Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1902-05-29

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the children, the ones probably who
took most interest in genealogy.
/ Two sons are mentioned, John and
Jacob, and two daughters, one Of
whom presumably married Fink,
and the other Sneeringer, these
two names being connected with the
royal branch in the story.
| In the meantime, however, trouble
came to the owners of the Upper
Maryland lands through the indef-
mite wording of William PENIS
grant, given some years later. Much
confusion and some strife ensued,
many being obliged to pay PENIS
agent a second time for their home
steads. This new division causeda
shifting Of the State line, and placed
many Of these settlers in Pennsyl-
vania, so that both States may be
said to have been the early home of
the Shorbs and others.
SETTLED IN MARYLAND.
Later John Shorb, the son of old
Johann Tor jacob married his cou
sin, Catharine Fink, and moved over
the line in Frederick County, Md,
/ where it is said their old home, call
cd Happy Retreat, for years bore
+ the royal coat of arms upon the door.
This was the great grandfather
Shorb, to whom the lady referred in
her conversation with Prince Henry
as claiming cousinship with the late
Emperor-William and receiving let
ters from him. To this john Shorb,
and his wife Catharine, were born
numerous family, ten children, one
son and nine daughters reaching
maturity.
+ The son, James Shorb, became a
doctor and married Margaret Nc
Meal, the daughter Of a wealthy sea
captain and French lady, formerly
Miss Cowans, who was once a maid
Of honor to the Empress Josephine,
it is said Dr. Shorb and his wife
moved to a beautiful estate near
Emmitsburg, Md, which they called
Clairveaux. Here they lived for
many years, leaving in their turn
SIS children TO perpetuate the family
name
Or Shorb was a man Of marked
character and noble bearing, and in
bis prime was called the haudsomest
man in Frederick County, his like
ness to the pictures Of the Emperor
William J., often remarked upon
within the family circle.
or his six children, Maria Francis
married Frank Stone, OF St. Mary's
County. Md, and left eight children;
Adelaide married Frank Herman, of
pittsburg, and left one child; Nina
married Harry Neal, Of Baltimore,
and left one child, Campbell married
Miss Dallas and moved to Los An
geles, where several children sur
vive them Samuel McMeal died
without issue, and Du Barth married
Miss Wilson, Of California, where he,
too, bad removed
OF the nine sisters OF DR.. James
Shorb. all beautiful women and noted
FOR their elegant manners and court
ly bearing, one married a Baugher
and left several children and grand
children, well-known residents Of
Baltimore and Frederick county.
one Of these younger members was
in Europe some twelve years ago,
and was most graciously received
by the present Emperor, William III,
who had then succeeded his father.
She ment oning, among other things,
the recent death Of the husband OF
one Of the Misses Shorb, the EN-
peror took up some beautiful flowers
which were near, and, handing them
to her said Convey these to our
bereaved cousin with our sympathy
for her loss The flowers were
later pressed, and are still treasured
by her children.
THE OTHER DAUGHTERS.
Another daughter of the original
nine married a Matthias and left
several children, among them a
daughter who afterward married
Mr. Repplier, OF Philadelphia, she
being the mother of Miss Agnes
Repplier, the brilliant young essayist
who has made name for herself in
literature.
A third Miss Shorb married a
Davis and moved to Boston, where
her daughter, Miss Davis, after
ward became the wife of Patrick
Donahue, the ell-known publisher
of the Boston Pilot.
A fourth daughter married an
Elder, their children being now