Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1955-09-29
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(Carl Sandburg)

(Carl Sandburg)
Some early dwellers toiled up
on the land of Montgomery Coun-
M ty their full three score and ten.
y Others died before they walked.
But now they all sleep beneath
the grass of quiet, shaded coun-
try cemeteries.
Monocacy Cemetery at
BeallSville
Public worship was held in st.
Peters Church, which first oc-
cupied the site of this cemetery,
as early as 1877. Rebuilt several
times, the chapel was still in
use at the outbreak of the Civil
War. During that conflict an
historian records 'the Federal
Cavalry frequently stabbed their
horses in it, burnt up the seats
and weather boarding, and other
wise damaged the building so as
to render it unfit for service"
So, after the war, the vestry
transferred the land to be used
with adjacent lots for a nine acre
cemetery. In 1872 the Mono
cacy Cemetery Society of Mont
gomery County" was formed
with Dr. N. Brewer as President
and Isaac Young as Secretary and
Treasurer. The other original
incorporators included F. S.
Poole, w. w. Poole, Howard Grit
fifth, N. w. Allnutt, and John A.
4 Jones. Stones dating as early
Vas 1875 were found when the old
chapel was RACED to make room
for the new cemetery.
Forest Glen st. Johns Catholic
Church Cemetery
A writer of the times comments
"Here came from Virginia and
Maryland many of the oldest and
best families to worship" That
this is true can be seen from the
name of the first person inferred
in the graveyard-Daniel Carroll,
member of the famous Maryland
Carroll family and owner of
much land in the area. He was
laid to rest in the same year the
church was founded, 1890.
Potomac Chapel Methodist
Episcopal Church Cemetery
Two very early graves are To-
Gated at this church, near Of
futt'S Cross Roads. They are
those of the Rev. James Hunt,
who died in 1893, and his wife,
Ruth, who departed a month earl
Ter.
Above Hunts grave rises a
stone reading, 'In memory of
>Rev. James Hunt. D.. He was set
napart to the work of the minis
try early in life. He continued
till death laboring for the good
of souls and for the glory of his
heavenly Master" Rev. Hunt
founded the county's first instit-
ution of learning, the Tusculum
Academy.
An impressive tombstone also
marks his wife's grave, reading
"In memory of Mrs. Ruth Hunt
-. devoted herself to the serv-
ice of religion and continued
through long life a bright ex-
ample of Christian piety. She
was a woman of sorrows and ac-
quainted with grief, being the
greater part of her days subject
of affliction which refined her as
fire for dwelling in the mansion
of the Holy and Blessed"
Sandy Spring Friends Meeting
House Cemetery
The original frame structure of
this group was erected in 1912
and replaced by brick edifice
in 1917. The graveyard is near
by. Many stones mark the rest
ling places of early settlers. The
first burial after the turn of the
century was Jacob w. Ziegler in
1905.
HyattStOwn Christian Church
Cemetery
The original edifice of this
church erected in 1845 stood on
the burial grounds. In 1871, on
land donated by Mr.. and Mrs.
Jacob B. Thomas, a new church
was built. The cemetery is on
the outskirts of town, on the old
Frederick road. The earliest dat
ed tombstone is that of town.
founder Jesse Hyatt who died in
1913.
GAINESVILLE st. Mary's Catholic
Church Cemetery
Built on land donated by Zach
ariah Knott, the original oak
building of this church, under
the supervision of Father PUNK.
EFT, was erected in 1903. Addi-
tons were made from time to
time. The church's benefactor,
Zachariah Knott, was the GENE.
tery's first occupant. He died in
1920.
AHayes Family Burying Ground
This cemetery was located for
many years on land owned by
John w. Brown. 1t is reserved