practice of law, having been admitted to the bar June 7, 1894.
In 1895 he was a candidate for state's attorney. In 1897 he was a candidate for clerk of courts and after a close contest was elected by a majority of over two hundred votes. Politically he is a Re- publican. January 3, 1889, he married Mary A., daughter of Senator George Peter, of Rockville. and they have four children.
INFIELD SCOTT FRIEND, who has been a resident of Selbysport, Garrett County, for the past fourteen years, is a veteran of the Civil war, in which he served gallantly for three years and three months, until the close of the conflict. He enlisted in Company D, Third Maryland Volunteer Infantry, as a private in the ranks. It so happened that he was the man who fired the first shot at the battle in Frederick City. after the previous two days of skirmishing. At the disastrous engagement at Harper's Ferry he, with many of his comrades, was captured by the Confederate forces, and was sent to Annapolis to be paroled. His conduct throughout the long three years and more of his service was marked by the strict attention which he paid to every duty and he was never placed in the guard- house nor seriously reprimanded for neglect of duty or insubordination. In days of peace and prosperity he has maintained the same .good citizenship and loyalty to the government and justly enjoys the respect of all who know him.
A native of Friendsville, Garrett. County, Mr. Friend comes from one of the oldest pioneer families of this part of the state. (See family history in the sketch of his brother, Benjamin F. Friend, which appears elsewhere in this volume. ) Born in 1844, our subject was but eighteen years of age when he shouldered arms and went forth from the quiet farm house which had sheltered him in his boyhood to defend that flag which he had been trained to devotedly love. He had gained a good general education in the common schools, and learned his father's trade, that of blacksmithing. Subsequently he took charge of
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his father's shop in Friendsville, and there he ton, N. J., in 1773, and in young manhood re- tinued to work at his trade until 1885, when moved to Baltimore, where he engaged in the manufacture of stone and earthenware, dying in that city at the age of thirty-five. he removed to this town. He is a thorough and practical blacksmith and mechanic and is consci- entious and painstaking in the execution of all work entrusted to him. He has been a life-long Republican, and has always taken an active and interested part in local affairs. For many years he has been a member of Sherman Post No. 11, G. A. R., and it is needless to say that the boys ni ho wore the blue and were his comrades in the dark days of the war hold a warm place in his heart.
In 1870 Mr. Friend married Miss Phoebe L. I.auchrey, a daughter of John Lauchrey. Three sons and three daughters have blessed the union of this worthy couple, namely: William W .; Alice, wife of Albert Frazee; Lucy, Nezzie, Arthur L. and Archibald. Mr. and Mrs. Friend und their children are all members of the Meth- odist Episcopal Church. Mr. Friend has been quite active in religious enterprises and has been .. steward and trustee of the congregation at Selbysport for some time. He possesses the re- spect and love of a large circle of friends and acquaintances and justly so, for he is a man of sterling integrity and uprightness in every par- ticular.
ILLIAM MOODY, the leading merchant and business man of Bloomington, Garrett County, was born in the city of Baltimore in 1835, and is the son of John B. and Annie M. B. (Ward) Moody, natives respectively of Balti- more City and Calvert County, Md. His father, who was born in 1800, spent his entire life in his native city, where he was engaged in the manu- facture of tobacco and snuffs, being proprietor of the Baltimore snuff factory, at that time the only snuff mill in Baltimore. In politics he adhered to Democratic principles. His death occurred when he was fifty-six years of age. He was a son of William Moody, who was born in Prince-
The marriage of John B. Moody united him with a daughter of W. H. and Catherine Ward. They became the parents of nine children, six of whom are now living, William being the eldest of the family. The wife and mother died in Bal- timore in 1849, when forty-two years of age. Our subject was reared in Baltimore and received his education in the Baltimore City College and in an academy at Strasburg, Pa. When starting out for himself he went to Chicago and secured employment as clerk in the railroad and steam- boat business, remaining for three years. In 1856, on his return to Baltimore, he was em- ployed by the Cromwell Steamship Line at Lo- cust Point until 1858, when he became book- keeper and cashier for a wholesale shoe house, after which, until 1870, he was connected with a wholesale tobacco house.
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