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1, 1863, and rode to Greencastle, Pa., where they captured two mounted mail carriers, guarded by twenty-two infantrymen. The mail contained important dispatches from Jefferson Davis to General Lee, which Captain Dahlgren promptly delivered to General Meade at Gettysburg, thus turning the tide of the third day's fight.
At the close of the war in 1865, Mr. Carl went to Washington, D. C., where he followed his trade in the employ of the United States govern- ment for one year. From there he went back to Hanover, and continued the saddlery business for a few years. In 1869 he came to Hancock and bought the saddlery business of Bartlett & Heller, which he has since carried on successful- ly. In connection with it, he has also con- ducted a livery, dry-goods and butchering busi- ness. He owns property in town and farming land near by.
Politically a Republican, Mr. Carl was post- master of Hancock under President Harrison's administration. In the Odd Fellows' lodge he has passed all the chairs and is a member of the grand lodge. He is also connected with Lincoln Post No. I, G. A. R., at Martinsburg, W. Va., and the Patriotic Order Sons of America in Han- cock. In September, 1867, he married Annie E. Sprenkel, in Fountaindale, Adams County, Pa. In his family there are six children living, name- ly: Charles E., principal of the male high school at Hagerstown; Francis L., a reporter on the staff of the Cumberland News; Edith J .; Urner Garfield, who graduated from the high school of Hagerstown in 1898; Daniel McComas and. Ben- jamin Harrison, at home. Four children are deceased.
AMES D. HAMILL, proprietor and editor of the Garrett Journal at Oakland, was born on Cranberry Glade farm, seven miles north of Oakland, May 8, 1861. When he was a child of eight years of age his parents came to Oak-
land, where he has since resided. The founda- tion of his education was laid in the public schools. In 1882 he entered Randolph Macon College at Ashland, Va., an institution of whose board of trustees his father was a member. Af- ter one year there he entered St. John's College at Annapolis, Md., and for two years carried on his studies in that famous institution.
Returning home August 8, 1884, Mr. Hamill assumed the duties of assistant postmaster, his father holding the position of postmaster at that time, and he remained practically in entire charge of the office for four years. In 1888 he became associated with his brother, G. S. Hamill, in the capacity of clerk, where he remained until 1891; then in the spring of the year just named he formed a co-partnership with Thomas Little in the mercantile business, the firm being Hamill & Little. In the spring of 1897 he embarked in the newspaper business and established the Garrett Journal, an independent weekly news- paper, devoted to the interests of the county whose name it bears. It has become one of the leading papers of the county, being recognized not only as a bright and newsy sheet, but also as a splendid medium between advertisers and the people. It has received recognition from the well-known newspaper directory of George P. Rowell, of New York. While the editor is a Democrat the paper displays no partisanship, but is fair, just and impartial, both in its estimate of public men and in its comments upon public affairs.
For two years Mr. Hamill served as president of the county school board, to which position he was appointed by Gov. Frank Brown. In 1892 he married Miss Rose C., daughter of John Cor- nelius, of Ohio. They have an only child, Frances C. The family are identified with the Presby- terian Church and take an active part in its work. Fraternally Mr. Hamill is connected with Gar- rett Lodge No. 113, K. of P., and has passed to the highest chair in the lodge.
The father of our subject, Patrick, was a grand- son of Patrick Hamill, Sr., who served as a sol- dier under that historic character, Robert Emmet, the patriot who suffered exile from Ireland owing
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JAMES G. CASHELL.
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to his connection with the revolution. Further reference to the history of the Hamill family ap- pears in the sketch of our subject's brother, G. S. Hamill.
AMES G. CASHELL is the owner of Ash- land, one of the most beautiful homesteads in the sixth congressional district. The farm is situated about five miles northeast of Rockville, thecounty-seat of Montgomery County, and comprises some five hundred and thirty-two acres of productive land, well improved with sub- stantial fences and buildings. The owner takes justifiable pride in his valuable farm, and keeps everything about the place in a neat and thrifty manner, which speaks volumes for his business ability, forethought and excellent judgment. He has followed general farming and stock-rais- ing, making the latter business a specialty. In all his ventures he has met with deserved suc- cess, and particularly as a feeder of cattle for the city markets has he been prospered. To his original farm of two hundred and seventy-odd acres he added adjacent land until the place con- tains the number of acres above mentioned.
James Cashell, great-grandfather of our sub- ject, was a native of Ireland, and settled in Mont- gomery County, where his descendants have lived ever since. His two children were George and Mary. The latter married a Mr. Wheatley, grandfather of Samuel and the late Charles Wheatley, well-known lumber merchants of Wash- ington. George Cashell, the grandfather of our subject, was born September 3, 1776, in this county, and married Elizabeth, daughter of Hazel Butt, June 17, 1804. He died in 1861, having spent his entire life as a farmer near Layhill. His children were: George W., born July 4, 1807; Hazel B., born November 5, 1808; Richard H., born June 2, 1811, and died June 28, 1886; Sam- uel S., born April 26, 1813; James W., born September 9, 1814; Andrew Jackson, born April II, 1817, and died in 1887; Thomas F., born December 26, 1818, and died September 11, 1889; Elizabeth, born April 30, 1820, married Hanson
Groomes, and died November 21, 1893; Emily M., born January 25, 1824, married Jacob Miller and died November 1, 1891; and Malvina D., born March 27, 1829, and died July 19, 1833.
Hon. Hazel B. Cashell, father of our subject, was a very prominent man in his day and gener- ation. He was one of the most successful farmers in this county, and was always ready to lend a helping hand to those less fortunately situated than himself. He dealt extensively in real estate, both city and country property, and owned con- siderable land in Washington. At the time of his death he left about fifteen hundred acres of valuable improved land, this estate representing his fine business management, as he had started out upon his career as a tenant, without an acre of land. In 1847 he was elected county com- missioner on the Democratic ticket, and served in that capacity until 1851. In 1854 he was chosen judge of the orphans' court, to fill out the unexpired term of Judge Magruder, and after- wards continued in the office for four terms of four years each. During the war, owing to his strongly expressed sympathies for the south, he was arrested upon a charge of treason, and was tried by a military court and acquitted, but the secretary of war, disapproving of the decision, remanded the case to the civil court. The matter was brought up in the United States court at Baltimore, and the judge was released on parole, and the case was finally abandoned. He was an earnest member of the Methodist Episcopal Church.
The first marriage of Judge H. B. Cashell was with Caroline, daughter of James Groomes, of Montgomery County. Their married life con- tinued from 1832 to 1859, and in 1870 the judge . wedded Harriet Jones. Her parents were Thomas and Mary Jones, of an old Virginia family. The judge was the father of the following-named chil- dren: Amanda E., wife of William Metzer, a farmer near Poolesville, Md .; James G .; Thomas, a farmer of the vicinity of Redland; William T., also a farmer; Hazel and Edgar H., the two last- mentioned living on farms near our subject's home. They are the children of the second mar- riage.
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James G. Cashell was born March 9, 1839, on the old White farm near Mechanicsville, then rented by his father. His education was acquired in the district schools and academy at Brookeville, and before he was twenty he was thoroughly competent to manage a farm. The homestead he now owns, formerly the property of his father, was a poor and unproductive piece of land, as everyone believed, when it came into his posses- sion, but by diligence and careful management he has brought the place into its present high state of fertility and beauty. For years he has been a director in the Washington & Brookeville Pike Company and was a stockholder for a long time. In 1876 he was appointed assessor for the road by Governor Carroll. He is also a stock- holder in the Washington & Norfolk Steamboat Company. Politically he is affiliated with the Democratic party. In all his joys and sorrows since he reached the prime of life he has been aided and strengthened by his devoted wife, who prior to their marriage, June 4, 1875, was Miss Amanda J. Bell. Her parents were Adam and Eleanor (Fife) Bell, the former a prominent agri- culturist of Laytonsville. Mrs. Cashell is a member of the St. John's Episcopal Church, of Olney.
I SAAC D. NEWMAN, M. D., has been a resident of the town of Oakland, Garrett County, for the past decade, and is con- sidered one of our public-spirited citizens, as he has deeply at heart all local enterprises calcu- lated to advance our interests. He is a true patriot, firm in his allegiance to his loved country, loyal to the best principles of govern- ment and ever ready to make sacrifices for her prosperity. In his political belief he is a Repub- lican, as he finds in the principles of that party the secret of the growth and development of our nation since the days of the Civil war. Relig- iously he is a devout Methodist, and was for several years a member of the official board of the church in West Virginia.
The doctor's father, Jacob Newman, was a native of Fayette County, Pa., and spent his early manhood in that section. He was a farmer by occupation and was very successful in his business transactions. When in his prime he con- cluded to try his fortunes in Virginia, and from that time until his death he continued to reside there. His farm was situated in Monongalia County, which has since become part of West Virginia. Prior to the Civil war Mr. Newman was affiliated with the Democratic party, but sub- sequently he renounced it and thenceforth was an earnest advocate of the Republican platform. His death occurred when he was in his seventy-fourth year. To himself and wife, Mary (Guseman) Newman, nine children were born, namely: Abra- ham, Samuel, John, Isaac D., Jacob, Nancy, Sarah, Mary and Elizabeth. The mother lived to be sixty-five years of age.
Dr. I. D. Newman was born in Monongalia County, Va. (now West Virginia), in 1838. He early became his father's right hand upon the old homestead, as he relieved him of many duties and took upon himself numerous responsibilities. He became a thorough and practical agricult- urist, and when, at an age when most young men start out to make a home and fortune for themselves, he saw that his fast-aging parents needed him at home, he gave up his personal wishes and continued to carry on the farm until he was thirty-three years old. One of his long- cherished desires had been that he might enter the medical profession, and when the matter was no longer necessarily laid upon a shelf he com- menced the study of his favorite science. Later he attended lectures in the Physio-Medical Insti- tute in Cincinnati, Ohio, and graduated from there in 1884. One of the chief points in the medical system that he prefers is that all diseases are treated in a natural manner, without the use of strong poisons of a mineral character. He makes a specialty of chronic cases, in the treat- ment of which he has been particularly fortunate. He practiced for a few years after his graduation in his native state, and in the spring of 1888 be- came a permanent resident of Oakland.
January 15, 1862, Dr. Newman married Miss
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Sarah P. Stewart, of West Virginia, and their two sons are William H., an enterprising mer- chant of this city; and Charles J., who is the business manager of the Garrett County Journal. A short time after his arrival in Oakland the doctor purchased a pleasant house on Water street, and has since invested in other real estate in this locality.
ILLIAM P. LEE, sheriff of Garrett County, has been quite prominent in the Republican party in this locality of late years and has served his fellow-citizens in various capacities with credit to himself and to his constituents. He was constable of the Eighth District for four years and was elected to his present position in the fall of 1897. In a number of local fraternities he is very well known and popular likewise. He has passed all the chairs in Arbutus Lodge No. 12, Knights of the Mystic Chain; has held offices in the Knights of Pythias, and belongs to Acme Lodge No. 8, I. O. O. F., of Mountain Lake Park, and to the Knights of Honor of Oakland.
The paternal grandfather of our subject was Jacob Lee, who was born, lived and died in Alle- gany County, Md. His son, Robert Lee, father of our subject, was also a life-long resident of Allegany County, with the exception of a period of eight years, when he was absent in the west, engaged in carrying on a farm in Knox County, Mo. He is still living, his home being upon a fine farm near Oakland. He is hale and hearty, though now in his seventy-fifth year. For his companion and helpmate along life's journey he chose Miss Crissie Ellen Waltz, and four children came to bless their hearthstone, namely: William P., George D., Andrew Jackson and Yantz.
William P. Lee was born in what was then Allegany (now Garrett) County, in 1852. He grew up on his father's farm, where he early learned to handle the plow and to engage in all the occupations of the country lad. He received practical training in agricultural pursuits from
his father, who has always been a thorough anan of business, understanding how to manage a farm with the best possible results. When he had reached his majority the young man con- cluded that he would follow in the footsteps of his father in the choice of an occupation, and has given his main attention to the cultivation of his farin ever since. He has been very successful, and has made a substantial livelihood for his family.
In 1872 Mr. Lee married Miss Sarah More- land, daughter of Isaac Moreland, of this county. Their union has been blessed with six children, four sons and two daughters, who in order of birth: are as follows: Floyd, Laura, John, George, Ernest and Lucretia. Laura is now the wife of Clay Maloney.
EORGE G. SOLLIDAY, an honored old resident of Hagerstown, was an efficient public officer here for fourteen years alto- gether, and has been a witness of the progress and growth of the town from a straggling hamlet to the thriving place that it is to-day. He bears a well-merited reputation for integrity and up- rightness, for his life has been characterized by singular devotion to the rights of his fellow-men and an earnest regard for high principles. He cast his first presidental ballot for Stephen A. Douglas, and has since given his zealous support to the Republican party.
In a family of seven children born to George and Hannah (Getman) Solliday, our subject is next to the youngest. The parents were both natives of the vicinity of Sellersville, Bucks County, Pa., the father having been born March 20, 1797, and the mother February 15 of the same year. He departed this life August 21, 1871, having survived his wife a great many years, as she had died September 2, 1836. Her father, George Getman, who lived to the advanced age of ninety-three years, was a citizen of Bucks County, and was imprisoned on account of his
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too freely expressed opinions during the adminis- tration of President Adams. George Solliday was a farmer, and was also a manufacturer of clocks of the old-fashioned kind that stood in the angle of the room and reached from the floor almost to the low ceiling. Later in life he de- voted himself to the silversmith's craft. Elected by the people, among whom he was very popular, he served as a justice of the peace for several years, and was one of the old Jackson Demo- crats. He held membership with the Reformed Church, his wife with the Lutheran. Benjamin Solliday, his father, was a pioneer in the clock- making business. He too was born and reared in Bucks County, where his ancestors had set- tled some generations ago upon their arrival from Germany. He died at the ripe age of eighty odd years.
George G. Solliday was born in Montgomery County, Pa., September 30, 1832, and is the only survivor of his parents' family. His youth was passed upon a farm, and during his early life he learned the trade of a mason. Later he worked as a jeweler, serving a five years' apprenticeship, but during this period he determined to become a teacher, and spent all his spare time in study and preparation. He was about twenty-five when he commenced in this field of effort, and coming to this county in 1857 taught his first term of school. Several years were spent in this manner, and then being offered a good position with a banking firm, now known as Eadey, Lane & Co., he accepted the same, and gave the following two years to this work. He returned to teaching at the end of that period, but was soon appointed deputy sheriff. He held this office for twelve years, under six administrations, ably meeting the responsibilities and duties de- volving upon him. The four years succeeding he was tax collector. Later he was for five years a clerk in the office of the Middle States Building and Loan Association, which had its headquarters in Hagerstown. He then resigned and has been variously engaged since.
December 28, 1862, Mr. Solliday, married Rebecca, daughter of the late David Miller, a native of Pennsylvania. Of the six children
born to this union, the eldest, Alice, died at the age of fourteen months. David M. is an attorney in Seattle, on the Pacific Coast. Maggie S. mar- ried S. Finley Ankeney, a farmer of this county, and they have one child, Josephine. Benjamin H. is a teacher, and during the summer vacation runs a livery. Sallie, who has been a student in the Western Maryland College, is a teacher of experience and ability. Samuel is a baker and confectioner. In religious belief Mr. Solliday is an adherent of his father's faith, the German Reformed, but his wife is a member of the Meth- odist Episcopal denomination. Their children are identified with the first-named church.
LARENCE M. RATHBUN, a member of the firm of C. M. Rathbun & Co., of Loch Lynn Heights, Garrett County, is a very promi- nent business man of this charming village in the mountains, and in 1896 was elected mayor of the place. He is still acting in that capacity and has been responsible for many changes for the better in local affairs. He is greatly inter- ested in the welfare of the Republican party, and has often been chosen as a delegate to the state conventions of this political body. In short, he is a representative man in the commercial world, in society, in the fraternities and in church work, and possesses the energy and gen- eral executive ability which would make him a most valuable addition to any community.
A native of Pittsburg, Pa., born in 1849, our subject is a son of Erastus and Alice (Ward) Rathbun. The father was born in New York state, but for the main part of his life resided in Pittsburg and Wheeling, W. Va. In the early boyhood of our subject, the father conducted a planing mill in the "Smoky" city, and in 1852 settled in Wheeling, where he continued in the same line of business for thirty-three years. In IS86 he retired from active cares and took up his abode in Mountain Lake Park, where he is still living, in the enjoyment of his pleasant home and
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the society of his numerous friends. His devoted wife, who was a native of Ohio, died in 1874, at the age of forty-seven years. Her ancestors were among the original settlers of the town of Havre de Grace, Md. She was the mother of five chil- dren, three of whom are deceased. Mary, the only sister of our subject, is the wife of Lewis E. Hanson. Grandfather Russell Rathbun was a native of Rhode Island and when a young man he went to Chautauqua County, N. Y., becom- ing one of the first settlers of the locality. His last years were passed at the home of one of his sons, in Illinois. He died in 1855, at the age of sixty-six years.
C. M. Rathbun was educated in the public schools of Wheeling, W. Va., in which city he continued to dwell until about twelve years ago. He was a lad of but twelve years when he began to be employed in his father's planing mill, and having thoroughly mastered the details of the business he concluded that he would seek no other field of labor. In 1886 he removed to Mountain Lake Park, where he took a position as foreman for the firm of Alderson & Robinson in their planing mill. He continued in the em- ploy of that firm until the spring of 1891, when he went to New Martinsville, W. Va. The fol- lowing fall, however, he returned to Mountain Lake Park and in partnership with P. T. Garthwright, purchased the mill of his former employers, Alderson & Robinson, the new firm becoming, as at present, C. M. Rathbun & Co. The business has since been greatly increased by the judicious management of the firm and a full stock of builders' materials has been added. Our subject is assisted in his business by his two sons, Clarence J. and Warren.
In 1870 Mr. Rathbun married Miss Mary Virgin, daughter of Noah Virgin, of Greene County, Pa. They are the parents of five manly sons, of whom they have reason to be proud, their names being as follows in the order of birth, Clarence, Warren, Frank E., Edward and William. Frank E. is the manager of the Moun- tain Lake News. Mr. and Mrs. Rathbun are mem- bers of the Methodist Episcopal Church, the former having been a steward and class-leader in
the same for several years: The sons also at- tend the services of the church and are actively identified with various worthy enterprises. Mr. Rathbun is a member of Oakland Lodge No. 192, A. F. & A. M., and is also connected with the Knights of Pythias, being past chancellor of the lodge, and has been a representative to the grand lodge of the state. In 1876 he passed all the chairs of Virginius Lodge No. 2, I. O. O. F., of Wheel- ing, and is past grand.
M AJ. JAMES A. HAYDEN has made his home in Mountain Lake Park, Garrett County, for several years, and is at present the treasurer of the community. He was engaged in merchandising here for six years, and has but recently retired from the firm. He is a veteran of the Civil war, in which he did effective service for the Stars and Stripes, and was promoted from the ranks to be captain of his company ere he had reached his twenty-first birthday anniversary. He endured all the hardships common to the soldier's lot, participated in numerous important campaigns and battles, and was twice taken prisoner by the enemy. The first time was at the battle of Gaines Mills, and the second when he was in the battle of the Wilderness. Alto- gether he was a captive for thirteen months. His bravery and distinguished gallantry in the above- named engagements won for him substantial honors from his superiors. At the time of his enlistment in 1861, for three years, he was a member of Company F, Eleventh Pennsylvania; in October, 1862, he was commissioned captain of the company and was brevetted major after the battle of the Wilderness. Among other en- gagements in which he was active were Fred- ericksburg, Gettysburg, etc.
The great-grandfather of the major, John Hayden, was a native of Wales, and after he came to this country was known as the "Iron King." He established the Haydentown Iron Works in Pennsylvania, the first works of the
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kind located west of the Allegany Mountains. The celebrated Fairchance Iron Works are now situated on the site of the original tract of land taken up by John Hayden. His son, John Hayden, Jr., was born and spent his whole life in Fayette County, Pa., being occupied in the same business as was the senior man. His son, in turn, Jacob Hayden, was the father of our subject. He was engaged in blacksmithing and merchandising and was quite successful. In his political faith he was a Democrat, and was quite active in the party. He lived to be seventy-eight years of age, and was respected by all who knew him. His wife, Ruth, was a daughter of John and Martha Fowler. The marriage of Jacob and Ruth Hay- den was blessed by twelve children, of whom but five are living: John, of Montana; Frank C., of West Virginia; J. A .; Henry M., of West Virginia; and A. Judson, of Pennsylvania. The mother departed this life at the ripe age of eighty years.
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