The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1889-11-01
HABFoRD HISTORICAL SOCIETY.
Annual Election of OHicers-The Late David
T.. Thomas-Thc Chapel at priesthood.

Reported for The Egis
The Hartford Historical Society met on Saturday
| aGlh October. at the Court House. DIR, W. stump
Forwood, rrcSidrnt, was in the chair Others
present were Rev T.. 4. rolburn. Vice President;
| +. ". Baker secretary: ~ \. N3gE, Ir.aigrrr;
! yer. W I. L. Taliafrrrn Dr Geo. W. Archer.
Henry {. Hall. Dr. Erul. smith and Henry Fulord.
| The latter presented 10 the society a.SpaniSh
news apcr, III toHmeclO, published at Lima, in
| ISL
| Dr, Forwood presented the Hartford Ga=eue of
| Aug. -. l,,n Published at Bel Air, by John Cox.
| Rev t. \. Colhurn presented, from Miss Emily
| Brrman. SCOTS Universal Gazetteer, published IN
Philadelphia. l7Tp. four volumes. Mr.. tnlhurn read
cNtrctS relating t" Baltimore city Hartford county
/ and Bel Air. Also the National I"'eatg,"cer Dee
in the Gazetteer Bel Air is described as having
! ian elegant court house and Jail, aud a Methodist
meeting house. In the tuwnarr four licensed inns,
three stores. two blacksmith shops two ioinrrs.
one chair maker, one shoemaker, one wheelwright,
ana one taylor. II contained IN january, los 10
inhabitants, OF whom 10 were black. In the yicn-
" Of the town Is the county poor house. The soil
In the ncighbOrhOOd is extremely thin. II is %
miles from Baltimore and Sc W. $. w. OF Philadcl-
phia."
Hartford county is described rs being 2S miles
long and ~, broad containing &H.a9o acres. 1900
inhabitants, and divided into the following hun
dredS: Upper Gunpowdcr, Lower Gmpowdcr,
Eden, Upper Deer Greek, Lower Deer Creek, Broad
Creek SllsIuehanna, Upper Hartford. Lower llar
Bush River. The low lands are in general the
most fertile. producing from TO - bushels Of
wheat, and from 10 10 "a bushels OF corn oats river
toes. turnipS, parsnpS, carrots. beetS. onions and
variety OF excellent fruit. such apples peaches,
pears, cherries, plumhS &c. Large quantities Of
cydcr are made Of the hest quality" "ln different
parts of the county are mineral springs, but none
have yet obtained celebrity. Qtrries of lime stone
are common IN the Northern part of the county
The SOap-StOne and iSinglaSs stone are also found
In different places. the latter, as II bears a great
degree OF heat is used for backs TO tircpaccS" I'm
Hartford are two Episcopal churches, two chapelS.
one Roman Catholic, one Baptist and one general
Baptist church. six Methodist and three quaker
Churches; The only natural curiosity Is on Deer
Creek, which see
The thanks OF the society were voted to the
donors ol the papers and books.
W. Beatty Harlan presented biographical
sketch OF his father, pr. David Harlan.
Mr. stevenson \. Williams was elected IN active
member Oi the society and Mr.. Thomas y. Smith
was proposed for active membership.
TN" report OF the Treasurer was read and being
examined with vouchers &".; by MrSSrS. Cobum
j, 7. Silver and Henry {. Hail. was rcportcdto be
correct.
inr President reported the death ii Mr. David
l.. Thomas. an active member Of the society. and
committee was appointed, consisting oi MeSSrS
Baker, Harlan and A. T. Silver, To DRAFT resolutions
OF respect tohiN memory. They reported the follow
ing. which were adopted:
whereas, Tie hand Of death has been laid upon
David Edwards Thomas. q valued member ut the
Historical society OF Hartford county, sinrc its last
E.olrrd. That thi, society thus formally gives
expression to lis sorrow, and Ia its sad SENSE Ui
lusS experienced Ia TIC drulhut Mr. Thomas To be
entered upon is records. in lasting remembrance
ui q good, intelligent and most worthy man.
EN0't'd, That copy Of Ties" resolutions be pre-
scented to The family 0i our hate fcuw-mriuh"r hy
the secretary, With our waIluc>t NNmpalHrs-I
trusting that the high honor In which W hold his
memory may, ~ NUmru"-rrr, H'>lAgr their sorrow,
Also that copies he offered Tor ruhIratiun 10 each
Dr. Furwuud rclrrrrdto his association with Mr..
Thomas and in well prepared sketch set forth
IN" many admirable qualities Of head and heart
Possessed hy the deceased.
Ery. l.. \. CulhUrn said the death Of a man like
Mr. Thomas is loss to the county lie also refer
To the and llSptul citizens of
Hartford who have died during the past year. lie
was requested to prepare. Tor the next meeting a
who have lately dlrd.
Mr.; y \. Nock said he had heena; sociatod with
MIR, Thomas in temperance work and never knew
Il more unNci!i>!. sincere and upright man.
The annual election OF officers then took place,
the fOmncr officers being rr.cirCtcd.
The President. Dr. ". Stump FurwOOd, expires ,cd
his thanks for his reelection.
DR. Geo. W. Archer scented photographs of the
Old Catholic Chapel ON Deer Creek and read Il
sketch OF the same. The materials, he said. were
>cmty hut he had no doubt it is the oldest Catholic
church building standing III Maryland. 1t was
Joseph, the first missionary being the Rev. Bcnc-
diet Nral". Il Jesuit priest The house stands on
an cmmrucr near priesthood Bridge. and is Of stone,
The walls hcng three feet thick. There was ira
ditlun among the negroes, said DR.. Archer. that Il
priest was buried under tn" front steps. The mis-
sion was abandoned between lNU5 and ISL and the
Rev. Father Fowler the resident priest at the
Hickory, ina lrttrrto DR. Archer, says st. oSrphs
Mission was attended by the Jesuit Fathers until
49,. when Father Roger smith, the first secular
priest was established at the Hickory.
In 1874 the property was sold to Dr. James elias
cow OF Baltimore, who resided on il until his death
in s2G. His son. Mr.. George Il. Glasgow recently
conveyed it to his nephew, Mr.. George Archer, Of
Baltimore.
On the farm is an old graveyard. The only tomb |
stone DR.. Archer could IND was Il broken one. on
which, when put together he found inscribed the
name James Cain, whose remains We're removed to
the Hickory and Il new tombstone placed at his
grave. IL" was the grandfather Of Hon. James
NJ Cain, Judge Of Hartford county Orphans Court.