Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1910-02-03
I7cs spend for the Chapel,
The sum total 70 the Chanal

No earlier records OF St. Joseph 8
and Our Lady's can be found. These
churches were built about the same
time a. st. Aloysius
Father James Beadnall came TO
MARYLAND. July Is. l749, with Faith.
ers Richard Ellis and James Carroll.
Father Ellis soon after left Maryland
to go TO the Island OF Sainte Croix,
w. l. where he died. Father James
Carroll went to Newtown. where he
died In 1855. Father Bead nall went
to Bohemia. on the Eastern Shore,
In 100. and did missionary work in
Cecil. Queen Anne's, etc. In 1855,
he had TO give q bond OF 1880 10 the
Sheriff OF Queen Aune's TO answer
Two indictments. viz for having eel
eorated Mass in private houses aud
OF having sndeavored TO bring over
nou-juror to the Roman persua-
suasion. He was acquitted in the
sss'ses OF Talbot county, on April
10, 1857. In 1888. he seems TO have
been at st. Inigo's. and from there
he came to Newtown TO take care Of
the. missions. There he remained
till his death.
When the corn r. stone OF the pres
ent st. Aloysius' Church, in Leon
srdtovn, was laid. Robt. C. Combs,
Morgan Merryman and William F.
Yates were the altar bows. Among
the 6rst contributions for the build.
ing OF the present church edifice
was q twenty dollar gold piece given
by the late Capt. Benz Foxwell.
The late h. g. S. Key gave he
clay from which the bricks were
burned and otherwise aided matsri-
ally in building the church.
We want to preserve as much IL
the local history OF the county as
possible and invite anyone having
papers or letters throwing light
on past happenings in St. Mary's TO
send the data TO Us for publication.
II so requested. we will preserve
and return any documents sent us.
There have been three Methodist
Churches 10 and near Leonardtown.
Their first church here was located
in the graveyard near Mr.. T. Lee
Mattingly's residence, aud, because
In the old days. the Methodist
churches were commonly known as
meeting houses" the bill. near the
graveyard was called the meeting
house-hill," and still retains the
name. The second Methodist church
in Leonardtown is now the Town
Hall. The third church is the pres.
emit St. Paul's Church near Ellen
borough Who can furnish the
dates of these buildings?
As far back as we have been able
TO trace there have been three Court
Houses aud three Jail buildings
erected in Leonsrdtown. The first
Jail OF which we find record was sit
uste on the Southeast corner OF the
Brick house lot" lately purchased
by Judge Camalier. This Jail was
standing in 1861, for in the Beacon
OF February 20, 1857. we hnd the
County Commissioners advertising
for proposals to build a new Jail, l
story high and divided Into four
apartments. The late John A. Cam
alier was then Clerk to the County
Commissioners. From the files OF
the BEACON We find that the bricx
10 the old jail was sold at auction
to DR.. A. Jack. SpaldinR for GA.
The cost OF building the Jail [s
stone structure, the material OF
which forms the first story OF the
present Jail was $1,000, paid in the
levy Of 1855, but name OF builder
not given. The County Commits
sioners in 1888 were:-Edm' d S. s.
Maddox. NJ. s. Stone. Young P.
Dawxins. John A. Dunbar. Geo.
d. Duke.
In 1861, the steamers Columbia
Planter, Mary Washington and Alice
G. Price were running to Potomac
and Pstuxent landings.