The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1901-09-06

Howard County. Knowing the de
fenceless condition Of his family there
being no nearer neighbors then than his
brother Roberts family, between two
and three miles away, and knowing also
the restless disposition of the negro
slaves of the plantation, who were con-
stantly melted by British emissares to
instruction against their owners, Mr.
Shipley applied for a release, and
through the influence of Captain vii
liam Wheeler. an officer of the Amer
lean forces and firm friend of his, he
was enabled to obtain it and returned
home to his family about six days be
fore the writer father the late George
Shipley, Tr.. was born, which occurred
on September 9th, 1914, or just six days
| before the engagement at North Point
Many pleasant incidents and remi-
niscences can be recalled in my family
in their dealings and intercourse with
the Hood family during the three years
GSI4-I7), that they resided at Bowling
Green. One of the sons of Rev. Benia
min was Joshua, a whole-souled genius,
| and possessed of droll comical humor
On one occasion he told the writer
grandmother "that he had seen the
wind and that it was deep blue in color
and it rose in the West from behind
large corn field. Later on in life the
same Joshua married Miss Matilda
Haughey, a sister of the late Francis
Haughey, who at one time resided in
Pikesville, Baltimore county, owning
property now belonging to the McElenry
estate.
The Haugheys were a Delaware fam
lily. The same Francis X. Iaughey
married Miss McAllster, daughter of
the late Lloyd McAllister, who owned
what is now part of the Seven-Nlile
House property, one mile below Pixies
vile, on the Baltimore and Westminster
turnpike, this portion being owned later
| on by his son, James McAllister. James
! McAllister had two daughters, one of
them, Alverta, being considered a very
handsome young lady of her day She
married John Hood, of Howard county.
Another one of the sons of Benjamin
Hood was Major Chas. Wayman Hood,
who was civil engineer by profession.
/ He was at one time member of the
! Maryland Legislature. During one of
its sessions he fell asleep and, dreaming
that he was following his profession, he
suddenly startled his colleagues by rising
! in his seat, waving his arms around his
head, and loudly crying out, d" Stir the
| pole, boys stir the pole,
While possessing the title of 1" Rev., -
/ prefixed to his name, MIR. Benjamin
Hood was not a regular minister, but
only local ofthe Methodist church.
The old gentleman was somewhat alb
sent minded, and generally prepared
written notes of his sermon before hand.
These he would lay away for safe keep
ing for the ensuing Sabbath, but when
that day arrived, the old gentleman
would forget where he had put the same,
with the result that the whole household
would be set to work to hunt them, and
i when found, the old gentleman would
mount his horse and go at full gallop
across fields and through woods, leaving
down bars and opening gates to get to
his place of appointment on time.
The old gentleman at that time pos
sessed avery fine flock of geese, of which
he was very proud. One night how
ever, some parties in the neghborhood
relieved him of these, leaving nothing
behind except the gander. Around the
ganders neck they had tied little bag
containing number of copper cents,
one for each stolen goose, and the fol-
lowing little piece of doggerel poetry
f., written on slip of paper:
"Mr. Hood, your geese are good,
And we live over yander,
So we bought them for penny apiece
And left the pay with the gander."
Mr. Hood was large STAKEHOLDER for
his day; one of his slaves, a James
Howard, died about eight years ago in
| Carroll county upon little place that he
owned upon the Nicodemus road. He
was at the advanced age of ninety-six
years, and could, up to the time Of his
death, relate many incidents of the Hood
family and of the stirring period of
ISI2-I4.
"REMINISCENCES OF FRANK KEY, JR.
Between the years 1910 and 1850 one
Of Mr. Keys sons, Francis Scott Key,
Jr., resided on and owned the fine estate
known as The Fins, lying about one
mile south of the village of Finksburg,
Carroll county. This estate, now owned
by a Mr.. Gray, was at that period con
sidered one of the finest in the county,
if not in the State, having among its
owners a number of prominent men of
the times, among them being the late
Robert Oliver, the owner of =" Green
mount, which afterwards was converted
into Greenmount Cemetery, Baltimore.
MIR. Key, while a resident of "The
Fins, took an active interest in the af-
fairs in his vicinity, being an energetic,
well-educated man of the old school
type of Maryland gentleman. Being