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From: "John W. Ashbury" <>
Subject: [MDFR] History Moment - 5-8
Date: Thu, 8 May 2003 07:13:22 -0400

On May 8, 1747, the Rev. Michael Schlatter arrived in
Frederick on the first of many missionary trips to
Fredericktown.

On May 8, 1861, Bradley T. Johnson, a direct
descendant of Governor Thomas Johnson, left Frederick
in command of about 60 men to enter the Confederate
Army. He became a general and later practiced law in
Baltimore.

On May 8, 1861, the second Frederick County Court
House was destroyed by a fire of a suspicious nature.

On May 8, 1872, P. T. Barnum brought his circus to
Frederick. It arrived on two trains, each pulled by two
locomotives, and included 70 cars. The main attraction at
the circus, exhibited on East Patrick Street, were four
"cannibals" and Admiral Dot, billed as the smallest man
in the world.

On May 8, 1909, Charles Edward Trail, president of
Farmers & Mechanics National Bank from 1878 to 1894,
and the builder of The Trail Mansion on the south side of
the 100 block of East Church Street in Frederick (now
The Keeney, Basford Funeral Home), died.

On May 8, 1956, Robert C. Tyson, who was born in
Thurmont on August 13, 1905, became chairman of The
Finance Committee of United States Steel. He was the son
of Robert Alexander and Effie May Fleming Tyson.

If anyone can add information to these History Moments,
or would like to suggest an item for another calendar day,
please contact me privately.

John W. Ashbury
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