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Md. He then resigned his position in order to accept that of assistant cashier of the Frederick County National Bank, and continued to act in that capacity for about two years.
In 1873 Mr. Zimmerman married Miss Flor- ence V. Frazier, the eldest daughter of David Frazier, of Frederick, Md. Their union has been blessed with five children, viz .: William D., now a bookkeeper in the Frederick County National Bank; Thomas L., head bookkeeper in the office of the Union Manufacturing Company; Bertha L., Grace E. and George C., all students at school. The family are identified with the Lutheran Church of this city, and are always foremost in the support of worthy charities and public enterprises.
In 1889 Mr. Zimmerman, in company with other influential citizens, organized the Union Manufacturing Company, and being desirous to assure its success, he resigned his position as as- sistant cashier to accept the treasurership and gen- eral management of the company. This company is now one of the leading industries in the city, and gives employment to hundreds of persons all the year round. The building is Jox210, a three-story brick structure, with all the modern and improved machinery and appliances for carrying on the business and meeting the needs of those employed beneath its roof.
Mr. Zimmerman is numbered among the most substantial business men of this city; his experi- ence in commercial affairs extends over some thirty years, during which period he has risen from the lower rounds of the ladder to a position of respect and influence in the county and city in which his lot is cast.
member of Columbia Lodge No. 58, A. F. & A. M., Enoch Royal Arch Chapter No. 23, R. A. M., and Jacques De Molay Commandery No. 4, K. T.
BILLIAM C. DWYER, who has resided upon a well-improved farm in Wheaton (formerly Berry) District, Montgomery County, since 1880, was born near Unity, in this county, in 1843. He is a member of a family long established in this section of the state, his great-grandfather being the first of the name to settle here. His grandfather, James Dwyer, was born in this county, where he spent his entire life, engaged in farm pursuits. The father, Jolin, also a native of this county, learned the trade of a stonemason and plasterer in his youth under the instruction of his father, who followed these occu !- pations for some time. He married Jane Elms, who was born in this county, and died here at sixty years of age. She was a daughter of Joseph Elms, who was a native of Charles County, this state, but spent almost his entire active life in Montgomery County. In her family there were five sons and five daughters. Charles E. and Joseph Rudolph died at the ages of twenty-three and nineteen years respectively. John David is a dentist in Unity, this county; Elmer E. resides in Washington, where he holds a clerkship; Annie married Edward Houck, of Laytons- ville, this county; Alice is the wife of Richard E. Harris, also of this county; Laura married Hod- son Waddey, who lives in Washington; Adelaide is the wife of Fletcher Irving, a resident of Howard County; and Ida is unmarried.
His franchise he uses in favor of the platform of the Republican party. He never sought or held any position at the gift of the party, until The early years of our subject's life were passed on the home farm, near Unity, this county, and he received a fair education in common schools. When seventeen years of age he en- listed in the army, at the outbreak of the Civil war. He was made a member of the First Mary- land Infantry, joining a company of which Charles Baker was the captain. Among the engagements in 1898, when he was prevailed upon to accept the nomination for one of the representatives of this city, and was elected by a hardsome ma- jority. In his election the city has secured a representative whose judgment and business qualifications will with the hearty co-operation of his associates give wise legislation to its affairs. He stands high in the Masonic order, being a in which he participated were those at Winchester
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and Shiloh, also the memorable battle of Gettys- burg. He remained in the army from the open- ing of the war until its close, and then joined the construction corps of the government, where he remained for some time. On retiring from the service he returned to Montgomery County, where he has owned a farm in Wheaton District for eighteen years.
The marriage of Mr. Dwyer united him with Martha A., daughter of James Rannie, a large farmer and of Scotch descent. Two children bless their union: Charles E. and Annette B., both of whom are at home. In politics Mr. Dwyer gives his support to the principles of the Republican party, which ticket he votes both in local and national elections.
OL. GEORGE T. CLINE. In the history of the city of Frederick no name has been more closely identified with her best inter- ests or more honored by all than that of Cline, a family of Scotch-Irish descent. In every- thing relating to the commercial and religious affairs of this community they have taken a rep- resentative part, and have been material factors in the development of our local industries and various enterprises that have accrued to the prog- ress and benefit of the place.
Capt. Casper Cline, father of our subject, was highly honored and his name is cherished in the hearts of scores of his former associates. He was a native of York County, Pa., and remained there until twenty-one years of age, after which he spent several years in Baltimore. There he married Catherine, daughter of Col. Robert Evans. In 1822 he removed to Frederick, and, having become thoroughly familiar with the de- tails of carriage manufacturing while in Balti- more, he established a business of the kind here. Soon he succeeded in building up a large and re- munerative trade that increased in proportions from year to year, until it was one of the most extensive and profitable industries in Frederick.
At the height of his prosperity he was obliged to keep eight forges in full blast and employed a large number of men in the several departments of his factory. Carriages, coaches, wagons and other vehicles manufactured here were sold in this and adjoining states and commanded the highest prices in the trade, as the workmanship was known to be of the best and most reliable kind. During that time Casper Cline did all the coach work for Stockton & Stockes, proprietors of the stage lines which carried the United States mail from Baltimore to Wheeling, on the National pike, through Frederick. Over thirty years ago the factory was sold to Brengle & Swaller, who conducted the business for a long time, but finally sold.
Mr. Cline owned a number of valuable farms in the vicinity of Frederick and these he carried on until his death, April IS, 1871, at his home- stead, Locust Level, about one and one-half miles from the city. For more than thirty years he was a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church of Frederick, and much of his time and means was given to religious work. He was a kindly- dispositioned man, always willing to lend a help- ing hand to any less fortunate than he; yet he was unostentatious in his charities. Loved and respected as he was by all with whom he had any business or social relations, it was, however, in his home that his finest qualities shone forth undimmed. To them he left a heritage much greater than wealth, the heritage of a name which is unblemished and a life of unusual up- rightness and nobleness. He was one of the brave soldiers of the War of 1812, in which he served with the rank of captain, and as long as any of the "old defenders" were left, he marched with them every twelfth of September. His father, Alexander Cline, was a native of Water- ford, Ireland, and at an early day came to Amer- ica, settling in Chester County, Pa., where he bought a farm. Later he purchased another homestead in York County, Pa., and there passed the remainder of his life. He was a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church.
Aspreviously mentioned, the first wife of Captain Cline was a Miss Catherine Evans. Her father
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was a native of Wales, England, and was a son of Job Evans, who with his family came to Amer- ica and located in Baltimore County, Md., near Owings Mills, and there engaged in farming. Col. Robert Evans became concerned in specula- tions in land, and owned large tracts in Baltimore County. A portion of this property, known as Howard's Woods, a tract of one thousand acres, was near what is now Druid Hill Park, in Balti- more city, and is now well settled. He was a relative of the Stansbury, Wilson, Perregoy, Stevenson, Owings, Govens, Dye, Gillingham, Baxter, Gorsuch, Tenent, Dorsey and other early families of Baltimore County. Col. John Evans, an uncle of Mrs. Casper Cline, married Miranda, daughter of Edward Owings, of Foun- tain Rock, Frederick County, and became a permanent resident of Chillicothe, Ohio, in IS15. The second wife of Captain Cline was Miss Corilla Evans, sister of the first wife. Of the children born to the captain Harriet was the eldest. She married Stephen B. Crum, who owned a farm three miles from Frederick. Will- iam, the next, was a captain in the Confederate army, and died at Norfolk, Va. John, who re- sided in Frederick for thirty years, and married a Scotch lady, a Miss Nevans, at Melbourne, Australia, died in Los Angeles, Cal., in July, 1896. Mary Louisa is the widow of William Yeakle, father of the former mayor of this city; and N. O. Cline is a farmer near Frederick.
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The birth of George T. Cline occurred upon his father's farm near Frederick, March 4, 1835. Heattended St. John's College, where among his classmates were Hon. F. J. Nelson, Sylvester Jimeson, John Jarboe and others since become famous in some line of business or profession. After completing his education George T. Cline lived upon his father's farm on the Harper's Ferry Road until the spring of 1858, when he went to visit his cousin, D. Gorsuch Evans, in Ohio, where he stayed about a year. Then he proceeded to Cincinnati, and thence to Chicago. In that rising young city he made his home for a quarter of a century, embarking in the real- estate business there in 1859. He laid out numerous additions to Chicago, and still owns
extensive tracts in and near the city, particularly in the manufacturing districts. He lost $40,000 in the great fire of 1871, in insurance, which was never paid.
In. the year 1883, having acquired a fortune, Colonel Cline returned to his native city, and purchased the fine mansion built by the late Benjamin Rutherford and known as Lawndale. This place, situated near the fair-ground, consists
of sixty acres, upon which is a very handsome solid brick residence of twenty rooms, built in 1835, then being one of the most substantial structures and one of the finest private homes in this portion of the country. His dwelling is beautifully furnished and everything bespeaks the culture and refinement of the inmates. To friends of the family among the most notable articles of use or adornment are five exceHent oil paintings, executed by the best artists to be had .. These consist of portraits of the late Capt. Casper Cline and his two wives, our subject and his uncle, Col. John Evans, of Ohio.
Politically Colonel Cline has always favored the Democracy, in the faith of which party he was reared, but has voted the opposition ticket on a few occasions in municipal affairs, in Chi- cago, when he considered that it was best. He has often been solicited to accept public office for himself, but has steadily declined the honor. Though he was brought up under the influence of parents who were deeply religious and ardent church members, he has never identified himself with any denomination, but is a contributor to
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various worthy church and benevolent enter- prises. His title is not merely a courtesy title, as is so frequently the case, particularly in the southern states, as he won it while a member of the Chicago Home Guards, during the war. He served on the Union side in 1863, being in the division commanded by General Shirley during the time when Camp Douglas contained some ten thousand Rebel prisoners, who were ready to pillage and burn the city at any time. Besides being the possessor of considerable property in Chicago and in East Chicago he is the fortunate owner of several fine farms near Frederick, and is estimated to be one of the wealthiest men of Fred- erick County. The most of his property he made by successful investments in real estate in Chi- cago, during the twenty-five years of his business dealings there, he always having faith in the destiny of Chicago as the greatest city in the northwest.
Personally Colonel Cline is a man of genial disposition, affable and approachable. As a busi- ness man he is known for his careful and sound judgment, and for the enterprise that has made him willing to undertake ventures that promise a successful termination. His business ability, united with his courtesy, has secured for him the esteem of his acquaintances. While others whose advantages in youth were greater than his own failed to secure success, he, through energy and perseverance, attained prosperity, and aside from achieving success in estate, he gained that which is more to be valued, the respect and confidence of his fellow-men.
ILLIAM T. LYNCH became the owner of the homestead which he now cultivates about eleven years ago, and during the in- tervening period has instituted such changes in the place that one can hardly realize that it is the same. Formerly it was but a tract of wilderness, but year by year the owner has brought more and more of the land under the plow, until each fall a
bountiful harvest is reaped to reward him as he deserves. His comfortable home was erected by him in 1888, and ever since that time he has taken increasing pride in having everything about the place kept up in a neat and thrifty manner.
The birth of William T. Lynch occurred in Potomac District, Montgomery County, Md., where he may be found to-day. The date of the event was March 22, 1835. His parents were William and Melinda (Spates) Lynch, both natives of Montgomery County, Md. In his early man- hood the father followed the shoemaker's trade in Rockville, but subsequently was a prosperous and respected farmer of this district for years. He rented a valuable farm comprising three hundred acres, and reared his boys to be thorough and practical tillers of the soil. In his political faith he was a Democrat, and religiously was a Catholic. Of his twelve children only three are now living. John resides in Virginia, and Martin VanBuren is a carpenter of Potomac District.
Our subject received but limited advantages in an educational way, as when he was a mere child he was obliged to give the greater share of his time to his father, who needed his assistance upon the farm. When he had passed his majority he started out to earn his own livelihood, and though he received the best wages which were then paid anyone in this portion of the country, he was paid but $11 a month. For five years he industriously worked for neighboring farmers, saving nearly all of his small earnings and carefully laying the growing amount away, intending to invest it when the proper time came. At last he pur- chased a farm which he operated for a number of years prior to removing to his present home. Here he owns ninety-four acres of land which is well adapted for raising a general line of crops. On the place there is a blacksmith shop, where Mr. Lynch, who is quite a mechanic, does his own horse-shoeing and repairing of im- plements, etc.
As a citizen our subject strives to do his whole duty and is peaceful and law-abiding. For twenty-five years he was a Democrat, but now uses his ballot in favor of the nominees and plat- form of the Republican party. He was brought
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up in the faith of the Catholic Church and is an adherent to its teachings. November 13, 1860, he married Mary A. Towman, daughter of John Towman, of this county. Eleven children graced their union, and all but three of the number are living. Margaret is the wife of Lewis Morgal, of Georgetown, D. C; John is a blacksmith and wheelwright; Joseph is a resident of Washing- ton; and the younger members of the household are Ruth A., Maud M., Eddie, Frank and Ella.
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HILIP STONE, the proprietor of a store in Potomac, Montgomery County, is a native of Potomac District, born February 18, 1849, and is a son of Philip and Olivia D. (Magruder) Stone. His father, who was trained in youth to farm work, began to clear a tract of six hundred acres when he was twenty-one years of age, hav- ing as partners in the undertaking his brothers, Frank and John. He commenced to work with energy, and soon he had the land under a good state of cultivation. Upon the farm thus im- proved he spent the remaining forty years of his life. By his perseverance and industry he suc- ceeded in transforming the place into a very fine farm, the management of which he successfully superintended. Politically a Democrat, he took an active part in advancing the interests of the party. At one time he served as captain of a militia company. He was identified with the early movement for the establishment of public schools in his locality. The place that through his ability and perseverance was converted into a valuable farm was called Stonington, in his honor. In religious belief he was connected with the Methodist Church.
The marriage of Philip Stone, Sr., united him with Olivia D., daughter of Lloyd Magruder, of this county. They became the parents of five sons and three daughters, all but one of whom are still living. They are: Henry P., who served in the Confederate army and is now living in Tennessee; John A. Carter, who enlisted in the
southern service and afterward joined the regular army and was killed by the Indians on the frontier; Frank P., who farms a place adjoining the old homestead; Ida, who married Mont- gomery Claggett, of Potomac District; Philip, Jr .; Nannie, who lives in Mexico with her younger sister; John G., a merchant in Potomac; and Kate, Mrs. Henry C. Harrison, of Mexico.
The education of our subject was obtained in the local schools. He remained at home until 1884, having charge of the farm and acting as agent for a fertilizer company of Baltimore. In 1886 he bought his present residence and store in Potomac and embarked in the mercantile busi- ness, which he has since conducted, at the same time carrying on the fertilizer business, for which he has been agent for more than twenty-five years. Politically he has been very active in the ranks of the Democracy. For twelve years he served as register of voters. He is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church South, in which he has been steward and trustee for many years. Fraternally he is identified with Cromelin Lodge No. 89, K. of P. February 18, 1885, he mar- ried Kate, daughter of Frederick Tschiffely, of Darnestown District.
HARLES HOWARD NOURSE, M. D., who has been engaged in practice in Darnestown, Montgomery County, during a period ex- tending over nearly thirty years, has been very successful as a physician and stands well in his profession. He possesses an excellent education and has always been an earnest student, as he deems it but his simple duty to keep abreast of the times in research and discovery of better methods in the treatment of disease, and takes pride in keeping posted on general affairs of moment to the nation.
An old family Bible in the possession of the doctor contains the following records among others: "Walter Nourse, of Weston, County of Hereford, England, born in 1609. His son, John,
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born in 1629. His son, John, born in 1679, died, on a farm in the neighborhood of Poolesville, and the next son, born in 1683, was also named Md., the church structure was built; and again at Middlebrook a new house of worship was erected during his ministry. His zealous labors resulted in the undermining of his health, and at last his mind gave way. He was twice married, his first union, October 14, 1841, having been with Maria Robertson (daughter of William Robertson, of this county ), and his brother, Rev. James Nourse, performed the ceremony. Mrs. Nourse died November 11, 1847, and of her two children, only the doctor survives. March 5, 1849, Mr. Nourse married Mrs. Elizabeth J. Peter (nee Henderson), of Williamsburg, Va. Of the two children born of this marriage Mary Rittenhouse, wife of Dr. Otho M. Muncaster, of Washington, alone survives. John, and upon the death of that son the next, born in 1695, was called John. His son, John, was born in 1721. His son, James, married Sarah Fouace; came to America and settled in Virginia in 1764 and died in 1784." The James men- tioned was the great-grandfather of the doctor, who has a photograph of an old oil painting, made in England in 1754, of James and Sarah Nourse. Their son, Michael, occupied a prominent posi- tion in the treasury department for many years, subsequent to the removal of the national capital from Philadelphia to Washington. In fact, he continued in the treasury until President Pierce became the chief executive, and was prominent in the affairs of the Whig party. In religious work he was much interested, and for years was atı elder in the F Street Presbyterian Church (now Willard Hall). Several of his ten children became noted for faithful and efficient work done for the government in one capacity or another. John Rittenhouse was in the treasury department for years, and it is a singular fact that some member of this direct line of Nourses has been connected with that branch of the United States government ever since it was inaugurated. An- other son, Prof. Joseph E., was for a long time in the navy, and later was employed in the naval observatory. He was sent to France to gather data of work done by DeLesseps, on the Suez Canal for the information of the Panama Canal Com- pany, and his "American Explorations in the Ice- zones" is a standard work, edited from official sources.
Rev. Charles H. Nourse, father of the doctor, was born December 1, 1816, and was reared in Washington. He graduated from Jefferson College and engaged in teaching to a greater or less extent until late in life, when his health failed. He lived in Culpeper, Va .; Washington, Rockville, Seneca, Leesburg (Va.), West River (Md.) and George- town, teaching almost continuously, and much of the time also having charge of Presbyterian Churches. While a member of the faculty of Rockville Academy, he was also pastor of the church of his denomination here, and when living
Dr. C. H. Nourse was born in Washington, D. C., July 26, 1844, and received the best of educational advantages. He was preparing for Princeton College when the war broke out, and though but seventeen years of age he enlisted in White's Battalion of Cavalry, in Company A. He was detailed to the signal service under Capt. Lewis Randolph (son of Thomas Jefferson Ran- dolph), and continued in the Confederate army as long as the war lasted. He then came to Rockville and studied medicine with Dr. Maddox. In the spring of 1869 he was graduated from the medical department of Georgetown University and at first located for practice in Washington, but came to Darnestown in 1870. In 1875 he re- turned to Washington, mainly upon account of his father's failing health. There he embarked in a drug business and continued to reside until 1882. He had never given up his home nor his intention of coming back to Darnestown, and for the past sixteen years has been steadily occupied in attending to the demands of his practice in this locality. He has been a member of the board of health, but has otherwise refrained from ac- cepting public offices. Politically he is a Demo- crat. A member of the Masonic order, he belongs to Pentalpha Lodge, A. F. & A. M., of Gaithers- burg. Religiously he is a Presbyterian.
Upon the 15th of June, 1871, the doctor mar- ried Alice Darley, of Seneca, Montgomery County,
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daughter of Upton Darley. Three children were born to the doctor and his wife, but one is deceased. Upton D. is a most promising young man, now taking a medical course in Georgetown University. Mary Helen is a student in Steven- son Institute, Charleston, W. Va.
OHN L. COST. This sterling citizen of Hagerstown is in the railway mail service on the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad. He is a veteran of the Civil war, one who was always at his post of duty during the period of his service in the Rebellion and who is highly esteemed in military circles. No one has a warmer place in their hearts for the boys that wore the blue than he. For years he has been identified with the Grand Army of the Republic. He is a charter member of Reno Post No. 4, of Hagerstown, of which he is the oldest past commander. During 1897 he was on the staff of General Clarkson. He is one of the officials of the Tri-State Fair held in this city and is always foremost in all local enterprises calculated to accrue to the good of the people of the community.
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