tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9460191905727381242024-03-14T09:18:50.112-04:00Reisterstown Community Cemetery"Remember me as you pass by; as you are now, so once was I."AgateGShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17947302973755246635noreply@blogger.comBlogger47125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-946019190572738124.post-75970753548060018052016-03-01T05:00:00.000-05:002016-03-06T06:15:43.116-05:00Law & Order: Reisterstown<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">[WARNING: S<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">ome of the <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">contents of this blog post are NOT appropriate for children<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">!]</span></span></span></span></i> </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">We're trying something a little different for this month's blog. Rather than focus on a particular family, this post is going to focus on a book. Specifically, a recent find by our researchers at the Reisterstown Library's history room: an old magistrate's ledger kept by Justice of the Peace Nimrod Cromwell Logsdon between 1880 and 1897.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">It's an interesting reflection of the times, covering everything from mundane debts to more <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">appalling </span></span></span> crimes. We tend to view the past through rose-color<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">ed glasse<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">s, so some of the <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">events</span> in the ledger <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">could <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">come as</span> a bit of a</span> surprise to some. </span></span>Certainly, Nimrod Logsdon and his constables and deputies were kept busy over the years.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">By far, most of the 573 cases documented in Logsdon's book were debts. Keep in mind that there was no bank in Reisterstown until 1901, and so residents turned to each other for loans. As a sample, here are three typical cases from a ledger page in 1883. The amounts involved may seem small now, but $40 in the 1880s would be about $900 today.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">(Also remember, spelling was somewhat creative back then, too.)</span></span><br />
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warrent issued April 5th 1883 to Geo. W. Stocksdale constable, returnable April 14th 1883, no return, April 28th 1883 returned, summons continued to May 12th 1883, trial judgement non oras, plaintiff to pay cost one dollar and ninety-five cts<br /><br />Debt warrent issued April 10th 1883 to Geo. W. Stocksdale, returnable April 21st 1883, returned summons continued to May 5th 1883, judgement by default of plaintiff for fourty one dollars debt and two dollars and five cents cost with intrest untill paid, settled September 25th 1883<br /><br />
Debt summons issued to Sameul P. Storm dept. May 12th 1883, returnable May 19th 1883, returned summons continued to May 26th 1883, continued to June 2d 1883, trial judgement for plaintiff for thirty one dollars and fifteen cents debt two dollars fifteen cents cost with intrest untill paid</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">State warrent issued to George W. Stocksdale constable June 7th AD 1886, charged with assault and starking Miss Susan Hall with a stone, returned June 10th cipi, committed to the House of Correction for three months</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">State warrent for assault with attempt to kill issued to Charles J. Beckley Depty February 7th AD 1887, returned cipi February 8th AD 1887, trial fined one dollar and cost, cost three dollars and eighy eigth cents and bound over to keep the peace</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">State warrent to George W. Stocksdale constable June 29 AD 1896 on oath of Jennie Young with assaulting and throughing her down and threating to strike her with hoe, returned cipi July 1st AD 1896, plea of guilty to common assault, fine of one dollar and cost, cost two dollars and ninety five cents and gave security for one hundred dollars Charles Mitchel George McFatridge for six months</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Warrent for assault with attempt to commit rape issued to Charles J. Beckley, returned cipi August 29 AD 1888, held for futher hearing September 8th AD 1888, September 4 AD 1888 case dismissed for want of proscution, letter filed of proscutrix and her father, cost paid</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">States warrent for assault with attempt to commit rape, summons issued to George W. Stocksdale December 27 AD 1889, returned, case settled as per order of partes</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: medium;">Case of bastardy examination taken this 13th day of July AD 1886, papers sent to Carroll County</span></span></span></span></span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: medium;">Case of bastardy warrent issued to Charles J. Beckley constable August 14th AD 1888, parties appeared, settled by defendent paying Mary E. Bowen sixty dollars and cost of one dollar + seventy cents</span></span></span></span></span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">State warrent issued third August to D.L. Wagner dept. for stealing chickens, returned cipi August 1883, committed for the action of grand jury</span></span></span></span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">State warrent issued to Geo. W. Stocksdale January 27th 1883, charged with takeing horse from J.J. Umpries, returned cipi, trial held for the action of the grand jury</span></span></span></span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Arrested by George W. Stocksdale constable for the larceny of mare buggy and harness, committed to Towson jail July 27th AD 1888 for the action of Pennsylvania authorities</span></span></span></span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br />Warrent on suspicion of being implicated in the murder of Wm. A. Russell, warrent issued to D.L. Wagner special constable December 1st 1882</span></span></span></span></span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">This last entry was a year after Reisterstown's great murder mystery. For more information on William Russell, see our <a href="http://reisterstowncemetery.blogspot.com/2013/11/russell.html">November 2013 blog post</a>. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">State warrent issued March 31st 1883 to Geo. W. Stocksdale constable for curseing and sweareing and fighting on the public highwaye in Riesterstown, returned cipi March 31st 1883, trial commited in default of ten dollars fine and eight dollars and sixty cents cost</span></span></span></span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">State warrent issued for assault and curseing and swearing to George W. Stocksdale constable April 22nd AD 1885, returned cipi May 1st AD 1886, trial not guilty of asault, guilty of curseing and swareing on the public highway, fined one dollar + cost two dollars and forty cents, paid</span></span></span></span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">State warrent issued November 4th 1883 to D.L. Wagner const., charge swering on Rieserstown, trial fine five dollars one dollar and sixty five cents cost, commited to jail in default of fine and cost</span></span></span></span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Oddly, despite his length of service to the town, Nimrod Lodgsdon isn't even buried here. After his <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">death in 1911, <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">h</span>e</span> w<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">as</span> interred at the Stone Chapel Cemetery in Pikesville.</span></span><br />
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AgateGShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17947302973755246635noreply@blogger.com2Reisterstown, MD, USA39.4695489 -76.82942129999997939.4205109 -76.910102299999977 39.5185869 -76.74874029999998tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-946019190572738124.post-24423696507333747842016-02-01T05:00:00.000-05:002016-02-15T13:15:59.803-05:00Nicholas & Anna Pohlman<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">February 17th marks 144 years since the death of Nicholas Pohlman. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Not much is known about Nicholas, as he appears in very few records. The birthplace on is gravestone is all but illegible, but reads in part "---reich Koening"<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">. <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">According to cen<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">sus<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> records, he a<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">nd his wife Ap<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">olonia "Anna" both were born in Bavar<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">ia, though it is unknown if they <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">immigrated to<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">gether, or arrived separ<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">ately and met in the U.S. <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The 1900 <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">census record shows that Anna <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">immigrated in 1850, and <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Nicho<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">las became a natu<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">ralized citizen in Baltimore City <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">on October 31, 1856.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Pohlmans are missing from the 1860 census, but by 1870<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">, the<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">ir family was living in Reisterstown. <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Their last name was spelled Bolman by the census take<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">r, and for some reason, N<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">icholas was listed as "G<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">eorge". </span></span></span>All of their children<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">were born in Maryland, from <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">15</span>-year-old Geo<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">rge to <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">4</span>-month-<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">old William.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span> Anna was keeping house with the four younger children, while George and his sister Rachel were attending school.<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> Ni<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">cholas was working as <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">co<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">oper (<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">bar<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">rel<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> maker), and owned real estate<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> valued as $550.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Three years later, in April of 1<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">871, <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">the Bank Street Bu<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">ilding Association released the mortgage, stat<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">ing<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> t<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">hat "Nicholas Pohlman hath paid ... all the sums <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">of money and interest<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> and hath performed all the covenants and agreements m<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">entioned in the said inde<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">nture of mor<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">tgage." <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">However, <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">on the<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> same day<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">, Nicholas again mortgaged the property, this time to Lewis A. De<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">hoff, to <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">whom Nichola<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">s apparently owed $350.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Sadly, Ni<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">cholas passed away less than a year later, on February 17, 1872<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">, <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">at</span> about 50 year<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">s <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">of age</span>.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">After<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">ward<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">, the<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">re was some dispute over <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">the P<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">ohlmans' property, but <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">in 1879, <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Ann<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">a<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> took<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">out a <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">mortgage from<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> the Franklin Permanent Building Association <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">t<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">o purch<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">ase the land for $330 from Nicholas Herder, who had been named as trus<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">tee by the Orphans' Court. In describing the property, <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">a</span>ll the prior land records had mentioned a "bounded chestnut tree" a<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">s one of the land marks, but for the first time, this deed noted that the lot was<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> located on Nicodemus Road.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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Two d<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">aughters passed a<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">w<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">ay in April<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">: </span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Anna Pauline, age 23, who had mar<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">ri<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">ed Jefferson Pate in 1887,</span></span> <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">died on the <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">8th, followed <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">t</span></span></span></span></span></span>hirteen da<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">ys later <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">by <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">her sister, </span></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">19-<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">year-old</span></span> Ella Vina<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">. In Oc<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">tober, Anna P<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">auline<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">'s <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">young son Emm<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">e</span>tt also died.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Nicholas<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> and Anna's children were:</span></span></span></span><br />
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<li><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">George Pohlman, c1855-<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">19</span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">15</span>, husband of (1) Alvina Dorsey and (2) Eliz<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">abeth Pate</span></span></span></span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Rachel Pohlman, 1860-<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">19<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">?</span></span>?, wife of John T. Mooney</span></span></span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">John M. Pohlman, 1862-<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">1</span>925, husband of Arnola Ida Yingling</span></span></span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">M<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">argaret "</span>Maggie" Pohlman<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">, </span>1865-1948, wife of John B. Wheeler</span></span></span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Anna Pauline Pohlman, c1868-1891, wife of Jefferson D. Pate</span></span></span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">William Pohlman, 187<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">1</span>-<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">1960</span>, husband of Annie M<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">a<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">rie Ludwig</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Ella Vina Pohlman, c1872-1891</span></span></span></span></span></li>
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<li><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Year: 1870; Census Place: District 4, Baltimore, Maryland; Roll: M593_569; Page: 263A.</span></span></span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Year: 1880; Census Place: District 4, Baltimore, Maryland; Roll: 495; Page: 575B.</span></span></span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Year: 1900; Census Place: Baltimore Ward 8, Baltimore City, Maryland; Roll: 611; Page: 12A.</span></span></span></span></span></li>
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<li><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">"Died." Date: <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">10 April 1891</span>; Page: <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">2</span>.</span></span></span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">"Died." Date: <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">12 <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">October</span> 1891</span>; Page: <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">2</span>.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></li>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Cemetery photos © AgateGS </span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"></span></span></span></span>AgateGShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17947302973755246635noreply@blogger.com0Reisterstown, MD, USA39.4695489 -76.82942129999997939.4205109 -76.910102299999977 39.5185869 -76.74874029999998tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-946019190572738124.post-25497280865530707332016-01-01T06:00:00.000-05:002016-01-01T13:03:43.943-05:00William Shugars<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">January 8th marks 135 years since the death of William Shugars.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">William was born on January 5, 1828 in Cumberland County, </span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Pennsylvania</span></span>, the son of Daniel Shugars and Mary Lynch, and elder brother of George Shugars from the <a href="http://reisterstowncemetery.blogspot.com/2014/12/shugars.html">December 2014 blog post</a>. The family moved across the border to Maryland shortly before George's birth in 1840. In the 1850 census, Daniel was working as a farmer in Baltimore County, owning real estate valued at $1,250. William was working as a blacksmith, while siblings George and Margaret were attending school.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">On September 14, 1854, William married Louisa Wilson at the Swan Hotel in Baltimore City. Louisa was born in Carroll County, Maryland on June 3, 1836, the daughter of Amon Wilson and Susanna Gillis.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In the 1860 census, the couple were living near Finksburg in the Woolerys District of Carroll County. William continued working as a blacksmith, along with Thomas Leatherwood. He owned no real estate, but William's personal estate was valued at $200.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In the midst of the Civil War, William Shugars was drafted as a Private in the 8th Maryland Infantry Regiment on December 5, 1862 for a term of nine months. He was described as having dark hair and a dark complexion, with hazel eyes, standing at a height of five feet, nine inches tall. Though his muster roll cards are somewhat contradictory, there was a note that he had deserted in February 1863. He had returned to duty by March 18th, when he was transferred to Company B at Harpers Ferry. In June and July, he served as company cook, before being discharged at the end of his nine-month term on August 23, 1863 at Rappahannock Station.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">William and Louisa were living in Reisterstown and had three children by the 1870 census: nine-year-old Maggie, seven-year-old William, and five-year-old Susan. William was again listed as without any real estate, and he was now working simply as a laborer, not a blacksmith. Louisa was keeping house, while the two elder children were attending school.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It is impossible now to know what happened, but by the 1880 census, William and Louisa had separated. William was living with his sister Isabella's family in Baltimore County. He was listed as "at home", without an occupation, and, most worryingly, was marked as being "insane".</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Louisa, on the other hand, was living in Baltimore City in 1880 with the three children. She was keeping house with her two daughters, </span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">and had taken on three boarders, </span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">while her son worked as a drayman. Curiously, she claimed to be a widow.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">William passed away the following year, on January 8, 1881, three days past his 53rd birthday.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In 1893, Louisa Shugars applied for a widow's pension based on William's service during the Civil War. No mention was made</span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span></span>of any marital discord between the two - but then, any such admission would certainly not have been to her advantage. Louisa claimed that "her husband left no property + that she [had] no estate or income whatsoever; and [was] not able to do much work, but [did] what she [could] to help to earn a livelihood; that were it not for the kindness of her children and friends she would not be able to get along."</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">William's siblings George and Isabella both gave statements on Louisa's behalf, and she was granted a pension of $8 per month beginning on January 8, 1894, the thirteenth anniversary of William's death.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Louisa lived in Baltimore City until her death on September 28, 1910, at the age of 74. She was interred at Loudon Park Cemetery.</span></span><br />
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<li><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Margaret F. Shugars, 1860-1929, wife of Thomas F. Barron, Jr.</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">William Daniel Shugars, 1861-1920, husband of Maggie Hawks</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Susan Shugars, c1865-????</span></span></li>
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<li><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Year: 1850; Census Place: District 1, Baltimore, Maryland; Roll: M432_280; Page: 239B.</span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Year: 1860; Census Place: Woolerys, Carroll, Maryland; Roll: M653_471; Pages: 749-750.</span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Year: 1870; Census Place: Reisterstown, Baltimore, Maryland; Roll: M593_569; Page: 282B.</span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Year: 1880; Census Place: District 8, Baltimore, Maryland; Roll: 496; Pages: 120C-120D.</span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Year: 1880; Census Place: Baltimore, Baltimore City, Maryland; Roll: 500; Page: 309B.</span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Year: 1900; Census Place: Baltimore Ward 17, Baltimore City, Maryland; Roll: 615; Page: 16A.</span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Year: 1910; Census Place: Baltimore Ward 17, Baltimore City, Maryland; Roll: T624_558; Page: 11A</span></span></span></li>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /><a href="http://msa.maryland.gov/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Maryland Archives</a> (death & marriage records)</span></span></span><br />
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Cemetery photos © AgateGS</span></span></span></span></span></span>AgateGShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17947302973755246635noreply@blogger.com0Reisterstown, MD, USA39.4695489 -76.82942129999997939.4205109 -76.910102299999977 39.5185869 -76.74874029999998tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-946019190572738124.post-69430103751398930002015-11-01T05:00:00.000-05:002015-11-01T13:05:20.935-05:00John & Matilda Gies<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">November 10th marks 116 years since the death of Matilda (Warren) Gies. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Matilda was born on October 29, 1827 in Pennsylvania, the daughter of James and Catharine Warren. By the 1850 census, they had moved south to Baltimore County. James was a blacksmith, owning $4,000 worth of real estate.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">John Gies was born on May 23, 1809 in Hesse-Darmstadt, the son of Herman and Mary Gies, and the father of Henry Lewis Gies from the <a href="http://reisterstowncemetery.blogspot.com/2013/10/gies.html">October 2013 blog post</a>. John came to the U.S. in 1841 with his parents, wife Anna, and four young children.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">In the 1850 census, the Gies family had settled in Baltimore County, with John working as a shoemaker. He and Anna now had seven children total, the three youngest having been born in the U.S.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">In 1853, John Gies began renting two adjacent lots of land along the east side of Main Street from John T. Johns for $40.50 each year. As part of the agreement, John Gies was required to "enclose the said lots with one or more good and substantial fences" and to "thoroughly repair the dwelling house and buildings on the lot" within two years.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">However, the 1850s were a rough decade for the family. Illness likely struck the family in November of 1852, when sons George and William died within a week of each other. In October of 1855, his father Herman passed away, one month before John became a naturalized U.S. citizen. In early 1859, John also lost his wife, Anna.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Sometime after 1860, Matilda Warren married John Gies. Matilda would have been in her thirties, and no doubt John needed help raising his younger children after Anna's death. By the 1870 census, however, John and Matilda had no children living in their household. Matilda was keeping house, and John was still working as a shoemaker. The same would remain true even until the 1880 census.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">John Gies passed away suddenly on August 14, 1886, at the age of 77.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">In his will, John appointed his wife Matilda and son James as his executors. He directed that $1,000 be invested for Matilda "for her sole use and benefit during her natural life or as long as she remains my widow," and granted her their house and property. He was a careful planner: "in case the house should be consumed by fire I direct that another be built on the site of the present house out of the insurance funds as far as the money will reach." If Matilda remarried or passed away, John's estate would be equally distributed among his remaining children, Christiana, Henry, Christian, Catharine, and James, and his grandsons John and James.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Furthermore, John ordered that "in case any one or more of these my heirs should be dissatisfied with this my last will and testament, I hereby positively direct that in each and every case of dissatisfaction my executor or executors shall grant only the sum of fifty dollars and no more." In other words, take it or leave it!</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Matilda survived her husband by twelve years, passing away on November 10, 1898 in Baltimore City, though for some reason, her gravestone gives the wrong year of 1899. For her funeral, her remains were transported from the city up to Reisterstown via an Emory Grove trolley car. The Baltimore Sun noted that as such trolley journeys were becoming more common, the Baltimore and Northern Railway Company was planning to construct a trolley car to be used solely for funerals, to better accommodate the mourners.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">John Gies' shoe store at 143 Main Street remained in the family until his son Christian's death in 1903. It changed hands a bit after that, but mostly still used as a shoe shop until the 1960s. Today, the building is occupied by Unlimited Services Available.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">John Gies' children with his first wife Anna were:</span></span><br />
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<li><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Christiana Gies, 1833-1892, wife of John W. Hitshue</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Henry Lewis Gies, 1834-1911, husband of (1) Margaret Ann Uhler & (2) Rosa L. Gore</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">John Gies, 1836-1874, husband of Ophelia L. Ensminger</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">George Konrad Gies, 1841-1852</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Christian Gies, 1843-1903, unmarried</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Catharine Elizabeth Gies, c1846-????, wife of ? Groff</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">William H. Gies, 1848-1852</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">James Kraft Gies, 1850-1932, husband of Annie Elizabeth Groff</span></span></li>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.ancestry.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Ancestry.com</a> (census & naturalization records)</span></span><br />
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<li><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">National Archives and Records Administration; Indexes to Naturalization petitions to the U.S. Circuit and District Courts for Maryland, 1797-1951; Microfilm Serial: M1168; Microfilm Roll: 6.</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Year: 1850; Census Place: District 1, Baltimore, Maryland; Roll: M432_280; Page: 221B. </span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Year: 1850; Census Place: District 1, Baltimore, Maryland; Roll: M432_280; Page: 222B. </span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Year: 1860; Census Place: District 4, Baltimore, Maryland; Roll: M653_468; Page: 45.</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Year: 1860; Census Place: District 4, Baltimore, Maryland; Roll: M653_468; Page: 42.</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Year: 1870; Census Place: Reisterstown, Baltimore, Maryland; Roll: M593_569; Page: 280B.</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Year: 1880; Census Place: District 4, Baltimore, Maryland; Roll: 495; Page: 570D.</span></span></li>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.baltimoresun.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Baltimore Sun </a></span></span><br />
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<li><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">"Items From Reisterstown." Date: 16 August 1886; Page: 4.</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">"A Trolley Car Funeral." Date: 14 November 1898; Page: 7. </span></span></li>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><a href="https://familysearch.org/search" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">FamilySearch.org</a> (immigration record)</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Cemetery Photos © AgateGS</span></span></span>AgateGShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17947302973755246635noreply@blogger.com0Reisterstown, MD, USA39.4695489 -76.82942129999997939.4205109 -76.910102299999977 39.5185869 -76.74874029999998tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-946019190572738124.post-24271934854014929872015-10-01T05:00:00.001-04:002015-10-11T15:39:13.479-04:00Samuel & Elizabeth Harryman<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">October 17th marks 150 years since the death of Elizabeth (Wheeler) Harryman, and October 21st marks 163 years since the death of her husband, Samuel Harryman. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Samuel and Elizabeth were the parents of Priscilla Harryman Choate from the <a href="http://reisterstowncemetery.blogspot.com/2014/06/choate.html">June 2014 blog post</a>, and the grandparents of Amos Harryman from the <a href="http://reisterstowncemetery.blogspot.com/2013/12/harryman.html">December 2013 blog post</a>. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Elizabeth Wheeler was born on April 16, 1781 in Maryland, and Samuel Harryman was born almost exactly five months later, on September 15th. It is uncertain who their parents were, but the two were married in Baltimore County on January 21, 1804.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">On December 20, 1806, Samuel purchased a half-acre lot of land from Charles Bardle for £30. The lot had previously been part of the "Brotherly Love" land tract owned by John Reister. Samuel purchased an additional half-acre from Peter Trine (Reister's son-in-law) in 1810 for $100.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Despite the land purchases in what would become Reisterstown, Samuel and Elizabeth were counted in the 1810 census living in Soldiers Delight Hundred. In all, there were eight members in the household, including three girls under the age of ten: the Harrymans' young daughters Priscilla, Merab, and Lucretia.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Over the next decade, the Harrymans welcomed at least four sons into the family, but only George survived to be counted in the 1820 census. Sons Columbus, Owen, and Charles each lived a handful of months, and </span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">together </span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">share a headstone in the cemetery.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Samuel Harryman was serving as one of the six trustees of the Lutheran Church </span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">on January 12, 1821, </span></span>when it was officially incorporated by the Maryland General Assembly.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">In 1828, Samuel was appointed the town's Postmaster, a position he would hold until 1849. According to an article from the Weekly Argus, his replacement was politically motivated: "Not for want of integrity or capacity, but for the more heinous offence of being a Democrat." The Baltimore Sun even described Samuel as "a faithful and obliging officer." </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">In the 1850 census, Samuel was listed as a saddler, owning $3,000 worth of real estate. Two of the Harrymans' adult children were living with them, Lucretia, aged 39, and Amos, aged 29, who was listed as a merchant. Also living in the household were a granddaughter, Catharine Mackelfresh; a niece, Nancy Wheeler; and a boarder, Nicholas Gorgan.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Samuel Harryman passed away two years later, on October 21, 1852 at the age of 71.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">In his will, Samuel named his wife Elizabeth and son Amos as his executors, though on November 3, 1852, Elizabeth renounced her rights as executor in favor of her son. Samuel granted $100 to his son George, and absolved him of the debts that George owed him. His daughter Priscilla was bequeathed $50, while daughter Merab, granddaughter Catharine, and niece Nancy each received $10. The rest of his estate he left to his wife, son Amos, and daughter Lucretia, to be equally divided among them.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Elizabeth, Amos, and Lucretia were still living in the same household in the 1860 census, though now with a servant, North Little, and two boarders, Margaret Riders and Alexander Allen. Even though the property was left to the trio equally, only Amos was listed as owning the real estate, valued at $8,000.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Elizabeth Harryman passed away on October 17, 1865 at the age of 84.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">The Harrymans' House remains today, one of the town's oldest buildings. For many years, it has been a popular local restaurant.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Samuel and Elizabeth's children were:</span></span><br />
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<li><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Priscilla Harryman, 1804-1876, wife of Herod Choate</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Merab Harryman, 1807-1870, wife of (1) Jacob M. Mackelfresh & (2) Henry Baker</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Lucretia Harryman, 1809-1892, unmarried</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">George W. Harryman, c1811–18??, husband of Eliza L. Igo</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Columbus R. Harryman, 1813-1815</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Owen S. Harryman, 1815-1816</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Charles D. Harryman, 1817-1818</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Amos A. Harryman, 1821-1877, husband of Ann Howard Harding</span></span></li>
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<li><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Year: 1810; Census Place: Soldiers Delight Hundred, Baltimore, Maryland; Roll: 13; Page: 569.</span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Year: 1820; Census Place: District 7, Baltimore, Maryland; </span></span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Roll: M33_41; </span></span></span>Page: 14.</span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Year: 1830; Census Place: District 7, Baltimore, Maryland; Roll: M19_55; Page: 210.</span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Year: 1840; Census Place: District 5, Baltimore, Maryland; Roll: 162; Page: 161.</span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Year: 1850; Census Place: District 1, Baltimore, Maryland; Roll: M432_280; Page: 220A. </span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Year: 1860; Census Place: District 4, Baltimore, Maryland; Roll: M653_468; Page: 42.</span></span></span></li>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><a href="http://www.baltimoresun.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Baltimore Sun</a></span></span></span><br />
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<li><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">No Title. Date: 7 January 1850; Page: 2.</span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">"Died." Date: 23 October 1852; Page: 2.</span></span></span></span></span></span> </span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">"Died." Date: 18 October 1865; Page: 2.</span></span></span></span></span></span></li>
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<li><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>Weekly Argus</i> article</span></span></span></li>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Cemetery photos © AgateGS</span></span></span>AgateGShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17947302973755246635noreply@blogger.com0Reisterstown, MD, USA39.4695489 -76.82942129999997939.4205109 -76.910102299999977 39.5185869 -76.74874029999998tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-946019190572738124.post-78182076330085601352015-09-01T05:00:00.000-04:002015-09-01T05:00:00.792-04:00Elizabeth H. Davis<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: large;">September 1st marks 114 years since the death of Elizabeth "Bessie" Hudson Davis. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: large;">Bessie was born on April 5, 1866, the eldest daughter of Michael Davis and Rebecca Ruth Mettam. Her father Michael was a German immigrant, and probably traveled to the U.S. sometime in the 1850s. Though Bessie's mother Rebecca was born in Maryland, her parents were English immigrants. Bessie's maternal grandfather Joseph Mettam was a well-known minister who served as the pastor of the Pikesville Baptist Church, now the Mettam Memorial Baptist Church, </span><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: large;">for over fifty years</span><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: large;">.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: large;">Michael Davis and Rebecca Mettam were married in Pikesville by Rebecca's father on October 8, 1863. By the 1870 census, the couple were living near Reisterstown and had three daughters, Bessie, Annie, and Carrie. Michael was a farmer and owned real estate valued at $7,500. A laborer, William Bean, was also living with the family. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: large;">The Davises would welcome two sons and another daughter in the coming years, before tragedy befell the family in November of 1877. Perhaps some illness struck, as three of the children died within weeks of each other: Annie, almost ten years old; Alice, just two weeks shy of her sixth birthday; and Henry, three years old. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: large;">In the 1880 census, Michael was now working as a carpenter. Bessie and her sister Carrie were attending school, while their mother Rebecca was keeping house with their new one-year-old brother, Reister. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: large;">Bessie graduated from Reisterstown High School, now Franklin, in 1886. The year prior, her father had purchased a plot of land for $240 along Central Avenue in Glyndon in trust for Bessie. There were some interesting conditions required in the deed. The Davises were not allowed to "make or sell any speritous or intoxicating liquors, except for medical use", nor to build a slaughter house, lime kiln, glue factory, bone mill, soap factory, or stable. Further, they would have to put in a board walk and plant trees along Central Avenue. For reasons unknown, Michael sold the land in 1887 for $300, this time without any conditions attached.</span>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: large;">The following year, on September 18, 1888, Michael Davis passed away at the age of 52. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: large;">Around this time, Bessie began teaching history and civil government at the Reisterstown High School. In 1892, she was appointed assistant principal, a position she still held when the school was renamed Franklin High School a few years later in 1896. In the photo below, taken in 1898, Bessie is standing on the far left, with Principal Zachariah Ebaugh in the center of the group. Her youngest sister Katherine would graduate from Franklin the following year.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: large;">In early 1892, Bessie's mother Rebecca purchased a plot of land for $300 from John and Catherine Dean at the sharp curve near the south end of town, near present-day 500 Main Street. The location was marked "Mrs. Davis" on an 1898 map of Reisterstown.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: large;">In the 1900 census, 34-year-old Bessie was listed as a teacher, living with her mother and three younger siblings. Her sister Caroline was a music teacher, and brother Reister was a fireman. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: large;">Late in the evening on August 31, 1901, Bessie was returning home on the electric railway line on Main Street after visiting with friends. She missed the stop near her home, and hurried up to the conductor, asking him to stop the car. He told Bessie that he couldn't stop the car until the next stop on the line, and tried to grab a hold of her arm. As the conductor rang the bell to signal to the car's motorman, Bessie jumped off the moving car.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: large;">After stopping the car, Bessie was found unconscious on the side of the road, and carried to her home. She had suffered a concussion on the left side of her head from the fall, leaving the right side of her body paralyzed. Though she attempted to move her left arm a few times, Bessie never fully regained consciousness, and passed away the following day.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: large;">Because Bessie herself was never able to give a statement about what had caused her fall, an inquest was held to determine if she had jumped from the car, or had been thrown by the car's movement. Though the motorman and several of the passengers were unable to say for certain what had happened, the conductor and a few other witnesses testified that Bessie had jumped. While the conductor claimed that the car was moving at over twenty miles an hour, the motorman stated that the cars never go faster than fourteen miles per hour. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: large;">The inquest determined that Bessie had jumped from the car, but also stated that "this would have been prevented had the conductor been better acquainted with the road and people, which lack of acquaintance results from the system of the railway company in frequently changing conductors on this route."</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: large;">A funeral service led by five local ministers was held at the Southern Methodist Church, which proved to be too small to hold the all of the mourners wishing to attend. </span><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Several members of Franklin High's alumni association served as pall bearers. </span>Rev. William M. Waters,</span><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"> the church's pastor, </span>sang "Nearer, Yet Nearer" and read a poem, "Fate", found in a notebook that Bessie had been carrying the night of the accident.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: large;">Bessie's siblings were:</span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: large;">Annie Louisa Davis, 1867-1877</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: large;">Caroline "Carrie" Davis, 1869-1939, wife of Cardiff Tagart Hollingsworth</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: large;">Alice Barker Davis, 1871-1877</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: large;">Henry Davis, 1874-1877</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: large;">William Reister Davis, 1879-1958, husband of Clara Marie Chason</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: large;">Katherine Turner Davis, 1881-1963, unmarried</span></li>
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<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Year: 1880; Census Place: District 4, Baltimore, Maryland; Roll: 495; Page: 571A.</span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Year: 1900; Census Place: District 4, Baltimore, Maryland; Roll: 606; Page: 3A.</span></span></span></li>
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<a href="http://www.baltimoresun.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Baltimore Sun</span></span></span></a><br />
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<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">"Married." Date: 14 October 1863; Page: 2.</span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">"Death Of An Aged Minister." Date: 2 February 1888; Page: 6.</span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">"Died." Date: 19 September 1888; Page: 2. </span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">"Franklin High School." Date: 24 June 1898; Page: 7.</span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">"Franklin High School." Date: 24 June 1899; Page: 7. </span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">"Suburbs And County." Date: 2 September 1901; Page: 7.</span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">"Jury Says Miss Davis Jumped." Date: 3 September 1901; Page: 7.</span></span></span> </span></span></span></span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">"Suburbs And County." Date: 4 September 1901; Page: 7.</span></span></span> </span></span></span></li>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><a href="http://msa.maryland.gov/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Maryland Archives</a> (death & land records)</span></span></span><br />
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<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">1898 & 1901 Franklin High School Photos </span></span></span></li>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Cemetery photos © AgateGS</span> </span></span>AgateGShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17947302973755246635noreply@blogger.com0Reisterstown, MD, USA39.4695489 -76.82942129999997939.4205109 -76.910102299999977 39.5185869 -76.74874029999998tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-946019190572738124.post-44029883334624238292015-08-01T05:00:00.000-04:002015-08-30T19:31:13.021-04:00Frank L. Dorsey<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">August 30th marks 88 years since the death of Frank Louis Dorsey.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Frank was born on July 3, 1893 in Louisville, Maryland, the second son of James M. Dorsey and Fannie Bell Stocksdale. His father James was the son of Irish immigrants, and grew up working on the family's farm in Baltimore County.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">In the 1900 census, the Dorsey family was living in Carroll County. His father James was working as a farmer, and one of the farm hands, Adam Miller, was living with them. James and Fannie had been married nine years prior, and had three young sons: Harry, Frank, and James.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Sometime shortly after this census, the Dorseys moved to a farm in Reisterstown. It was around this time that a photo was taken of the family. The identity of the girl in the picture is unknown.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Frank's mother Fannie passed away </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">on June 26, 1907 at the age of 43 </span>from an ovarian tumor.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">In 1910, teenage Frank was living with his father and brothers in Reisterstown. His elder brother Harry was listed as being a laborer on the farm, while Frank and younger brother James had no occupation.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Both Frank and Harry were students at Franklin High School, with Harry graduating in 1910, followed by Frank two years later in 1912. Oddly, their younger brother James does not appear in any of the school's <i>Dial</i> yearbooks. The 1912 <i>Dial</i> gives interesting glimpses of Frank's time there: his nickname was Shortie, his "greatest need" was an automobile, and he was famous for his good humor.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Frank also played on Franklin's baseball team. According to a passage in the yearbook, written mid-season:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;">"This year the managers arranged a very ambitious schedule with some of the strongest schools in the city and state including McDonough, Baltimore Polytechnic Institute, Maryland Agricultural College Reserves, Loyola High School, Westminster High School, and Western Maryland College Freshman. The weather prevented much early practice and consequently the playing was rather ragged, but there was a noted improvement in each game. Finally the team struck its stride, started a winning streak and shows fair promise of keeping on winning until the close of the year."</span></blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">During World War I, Frank enlisted as a private on August 28, 1918, serving in the Supply Company of the 72nd Infantry. Not much is known about his brief service in the war, which came to an end two and a half months later. Frank was discharged from service on January 30, 1919. The <i>Dial</i> yearbook from that year included Frank on the Franklin High School Honor Roll of graduates who had served during the war.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">In the 1920 census, Frank and both of his brothers were still living at home with their father. Harry was listed as a clerk for the railroad, while Frank and James worked at home on the farm. The family had hired a housekeeper, Sallie Gittinger, who lived with them.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Sometime during the 1920s, Frank married a woman named Catherine, but sadly, they only had a few years together at most. Frank passed away on August 30, 1927 at the age of 34 from peritonitis.</span><br />
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<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Year: 1900; Census Place: Woolerys, Carroll, Maryland; Roll: 620; Page: 4A.</span></span></span></li>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><a href="http://www.baltimoresun.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Baltimore Sun</a></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><a href="http://msa.maryland.gov/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Maryland Archives</a> (death records)</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Cemetery photos © AgateGS</span></span></span>AgateGShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17947302973755246635noreply@blogger.com1Reisterstown, MD, USA39.4695489 -76.82942129999997939.4205109 -76.910102299999977 39.5185869 -76.74874029999998tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-946019190572738124.post-71371508235511317982015-07-01T05:00:00.000-04:002015-09-02T09:20:33.239-04:00John & Mary Neel<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: large;">July 23rd marks 100 years since the death of John A. Neel.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: large;">John Neel was born on April 30, 1844 in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, the son of Hugh Neel and Mary Ann Neeper. His grandfather was Thomas Neel, who served as a Lieutenant in the Fifth Company of Colonel Watson's Battalion during the American Revolutionary War. According to John's nephew Albert Gore, Thomas "was a powerful man physically. Captain Patrick Marshall of the same battalion having been killed in the Battle of Germantown, Lieut. Neel picked Marshall's body up and carried it on his back for a mile. This was during the heat of the engagement when the bullets were flying fast."</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: large;"><br />The Neel family moved south to Baltimore County sometime prior to the 1850 census, when John's father Hugh's property was valued at $4,000. Hugh and his eldest son Thomas were working as farmers, while John and his sister Rebecca were attending school.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: large;">By 1860, the value of Hugh's real estate had more than doubled to $10,000.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: large;">Mary E. Ducker was born on November 27, 1851 in Maryland, the daughter of Henry Howard Ducker and Elizabeth Ann Devries, and a granddaughter of Jeremiah and Julia Ducker (see the <a href="http://reisterstowncemetery.blogspot.com/2014/05/ducker.html">blog post</a> from May 2014). In the 1860 census, Mary's father Henry was a farmer, owning $8,000 worth of real estate. Eight-year-old Mary was attending school along with siblings Kate, George, and Bill.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: large;">During the Civil War, John Neel enlisted in the Union Army on August 14, 1862, serving originally as a Private in Company B of the Eighth Maryland Infantry Regiment. According to the muster rolls, he was described as five feet, eleven and a half inches tall, with a fair complexion, gray eyes, and dark hair. In June of 1863, John was promoted to Corporal, but soon after was hospitalized in Washington, DC, sick with typhoid fever, from July through October of 1863. He was later promoted to Sergeant in August of 1864, and again on October 15, 1864, to Commissary Sergeant. After the end of the War, John was mustered out of service on May 31, 1865</span><span style="font-size: large;">.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Both John Neel and Mary Ducker lost their fathers during the 1860s. John's father Hugh passed away in 1866, when John was twenty-two years old. Henry Ducker passed away on his daughter Mary's eighteenth birthday, in 1869.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">In the 1870 census, John was living in Reisterstown with his widowed mother Mary and siblings Rebecca and Joseph. Mary had apparently inherited her husband's real estate, now valued at $17,500, and was keeping house while John and Joseph farmed the land. The family also employed a domestic servant, thirteen-year-old Clara Keagey.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">That same census year, Mary's family had moved in with her uncle Jeremiah T. Ducker in Woodensburg. Jeremiah was a retired farmer, while Mary's widowed mother Elizabeth kept house.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">John Neel and Mary Ducker were married on June 21, 1877 in Baltimore City.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Over the years, the Neels' household changed little, as the couple had no children. John continued to work as a farmer, with Mary keeping house. Clara Keagey worked for them as a domestic servant at least until the 1910 census.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Late in 1906, John Neel applied for a pension based on his service during the Civil War, claiming "partial inability to earn a support by manual labor" due to his age. He was granted $6 per month, which was increased to $18 in 1912.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">John Neel passed away on July 23, 1917 in Reisterstown at the age of 73.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">After John's death, Mary applied for a widow's pension, and received $25 per month. In the 1930 census, Mary was living with her two unmarried sisters, Ida and Sarah, at 216 Hanover Road in Reisterstown.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Mary's health took a turn for the worse, and in August of 1935, her niece's husband, Reverend S. H. Culler, wrote to the Bureau of Pensions requesting that her pension be increased:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: small;">"I am writing on behalf of Mrs. Neel who is helpless on her bed in Reisterstown, Maryland. She is paralized and I fed her with a spoon during her illness which began in July ... She is getting $40.00 per month pension which I believe is below the amount she should receive because of her utter helplessness and her financial circumstances. She is 84 years of age and in need of necessities and much extra care."</span></blockquote>
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Rev. Culler's request was denied in September:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: small;">"The $40 per month pension which Mrs. Neel is now receiving is the maximum amount to which she is entitled under any existing pension law. As the records in the case show that her marriage to the veteran on June 21, 1877 was subsequent to the period of the Civil War, she could have no title to the $50 rate ... It is regretted by this Service that under the law, no increase of pension can be made on account of the financial and physical condition of the above named widow."</span></blockquote>
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Mary Neel passed away two months later, on November 4, 1935, just weeks shy of her 84th birthday.</span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Year: 1850; Census Place: District 1, Baltimore, Maryland; Roll: M432_280; Page: 232B.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Year: 1860; Census Place: District 4, Baltimore, Maryland; Roll: M653_468; Page: 21.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Year: 1860; Census Place: District 4, Baltimore, Maryland; Roll: M653_468; Page: 8.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Year: 1870; Census Place: Reisterstown, Baltimore, Maryland; Roll: M593_569; Page: 281A.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Year: 1870; Census Place: District 4, Baltimore, Maryland; Roll: M593_569; Page: 238A.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Year: 1880; Census Place: District 4, Baltimore, Maryland; Roll: 495; Page: 555B.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Year: 1900; Census Place: District 4, Baltimore, Maryland; Roll: 606; Page: 10B.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Year: 1910; Census Place: District 4, Baltimore, Maryland; Roll: T624_550; Page: 13A.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Year: 1930; Census Place: District 4, Baltimore, Maryland; Roll: 846; Page: 10A.</span></li>
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<li><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">"Died." Date: 24 July 1917; Page: 6.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">"Deaths." Date: 5 November 1935; Page: 21.</span></li>
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</span></span>AgateGShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17947302973755246635noreply@blogger.com0Reisterstown, MD, USA39.4695489 -76.82942129999997939.4205109 -76.910102299999977 39.5185869 -76.74874029999998tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-946019190572738124.post-44892635343926458332015-06-01T05:00:00.000-04:002015-08-30T19:32:46.532-04:00John & Mary Beckley<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">June 9th marks 202 years since the death of Mary "Polly" Reister Beckley.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Mary was born in early 1757, the sixth and youngest child of John Reister and Margaret Sohn. She was still just a baby when her father patented the "Reister's Desire" land tract in Baltimore County the following year, and shortly after he moved the family there.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">In 1781, John Reister broke his property "Brotherly Love" into smaller lots for several of his children. Mary, in her turn, was deeded a half-acre with a small house, located south of the Reisters' inn.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Two years later, on October 14, 1783, Mary married John Beckley, a blacksmith. He, too, was of German descent, believed to be the son of Mathias and Elizabeth. John took over the blacksmith shop established about eight years prior by his new father-in-law.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Perhaps as a wedding gift, John Reister deeded John Beckley a quarter-acre lot with a house from his original "Reister's Desire" land </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">in August of 1786</span>. Reister promised to "warrant and forever defend the aforesaid lott or parcell of land and premisses unto him the said John Bachley his heirs and assigns forever against any person or persons whatsoever", in exchange for five shillings sterling, and an annual rent of six dollars.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">While the oldest part of the house dated back to 1779, the Beckleys added on to the structure. By 1798, it was listed on tax records as a two-story brick building, twenty-nine feet by fourteen feet, with a fifteen-by-fifteen brick kitchen.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">John Beckley passed away on December 5, 1806 at the age of 50.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">As John left no will, Mary was appointed administratrix of his estate in February of 1807. By April, her estate inventory totaled $142.12, including:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;">"1 bedstead and bedding, 2 chests, 1 lot of wearing apparel, 1 pair speckticles and one pair knee buckles, 1 case of razors, 1 looking glass, 1 chest, 1 bedstead and sacking bottom, 1 walnut table and a desk, 1 stove, 15 chairs, 1 table and a candlestand, 1 bedstead and furniture, 1 small bedstead under bed and quilt, 1 lot of books and a clothes brush, 1 looking glass, 2 old spinning wheels and reel, ten course linen sheets and one fine, 4 old bed quilts 4 hand towels + 2 table cloths, 1 bedsted bed and furniture, 1 folding table, 1 lot of plates and dishes, 3 decanters 3 tumblers, 1 lot of tea ware, 8 bottles, 1 cutting box, 1 cow, 2 iron shovels + one garden rake + one hoe, 1 drag and fork, 1 lot of crockery, 1 lot of pewter and finery, 1 lot of wooden ware, 3 flat irons 2 dripping pans 2 ladles 1 fleshfork, 1 sow and pigs, 4 pots 2 frying pans and potlid, 3 kettles, 1 cittchen cupboard and coffee mill, 3 dough trays and churn, 3 barrels 3 tubs, 1 lot of old blacksmith tools and some old iron, 1 grindstone and slate, 1 wooden morter and old ax."</span></blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">The following year, Mary was appointed guardian of John Beckley's "orphan" children: Juliet Ann, John, Philip, Elizabeth, Jacob, and Dorothy.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Mary passed away four years later, on June 8, 1812, at the age of 56. The guardianship of the younger Beckley children would fall to John Jr., who had taken over his father's blacksmith shop.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">The Beckleys' house still remains today, at the corner of Main Street and Cockeys Mill Road. For many years, it remained in the hands of Reister descendants. In the early 1900s, the house was purchased by the Naylors and became a popular ice cream parlor.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">In the 1970s, the Beckley house entered its current incarnation as the Ski Shoppe.</span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">John Beckley, 1788-1871, husband of (1) Urith Geary & (2) Juliann Gore</span></li>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><a href="https://familysearch.org/search" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">FamilySearch.org</a> (inventory & Orphan's Court records)</span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><a href="http://msa.maryland.gov/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Maryland Archives</a> (marriage & land records, <a href="http://msa.maryland.gov/megafile/msa/stagsere/se1/se5/003000/003300/003393/pdf/msa_se5_3393.pdf" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Historic Sites Inventory Survey</a>)<br /> </span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><a href="http://www.bcpl.info/hours-locations/reisterstown" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Reisterstown Library</a></span></span></span><br />
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<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>Reister's Desire</i> by Lillian Bayly Marks, 1975.</span></span></span></li>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Cemetery photos © AgateGS</span> </span></span>AgateGShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17947302973755246635noreply@blogger.com0Reisterstown, MD, USA39.4695489 -76.82942129999997939.4205109 -76.910102299999977 39.5185869 -76.74874029999998tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-946019190572738124.post-86897819108970246682015-05-01T05:00:00.000-04:002015-08-30T19:33:54.728-04:00Myrtle S. Eckhardt<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: large;">May 1st marks 38 years since the death of Myrtle Sophia Eckhardt.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: large;">Myrtle was born on October 10, 1895, the second child of Charles Frederick Eckhardt and Myrtle Elizabeth Waltman. Charles was the son of German immigrants, and was only four years old when his father, a veteran of the Mexican-American War, died. Though her mother Myrtle was born in Maryland, her family came from Pennsylvania, where her father had worked as a carpenter.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: large;">In the 1900 census, the Eckhardts were living on North Wolfe Street in Baltimore City. Father Charles, who worked for the Western Maryland Railroad, was listed as a freight "master". Unlike their neighbors, he was listed as a home owner with a mortgage, rather than as a renter. Myrtle was then the middle child of the family, between brothers Charles and Glyndon. Also living in the household was a boarder, George Uhler, who was a laborer for the railroad.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">In 1905, Charles and Myrtle purchased two lots of land in Glyndon, each about an acre, from Annie Jessop Hanna for $2,100. The following year, they purchased an adjoining lot from John and Anna Gill for $390. An atlas from 1915 shows the location of the Eckhardts' property on Central Avenue, opposite Albright Avenue.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Two more children had joined the family by the 1910 census: nine-year-old Fred and seven-year-old Minnie. Charles continued to work for the railroad as a local freight agent, and all of the children were attending school except for eldest son Charles.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Myrtle graduated from Franklin High School the next year, one of the 27 members of the class of 1911. She had served as the secretary of the Franklin Literary Society and was an assistant editor for the <i>Dial</i> Yearbook.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Myrtle continued her studies at the Normal School (now Towson University), graduating in 1913. She would later go on to attend Columbia University in New York, earning </span><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">first </span><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">her bachelor's, and after, her master's degree in education.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: large;">By the 1920 census, Myrtle was working as a public school teacher, living at home with her parents and three younger siblings. Her elder brother Charles had married, and was living next door with his wife May. Both he and brother Glyndon were listed as government clerks.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Ten years later in 1930, Myrtle's siblings had all moved out, though brother Charles' family still lived just next door. Her occupation was now listed as a school supervisor in Carroll County.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">In the 1940 census, the last census opened to the public, Myrtle was again listed as a school teacher. Her father Charles, now 69 years old, had retired from the railroad. All three of her brothers, Charles, Glyndon, and Frederick, now lived on Central Avenue with their families.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">In all, Myrtle worked in the Allegheny, Baltimore, and Carroll County schools for more than four decades years before retiring. As her niece Betty Nordwall recalls:</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: small;">"She spent 44 years of her life teaching young people, preparing them to become good, hard working citizens in the modern generation. She was very sincere about her path in life, always encouraging, always seeking ways to improve. As part of her continuing education she traveled extensively throughout North America and Europe, bringing home many slides showing native costumes, folk dancing, and culture from each nation in addition to art and architecture. These she shared with both school children and her family. ... She was born to educate and she did a excellent job."</span></blockquote>
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: large;">Myrtle was also very active in the local community as a member of the Women's Club of Glyndon, the Community Senior Citizens, the Ladies Auxiliary to the Glyndon Fire Department, and the Baltimore County Historical Society, among many others.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: large;">In 1971, Myrtle published the booklet <i>The Story of Glyndon</i> for the town's centennial year, detailing its history, residents, places, and organizations. For the country's bicentennial in 1976, she and Louise Goodwin researched and wrote a series of weekly articles on local history which appeared in the <i>Community Times</i>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Though Myrtle never married, she was very close with her seven nieces and nephews, bringing back gifts from her travels and taking each on trips to New York City. She ensured that they all graduated from college, and passed on the responsibility of contributing back to society. In the summers, the extended family would gather together at the Meadows and Mills farm on Cockeys Mill Road (prior to Liberty Reservoir). In later years, Myrtle often hosted family dinners at her home.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: large;">Myrtle passed away on May 1, 1977 at the age of 81.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>Sources:</b></span><br /><span style="font-size: x-small;"><a href="http://www.ancestry.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Ancestry.com</a> (census records)</span></span></span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Year: 1880; Census Place: Shewsbury, York, Pennsylvania; Roll: 1207; Page: 460D.</span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Year: 1900; Census Place: Ward 9, Baltimore City, Maryland; Roll: 611; Page: 14B.</span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Year: 1910; Census Place: Election District 4, Baltimore, Maryland; Roll: T624_550; Page: 4B.</span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Year: 1920; Census Place: Election District 4, Baltimore, Maryland; Roll: T625_654; Page: 12A.</span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Year: 1930; Census Place: Election District 4, Baltimore, Maryland; Roll: 846; Page: 15B.</span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Year: 1940; Census Place: Baltimore, Maryland; Roll: T627_1504; Page: 2B.</span></span></span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><a href="http://www.baltimoresun.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Baltimore Sun</a></span></span></span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">"Miss Eckhardt Dies At 81." Date: 3 May 1977; Page: A21.</span></span></span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><a href="http://www.historicmapworks.com/Map/US/171081/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Historic MapWorks</a></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><a href="http://msa.maryland.gov/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Maryland Archives</a> (land records) </span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Betty Nordwall</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><a href="http://www.bcpl.info/hours-locations/reisterstown" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Reisterstown Library</a></span></span></span><br />
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<li><i><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">The Story of Glyndon</span></span></span></i><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"> by Myrtle Sophia Eckhardt, 1971.</span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>Dial</i>, </span></span></span><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Franklin High School, </span></span></span>1911.</span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">"History Series Result Of Student's Question" by Eleanor Taylor, <i>Community Times</i>, 1975. </span></span></span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Cemetery photos © AgateGS</span> </span></span>AgateGShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17947302973755246635noreply@blogger.com0Reisterstown, MD, USA39.4695489 -76.82942129999997939.4205109 -76.910102299999977 39.5185869 -76.74874029999998tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-946019190572738124.post-78641602786034203182015-04-01T05:00:00.000-04:002015-08-30T19:35:01.331-04:00Samuel & Rebecca Storm<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">April 9th marks 122 years since the death of Samuel Petrus Storm.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Samuel was born on September 4, 1807 in Adams County, Pennsylvania, the son of Petrus ("Peter") and Eva Storm. Per the baptism records of the Sacred Heart Church in Conewago, he had at least three older siblings: Anna Maria, Lucia, and Jacobus. In the 1810 census, the Storm family was living near York, Pennsylvania.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Samuel moved to Maryland sometime prior to the 1830s, as on December 4, 1832, he married Rebecca Rachel Richardson Larsh, a widow with an eleven-year-old son, James (see the <a href="http://reisterstowncemetery.blogspot.com/2013/04/larsh.html">blog post</a> from April 2013). Rebecca's first husband, Charles Larsh, had died in 1829. Samuel and Rebecca had three known children born in the 1830s, but the 1840 census indicates that there might have been another child; four children under the age of fourteen were living in the household that year.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">On September 12, 1846, during the Mexican-American War, Samuel Storm received a commission in the Baltimore County Militia's 36th Regiment.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">For the 1850 census, Samuel served as an Assistant Marshal, and as such, swore to "make a true and exact enumeration of all the inhabitants within the district" and "faithfully collect the other statistics therein". </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Assistant Marshals were
paid two cents for each person they counted, ten cents per farm, fifteen
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ten cents per mile "for necessary travel". Samuel'</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">s name was included on each of the </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">490 pages of </span>population schedules for Baltimore County's first district, including over 19,000 residents. The forms for the 1850 census had 42 lines on each page, but interestingly, Samuel left the first and last lines blank on his forms - perhaps to make counting easier, with an even 40 names per page?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">The Storm family was counted on the last census page for the district. Appropriately, Samuel listed his occupation as "Deputy Marshall". He was 42 years old, and owned real estate valued at $2,000. Two children were living in the household, fourteen-year-old Samuel and ten-year-old Juliet, both of whom were attending school.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The following year, Samuel was elected to serve as Sheriff of Baltimore County, winning only by a close margin. He received 1,966 votes, whereas his opponent William Duncan received 1,803 votes. Samuel served a two-year term, from 1851 to 1853.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">In the 1860 census, Samuel had no occupation given, and curiously, was not listed as owning any real estate. His two children Samuel and Juliette were still living at home, with Samuel working as a clerk. Living next door was his son Edwin, a hotel keeper, with his wife Sarah and infant son William.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Samuel Storm was a staunch Confederate supporter during the Civil War, serving as Captain of the Reisterstown Riflemen. Samuel's son used to tell the story of how Union troops were going through the town in search of Captain Storm, who had hidden in the cellar of a house near the Lutheran Church on Main Street. The cellar had a wide plank that covered a little stream, where the lady of the house stored cream, milk, and butter, and where Samuel chose to hide. According to the tale, several Union soldiers went down into the cellar, but it was so dark, they couldn't see, and one of them accidentally walked into the stream. The soldier yelled out, "Come and get me! There is no damn Rebel down here!" And Samuel was never found there.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">The Storms' eldest son Edwin was just 33 years old when he passed away on April 17, 1867. His widow Sarah and their four young children went to live with Samuel and Rebecca before the 1870 census, when they were all counted in one household. Samuel was listed as a saddle maker, with Rebecca keeping house. Son Samuel was working as a court clerk. While Samuel's personal estate was valued at $500, and daughter-in-law Sarah's at $300, it is curious to note that Rebecca is the one listed as owning the real estate, valued at $1,200.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">A map of Reisterstown from 1877 shows the location of the Storms' home, located at the south end of Main Street, between present-day Walgrove Road and Berrymans Lane.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Rebecca Storm passed away on July 28, 1875, at the age of 75.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">In the 1880 census, Samuel Storm's occupation was given as magistrate. His daughter Juliette and daughter-in-law Sarah were keeping house, while grandson William was apprenticed to a printer, and grandchildren Samuel and Rosa were attending school. Also living in the household were Sarah's mother, who was listed as a nurse, and two boarders, Sarah Chew and her son Frank.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Tragedy struck on August 7, 1890. </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Samuel and Rebecca's son William </span>was vacationing with his wife Rosalie, daughter Edith, and son Bayard, at Rosecroft in St. Mary's County for the summer. That afternoon, Rosalie and the children had gone swimming with a group of friends in St. Inigoes Creek, when a steamer passed by, causing an undertow which pulled several of the swimmers out into deeper waters, including Rosalie. Edith went further into the water to try to save her mother. Local oystermen were able to rescue nine people, but neither Rosalie nor Edith were among those saved. A distraught William quickly returned home to Baltimore with Bayard. A solemn double funeral was held a few days later, but Samuel Storm, near 84 years old, was unable to make the trip into the city for the service.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Samuel Storm passed away three years later on April 9, 1893.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Samuel and Rebecca's children were:</span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Edwin L. Storm, 1833-1867, husband of Sarah Keagey</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Samuel William Storm, 1835-1916, husband of (1) Rosalie Clair Hancock and (2) Blanche Hackette</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Juliette Rebecca Storm, 1838-1909, unmarried</span></li>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.ancestry.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Ancestry.com</a> (census records & map)</span></span><br />
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<li><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Year: 1810; Census Place: Heidelberg, York, Pennsylvania; Roll: 57; Page: 132.</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Year: 1840; Census Place: District 5, Baltimore, Maryland; Roll: 162; Page: 161.</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Year: 1850; Census Place: District 1, Baltimore, Maryland; Roll: M432_280; Page: 464A.</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Year: 1860; Census Place: District 4, Baltimore, Maryland; Roll: M653_468; Page: 36.</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Year: 1870; Census Place: Reisterstown, Baltimore, Maryland; Roll: M593_569; Page: 282A.</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Year: 1880; Census Place: District 4, Baltimore, Maryland; Roll: 495; Page: 571B.</span></span></li>
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<a href="http://www.baltimoresun.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Baltimore Sun</span></span></a><br />
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<li><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">"Maryland Election Returns." Date: 8 November 1851; Page: 1.</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">"Sheriff's Tax Notice." Date: 16 March 1852; Page: 4. </span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">"Four Lives Lost." Date: 8 August 1890; Page: 1.</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">"Four Persons Drowned." Date: 9 August 1890; Page: 6.</span></span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">"Suburbs And County." Date: 10 April 1893; Page: 10.</span></span></span></span> </span></span> </span></span></li>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">FamilySearch.org (<a href="https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1681005" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">birth record</a>)</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><a href="http://msa.maryland.gov/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Maryland Archives </a></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><a href="http://franklinalumni.homestead.com/files/HistoryofReisterstown.pdf" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><i>Milestones in the History of Reisterstown, Maryland</i></a> by Louise Bland Goodwin, 1966.</span></span> </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.bcpl.info/hours-locations/reisterstown" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Reisterstown Library</a></span></span><br />
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<li><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><i>Reister's Desire</i> by Lillian Bayly Marks, 1975.</span></span></li>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.census.gov/history/pdf/1850instructions.pdf" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">United States Census Bureau</a> </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Cemetery photos © AgateGS </span></span>AgateGShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17947302973755246635noreply@blogger.com0Reisterstown, MD, USA39.4695489 -76.82942129999997939.4205109 -76.910102299999977 39.5185869 -76.74874029999998tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-946019190572738124.post-30939468751192605832015-03-01T05:00:00.000-05:002015-08-30T19:37:22.754-04:00William & Charlotte Dwyer<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: large;">March 7th marks 127 years since the death of Charlotte (Reister) Dwyer, and March 25th marks 145 years since the death of her husband, William Dwyer.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: large;">William Dwyer was born on October 9, 1790 in North Carolina, the son of Dennis and Winefred Dwyer. During the War of 1812, he served as a private in Captain John Montgomery's Company of the Baltimore Union Artillery, enlisting on August 19, 1814. From his pension file, William was described as being about 5 feet, 6 inches tall, with blue eyes, black hair, and a dark complexion.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: large;">In April of 1818, William married Ann Susannah Hughes. The couple had one daughter, Elizabeth, who was born circa 1827. Elizabeth was barely a teenager when Ann passed away, on November 21, 1840.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: large;">Charlotte Reister was born on October 9, 1802, the daughter of John Reister III and Helen Chapman. Along with several of her unmarried sisters, Charlotte lived with her parents on land passed down in the Reister family.</span><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: large;"> </span><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: large;">In 1822, "in consideration of the natural love and affection" and "for the better maintenance support livelihood and preferment of them," Charlotte's father in turn deeded property to his seven children: Charlotte, Elizabeth, Margaret, Caroline, James, Jesse, and Annie. </span><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: large;">Their house on</span><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: large;"> Main Street likely dated back to the late 1700s, shortly before John and Helen were married.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: large;">William Dwyer and Charlotte Reister were married on August 26, 1845. By then, William was nearly 55 years old, and had been a widower for almost five years. In the 1850 census, William was a farmer, and owned $1,200 worth of real estate.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">On May 28, 1855, William applied for bounty land for his service during the War of 1812, which he later sold. By the 1860 census, William's real estate was valued at $1,600, and he was still listed as a farmer. Also living in the household with him and Charlotte was his granddaughter, Emma Thomas (see the <a href="http://reisterstowncemetery.blogspot.com/2013/08/shriver.html">blog post</a> from August 2013), who was apparently counted twice in the census that year; she was also listed in her parents' household. The family employed a servant, Rebecca Bristol.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">William Dwyer passed away on March 25, 1870 at the age of 79.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: large;">The following year, Charlotte sold 45 acres of William's land to the Emory Grove Meeting Association and moved back to the Reister home on Main Street. Only her younger sister Margaret was still living there; sisters Caroline and Annie had passed away, sister Elizabeth had married and moved away, and brothers James and Jesse had moved out west. The 1877 map of Reisterstown labeled the house as the residence of the "Misses Reisters", even though Charlotte was a widow.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: large;">Charlotte's sister Margaret passed away later that same year, on December 20th, so the 1880 census shows Charlotte living on her own, and even described her that way, in place of listing an occupation - "widow living alone".</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: large;">Two years prior, on June 10, 1878, Charlotte had applied for a widow's pension for William's service during the War of 1812. Her application was approved, and on January 27, 1879, she was granted a pension of $8 per month. At some point, the pension amount increased, as her last payment, on December 4, 1887, was for $12.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: large;">Charlotte Dwyer passed away on March 7, 1888 at the age of 85, the last surviving child of her parents John and Helen. At her death, she was the last person born with the name Reister to own any of the original Reister land. As Charlotte had no children of her own, her will left her family home to William's granddaughter Emma Thomas Shriver.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: large;">Unfortunately, the condition of the Reister home had deteriorated so much that it was torn down last year. The property, on the corner of Bond Avenue, remains empty.</span><br />
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<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Year: 1850; Census Place: District 1, Baltimore, Maryland; Roll: M432_280; Page: 223A.</span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Year: 1860; Census Place: District 4, Baltimore, Maryland; Roll: M653_468; Page: 47.</span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Year: 1880; Census Place: District 4, Baltimore, Maryland; Roll: 495; Page: 567A.</span></span></span></li>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><a href="http://www.baltimoresun.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Baltimore Sun</a></span></span></span><br />
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<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">"Died." Date: 8 March 1888; Page: 2.</span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"> </span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">"Baltimore County." Date: 21 March 1888; Page: 6.</span></span></span></li>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><a href="https://familysearch.org/search" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">FamilySearch.org</a> (marriage records)</span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /><a href="http://www.fold3.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Fold3</a> (pension file)</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Internet Archive</span></span></span><br />
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<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><a href="https://archive.org/details/britishinvasion00mary" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><i>The British Invasion of Maryland, 1812-1815</i></a> by William Matthew Marine, 1913</span></span></span></li>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><a href="http://msa.maryland.gov/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Maryland Archives</a> (land records & <a href="http://msa.maryland.gov/megafile/msa/stagsere/se1/se5/004000/004500/004500/pdf/msa_se5_4500.pdf" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Historic Sites Inventory Survey</a>)</span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /><a href="http://www.bcpl.info/hours-locations/reisterstown" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Reisterstown Library</a></span></span></span><br />
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<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>Reister's Desire</i> by Lillian Bayly Marks, 1975. </span></span></span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">William was born on August 7, 1807, the son of William Berryman and his second wife, Patience Clarke. His father, whose family came from Virginia, was serving as a trustee of the Lutheran Church in Reisterstown when the church was incorporated by an Act of the Maryland General Assembly in 1821.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">On October 9, 1834, William married Margaret Wheeler, the daughter of Edward Wheeler and Hannah Parish. By the 1850 census, the couple were living in Carroll County and had five children, ranging in age from two months to fourteen years old. William had no occupation given, though he was most likely a farmer or a farm hand, like the two boarders living in the household, Milton Frizzell and Joseph Hess.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">In 1855, the Berrymans moved to Reisterstown, when Margaret purchased a little over an acre of land</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">, adjacent to a half-acre lot owned by William's mother Patience, </span> from the Moale family for $128. A new house was soon built on the property, as described by an article in the <i>Northwest Star</i>:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;">"... a sturdy seven-room house with lovely porches and climbing vines to shade them. The house itself ... [was] made of American bricks -- probably made at the brickyard near Reisterstown. The largest fireplace inside was big enough that a 20th century cookstove could fit in it. The rafters of the cellar were full grown trees cut in half with the bark and all left on. And the walls were 14 inches thick -- thick enough to keep the house cool in summer and serve as insulation during the cold winters. All of the interior doors of this fine old house were hand-made and no two windows have the same measurements. It is sometimes said that the man who measured these windows had a 'crooked eye'."</span></blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">By the 1860 census, William was listed as owning $500 worth of real estate, and was working as a farmer along with his eldest son George. The two youngest children, Edward and Margaret, were attending school.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">In 1870, the value of William's real estate had decreased to $269. Margaret was keeping house, with only the two youngest children still at home, aged 19 and 22 years. Son Edward was working as a store clerk.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">A map of Reisterstown from 1877 shows the location of the Berrymans' property and house at 605 Main Street, near the street that still bears their name to this day: Berrymans Lane.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">In January of 1880, youngest daughter Margaret married Samuel Brown and moved out, leaving William and Margaret with an empty nest in the 1880 census. William, now 73 years old, was still working as a farmer.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">The following year, Margaret Berryman Brown gave birth to a son, Mitchell. It must have been a difficult pregnancy, as sadly Margaret died soon after, on May 4, 1881, at the age of 31. Later that year, widower Samuel Brown would marry Florence Weller, a granddaughter of William and Margaret Berryman through their eldest daughter Vilmina.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">William Berryman passed away on February 27, 1885 at the age of 77. A brief notice appeared in the Baltimore Sun:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">In the 1900 census, Margaret Berryman was living with her grandson William Gore's family. Oddly, though Margaret had six children, the census lists her as only having had one.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Margaret, known to all in town as "Grandmother Berryman", lived to be 91 years old. She passed away on July 2, 1903. In her will, she named her son George as executor, and ordered that her almost all of her property be sold, and proceeds divided into four equal parts for her surviving children Vilmina, George, and Hanna, and her grandson Mitchell Brown. The only exception was Margaret's feather bed, which was specifically bequeathed to her granddaughter Laura Weller.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">The Berrymans' house was torn down decades ago. Its present-day location is now the parking lot of Camden Body.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">William and Margaret's children were:</span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Vilmina Berryman, 1835-1919, wife of William F. Weller</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">George Gordon Berryman, 1838-1925, husband of (1) Julia Ann Uhler & (2) Annie Belle Koons</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Hanna Elizabeth Berryman, 1841-1913, wife of Thomas J. Gore</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">William Edward Berryman, 1846-1878, unmarried</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Margaret Virginia Berryman, 1850-1881, wife of Samuel H. Brown</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">John Whorton Berryman, 1853-1854</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">As a side note, Ovington Eugene Weller, one of William and Margaret's grandchildren, served as a U.S. Senator from Maryland from 1921 to 1927.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>Sources:</b></span><br /><span style="font-size: x-small;"><a href="http://www.ancestry.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Ancestry.com</a> (census records & map)</span></span></span><br />
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<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Year: 1850; Census Place: District 4, Carroll, Maryland; Roll: M432_289; Page: 207B.</span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Year: 1860; Census Place: District 4, Baltimore, Maryland; Roll: M653_468; Page: 40.</span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Year: 1870; Census Place: Reisterstown, Baltimore, Maryland; Roll: M593_569; Page: 281B.</span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Year: 1880; Census Place: District 4, Baltimore, Maryland; Roll: 495; Page: 572C.</span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Year: 1900; Census Place: Election District 4, Baltimore, Maryland; Roll: 606; Page: 1B.</span></span></span></li>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><a href="http://www.baltimoresun.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Baltimore Sun</a></span></span></span><br />
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<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">"Died." Date: 28 February 1885; Page: 2.</span></span></span></li>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><a href="http://msa.maryland.gov/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Maryland Archives</a> (wills, marriage, death, land & <a href="http://aomol.msa.maryland.gov/000001/000625/pdf/am625--102.pdf" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">legislative</a> records)</span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /><a href="http://www.bcpl.info/hours-locations/reisterstown" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Reisterstown Library</a></span></span></span><br />
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<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Family & house photos</span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>Northwest Star</i> article </span></span></span></li>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Cemetery photos © AgateGS</span> </span></span>AgateGShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17947302973755246635noreply@blogger.com0Reisterstown, MD, USA39.4695489 -76.82942129999997939.4205109 -76.910102299999977 39.5185869 -76.74874029999998tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-946019190572738124.post-66304209404864279912015-01-01T05:00:00.000-05:002015-08-30T19:40:51.972-04:00John & Margaret Reister<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Though the exact date is unknown, 2015 will mark 300 years since the birth of town founder John Reister.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">John Reister was born in present-day Germany, though the exact location, and his parents' names, are unknown. At the age of 23, he came to the U.S., arriving in Philadelphia on September 16, 1738. Sometime in the years following, he married Margaret Sohn of York, Pennsylvania.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">On July 23, 1746, John purchased fifty acres of farm land in then-Frederick County (near present-day Westminster, Carroll County) from Francis Taylor for £30. It was likely here that most of the Reister children were born.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">On March 2, 1758, John received a land patent for twenty acres of land in Baltimore County, which he named "Reister's Desire." The location, along the Conewago road coming out of Baltimore, made for a convenient stopping point for travelers and traders, and it was here that John soon established an inn.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">In his early history, Dr. Isaac Dickson described the wilderness that would eventually become Reisterstown: "Nearly all this land was in forest, being covered with a dense growth of oak, hickory, chestnut, and gum... to dispel the surrounding gloom, there was nothing save an Indian path through this country, a dirt or mud road."</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Over the following years, John acquired more land nearby. In 1762, he patented an additional 54 acres of land named "Reister's Last Shift", and on January 1, 1763, purchased the adjoining 83 acres of "Brotherly Love" from Thomas Stocksdale for £120.</span>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">As other settlers moved into the area, there arose a growing need for a church and school. On November 29, 1764, John received yet another land patent, this time for just three-quarters of an acre, which he named "Church Hill". It was here that the log meeting house was built for the community, and the cemetery was established. At the time, the nearest church burial site was St. Thomas in Owings Mills, and residents had to pay a tax to the Church of England to be interred there. By establishing a free cemetery at Church Hill, local residents could avoid the tax.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">As his children grew up, some moved away, but others settled on their father's land. John's son Philip managed the inn, while his daughter Mary's husband worked as a blacksmith, and daughter Catherine's husband operated a general store.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">In the 1770s, as tensions grew between England and the American colonies, John Reister took steps to ensure that Church Hill would belong to the local community, no matter the outcome of the Revolution or what happened to him. On March 7, 1775, he deeded the land to six chosen trustees for safekeeping.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">The Reister family definitively sided with the American colonies against England in 1778 by taking the Oath of Fidelity to the state of Maryland, required of all men over the age of eighteen. John Sr., John Jr., and Philip Reister all appear on the list of men from Baltimore County who swore to </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">"be true and faithful to the state of Maryland", and </span>not be "bound to yield any allegiance or obedience to the King of Great Britain, his heirs, or successors".</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">In further support of the Revolution, Philip Reister joined Captain Nathan Stinchcomb's Company of the Baltimore County Militia, where he was commissioned a First Lieutenant.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">By the late 1790s, the local population had increased to the point where a new, separate schoolhouse was needed. To that end, </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">citing "the Natural desire he hath for the Instruction of youth and for the Incouragement of Schools", John </span>deeded a small parcel from his original Reister's Desire to four trustees, including his son John Jr., </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">on September 28, 1793.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">John Reister passed away sometime in the fall in 1804, at the age of 89. His will, dated August 11, 1804 and proven four months later on December 13th, named his son-in-law and "trusty friend" Henry Wiest as executor. To his children John Jr. and Catharine, he left $400 each. For his daughters Elizabeth, Margaret, and Mary, John ordered that they would receive equals shares from the sale of his personal and real estate. The heirs of his son Philip, who had passed away in 1792, were bequeathed $1 each.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">An inventory of John Reister's estate completed in January of 1805 totaled over $1,380, including:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;">One bed, one bed bolster and one pillow, two straw beds, four linnen sheets two quilts & two coverlets, two bed steds and eight chairs, one coffee mill and one lot of puter, one lot of Queensware & glasses, five silver tea spoons one knife box & a lot of knives & forks, one lot of old bottles one lot earthern and tinware, one puter tea pot & pint can two candle sticks and other iron ware, one ladle flesh fork gridiron & wood ladle, one pair of iron shovel tongs & bellows, one pair steelyards four iron pots one dutch oven, one frying pan tea kettle and bake iron, one lot wooden ware one lot of books, one trunk two tables & one beareau, one stove with about six foot of pipe, one cupboard one old still & worn, two old hogsheads six old barrels & three kegs, one wooden bowl bread tray & copper kettle, one bed sted & two old salting kits, one cutting box & one old fighting cock, one spotted sow & one old looking glass, one quilt and two old sheets, one old basket & three boxes, one lot wearing apparrel.</span></blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Dr. Isaac Dickson's history of Reisterstown described John Reister thus:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;">"We have generally found Mr. Reister a man of great enterprise and sterling worth ... He was affable in manner, prompt in business engagements, energetic in action and truly firm in purpose. When he gave an order, he expected obedience, and this noble trait he first taught amongst his children, who proved obedient and trustworthy. He must have been a man well acquainted with human nature, and thoroughly constituted for his arduous position in life."</span></blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">John and Margaret's children were:</span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">John Reister Jr., c1747-1814, husband of Mary Yohn</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Catherine "Katy" Reister, c1749-1841, wife of (1) Roland Smith and (2) Francis Mayberry</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Philip Reister, c1750-1792, husband of Eve Gardner</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Margaret "Peggy" Reister, c1752-1845, wife of Peter Trine</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Elizabeth "Betsey" Reister, c1754-1838, wife of Henry Wiest</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Mary "Polly" Reister, c1757-1813, wife of John Beckley</span></li>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>Sources:</b></span><br /><span style="font-size: x-small;">Daughters of the American Revolution (<a href="http://services.dar.org/public/dar_research/search_adb/?action=full&p_id=A095226" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">John Reister Sr.</a>, <a href="http://services.dar.org/public/dar_research/search_adb/?action=full&p_id=A095227" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">John Reister Jr.</a> & <a href="http://services.dar.org/public/dar_research/search_adb/?action=full&p_id=A095229" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Philip Reister</a>)</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><a href="https://familysearch.org/search" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">FamilySearch.org</a> (will & inventory)</span></span></span><br />
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<a href="http://msa.maryland.gov/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Maryland Archives</span></span></span></a><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"> (land records & Oath of Fidelity)</span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><a href="http://www.mdhs.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Maryland Historical Society</a> (signature) </span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><a href="http://www.bcpl.info/hours-locations/reisterstown" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Reisterstown Library</a></span></span></span><br />
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<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>The Early Days of Reisterstown and Vicinity </i>by Dr. Isaac Newton Dickson, 1869. <i><br /></i></span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>Reister's Desire</i> by Lillian Bayly Marks, 1975.</span></span></span></li>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Cemetery photos © AgateGS</span></span></span>AgateGShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17947302973755246635noreply@blogger.com0Reisterstown, MD, USA39.4695489 -76.82942129999997939.4205109 -76.910102299999977 39.5185869 -76.74874029999998tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-946019190572738124.post-31595925728094645142014-12-01T05:00:00.000-05:002015-08-30T19:42:19.876-04:00George & Julia Shugars<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">December 23rd marks 91 years since the death of Julia V. (Yingling) Shugars.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Julia Yingling was born on May 14, 1846 in Maryland, the first child of Jesse R. Yingling and Annie M. Gettier, and the elder sister of Mary Yingling Brown from <a href="http://reisterstowncemetery.blogspot.com/2014/10/brown.html">October's blog</a>. Her father Jesse worked as a tailor. In the 1850 census, Jesse wasn't listed as owning any real estate, but by 1860, his property was valued at $1,200. Julia and Mary were both attending school then.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">George W. Shugars was born in 1840 in Maryland, the son of Daniel Shugars and Mary Lynch. His parents were originally from Pennsylvania, but moved south to Maryland sometime in the late 1830s. In the 1850 census, Daniel was working as a farmer, owning real estate valued at $1,250. George's older brother William was a blacksmith, while George and his sister Margaret were in school.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">George Shugars and Julia Yingling were married in the mid-1860s. By the 1870 census, the couple had two young children, Virginia and Jesse. George was a farmer, owning real estate valued at $750, and Julia was keeping house.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">By 1880, the family included four more children: Bessie, Edward, Mable, and Frank. George was working as both a farmer and dairyman, with Julia keeping house. The two eldest children, Virginia ("Jennie") and Jesse, were working on the farm, while also attending school along with siblings Bessie and Edward. George's widowed aunt, Bettie Waters, was also living in the household.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">On September 2, 1887, George and Julia's daughter Bessie passed away at the age 16. Coincidentally, her paternal grandfather Daniel died on the same day.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Though the census records are contradictory, they seem to indicate that the Shugars might have had as many as nine children in all. If that's true, then they very likely had other children who died at a young age, though their names have been lost.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">In the 1900 census, George and Julia had four of their children still living in their household: Jennie, Jesse, Mable, and Frank. Their son Edward had married and moved out a few years prior.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">George Shugars died suddenly of heart failure on January 16, 1905, at the age of 64.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Just over a month later, in late February, the Shugars' eldest daughter Jennie went into labor prematurely. </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">No records have been found on the child, who likely did not survive. Jennie</span> had been married less than two years before, to Arthur Keller. Two weeks later, on March 12, 1905, she died of septicemia, at the age of 37.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">In February of 1908, Julia, together with her children and son-in-law Arthur, sold the family's 31-acre property along Hanover Road in Reisterstown for $2,900 to George A. Henry. According to the Baltimore Sun, it was part of a growing trend in the area.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">By 1910, Jesse and Frank Shugars had both married and moved away, and so Mable was the only daughter left living at home with Julia.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">In the 1920 census, son Jesse, </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">listed as a widower,</span> had moved back home with his mother and sister. A cousin of Julia's, Edward Carron, was also living in the household. Jesse was working as a painter, and Edward was an electrician.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Julia Shugars passed away three years later, on December 23, 1923, at the age of 77.</span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Jesse R. Shugars, c1868-1929, husband of Elizabeth</span></li>
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<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Mable Shugars, 1874-1962, unmarried</span></li>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>Sources:</b></span><br /><span style="font-size: x-small;"><a href="http://www.ancestry.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Ancestry.com</a> (census records)</span></span></span><br />
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<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Year: 1850; Census Place: District 1, Baltimore, Maryland; Roll: M432_280; Page: 220A.</span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Year: 1850; Census Place: District 1, Baltimore, Maryland; Roll: M432_280; Page: 239B.</span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Year: 1860; Census Place: District 4, Baltimore, Maryland; Roll: M653_468; Page: 45.</span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Year: 1870; Census Place: District 4, Baltimore, Maryland; Roll: M593_569; Page: 243B.</span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Year: 1880; Census Place: District 4, Baltimore, Maryland; Roll: 495; Page: 556D.</span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Year: 1900; Census Place: Election District 4, Baltimore, Maryland; Roll: 606; Page: 8A.</span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Year: 1910; Census Place: Election District 4, Baltimore, Maryland; Roll: T624_550; Page: 25A.</span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Year: 1920; Census Place: Election District 4, Baltimore, Maryland; Roll: T625_654; Page: 3A.</span></span></span></li>
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<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">"Mr. George W. Shugars Buried." Date: 19 January 1905; Page: 6.</span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">"Mrs. Kellar Laid To Rest." Date: 15 March 1905; Page: 6.</span></span></span></span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">"Large Lots Are Sold." Date: 13 May 1908; Page: 8. </span></span></span></span></span></span></li>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br />Cemetery photos © AgateGS</span></span></span>AgateGShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17947302973755246635noreply@blogger.com0Reisterstown, MD, USA39.4695489 -76.82942129999997939.4205109 -76.910102299999977 39.5185869 -76.74874029999998tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-946019190572738124.post-49227134488677828702014-11-01T05:00:00.000-04:002015-08-30T19:43:24.773-04:00Alice E. Stone<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">November 12th marks 102 years since the death of Alice (Gosnell) Stone.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">The family was one of the more complicated to research, as their gravestone has no dates on it, only names.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Alice was born on April 29, 1845 in Maryland, the daughter of Thomas Gosnell and Mary Lockard. Her father was a veteran of the War of 1812, having served as a Private in Captain Jeremiah Ducker's Company. After the war, Thomas worked as a carpenter in Baltimore City. The 1850 census shows Thomas as the head of a rather large household, likely made up of extended family members. He owned real estate valued at $900. Young Alice was about six years old at the time.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">By 1860, the household was reduced in size. Alice was the youngest member, and at age fifteen, was attending school. The value of Thomas' real estate had increased slightly to $1,000, and he was now listed as a "master" carpenter.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Sometime in the mid-1860s, Alice married Pinkney M. Stone of North Carolina, though it is unknown how the two of them met. During the Civil War, Pinkney had been conscripted on October 15, 1862 to serve as a Private in the 45th North Carolina Infantry Regiment. At the Battle of Spotsylvania Court House on May 10, 1864, Pinkney was shot in the leg, and retired from active service later that year.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">In the 1870 census, the Stones were living in Rockingham County, North Carolina, where Pinkney operated a dry goods store. The couple had two children: Thomas, age 4, and Emma, age 3. Also living in the household was Pinkney's store clerk, David Martin.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Pinkney and Alice would have two more daughters, Mary and Nellie, before Pinkney's death on November 2, 1874. Pinkney was buried in the Stone family's small cemetery in North Carolina, in what would later become the town of Stoneville.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">After Pinkney's death Alice returned with her children to Baltimore City. Her father Thomas had passed away while she was living in North Carolina, so in the 1880 census, Alice was living with her widowed mother and three older siblings. One of her brothers, Franklin, had taken after their father and was working as a carpenter. Alice's two middle children were attending school.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Five years later, Alice's mother Mary passed away. In her will, she left Alice her house, with all its furniture, on East Madison Street in Baltimore City, "so long as she remains a widow, to hold and enjoy the same, in trust for [Mary's] son George W. Gosnell during his natural life." Two other sons, John and Frank, were instructed to "use their best endeavors to make it an agreeable home."</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Alice's eldest daughter Emma passed away on Christmas Day in 1887 at the age of 21.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">In 1891, son Thomas passed away at the age of 26. He was interred in the Stone family cemetery in North Carolina.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">In the 1900 census, Alice was living with her younger daughters Mary and Nellie, now 29 and 27 years old respectively, both of whom were working as teachers. Alice's older siblings Franklin and Martha (a widow, with no children), were also living in the household.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">By 1910, the family was down to just Alice and her two daughters. None was listed as having an occupation.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Alice passed away two years later, on November 12, 1912 in Baltimore City, at the age of 67. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Pinkney and Alice's children were:</span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Thomas P. Stone, 1866-1891</span></li>
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<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Emma V. Stone, c1867-1887</span></li>
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<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Mary M. Stone, 1871-1957</span></li>
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<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Nellie E. Stone, 1873-1934 </span></li>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>Sources:</b></span><br /><span style="font-size: x-small;"><a href="http://www.ancestry.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Ancestry.com</a> (census records)</span></span></span><br />
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<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Year: 1850; </span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Census Place: </span></span></span>Ward 6, Baltimore City, Maryland; Roll: M432_283; Pages: 193A-B.</span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Year: 1860; </span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Census Place: </span></span></span>Ward 6, Baltimore City, Maryland; Roll: M653_460; Pages: 424-5.</span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Year: 1870; Census Place: Mayo, Rockingham, North Carolina; Roll: M593_1157; Page: 283A.</span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Year: 1880; Census Place: Ward 7, Baltimore City, Maryland; Roll: 499; Page: 403C.</span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Year: 1900; Census Place: Ward 10, Baltimore City, Maryland; Roll: 612; Page: 15B.</span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Year: 1910; Census Place: Ward 10, Baltimore City, Maryland; Roll: T624_556; Page: 11B.</span></span></span></li>
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<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">"Died." Date: 28 December 1887; Page: 2.</span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">"Died." Date: 22 September 1891; Page: 2.</span></span></span></span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">"Died." Date: 14 November 1912; Page: 6.</span></span></span></li>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">FamilySearch.org (<a href="https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1803986" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">will</a>)</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">FindAGrave.com (<a href="http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=35573293" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Pinkney</a> & <a href="http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=35573040" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Thomas</a>)</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br />Cemetery photos © AgateGS</span> </span></span>AgateGShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17947302973755246635noreply@blogger.com0Reisterstown, MD, USA39.4695489 -76.82942129999997939.4205109 -76.910102299999977 39.5185869 -76.74874029999998tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-946019190572738124.post-90710080505845206242014-10-01T05:00:00.000-04:002015-11-01T15:06:39.541-05:00William & Mary Brown<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">October 31st marks 100 years since the death of Mary E. (Yingling) Brown.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Mary Yingling was born in Maryland on March 28th, most likely in 1851. Her gravestone gives the year 1821, which would put her birth four years even before her father's. Mary was the younger daughter of Jesse R. Yingling and Annie M. Gettier. In the 1860 census, her father was working as a tailor. He's not listed as owning any real estate, but the value of his personal property was $1,200. Mary, who was nine years old, and her older sister Julia, were both attending school. Interestingly, the census enumerator had creatively transcribed the family's last name as "Zingley".</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Ten years later, Mary was still living with her parents, but her sister Julia had married and moved out of the household. Her father Jesse now owned $1,000 worth of real estate.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">William Brown was born on December 10, 1845 in Maryland, the son of Thomas S. and Belinda Brown. Unlike Mary, he came from a large family; in the 1850 census, William was one of nine children in the household. His father Thomas was working as a farmer in Carroll County, owning real estate valued at $3,500. Four of William's older siblings were attending school, though at age five, William was still too young.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">In the 1860 census, the value of Thomas Brown's real estate had doubled to $7,000. Two of William's older brothers, Joshua and Josiah, were working on their father's farm. Curiously, fourteen-year-old William has no occupation given, nor was marked as attending school.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">By 1870, William had moved out of his parents' house, and was working at Hitshue's Hotel as a bartender.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">William Brown and Mary Yingling were married sometime around 1872. In the 1880 census, William was now working as a butcher. Mary, now 25 years old, was keeping house. Her father Jesse had passed away four years prior, and so her mother Annie was living with the couple.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">In the years following, the property that Mary's father had owned in Reisterstown changed hands several times, and there was some sort of legal battle that ensued. Eventually, on January 29, 1891, the property was resold to Mary and her husband for $900. The very same day, Mary and William mortgaged the property to the Franklin Permanent Building Association.</span>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">A map of Reisterstown from 1898, however, shows that William and Mary had returned to the property, located near the Lutheran Church, and across the street from the present-day location of Franklin Middle School.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">In the 1900 census, William was unemployed, and had been out of work for about two years. The couple had been married now for 28 years, but had no children.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Ten years later, William, now 64 years old, was likely retired, as under occupation, he's listed as living on his "own income".</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Mary passed away on October 31, 1914 at the age of 63 from hemiplegia.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">In 1918, William sold the couple's house, and went to live with a nephew in Baltimore City. He passed away on February 10, 1927 from heart disease at the age of 81.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Unfortunately, the Browns' house at 121-123 Main Street no longer exists today.</span> </span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Year: 1850; Census Place: District 4, Carroll, Maryland; Roll: M432_289; Page: 190B.</span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Year: 1860; Census Place: Woolerys, Carroll, Maryland; Roll: M653_471; Page: 774.</span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Year: 1860; Census Place: District 4, Baltimore, Maryland; Roll: M653_468; Page: 45.</span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Year: 1870; Census Place: Reisterstown, Baltimore, Maryland; Roll: M593_569; Page: 279A.</span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Year: 1870; Census Place: Reisterstown, Baltimore, Maryland; Roll: M593_569; Page: 277B.</span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Year: 1880; Census Place: District 4, Baltimore, Maryland; Roll: 495; Page: 568D.</span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Year: 1900; Census Place: District 4, Baltimore, Maryland; Roll: 606; Page: 5B.</span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Year: 1910; Census Place: District 4, Baltimore, Maryland; Roll: T624_550; Page: 10B.</span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Year: 1920; Census Place: District 4, Baltimore, Maryland; Roll: T625_654; Page: 14A.</span></span></span></li>
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<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">"William G. Brown." Date: 13 February 1927; Page: 4.</span></span></span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br />Cemetery photos © AgateGS</span> </span></span>AgateGShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17947302973755246635noreply@blogger.com0Reisterstown, MD, USA39.4695489 -76.82942129999997939.4205109 -76.910102299999977 39.5185869 -76.74874029999998tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-946019190572738124.post-62631250197878209542014-09-01T05:00:00.000-04:002015-08-30T19:45:36.434-04:00Bernard & Addie Gore<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: large;">September 13th marks 94 years since the death of Adeline "Addie" F. (Hobbs) Gore.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: large;">Addie was born on March 6, 1866 in Maryland, the daughter of Lawrence W. Hobbs and Emeline J. Selby. She and her many siblings grew up in Howard County, where her father worked as a farmer, and later, served two terms as a judge of the Orphans' Court. In the 1870 census, Addie was only three years old, but by 1880, she was old enough to be attending school.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: large;">Harry Bernard Gore was born on October 29, 1855 in Baltimore County, Maryland, the son of John H. Gore and Ruth Gore. Unlike Addie with her large family, Bernard had just one sister, Isabel Elizabeth. His father was also a farmer, owning $10,000 worth of real estate in the 1870 census.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: large;">In September of 1886, a tournament was held in Reisterstown, complete with </span><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">tilting, </span>knights, a queen, maids-of-honor, heralds, and prizes. John Gore served as one of the event's judges, with his son Bernard as one of the assistants. Caleb Hobbs, </span><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: large;">Addie's older brother, was a marshal, and gave the coronation address.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: large;">Addie and Bernard were married the following year, on November 23, 1887 at St. James Methodist Church in Howard County.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: large;">It seems as though Addie may have suffered from depression, though over a century later, it is impossible to know for certain the details of her personal life. Whatever the reason, on October 14, 1898, Addie attempted to commit suicide by shooting herself in the head. Miraculously, she survived. She was found alone in her room by her mother-in-law Ruth, who immediately summoned Bernard, the neighbors, Dr. James Gore of Reisterstown, and Dr. H. H. Campbell of Owings Mills. Addie remained in critical condition for a few days, but had recovered enough by the following week that the doctors no longer feared for her life.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: large;">In the 1900 census, Bernard, now 45 years old, was working as a farmer. Living with the couple was a servant, 13-year-old Samuel Tucker.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">In Reisterstown, the tournament became a regular event held in either August or September - much as the Reisterstown Festival today is our traditional end-of-summer event. The tradition continued into the new century, and the Gores were regular attendees, with Bernard frequently serving as either the
assistant marshal or as a judge.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: large;">Bernard and Addie never had any children, so over the years, their household changed little in the census records. On September 13, 1920, Addie passed away at the age of 54.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: large;">After Addie's death, Bernard went to live with a cousin. Bernard passed away ten years later, on December 13, 1930, at the age of 75.</span><br />
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<li><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Year: 1860; Census Place: District 4, Baltimore, Maryland; Roll: M653_468; Page: 1.</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Year: 1870; Census Place: Reisterstown, Baltimore, Maryland; Roll: M593_569; Page: 278B. </span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Year: 1870; Census Place: District 4, Howard, Maryland; Roll: M593_589; Page: 404A.</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Year: 1880; Census Place: District 4, Baltimore, Maryland; Roll: 495; Page: 574C. </span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Year: 1880; Census Place: District 3, Howard, Maryland; Roll: 511; Page: 381C.</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Year: 1900; Census Place: District 4, Baltimore, Maryland; Roll: 606; Page: 24A.</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Year: 1910; Census Place: District 4, Baltimore, Maryland; Roll: T624_550; Page: 22B.</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Year: 1920; Census Place: District 4, Baltimore, Maryland; Roll: T625_654; Page: 16A.</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Year: 1930; Census Place: District 4, Baltimore, Maryland; Roll: 846; Page: 5A.</span></span></li>
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<li><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">"Items from Reisterstown." Date: 22 September 1886; Page: 6. </span></span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">"Wedding in Howard County." Date: 26 November 1887; Page: 6.</span></span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">"Baltimore County." Date: 17 September 1890; Page: 4.</span></span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">"Like Knights of Old." Date: 26 August 1897; Page: 8.</span></span></span></span> </span></span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">"Mrs. Addie Gore Found Wounded." Date: 15 October 1898; Page: 7.</span></span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">"Mrs. Gore Improving." Date: 18 October 1898; Page: 7.</span></span></span></span><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"> </span></span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">"Miscellany." Date: 21 October 1898; Page: 7.</span></span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">"Miscellany." Date: 9 January 1899; Page: 7.</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">"Tilting at Reisterstown." Date: 25 August 1899; Page: 7.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">"It Was a Merry Tilt." Date: 27 September 1901; Page: 6.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">"Valor to Beauty." Date: 22 August 1902; Page: 7.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">"Miss Sadie Hobbs the Queen." Date: 17 August 1906; Page: 7.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">"Mrs. H. Bernard Gore." Date: 14 September 1920; Page: 9. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></li>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Cemetery Photos © AgateGS</span></span>AgateGShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17947302973755246635noreply@blogger.com0Reisterstown, MD, USA39.4695489 -76.82942129999997939.4205109 -76.910102299999977 39.5185869 -76.74874029999998tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-946019190572738124.post-37789054965057383372014-08-01T05:00:00.000-04:002015-08-30T19:46:58.665-04:00George Kephart<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">August 26th marks 126 years since the death of George Kephart.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">George Kephart was born on February 7, 1811, the fifth child of David Andrew Kephart Jr. and Margaret Reister. On his mother's side, George was a great-grandson of town founder John Reister, and an uncle of William Russell, from <a href="http://reisterstowncemetery.blogspot.com/2013/11/russell.html">last November's blog post</a>. George and his siblings grew up near Taneytown - then Frederick County, now Carroll County.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">David Kephart passed away in 1836. In his will, he made specific bequests to his wife and two of his children, but his estate was to be equally divided among George and his seven siblings. George and his older brother Philip were named as executors. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">In the 1850 census, George was a farmer living in Carroll County, owning real estate valued at $17,000. His mother, Margaret, and two sisters, Sarah and Hannah, were living with him. Also in the household was a laborer, David Yingling. Three other men lived on the farm: Nelson Shriver, and David and James Foreman; no occupation is given for these men, but likely they also worked on the farm.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">In 1856, for the price of $40 an acre, George Kephart purchased about 259 acres of land from "Walnut Grove", a tract of land owned by John T. Moale, who was the husband of George's second cousin, Caroline Reister Moale. John's father Thomas had owned "Walnut Grove" before him, and part of it included sixteen acres of land from John Reister Jr.'s tract originally known as "Brotherly Love", near present-day Glyndon Drive.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Ten years later, not long after the end of the Civil War, the Reisterstown's Lutheran congregation began work on building a new church for their services. The original log church, which had been located in the northeast corner of the Reisterstown Community Cemetery, had been torn down in the 1850s. Since then, members had been meeting in each other's homes. A cornerstone was laid in July of 1866, and work on the church continued until January of 1867, overseen by the building committee, of which George Kephart was a member.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">On February 25, 1867, George donated half an acre from "Walnut Grove", along present-day Bond Avenue, to the "coloured Trustees of the Methodist Episcopal Church ... for a coloured school house and graveyard." Dating back to the 1830s, the African-American community in Reisterstown had been growing, originally meeting at the Methodist Church on Main Street, then moving around to various private homes as the community expanded. The new one-room school house, completed in 1872, became part of the Black Public School System of Baltimore County.</span>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">In the 1870 census, George, now 59 years old, was living in Reisterstown. He was still working as a farmer, owning $18,000 worth of real estate. Living with him were his aunt, Susan Whalen; his younger sister, Susan Russell, who was keeping house; his nieces, Hannah and Susan Russell; and a laborer, George Chance.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Another religious community seeking to build a church was the Episcopal Church. In January of 1879, the Vestry of Reisterstown Parish purchased five acres, and rented five more acres, from George Kephart's "Walnut Grove" property. The land was immediately east of the African-American community's school house.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">About a year after, Reverend Valentine, who led the African-American congregation, approached George Kephart for permission to use part of the cemetery grounds next to the school house for a larger church building. George agreed, so long as the construction would not interfere with the school. The new church was completed in 1880 and was named the Colored Methodist Episcopal Church of Baltimore County, which later became St. Luke's United Methodist Church.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">By the 1880 census, George's household a changed a bit. His aunt and sister still lived with him, and sister was still keeping house. Two different nieces lived with him now, Lizzie and Sarah Russell. Kephart Pfeffer, who would later marry George's grand-niece Hannah Russell, was working on the farm. George also employed two domestic servants, Ann Madden and Jane Smith.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">The Episcopal Church purchased additional land from George Kephart in 1881 and 1883, and a temporary chapel was built at the property's western edge. In March of 1884, the Vestry of Reisterstown Parish "desired to obtain the sanction of the General Assembly of Maryland to such purchase", which was given.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">On August 21, 1888, George Kephart suffered a paralytic stroke, which left him in a coma. He passed away five days later, on August 26th, at the age of 77. His obituary in the Baltimore Sun described him as "a bachelor of sociable tastes" and "one of the oldest and wealthiest farmers near Reisterstown".</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">George never married or had children, so in his will, he left to his sister Susan Russell the use of his farm and personal property for one year, after which it would be sold, and she would receive $5,000. To his widowed sister-in-law Susan Kephart, he left $1,000. The remainder of George's estate was to be equally divided among his nieces and nephews:</span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Elizabeth Russell, 1837-1909, unmarried</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Susan Russell Wightman, 1851-1938, wife of James S. Wightman</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Reister Russell, 1842-1922, husband of Julia C. Ducker</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Susan Keller Russell, 1842-1940, wife of George Russell</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Abbie Ann Thomas Russell, 1842-1926, wife of William A. Russell</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">In the early 1900s, the Lutheran church on Main Street was torn down and replaced with a new sanctuary, now known as Trinity Lutheran. All Saints' Episcopal Church was built on East Chatsworth Avenue, but the cemetery remains at their original location on Bond Avenue. Next door, the old school house was torn down in the 1990s, but St. Luke's Methodist Church still stands, with its small cemetery.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>Sources</b><b>:</b></span><br /><span style="font-size: x-small;"><a href="http://www.allsaints.ang-md.org/historyTime%20Pieces.htm" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">All Saints' Episcopal Church</a></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><a href="http://www.ancestry.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Ancestry.com</a> (census records)</span></span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Year: 1850; Census Place: District 2, Carroll, Maryland; Roll: M432_289; Page: 379A.</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Year: 1870; Census Place: District 4, Baltimore, Maryland; Roll: M593_569; Page: 271A.</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Year: 1880; Census Place: District 4, Baltimore, Maryland; Roll: 495; Page: 556C.</span></span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><a href="http://www.baltimoresun.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Baltimore Sun</a></span></span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">"Deaths and Burials." Date: 28 August 1888; Page: 6.</span></span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">FamilySearch.org (<a href="https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1803986" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">will</a>)</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><a href="http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=106278041" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">FindAGrave.com</a></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><a href="http://www.germanmarylanders.org/churches/trinity-lutheran-church-reisterstown" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">German Marylanders</a> </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br />Maryland Archives (land records, <a href="http://aomol.msa.maryland.gov/000001/000424/pdf/am424--147.pdf" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">legislative records</a>, will & <a href="http://msa.maryland.gov/megafile/msa/stagsere/se1/se5/004000/004400/004499/pdf/msa_se5_4499.pdf" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Historic Sites Inventory Survey</a>)</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /><a href="http://msa.maryland.gov/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Reisterstown Library</a></span></span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>Reister's Desire</i> by Lillian Bayly Marks, 1975.</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">School House & Church Photos</span></span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><a href="http://saintlukesumc.blogspot.com/p/history.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">St. Luke's United Methodist Church</a> </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><a href="http://www.trinityreisterstown.org/aboutus/ourchurchhistory.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Trinity Lutheran Church </a></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Cemetery Photos © AgateGS</span> </span>AgateGShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17947302973755246635noreply@blogger.com0Reisterstown, MD, USA39.4695489 -76.82942129999997939.4205109 -76.910102299999977 39.5185869 -76.74874029999998tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-946019190572738124.post-41714057268348023112014-07-27T12:00:00.000-04:002015-08-30T19:47:36.320-04:00250 Years!<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: large;">Thank you to everyone who came out and celebrated the dedication of the new gates with us yesterday! Below are a few photos from the event.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">The new gates at the north entrance.<br />The morning started off cloudy, but soon cleared up.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: large;">Presenting cemetery "residents" Julia Ducker, John Reister, Dr. Isaac Dickson, and Bertha Harryman.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: large;">County Executive Kevin Kamenetz touring the cemetery with Chris Larkins, president of the cemetery trustees, and Glenn Barnes, president of the Reisterstown Improvement Association.</span></div>
AgateGShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17947302973755246635noreply@blogger.com0Reisterstown, MD, USA39.4695489 -76.82942129999997939.4205109 -76.910102299999977 39.5185869 -76.74874029999998tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-946019190572738124.post-24696828346574124272014-07-01T05:00:00.000-04:002015-08-30T19:48:45.295-04:00Adam & Alice Zimmerman<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">July 4th marks 114 years since the death of Rev. Adam H. Zimmerman.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Adam was born on August 17, 1840 in Manchester, Maryland, the eldest son of Henry and Leah Zimmerman. In the 1850 census, the family was living in Carroll County, with his father Henry listed as a farmer, owning real estate valued at $2,500. Adam had five younger siblings, but only he and his sister Barbara were old enough to attend school.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">As a young man, Adam was a devout Christian. After graduating from the Drew Theological Seminary in New Jersey, he spent a few years on Maryland's eastern shore as a missionary for the Maryland Sunday School Union. In 1872, he was licensed as a lay preacher in Salisbury. As part of his ministry, he was frequently required to travel on foot. After one such journey through the region's wetlands, he fell victim to rheumatism, which left him unable to get around for almost a year afterward. Adam underwent surgery to attempt to correct the condition, but instead, the procedure left him lame.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Alice Ireland was born circa 1839 in Maryland, the daughter of Edward Ireland and Deborah Owings Moale. Her father was born Edward Hollingsworth, but legally changed his last name by an act of the Maryland Legislature in honor of his grandfather, Edward Ireland. In 1850, the Irelands were living in Carroll County, with Edward claiming to own $50,000 worth of real estate, working as a farmer.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Adam Zimmerman and Alice Ireland were married on December 26, 1876 at St. Peter's Protestant Episcopal Church in Baltimore City by Rev. Dr. Grammer. In the 1880 census, the couple and their two-year-old daughter Ada were living with Alice's mother, sister, and niece at 232 North Howard Street in Baltimore. A domestic servant, Charity Barnes, also lived in the household. Though no occupation is listed for Adam, he had been working as a teacher for some time.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">In late 1889, Alice fell ill with influenza, from which she never fully recovered. Over the next few months, her condition worsened. Alice passed away from consumption in Westminster, Maryland on May 22, 1890, at the age of 51.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">After his wife's death, Adam retired from teaching. He continued to be active in the church, however, joining the Baltimore Local Preachers' Association a few years later. In early 1900, he was elected as a delegate for the National Association of Local Preachers for the annual conference in Sheffield, England. In preparation for his upcoming trip, Adam applied for a passport on March 27, 1900, stating that he planned to be out of the U.S. for three or four months. He was described as being six feet tall, with brown eyes, dark hair, and a fair complexion.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Adam departed for England on May 24th. Afterward, it was Adam's intention to travel around Europe. However, he contracted a stomach illness shortly after his arrival, and passed away in Bremen, Germany on July 4, 1900, about a month shy of his 60th birthday. His body was returned to the U.S. on July 27th, and the funeral was held at the Methodist Church in Reisterstown on July 30th.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">In his will, Adam left </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">his books, shares of stock in the National Enameling and Stamping Company</span>, and all the income from his ground rents to his brother Leander, who was named as his executor. To his sisters Lydia, Carrie, and Barbara, he also left shares of stock and mortgage incomes from specific properties. His remaining properties were left to his daughter Ada. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><a href="http://www.ancestry.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Ancestry.com</a> (census records, school records & passport application)</span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Year: 1850; Census Place: District 6, Carroll, Maryland; Roll: M432_289; Page: 357A.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Year: 1850; Census Place: District 5, Carroll, Maryland; Roll: M432_289; Page: 216A.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Year: 1880; Census Place: Ward 11, Baltimore City, Maryland; Roll: 501; Page: 393A.</span></span></span></li>
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<a href="http://www.baltimoresun.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Baltimore Sun</span></span></span></a><br />
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<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">"Married." Date: 29 December 1876; Page: 2.</span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">"Death of a Preacher's Wife." Date: 23 May 1890; Page: 4.</span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">"Rev. A. H. Zimmerman Dies." Date: 5 July 1900; Page: 12.</span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">"Rev. A. H. Zimmerman's Body Arrives." Date: 28 July 1900; Page: 12.</span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">"Rev. A. H. Zimmerman." Date: 31 July 1900; Page: 7. </span></span></span></li>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><a href="http://books.google.com/books?id=YHlPAAAAYAAJ" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Christian Advocate</a>, 4 October 1900.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">FamilySearch.org (marriage records & <a href="https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1803986" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">will</a>)</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Cemetery Photos © AgateGS</span></span></span>AgateGShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17947302973755246635noreply@blogger.com0Reisterstown, MD, USA39.4695489 -76.82942129999997939.4205109 -76.910102299999977 39.5185869 -76.74874029999998tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-946019190572738124.post-11798746705117223292014-06-01T05:00:00.000-04:002015-08-30T19:49:57.610-04:00Herod & Priscilla Choate<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">June 13th marks 137 years since the death of Herod Choate.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Herod was born on October 25, 1796 in Baltimore County, Maryland, the sixth of Richard Choate and Jane Lowe's eleven children. His father Richard died in 1813, about a month after Herod's seventeenth birthday.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">During the War of 1812, with the British attacking Maryland and Washington, DC, Herod volunteered as a substitute for his uncle David Lowe in August of 1814. He served in a company of cavalry under Captain Christopher Carnan. His duties included carrying dispatches between Major General Samuel Smith and Fort McHenry during the fort's bombardment by the British navy on September 13, 1814 (the battle which gave us our national anthem, "The Star-Spangled Banner"). In Carnan's Company, he also took part in "covering the retreat of the infantry who had advanced to attack the British troops led by Genl. Ross at North Point." Herod was discharged from service on November 1, 1814 at Towson.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">After the war, Herod moved to Simpson County, Kentucky with his mother and several siblings. In the 1820 census, Herod, now about 24 years old, was listed as head-of-household, living with seven others.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Herod returned briefly to Baltimore County to marry Priscilla Harryman on November 2, 1824. Priscilla, born on November 18, 1804, was the daughter of Samuel Harryman and Elizabeth Wheeler, and the aunt of Amos Harryman, from </span><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://reisterstowncemetery.blogspot.com/2013/12/harryman.html" style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">last December's blog post</a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">. Priscilla traveled to Kentucky with her new husband, and their first child, Jesse Columbus Choate, was born there the following August. They stayed in Kentucky for a few more years, but were living in Reisterstown again by May 20, 1827, when Herod was appointed as Postmaster.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">In 1836 and 1837, Herod purchased tracts of land from William and Rebecca Frush near Soldiers Delight Road (present-day Nicodemus Road), comprised of pieces of "Bachelors Fancy", "Clarks Park", "Soldiers Delight", and "Stevensons Plains Resurveyed". According to Choate family history:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;">"[The family] moved to a place with a substantial stone and brick house about a mile southwest of Cherry Hill, on Delight Road ... The house stood at the head of a valley or glen that gradually spread between two low ridges covered with pine trees. It was built into a bank, so that it appeared two stories and an attic from the front but three stories from the back. Originally it was two rooms on each floor with a chimney at each end. The two bottom rooms had dirt floors and huge open brick fireplaces where the cooking, baking and preserving were done. Later, additional rooms and a chimney were added to the east end, providing a root cellar for the basement and two bedrooms above. The timbers of the ceiling in the basement were hand-hewed solid logs."</span></blockquote>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Around this time, Herod also began operating a chromium mine in Soldiers Delight. With the support of businessman and geologist Isaac Tyson Jr., Baltimore County became one of the world's leading sources of chrome in the mid-1800s, used in Europe to make a pigment for a popular yellow paint. One of the Choate mines can still be found today in the </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Soldiers Delight Natural Environment Area, just a short hike from Deer Park Road.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">In 1842, Herod was again appointed as Postmaster, this time for Owings Mills.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">On November 26, 1846, the Choates' eldest son Jesse enlisted in the 1st Virginia Volunteers under Captain Fletcher H. Archer. His service during the Mexican-American War took him to Matamoras in Mexico, where he died of illness on April 5, 1847, at the age of 21.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">In 1850, Herod was working as a farmer, owning real estate valued at $2,000. The family had five children: Georgianna, age 19; Mary, age 14; Elizabeth, age 12; David, age 9; and Ellen, age 6. The three middle children - Mary, Elizabeth, and David - were attending school. Two laborers were also living in the household, Samuel Fisher and Jacob Tilman.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">By the 1860 census, the value of Herod's real estate had increased to $5,000, and he was again listed as a farmer. The couple's eldest daughter Georgianna had married and moved away, but the younger four children were still living at home, with David working on the farm. The family also employed a servant, Fanny Little.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">In 1870, only two of the Choates' children remained at home, David and Elinor, now 27 and 25 years old, respectively. A six-year-old granddaughter, Alice O'Dell, who was in school, had come to live with the family. Herod, now 73 years old, was still farming along with his son David, and Priscilla was keeping house.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">In 1871, Herod applied for a pension based on his service during the War of 1812. However, his application was rejected "by reason of insufficient service" on March 9, 1872; proof could not be found that he had served the required time, despite his having been granted 160 acres of bounty land in 1857 for the same service.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Priscilla Choate passed away on February 23, 1876 at the age of 71.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">On June 5, 1877, Herod Choate's dairy was one of three in the Reisterstown area raided by thieves. Herod died the following week, on June 13, 1877, at the age of 80.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Herod and Priscilla's children were:</span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Jesse Columbus Choate, 1825-1847</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Edward S. Choate, 1828-1829</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Georgianna Choate, 1831-1911, wife of Samuel Kirk Crosby</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Vilmina E. Choate, 1834-1834</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Mary Jane Choate, 1836-1894, wife of Evan Peddicord</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Elizabeth Harryman Choate, 1838-1867, wife of William Chapman O'Dell</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">David Lowe Choate, 1840-1882</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Elinor "Ellen" Gill Choate, 1843-1881</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><a href="http://www.ancestry.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Ancestry.com</a> (census records)</span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Year: 1810; Census Place: Soldiers Delight Hundred, Baltimore, Maryland; Roll: 13; Page: 568.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Year: 1820; Census Place: Franklin, Simpson, Kentucky; </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Roll: M33_28;</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"> </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Page: 17.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Year: 1850; Census Place: </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">District 1, Baltimore, Maryland</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">; Roll: </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">M432_280</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">; Page: </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">231A</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Year: 1860; Census Place: District 4, Baltimore, Maryland; Roll: M653_468; Page: 25.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Year: 1870; Census Place: District 4, Baltimore, Maryland; Roll: M593_569; Page: 258B.</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><a href="http://www.baltimoresun.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Baltimore Sun</a></span><br />
<ul>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">"Died." Date: 1 May 1847; Page: 2.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">"Baltimore County Items." Date: 9 June 1877; Page: 4.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">"<a href="http://articles.baltimoresun.com/2012-11-05/explore/ph-ce-soldiers-delight-1104-20121105_1_soldiers-delight-mine-operator-mine-owner" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Finksburg resident digs deep to unearth mining history at Soldiers Delight</a>." Date: 5 November 2012.</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">FamilySearch.org (<a href="https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1675199" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">marriage records</a>)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><a href="http://www.fold3.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Fold3</a> (pension file)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Harald B. "Johnny" Johnsson</span><br />
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<a href="http://msa.maryland.gov/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Maryland Archives</a> (land records)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><br />
<a href="http://www.bcpl.info/hours-locations/reisterstown" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Reisterstown Library</a></span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><i>Choate Family of Baltimore County, Maryland</i> by Jesse Choate Phillips, 1979.</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Cemetery photos © AgateGS</span>AgateGShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17947302973755246635noreply@blogger.com1Reisterstown, MD, USA39.4695489 -76.82942129999997939.4205109 -76.910102299999977 39.5185869 -76.74874029999998tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-946019190572738124.post-24967927937433758962014-05-27T05:00:00.000-04:002015-08-30T19:50:44.204-04:00Memorial Day 2014<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: large;">Yesterday, members of the <a href="http://garfieldsuv.webs.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">James A. Garfield Camp No. 1</a> of the <a href="http://www.suvcw.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War</a> held a moving wreath-laying ceremony at the cemetery in honor of Memorial Day.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: large;">The origins of Memorial Day date back to the aftermath of the Civil War, when families began to mark "Decoration Day" by visiting the graves of their loved ones lost during the conflict. After World War I, the focus was widened to include all fallen U.S. Veterans, and it became an official federal holiday in 1968. To quote the SUVCW's General Order No. 11:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: large;">"If other eyes grow dull and other hands slack, and other hearts
cold in the solemn trust, ours shall keep it well as long as the light
and warmth of life remain in us. Let us, then, at the time appointed, gather around their sacred
remains and garland the passionless mounds above them with choicest
flowers of springtime; let us raise above them the dear old flag they
saved from dishonor; let us in this solemn presence renew our pledges to
aid and assist those whom they have left among us as sacred charges
upon the Nation's gratitude - the soldier's and sailor's widow and
orphan."</span></blockquote>
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: large;">The wreath was placed at the grave of John A. Neel, </span><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span class="userContent">who enlisted as a Private in the 8th Maryland
Infantry Regiment of the Union Army on August 14, 1862, and was mustered
out as a Commissary Sergeant on May 31, 1865</span><span class="userContent">.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: large;">The keynote address was given by historian Mr. Robert Mullauer, speaking on the role of the common soldier, and how the specter of death on the field affected them. His complete speech can be viewed here:</span><span style="font-size: large;">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: large;">The ceremony was included in WBAL's coverage of Memorial Day ceremonies in Maryland:</span><br />
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AgateGShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17947302973755246635noreply@blogger.com1Reisterstown, MD, USA39.4695489 -76.82942129999997939.4205109 -76.910102299999977 39.5185869 -76.74874029999998tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-946019190572738124.post-19382902670973949932014-05-12T06:00:00.000-04:002015-08-30T19:51:26.758-04:00Hot off the Press<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: large;">Well, this is the second year in a row </span><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">the Bloomin' ArtFest was </span>cut short due to afternoon rain. A big thank you to all the visitors who came by for a tour while the weather was cooperating!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: large;">Of course, our biggest piece of news from the festival was the release of our new book honoring the cemetery's Veterans, from the Revolutionary War up through World War II. It documents the history of Reisterstown's military heroes through each conflict, and provides photos for each of their graves.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">And now the Veterans book is available for order by mail! They're just $25 each, including tax, shipping & handling. All proceeds benefit the cemetery's restoration efforts. Simply download and print out the order form using the link below, fill it out, and mail it back to us!</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: large;">Thanks again to everyone for all your support! We couldn't do it without you!</span>AgateGShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17947302973755246635noreply@blogger.com0Reisterstown, MD, USA39.4695489 -76.82942129999997939.4205109 -76.910102299999977 39.5185869 -76.74874029999998tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-946019190572738124.post-52178282670918358672014-05-01T05:00:00.000-04:002015-08-30T19:52:34.874-04:00Jeremiah & Julia Ducker<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: large;">May 14th marks 123 years since the death of Julia Ann (Fisher) Ducker.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: large;">Julia was born on June 12, 1800 in Maryland, the youngest daughter of George Fisher and Catherine Sholl. Three of her older siblings died young, and were interred in the cemetery, not far from the north entrance. In the 1810 census, she was counted in her father's household, living in Soldiers Delight Hundred.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Jeremiah Ducker was born on October 10, 1787 in Montgomery County, Maryland, the son of Jeremiah Ducker and Sarah Howard. He and his younger brother Henry moved to the Reisterstown area around 1810. During the War of 1812, both brothers enlisted in the Maryland Militia; Henry served in the 39th Regiment, and Jeremiah was commissioned a Captain in the 7th Regiment, which was comprised of about 75 men from the Reisterstown area.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">In late August of 1814, Captain Ducker's regiment was part of the Eleventh Brigade, deployed near Bladensburg, Maryland to aid in the defense of Washington, DC. Captain Ducker's riflemen, supporting two companies of artillery from Baltimore, were stationed in the rear left of the battery to defend against any approach by the British on the Georgetown Road. From this position, they were the first to engage the British. A lack of support forced the men to retreat, and ultimately, the British continued their advance and attacked Washington. The Battle of Bladensburg and the subsequent burning of Washington, while severe losses, did serve to strengthen the Americans' resolve at the Battle of Baltimore a few weeks later. Captain Ducker's regiment was discharged in December of 1814.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">The Reisterstown Library's history room has on display the canteen carried by Henry Ducker during the War of 1812, donated by Jeremiah's great-granddaughter Ila Ducker Mathias. Both sides of the canteen are beautifully painted.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Jeremiah Ducker and Julia Fisher were married on October 3, 1822 by Reverend Jennings. In the 1830 census, the Ducker family was living in Baltimore County's 7th district, with four children under nine years old, two other adult males (possibly one was Jeremiah's brother Henry?), two female slaves, and a free colored man.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Over the years, Jeremiah had </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">gradually </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">been acquiring land in Baltimore County. Purchases made </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">from Standish Barry </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">in 1826, from Isaac Dickson in 1827 and 1833, and from Abner Neal in 1854, all comprised property at the present-day intersection of Main Street and Route 140. It was here that Jeremiah opened a tavern, which would later become Hitshue's Hotel (see <a href="http://reisterstowncemetery.blogspot.com/2013/06/hitshue.html">last June's blog post</a>). Across Main Street, Jeremiah also had a dry goods business in partnership with Philip Reister Jr. for a time, which Reister would later share with his grand-nephews William and Reister Russell.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">In the 1850 census, the Ducker family was living in Baltimore County's 1st district. Jeremiah, now 62 years old, was listed as a farmer, and owned real estate valued at $12,000. Julia was 50 years old. Living with them were Jeremiah's brother Henry, and two grown children: son Jeremiah, 23 years old and also working as a farmer, and daughter Catharine, 20 years old.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Jeremiah Ducker passed away on </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">March 19, 1858, at the age of 70.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">A year later, on March 1, 1859, Julia Ann Ducker applied for bounty land based on her husband's service during the War of 1812. Witnesses Solomon Choate and John Beckley signed affidavits that they were both personally acquainted with the Duckers, and that they "served in the company commanded by the said Captain Jeremiah Ducker in the regiment of Maryland Malitia [sic] commanded by Colonel Shutz, and was in active service in the said company at the battle of Bladensburg in August 1814." Another witness, Henry Emich, provided a transcription the family Bible, which recorded Jeremiah and Julia's marriage in 1822, and Jeremiah's death in 1858.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">In the 1860 census, Julia was living in her son Jeremiah's household, along with her daughter Catharine, three servants, and - curiously - a woman named Catherine Berry who claimed to be 104 years old. Jeremiah continued to work as a farmer, owning real estate valued at $9,000.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">On November 27, 1869, the Duckers' eldest son Henry passed away at his home in Reisterstown at the age of 46. He left behind a widow, Elizabeth, and seven children between the ages of 5 and 19, all of whom later went to live with Henry's brother Jeremiah.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">By the 1870 census, Julia was listed as head of household, owning $2,000 worth of real estate. Her daughter Catharine was still living with her, as was a domestic servant.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Catharine Ducker married widower Reverend John Perry Dean on April 25, 1871 in Baltimore City, and so in the 1880 census, Julia Ducker was living in their household.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">On November 8, 1887, Julia applied for a pension as the widow of a </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">War of 1812 </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">veteran. As proof of her claim, <a href="http://reisterstowncemetery.blogspot.com/2014/04/dickson.html">Dr. Isaac Dickson</a> (the Ducker family's physician), Henry Helms, and Christian Musselman testified that Jeremiah and Julia "lived as man and wife from 1830 until his death," that they "never heard the fact of their marriage disputed or questioned," and that Julia was "reputed to be his widow, which deponents know to be the fact." Julia was granted a pension of $12 per month.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Jeremiah and Julia's second son Jeremiah passed away on May 12, 1891 at the age of 64. The funeral was held two days later, and </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">while the burial was taking place, </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Julia passed away. She had been ill for some time, but it was believed that news of her son's passing had aggravated her condition. Julia was a month shy of her 91st birthday.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: large;">Jeremiah and Julia's children were:</span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Henry Howard Ducker, </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">1823-</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">1869, husband of Elizabeth Ann Devries</span></li>
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<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Jeremiah T. Ducker, </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">1826-</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">1891, unmarried</span></li>
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<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Catharine E. Ducker, </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">1828-</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">1901, second wife of John Perry Dean</span></li>
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<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">George Ephraim Ducker, </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">1831-</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">1895, husband of Annie Kate Sanders</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>Sources:</b></span><br /><span style="font-size: x-small;"><a href="http://www.ancestry.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Ancestry.com</a> (census records)</span></span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Year: 1810; Census Place: Soldiers Delight Hundred, Baltimore, Maryland; Roll: 13; Page: 570.</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Year: 1830; Census Place: District 7, Baltimore, Maryland; Roll: M19_55</span></span><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">; Page: 212</span></span>.</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Year: 1840; Census Place: District 5, Baltimore, Maryland; Roll: 162; Page: 165.</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Year: 1850; Census Place: District 1, Baltimore, Maryland; Roll: M432_280; Page: 233A.</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Year: 1860; Census Place: District 4, Baltimore, Maryland; Roll: M653_468; Page: 48.</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Ye</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">ar: 1870; Census Place: Reisterstown, Baltimore, Maryland; Roll: Roll: M593_569; Page: 277A.</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Year: 1880; Census Place: District 4, Baltimore, Maryland; Roll: 495; Page: 569B.</span></span></li>
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<a href="http://www.baltimoresun.com/" rel="nofollow" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Baltimore Sun</span></a><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">"Died." Date: 23 March 1858; Page: 2.</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">"Married." Date: 28 April 1871; Page: 2.</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">"Died." Date: 13 May 1891; Page: 2.</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">"Died During Her Son's Funeral Service." Date: 15 May 1891; Page: 6.</span></span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">"Captain Jeremiah Ducker's Company" by Lillian Bayly Marks</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><a href="https://familysearch.org/search" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">FamilySearch.org</a> (marriage records) </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.fold3.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Fold3</a> (pension file)</span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br /></span></span>
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Internet Archive</span></span><br />
<ul>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><a href="https://archive.org/details/britishinvasion00mary" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><i>The British Invasion of Maryland, 1812-1815</i></a> by William Matthew Marine, 1913</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><a href="https://archive.org/details/genealogyoflinth00badg" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><i>Genealogy of the Linthicum and Allied Families</i></a> by Matilda P. Badger, 1936</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><a href="https://archive.org/details/historyofbaltimo01scha" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><i>History of Baltimore City and County</i></a> by John Thomas Scharf, 1881.</span></span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><a href="http://msa.maryland.gov/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Maryland Archives</a> (marriage, death & land records)</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /><a href="http://www.bcpl.info/hours-locations/reisterstown" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Reisterstown Library</a></span></span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>A History of Baltimore County</i> by Neal A. Brooks & Eric G. Rockel, 1979.</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>History of Maryland Volume III</i> by John Thomas Scharf, 1879.</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>Reister's Desire</i> by Lillian Bayly Marks, 1975.</span></span></li>
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