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In 1863 Dr. Swallow married Miss Mary Sni-
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der, daughter of John Snider, of Funkstown, Md. The seven children who came to grace their union are all still living and are as follows: Al- fred, unmarried, and now practicing dentistry in Baltimore; Oliver, a railway conductor, and also a resident of Baltimore; Mabel and Effie, both of whom are at home; John E., a student in the dental college in Baltimore, and his elder brother's assistant; Pinkney, a clerk with Cline Brothers, in Baltimore; and Alonzo M., in the office of his eldest brother. The doctor and wife are members of the Episcopal Church.
ENRY CHEW MILLER, whose beautiful home is in Gaithersburg, Montgomery County, has been engaged in merchandising in the village of Washington Grove, a place about two miles distant, for the past two years. He possesses marked business talent, is thoroughly progressive and enterprising and in favor of every- thing along the lines of improvement. Closely associated with all local affairs, he has deeply at heart the upbuilding and prosperity of this section, and is always assuredly counted upon to do all that lies within his power to advance the interests of our people.
The parents of our subject were Thomas C. and Anne (Bamber) Miller. The father was a native of Harford County, Md., and by occupa- tion was a manufacturer of cotton goods. At one time he ran the Savage factory, later had charge of one at Laurel, Md., and in the town of Triadelphia, Md. Still later he exchanged his factory there for an interest in the granite factory at Ellicott City, but this building was washed away in the great flood which carried Johnstown, Pa., before it. In politics he was a Whig. In religion an Episcopalian, for years he served as vestryman in St. Bartholomew's Church at Haw- lings River, Montgomery County, and was after- wards a member of St. Timothy's Church, at Catonsville. His wife was a native of England, and when she was about sixteen years old she
made the voyage to the United States. Her grandfather established the first calico factory in this country, it being located in Philadelphia.
Mr. and Mrs. Miller became the parents of twelve children, four of whom died in infancy. Addie married Lemuel A. Warfield, of Anne Arun- del County, Md .; Fannie is the wife of John W. Botetar, of Washington, D. C .; Maggie S. mar- ried Oliver M. Warfield, of Howard County; Susie L. is Mrs. William T. Hough, of Balti- more, Md .; Sallie S. is Mrs. Arthur S. Sherwood, of New York; Henry C. is the next in order of birth; E. L. married Ella Scott, of Elkton, Md .; and Mary T. is Mrs. David E. Price, of Harford County.
H. C. Miller was born in Triadelphia, Md., October 15, 1848, and completed his education in the public schools of Ellicott City. He then entered a store in Darlington, Md., and was em- ployed as a clerk for three or four years, after which he went to Washington, D. C., and for a period of twelve years was engaged in the mer- cantile business there. The next four years he was similarly occupied in Harford County, and in October, 1880, he came to Gaithersburg and entered the employ of J. Sprigg Poole. In 1886, in company with I. T. Fulks, he purchased the business of Mr. Poole, the firm name becoming I. T. Fulks & Co. Their operations became very extended, branch after branch of business was added to their original line, and they event- ually sold out to the present Gaithersburg Mill- ing and Manufacturing Company, one of the largest establishments in the county.
Mr. Miller was one of the active organizers of the First National Bank of Gaithersburg, and for five years, or until 1896, was the secretary and manager of the milling company above men- tioned. He resigned his position, and has since given his attention to the management of his interests in Washington Grove. He built the house opposite the depot, now occupied by F. C. Shaw, and in 1895 erected the handsome resi- dence occupied by himself and family, in Gaithers- burg. It is modern in style, having hot and cold water, steam heat, etc., and is an ideal home in every respect. Some time since Mr. Miller and
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Mr. Diamond purchased a half interest in an ad- dition to Gaithersburg, known as Russell & Brooks' subdivision, and laid out the property for building sites. In his political preferences he is a Democrat.
The marriage of H. C. Miller and Miss Rosa Ferrall was solemnized June 4, 1874. Mrs. Miller is a daughter of Dennis and Julia Ferrall, of Prince George County, Md., and granddaugh- ter of Robert Clark, who was formerly one of the most prosperous planters of that region. She is a lady of superior education and social attain- ments, and is a great worker in the church and in charitable causes. . Both she and her husband are members of the Episcopal Church of the Ascension of Gaithersburg, and for ten years he has been a vestryman and is now treasurer of the same.
B ERNARD MONDAY, now a prosperous farmer of Gaithersburg District, Montgom- ery County, is an example of what may be accomplished by a young man who possesses de- termination and firm and upright principles. In spite of innumerable obstacles that would have utterly disheartened many another man, he per- severed in his undertakings and at last sur- mounted the difficulties in his pathway. He is entirely worthy of the high esteem in which he is held by his associates and neighbors, and the historian of this county is pleased to give him an honored place among its citizens.
A son of John and Barbara Monday, our sub- ject was born in Sonneberg, Germany, July 6, 1828. He learned the blacksmith's trade from his brother, according to the government require- ment for those desiring to become veterinary sur- geons, in which direction the young man's ambi- tion lay. After he had passed his apprenticeship . at blacksmithing he had to pass a very strict ex- amination before being admitted to a veterinary university, the law having been changed during his apprenticeship. In order to prepare for that
examination he attended a college, where he studied everything else but the veterinary art. It would have taken him at least five years before he could have passed the necessary examination. His means not being sufficient to pay for an eight years' course, and his brother, who had promised to furnish the necessary means after his own had been exhausted, being taken sick with consump- tion, he was forced to give up his plans. He then decided he would emigrate to this country, and at the age of twenty embarked for the United States, landing in Philadelphia. He had much more than an average education, being conver- sant with several languages, mathematics, sciences, etc., but all this did not seem to avail him much when he, a stranger, reached the Quaker city with but $12 in his pockets. After fruitlessly looking for employment of various kinds, he went to Baltimore, and was there obliged to resume his old trade of blacksmith, as all other lines of work seemed closed to him. After three months of hard work he was paid but $4.50, and went to another shop where he earned $4 a month for several months. Then, going to Stemmer's Run, he was paid $10 a month, but at the end of a few months became so ill with the chills and fever that he had to leave. Returning to Baltimore, run down in health and with little money, he had a very hard time to get along, and the German association came to his aid with needed funds. He went to work, however, as soon as he possi- bly could, but sickness overcame his strong, brave spirit again, and things looked very gloomy with him that winter. Towards the last of Feb- ruary, 1850, he started for the country in search of work, and was recommended to come to this county. With but fifteen cents in the world he left Baltimore bound for Germantown, and ar- rived at the town of Unity at nightfall at the close of the first day's journey. He paid twelve cents for a lodging, and this leaving him with but three cents, he started onward without break- fast. He was so hungry and faint by the time that he came to the outskirts of Laytonsville that, though sorely against his principles, he stopped at a humble dwelling and asked for some food. It was refused and he was peremptorily ordered
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to "get out." Hurt to the quick he left and pur- post he held for six or seven years. During sued his journey, eating snow along the roadside, Harrison's administration he was gauger at Washington for four years. He has been a loyal adherent to the Republican party and has been a candidate on that ticket for register of wills, del- egate and several times for sheriff. While the county is strongly Democratic, his personal pop- ularity is such that he came within sixty-eight votes of being elected on one occasion. Though on the losing side he has nevertheless kept up his interest in his party and has aided it what he could. Every one speaks well of him, and by absolute merit and worth he has won the good will and respect of all. hoping thereby to appease his hunger sufficiently to enable him to reach his destination, some ten or twelve miles away. Before reaching Goshen he became so weak and exhausted that it was impossible for him to proceed much further, and he was compelled to seek assistance at the first house he came to, which happened to be occu- pied by two old colored people. Stating his needs, he was invited in and the old colored woman soon had a breakfast prepared, consisting of hot johnny-cake, milk and butter, of which he ate heartily, and which he claims to-day was the best meal he ever had in his life.
Refreshed, he pursued his way to his destina- tion. He was fortunate, as he thought, in secur- ing employment with Dominick Stang, the black- smith, at $5 a month, but after working for two and a-half months without receiving any pay- ment he left and for a few months did whatever he could find to do whereby he might earn an honest dollar. In June he went to Poolesville and hired out to Richard Spates for $8 a month, after which he worked in Farmers' shops for a year or two.
In 1853 Mr. Monday rented a little blacksmith shop on the road to Frederick, and carried it on for about three years. Having married and re- moved to Rockville the tide of fortune at last changed with him. He bought a good house (in which Capt. James Anderson now resides) and opened what was known as Braddock's shop, and continued to prosper financially. Then he lost his wife and child and the Civil war came on. He was a man of strong Union sentiments and much pressure was brought to bear upon him to induce him to alter his views or leave the place. He was not the kind of a man to yield to unjust coercion, however, and continued at his post until 1873, when he removed to the farm where he has since dwelt and which he had bought in 1867. His resolute adherence to the Union at a time when it was a risky matter to express one's sentiments in that direction in this locality was acknowledged when he was given a position as government storekeeper at King's distillery, a
The first marriage of Mr. Monday was with Catherine Dove. Of their three children two survive, namely : Thomas Franklin, a blacksmith; and John M., a clerk in a Washington store. June 6, 1861, Mr. Monday married Mary, daugh- ter of John T. Bevans, of Rockville District. Marian, their eldest child, is the wife of Jesse Klopfer, of Washington; Clara Ogle, the next of the family, is Mrs. George Fry, of Rockville Dis- trict; Emma, deceased, was the wife of Edward Ward; Edwin Walter is teaching school at Lay- tonsville, Md .; and Bernard assists his father in the management of the farm.
LEXANDER KING, one of Cumberland's well-known citizens, was born April 14, 1845, in the second brick house erected in Allegany County, and which was situated six miles north of Cumberland, on the state line. This house was built in 1795, by Benjamin Tom- linson, great-grandfather of our subject, who came from England to America and took up a strip of land over six miles long, on the east side of Wills Creek. The house was put up near the state line and is still in a good state of preserva- tion, and in possession of the members of the family. Benjamin Tomlinson was a prominent man of his day and served in the state legis- lature for several terms.
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Col. Alexander King, our subject's grand- father, came to this country at an early age and settled in Virginia, where for many years he engaged in farm pursuits. He long held the office of magistrate, and at the time he moved away was the oldest man serving in that capacity in Hampshire County. Upon retiring from active life he came to Cumberland, where two of his daughters were teaching and bis son was engaged in business. Here he died at the age of seventy-four years. By his marriage to a Miss McCallister he had seven children, all now deceased.
The father of our subject, Capt. Alexander King, was born in Virginia February 11, 1810, and in youth learned the tanner's trade, also en- gaged in farming. At the age of twenty he came to Cumberland, where he clerked for Rich- ard T. Lowndes, a merchant, and the father of Governor Lloyd Lowndes. In 1834 he formed a partnership with William O. Sprigg, and the two carried on business together for some time. During the early part of the '4os he went to the home farm and there engaged in agricultural pursuits until 1853, when he again turned his attention to merchandising, continuing the two occupations until the outbreak of the war. He was captain of an infantry and cavalry volunteer company, and at the time of the riots during the construction of the canal he was called out to re- strain the rioters. In politics he was an old-line Whig. In 1856 the Know-Nothing party nom- inated him for the office of judge of the orphans' court, and he received the election, although at the time there was a Democratic majority of eight hundred in the county. In 1859 he was re- elected. It was largely through his instrumen- tality and work of his two sisters that the Pres- byterian Church was erected, and in it he served as a trustee.
March 28, 1839, Captain King married Lavinia Martha Collins, daughter of Thomas and Eliza- beth (Tomlinson) Collins. They became the parents of twelve children, of whom nine are liv- ing. The children were named as follows: Mary Tomlinson, who married James W. Wilson and died in November, 1890; Sarah Jane, who mar-
ried John B. Lownsburg, of Toledo, Ohio, and died in May, 1886; Lavinia McCallister, who lives in Toledo; Alexander; Ella Lynn, wife of James Tavner, of Parkersburg, W. Va .; Clarence McCallister, ex-sheriff and now superintendent of the Marylard House of Correction; Abram Baker Kinzie, who died in 1882; James Carr Baker, an attorney at Clifton Forge, Va .; Emma Marshall, who married Joseph R. Frost, of Allegany Couuty; Harry Eldridge, a leading attorney of Toledo; Bessie Collins and Louisa Ormsley, of Toledo.
In 1855 the subject of this sketch entered Alle- gany County Academy, where he studied for a year. He had just gone to Romney when the celebrated raid of John Brown occurred, October 15, 1859, but it was several days afterward before he learned the particulars of the trouble. In April, 1860, he finished at Romney and returned home, where he remained until 1870. Since that year he has resided in Cumberland. In 1878 Governor John Lee Carroll appointed him justice of the peace, and two years later he was appointed by Governor Hamilton, serving until 1882. When the number of justices was reduced, he, being a junior, was dropped. In 1882 the city council appointed him tax and water collector, and as a collector the record he made has never been sur- passed. His work was so satisfactory that in 1883 he was again chosen to occupy the position. In the fall of 1884, hoping that outdoor work would enable him to regain his health which had failed, he engaged in droving. In 1885 Governor Lloyd Lowndes appointed him justice of the peace, to fill a vacancy. He was again appointed in 1886, 1888, 1890, 1892 and 1894, serving eleven successive years, and fifteen years alto- gether, but suffering defeat in the landslide of 1896. He has always been a strong advocate of Democratic principles and has been unswerving in his allegiance to his party and its candidates. At this writing he gives his attention to the real-estate business and the making out of legal papers. He owns several valuable properties, among them one of the best corners in Cumber- land.
Fraternally Mr. King is a member of Potomac
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Lodge No. 100, A. F. & A. M., of Cumberland, has a highly cultivated farm of two hundred and in which he has filled every chair and is now serving as past master. For many years he has been a trustee in the Presbyterian Church. March 12, 1872, he married Matilda, daughter of Abram Russell, of Cumberland. Six children were born of their union, but Robert and Eloise alone survive, and the wife and mother passed away in October, 1892. The present wife of Mr. King, whom he married February 14, 1894, and who was then a widow, bore the maiden name of Louisa Rawlings.
ACHARIAH PUMPHREY, a well-known business man of Potomac District, Mont- gomery County, has various and important interests, and is one of the most enterprising residents of his community. Since 1892 he has acted as postmaster of Glen. In addition to this he has extensive milling and farming interests. When he was nearly fifty years of age he came to his present location and began to clear up the land, at the same time starting in the flour and sawmill business. He now has eighty acres under a good state of cultivation, all of which has been accomplished through his per- severing efforts. The flour mill has good water power and has a capacity of twenty-five barrels per day, while the saw mill, also operated by water power, is a twenty horse-power mill. Both are operated constantly at their full capacity.
The Pumphrey family was founded in America by three brothers who came from England and settled in Prince George County, Md. One of them was our subject's great-grandfather. The latter had a son, William, who was born in Prince George County, became the owner of a planta- tion there and also served in the War of 1812. He had two daughters and three sons, one of whom, Henry A., was next to the youngest. The last-named removed to Montgomery County and settled at Germantown, where he now re- sides. He has successfully followed farming, and
twenty-five acres. In politics he is a Democrat and has taken an active part in public affairs. He is now, and has been for thirty years, a trustee of the county almshouse. His marriage united him with Rebecca O' Connell, daughter of Robert G. O'Connell, of Potomac District, a farmer and a soldier in the War of 1812. They became the parents of five children now living, two having died. Of these our subject is the eldest. The others are: Valeria, who married Horace Waters and resides in Germantown; Robert H., a mer- chant at Germantown; William Franklin, a farmer near Germantown; and Elizabeth, who is at home with her father.
The education of our subject was obtained in the subscription schools of the district. He re- mained on the home farm until he was nearly fifty years of age and then came to his present location, where he began to clear up the land and also em- barked in the milling business. Physically he is sturdy and robust, capable of enduring hard work; while he also has the willingness to work and the determination of character necessary to success. His business enterprises have been rewarded by the attainment of a competency. In politics he votes the Democratic ticket and in religion is identified with the Methodist Church. April 12, 1892, he married Mrs. Lucy J. Peters, daughter of Peter Bell, of Virginia. They have two chil -. dren: Ruth Rebecca and Mildred Lee.
[ LBERT S. HUNICHEN, D.D.S., is one of the representative citizens of Buckeystown District, Frederick County, his home being situated on the Frederick and Jefferson pike, about two miles from the city of Frederick. He has resided here only a few years, having given up a large practice in the last-named place on account of his health, and acting upon the advice of his physican, he concluded to spend some time in the pure air of the country. He has an office in his home, however, and not only retains a
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large number of his former clients, but has also gained many in this immediate region. He is master of his profession, being posted on ail the modern methods of treatment and artistic me- chanical work.
The doctor has the honor of being the grand- son of a German count, his father's father having held that rank in his native land. The father of the doctor was Edward Gavehart Hunicher, whose birth occurred in Germany and who passed his youth in that country. He received an ex- cellent education in the schools of the Father- land, and when he had arrived at man's estate, he determined to seek his fortune and found a home in the new world. Crossing the Atlantic, he located in Baltimore. He affiliated with the old-line' Whig party politically. He died in 1852, when the doctor was so young as to scarcely remember him.
The wife and mother bore the maiden name of Mary E. Griffith. She was a daughter of the famous contractor Griffith, who put up the fine monument to Washington, in the city of Balti- more, and the vistor may see his name carved on the base of the pedestal. He lived for many years in that city and died there, when well along in years. After the death of Edward G. Hunichen, his widow became the wife of Dr. F. Gill, a dentist of Baltimore. She lived to be eighty years of age, dying in 1898 at the home of our subject. By her first marriage she had three sons and two daughters, but only the doctor survives. His sister, Kate E., married Dr. Charles M. Gill, a dentist of Baltimore, and son of her step-father. Elizabeth E., the other sister, became the wife of a brother of the foregoing Dr. C. M. Gill, his name being Ely A., and his profession also that of dentistry. This sister died in 1873.
The birth of Dr. Albert S. Hunichen took place in Baltimore October 18, 1848, and he was, consequently, only four years of age at the time of his father's death. His early life was spent in his native city, and his education was obtained in the public schools and in Morgan & Harmon's Institute. He was only twelve or thereabout when he first became interested in the subject of
dentistry and aided his step-father what he could in the hours that he spared from his studies. In time he entered Baltimore College, where he pur- sued a thorough course in dentistry, after which he joined Dr. Gill as a partner, remaining with him until 1877. The young man then started an office on his own account in Baltimore, and for a few years was associated with a Mr. Huck, on Pennsylvania Avenue. In 1881 he came to Fred- erick, and for twelve years carried on successfully a dental office. He uses his right of franchise in favor of the Democratic party and always seeks to promote the good of the majority in matters of public moment.
The marriage of the doctor and Ida E. Smith, eldest daughter of George W. Smith, president of the Frederick & Middletown Railroad, was solemnized at the home of the bride's father in 1879. (For family history of Mrs. Hunichen see sketch of George W. Smith, elsewhere in this volume. ) To the doctor and his estimable wife four children were born: George William, Jr., Maud E., Nellie May and one who died in infancy. Dr. Hunichen is connected with the Catholic Church, while his wife is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church.
LIJAH KEMP, of Bloomington, Garrett County, was born in Allegany County in 1830, and is of English descent, his paternal grandparents having come to this country from England and settled on the Eastern Shore of Maryland. His father, Reuben, was born and reared there, and in early manhood removed to Ohio, but after a sojourn of a few years went to Somerset County, Pa. During the short time he remained there he learned the stone-cutter's trade. . Thence he removed to Allegany County, Md., and engaged in working at his chosen oc- cupation. His last days were spent at Grants- ville (now in Garrett County ) and there he died in 1843, at the age of forty-four years. For his wife he chose Lydia, daughter of Samuel Brown and sis-
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ter of Jacob Brown, now of Cumberland. She passed away in 1885, at the age of eighty years. Of her nine children only three are now living.
The entire life of Mr. Kemp has been spent in Allegany and Garrett Counties. His education, which was very limited, he obtained in the com- mon schools. At the age of sixteen he was ap- prenticed to the carpenter's trade, at which he served several years and which he has since fol- lowed. Removing to Bloomington in 1853, he began to take contracts for building houses, and afterward engaged in general contracting until 1881, when he took charge of the carpentering for the West Virginia Central Railroad. He had the entire management of the work at Cum- berland when the road was first run through that city. He next had charge of twenty-nine miles of track extending from the junction to Cumber- work on the road. After having been in the em- ploy of the company for eleven years, he resigned his position, in 1892. For some time he was a member of the firm of Rawlings & Kemp, mer- chants at Bloomington.
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