The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1921-12-29
THE FRIEND FAMILY
A Brief History of These Early Set
tiers of Garrett County.

tiers of Garrett County.
IN his book, "The Goodness of God"
which was recently written and is
sued by the Rev D. A. Friend, of
Friendsvile, there is a short history
Of the Friend family, which The Re
publican is permitted to reprint by
the author Of the work. The Friend
family, taken as a whole, is without
doubt the largest family in the county
as there appears upon the registration
books at the court house in Oakland
the names of no less than three hun
bred Friends who are voters at the
various voting places in Garrett coun.
ty. In District No. ,, where the pro-
genitors of the race first settled, the
Friends are extremely numerous.
Mr.. Friend, in his book, says of the
family:
''There has been considerable con-
troversy as to what country in Eu-
rope the Friends originally came
from. Some have claimed we came
from Sweden, and still others from
England. After investigating the
matter as best could, am convinced
that without a doubt we are of Eng
lish origin.
GAS to the time of their coming, it
must have been at a very early date
Maryland was settled by a colony of
Roman Catholics, under Cecil Calvert,
in 1884, and some time toward the lat
ter part of the following century they
must have come to this country. This
is known from the fact that for sew
eral years prior to the French and
Indian war there were three families
of Friends established along the
Youghiogheny River. Andrew Friend
settled at what is known as Horseshoe
Bend, a few miles above where the
town of Confluence now stands. John
Friend made his home near where the
town Of FriendsvilIe now is, and Au-
gustine Friend settled near the mouth
of Sang Run, still farther up The
river
"After some treaties had been
made with The Chickasaw Indians. who
at that time We're very friendly with
the whites. many families were. NOV.
ing into these parts, and among them
were the above mentioned brothers.
"They We're sons Of a Friend who
had made his home farther east. 1t
is commonly understood that they
came from Williamsport, Nd, while
others of the family removed and set
tied IN Pennsylvania, at a place call
ed Friends Cove.
"Ihe exact date Of their coming to
the HOugh Valley is not definitely
known, bat it must have been about
17A0 to 1745, for when the French and
Indian war broke out in 1854, Andrew
Friend became a soldier in the Colo
NAL army and was attached to Colo
mel Washington's regiment and fought
with English regulars under the COM
mand Of General Braddock. Andrew
una ~ do W IN " 81 0lillll- Lll All
Braddock on the expedition to Fort
Duquesne when General Braddock was
killed at the battle Of the Great Maa-
dows.
"Now. after Andrew returned from
the war the Indians were filed with
hatred against him and made many
attempts to kill him. but he being al
ways on the lookout was never cgurhr
mapping. 1t is said that at the crack
of his gun many redskin has fallen,
The story has come down, however,
that he had one very narrow escape
with his life. He was out hunting
one day and had fired at and killed .
wild turkey. Two hostile Indians han
pened to be close bv. both of whom
fired at him but missed him, and be-
fore he had time to reload his gun
they charged on him thinking to catch
him, but he picked I'D his turkey and
ran for his life. The Indians gained