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From: "John Ashbury" <>
Subject: [MDFR] History Moment - 1-28-08
Date: Mon, 28 Jan 2008 06:01:38 -0500


On January 28, 1825, Charles Edward Trail, president of Farmers & Mechanics
National Bank from 1878 to 1894, and the builder of The Trail Mansion on
East Church Street in Frederick (now the Keeney, Basford Funeral Home) was
born.


On January 28, 1859, Emily Nelson Ritchie (McLean), who would serve as
President-General of The Daughters of The American Revolution (DAR) from
1905 to 1909, was born. She died May 19, 1916, and was buried at Mt. Olivet
Cemetery.


On January 28, 1859, Thomas Haller, publisher of The Examiner, while
printing the February 2 edition, caught his sleeve in the gears of the
Double Cylinder Printing Machine which drew his left hand into the press.
The machine was running slowly and was stopped before his hand was mangled
or severed.


On January 28, 1883, Mary Mills Addison Ingle, wife of the Reverend Osborne
Ingle, rector of All Saints Episcopal Church, died shortly after giving
birth to a son who did not live to be christened. Her uncle was Joseph
Addison, the British writer.


On January 28, 1962, the body of Mrs. Betty Jo Feathers, of Winchester, VA,
was found in the front seat of her car parked in front of 113 East Patrick
Street in Frederick. She had been shot three times. Her husband, Keith
Feathers, was charged with her murder on January 31.




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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