Chapter VI: After the War (3)

Jesse was a slave on the Miller estate, about four miles northwest of Harper's Ferry. Near this plantation was another owned and occupied by John Engle, a pious, God-fearing man, some of whose children are yet alive. As far as we know there are two--Mr. James Engle and his sister, Mrs. Margaret Moler. When these were very young children, their father owned or hired a colored girl to whom our hero, Jesse, desired to pay attentions and with this view, often visited Mr. Engle's house. Mr. Engle, however, positively forbade those visits on account of Jesse's very bad reputation. It was supposed that our hero was deeply offended at this exclusion from the company of his lady-love, and secretly vowed vengeance, although his countenance and general bearing towards the Engle family did not betray his real feeling. One day he visited the house, ostensibly to convey some message from his master. While he was waiting for a return message, Margaret, the five year old daughter of Mr. Engle, who is now the widow of a Mr. John Moler, passed close to him. The negro patted the child and appeared to have a desire to ingratiate himself with her, but the little girl screamed wildly as soon as his hand touched her, and she showed the utmost horror of him. Her screams continued until she got into fits and the greatest difficulty was experienced in restoring her temporarily to her normal condition. But the little one was not the same from that time. Day by day she failed, lost appetite and could not get natural sleep. In a month she was reduced from a hale, hearty and lively child to a mere spiritless skeleton, and hope of her recovery was almost abandoned. At that time regular physicians were not as plentiful as they are now, and old mammies of either color were mostly depended on, especially in cases of ailing children. The Engle family were then, as they are now, among the most respectable in Jefferson county, and, from regard for them as well as for natural sympathy, every mother in the neighborhood and every skillful woman aided in trying to restore the poor child, but in vain. When the little tot was almost exhausted somebody remembered that across the Potomac, in Maple swamp, a place inhabited in a great measure by half-breeds descended from the Indians, lived a certain Mrs. Mullin, whose fame for occult knowledge was wide-spread. Indeed, she was a power even among the professors themselves. To her as a last resort the parents of the child appealed. The benevolent old lady responded at once, and crossed the Potomac on her mission of charity. She took the child on her knee, without the least repugnance on the part of the little girl. What mystic words or rites the old lady used, tradition does not say, but she took from her pocket a pair of scissors and with deliberation clipped the nails from the fingers of the child--from all but one finger--and herein lies the wonder, for the child at once began to improve and, as we have before mentioned, is still alive and hearty at an advanced age, with the full use of all her limbs, except that one finger, the nail of which Mrs. Mullin failed to clip. That finger is crooked and that one alone. It has never been straight since that day, about seventy-five years ago, when Mrs. Mullin, either by accident or design, failed to treat it as she treated its fellows. It never pains her, however, and merely gives a sign of something designed to be a mystery. Mrs. Mullin, as far as we know, never tried to rectify the omission or make any explanation.

THE REMORSEFUL DOG.

About half way between Duffield's and Shenandoah Junction, on the south side of the B. & O. railroad, and very close to it, is to be seen the grave of General Darke, heretofore mentioned as one of the famous men of the Revolution, who once lived in that region which is embraced in the present county of Jefferson, and whose homes were very close to Harper's Ferry. General Darke is the hero of the neighborhood, and many of the best people of Jefferson county, are proud of the kinship to him, which they claim. His personal history would, indeed, read like a romance, but our proposed limits forbid us the pleasure of giving it in detail. We will merely relate one of his adventures and a curious tale told of a dog belonging to him that figured in connection with his master's story. We have but the general's own words to prove the truth of most of the tale, but he was a man of undoubted veracity and, besides, he had no motive for inventing the story. We have heretofore given an account of great sagacity manifested by a dog owned by Colonel Lewis Washington and, as the farms on which the dogs were born are but a short distance apart, it is probable that General Darke's dog was a remote ancestor of that of Colonel Washington, and that the extraordinary intelligence they both displayed was a family trait. The exact period of our legend is unknown, but it probably was a few years after the Revolution.

General Darke then lived near the spot where he now rests from his life's work, surrounded by many of his veterans and relatives, by whom he was much revered. The general, like the great majority of men, was fond of a good dog, and was very jealous of the fame as well as careful of the bodies of his dumb favorites of that species, which he kept around him. One dog was his 'special pet. Tradition does not tell what breed he belonged to or his name, as it does in the case of Colonel Washington's "Bob"--neither does it inform us of his caudal advantages or deficiencies. Indeed, in the case of "Bob" there is no need, yet awhile, to question tradition, for we all, whose hair is gray, knew him, that is all of us who in 1859 were acquainted with the hospitable home of the colonel.

One day one of the general's neighbors complained to him that his--the neighbor's--meat house had frequently of late been robbed and that, having watched many nights for the thief, he had at last got ocular demonstration that the general's favorite dog was the culprit. The general would not deny the fact of the robbery, but he plainly denied the guilt of his dog and, although the complainant was a man of the utmost respectability, the general still stood up for his humble friend. An agreement was finally made that the general himself should watch--which he did and, besides, every night he barricaded the room in which the dog used to sleep, and left the animal not the least chance, as he thought, to leave the house without permission. The master kept listening, too, for any sound from the dog's room that would indicate an effort to escape, and for some nights he heard just enough noise to prove that the dog was in his proper place. One night, however, he thought the stillness unnatural, and his suspicion was aroused. He entered the dog's room and found it vacant. He also found a hole either in the wall of the room or at the foundation, through which it was easy to make a noiseless escape. The general at once started in pursuit and encountered the dog on the way from the neighbor's meat house whither the master's suspicions led him. The dog had a large piece of meat in his mouth, which he at once dropped on recognizing his owner, and then made a hasty retreat out of sight. Of course, the general made all the apologies due from him to his wronged friend, and the trouble between them was forever ended. The dog, however, was never again seen in that neighborhood.

In some years after General Darke had occasion to travel to Ohio. He made the journey on horseback, the only method at that time. One night he took lodging at a lonely inn among the wilds of the Alleghany Mountains. On alighting he noticed several suspicious-looking men lounging around, but the general was a brave man and, besides, he had no choice, so he remained at the house. He kept awake all night, however, but he was not molested. Next morning he started to continue his journey, but he had not advanced far before a very rough-looking man jumped from behind a fence and ordered him to halt. At the same time a dog bounded from the same direction to the road, and at once caught the assailant by the throat and dragged him to the ground, holding on with a death grip to that peculiarly dangerous part of the human anatomy to be seized by. Whether the man was killed or not tradition does not say, but he was rendered hors de combat. The general recognized in the dog his own former pet, but the dog again fled from before the face of his old master, by whom he was never again seen. The general returned to the inn, reported the affair to the landlord and made special inquiries about the dog. All he could learn was that the animal had appeared at the inn a long time before, and that, the family having taken a liking to the stray, it was allowed to remain. The dog was not to be seen at the inn at least, until the general departed finally, nor is it known that he ever did return and, as far as we know, he was never again seen by any of his old acquaintances.

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Harper's Ferry has always been noted for the number of ministers of religion it has produced. It would be impossible to name all of them in view of the limit we have set for ourselves. A few, however, whom we ourselves have taught and prepared for learned professions, we feel justified in mentioning. They are Fathers Edward Tearney, James T. O'Farrell and John Bowler, of the Catholic church; the Reverend McFadden brothers--John, Harry and Frank; the Reverend C. B. Price and the Reverend A. S. Yantis--the last five of various Protestant denominations. We are proud of those boys, their genuine piety, their learning and the great good they are reported as doing. No bigots are they who can see no good in anybody that differs from them, but they found their belief and their life-practise on the glorious "Sermon on the Mount" and have a good word for everybody. This is the way to win souls to God, and they have found it.

Various eminent men, not natives of the place, however, have served in the ministry at Harper's Ferry. The Rt. Rev. J. J. Kain, the present Arch-Bishop of St. Louis, and the Rt. Rev. A. Vandevyver, Bishop of Richmond, were formerly priests in charge of the Catholic church there. The venerable Dr. Dutton of the Presbyterian church also served there and was the hero of a remarkable adventure in the great flood of 1870, which we have noted elsewhere. The last mentioned there were held in extraordinary honor. Many believe that the coming great man of the Catholic church in America is Bishop Vandevyver, of Richmond. He is certainly one of God's noblemen.

There are now serving in the ministry at Harper's Ferry the Reverend Messrs. Marsh of the M. E. Church, and Sullivan and Farring of the M. P. Church, also, the Reverend Father Collins, Catholic priest. We have not the pleasure of much acquaintance with any of those gentlemen, but they are, we know, men of very high character. Father Collins' father we knew well--a better man never lived and we take him for a guarantee for his son's excellence. We have been thrown a good deal into company with the Reverend J. D. Miller of the Protestant Episcopal church, and in our judgment, he is a gentleman of profound learning and a high degree of polish and amiability. We always listen with high pleasure to his conversation, the more so because he never tries to convince his hearers that he "knows it all," although it is plain that he knows a great deal, and that the day is not far off when he will make a very distinguished mark. He is making it now.

In giving the names of Harper's Ferry-born clergymen we might have mentioned Father William Lynch, pastor of the Catholic church at Roanoke, Virginia, who, if not quite a native of Harper's Ferry came very near having that claim on us. He was born and brought up at Halltown, within four miles of Harper's Ferry, and those four miles deprived the ancient village of the honor of being his birthplace, and us of the credit his education would have conferred on us. He is, however, regarded by us as one of our own, and the author is as glad of the great success the good father has met and is meeting with as if he himself had made him as he made the others. From this rather extended notice of the ministers of religion to the credit of Harper's Ferry it must not be inferred that the place is not entitled to the honor of having produced other men of marked ability who adorn other professions. Some sixty years ago was born in Bolivar, a suburb of the place, the Hon. E. Willis Wilson, an eminent lawyer of Charleston-on-the-Kanawha. The civil war broke out just at the time when he had got a fair education and his studies were, of course, interrupted for a time. His native energy, however, was too much for any obstacle and as soon as the reverberation of the cannons ceased around his native place, he went to work at the study of law, entered politics, and was chosen to fill various places of honor and trust until he was elected governor of West Virginia, and was inaugurated on the same day that saw the same ceremony for President Cleveland. The election of Governor Wilson was the more remarkable for the violent opposition to him on the part of all the monopolies in the state and his was a triumph for the right as well as for himself. His administration was a model one and as he is young enough for further usefulness, the people of West Virginia will not lose sight of him.

Another native of the place has risen to eminence in the law. The Hon. James D. Butt was brought up under some disadvantages in the matter of education, caused by the civil war but, as he was young enough at the cessation of hostilities to resume his interrupted studies, he made up for lost time. He is now Referee in the Bankruptcy Court of his native district.

In medicine, too, Harper's Ferry has many sons to be proud of. William, George and Robert Marmion, three sons of Dr. Nicholas Marmion, were themselves famous physicians and surgeons, especially in diseases of the eye and ear. The second--George--died some two years ago, but the oldest--William--is still practising in Washington City, and ranks among the very highest in the profession. The youngest--Robert--is in the U. S. Navy. They were all our pupils in the long past.

Another pupil of ours is Dr. Joseph Tearney, now employed by the B. & O. railroad. He has practised a good deal at this, his native place, and, although he is yet a young man, he has, and justly has the reputation of possessing wonderful skill in his profession. Personally, he is emphatically a "good fellow" with a big, generous heart, as is well known to many a needy patient. So, with his acknowledged ability, the confidence he inspires, and the magnetism that draws every one to him, he cannot fail to become a veritable celebrity. And he, too, was a pupil of ours. He never forgets the old tie and the "old man" is very much the better for the remembrance.

We would be ungrateful indeed if we forgot Drs. Howard and Claude Koonce, young physicians, natives of Harper's Ferry and two of our old pupils. They are sons of Mr. George Koonce, prominent in the politics of West Virginia. They stand very highly in their profession and are whole-hearted young men.

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When word of this incident reached the B & O President, John W. Garrett, he immediately notified the Secretary of War. To quell the uprising, a detachment of ninety Marines, under Colonel Robert E. Lee, was sent to the scene. The Abolitionist leader, and his followers, were captured after a pitched battle, and Brown was tried and hanged on December 2, 1859.

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The record of the Civil War disaster, from 1861 to 1865, was unequaled by the history of any other private industry in America. That the railroad's engineers and workmen rebuilt the road in the face of enemy gunfire is a memorable tribute to their skill and courage.

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1958 Patrons

Mrs. S. Hawpe Adams Leesburg, Va.
Geraldine (Kern) Basore Frederick, Md.
Mrs. Irene McFaden Benjamin Lewisburg, W. Va.
Anne Hobbs Betts Alexandria, Va.
Raymond Bresnahan
(grandson Capt. Chas. Briggs) Hinsdale, Ill.
Capt. Charles Briggs Hinsdale, Ill.
Roy Spencer Butts
(nephew Fannie Baden Loman) Bolivar, W. Va.
Mrs. James F. Cassell Harpers Ferry, W. Va.
*Chas. Joshua Cavalier, Sr. Bolivar, W. Va.
Chas. Joshua Cavalier, Jr. Shepherdstown, W. Va.
Cyrus Wakefield Cavalier Harpers Ferry, W. Va.
David Taylor Cavalier Harpers Ferry, W. Va.
Frank Schilling Cavalier Harpers Ferry, W. Va.
Kenneth Kemp Cavalier Harpers Ferry, W. Va.
Kenneth Kemp Cavalier, Jr. Harpers Ferry, W. Va.
*Mary Ann Ridenour Cavalier Bolivar, W. Va.
*Mary Kemp Cavalier Bolivar, W. Va.
*Sarah E. Cavalier Bolivar, W. Va.
*Miss Alvernon Cross Harpers Ferry, W. Va.
*Col. Cutshaw Harpers Ferry, W. Va.
Mary Cavalier Dalgarn Washington, D. C.
Dorothy Nunnamaker Davis Richmond, Va.
*Atty. Raymond C. Dickey Harpers Ferry, W. Va.
Cassandra C. Dittmeyer Bolivar, W. Va.
*C. Victor Dittmeyer Bolivar, W. Va.
*George Dittmeyer Bolivar, W. Va.
*Walter E. Dittmeyer Bolivar, W. Va.
Mrs. C. E. Dudrow Bolivar, W. Va.
Mrs. Castilinia Allstadt Elder Harpers Ferry, W. Va.
*Will Erwin Harpers Ferry, W. Va.
Aileen O'Boyle Evans Mt. Lebanon, Pa.
Mr. and Mrs. Paul W. Fishbaugh Washington, D. C.
Isabel (Kern) Flannagan Bakerton, W. Va.
*Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Dowden Furtney Harpers Ferry, W. Va.
*Thomas William Geary Harpers Ferry, W. Va.
*Sergeant-Major William Joseph Geary
(1st. W.W. U.S.M.C.) Harpers Ferry, W. Va.
Mrs. Claudia Furtney Geary Harpers Ferry, W. Va.
Miss Elizabeth Geary Harpers Ferry, W. Va.
Marie Bresnahan Gillingham Washington, D. C.
*Miss Jessie Graham Harpers Ferry, W. Va.
Mrs. Laura Chambers Griffin Clarksburg, W. Va.
James Karl Grubb Bolivar, W. Va.
*Capt. James W. Grubb Bolivar, W. Va.
Mrs. Frank M. Harrison Baltimore, Md.
Thomas Grove Henkle Halltown, W. Va.
*Edward Higgins, Confederate Veteran Harpers Ferry, W. Va.
Cora Rockenbaugh Icenhower Washington, D. C.
Mrs. Walter Jenkins Harpers Ferry, W. Va.
Eleanor Knott Johnson Alexandria, Va.
*Clifford C. Johnson, M.D. Harpers Ferry, W. Va.
Mrs. Clifford C. Johnson Harpers Ferry, W. Va.
Samuel Linden Johnson Alexandria, Va.
Mrs. Cornelia Marquette Jones Bethesda, Md.
*O. T. Kemp Bolivar, W. Va.
*Charles Eugene Kern Harpers Ferry, W. Va.
Edna Lee (Keyser) Kern Harpers Ferry, W. Va.
Harry Eugene Kern Washington, D. C.
Robert M. Knott Shepherdstown, W. Va.
Marine Krepps Harpers Ferry, W. Va.
Louise Rau Lawson Bolivar, W. Va.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert P. Leonard Harpers Perry, W. Va.
Horace Chambers Littlejohn Leesburg, Va.
Daisy E. Marks
(granddaughter Richard Heafer) Bolivar, W. Va.
Lillie Wentzell Marquette Silver Springs, Md.
William V. Marmion, Jr. Harpers Ferry, W. Va.
Mrs. Mayme Burleigh Marquette Harpers Ferry, W. Va.
*Fred H. Mauzy Bolivar, W. Va.
*Dr. Henry T. McDonald Harpers Ferry, W. Va.
Mrs. Henry T. McDonald Harpers Ferry, W. Va.
*George Leferve Marten Shepherdstown, W. Va.
Mr. and Mrs. J. Allan Millar Washington, D. C.
Miss Frances L. Millard Orange, N. J.
Mr. and Mrs. Preston S. Millard Harpers Ferry, W. Va.
Mr. and Mrs. Preston S. Millard, Jr. Alexandria, Va.
Miss Beatrice Miskimmon
(Sponseller and Beale) Bolivar, W. Va.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles B. Moler Harpers Ferry, W. Va.
Miss Mary V. Moler Washington, D. C.
Miss Nina E. Moler Washington, D. C.
Mr. and Mrs. Evan A. Nason Andover, Mass.
Lewis Duke Nichols (great-nephew Todd Duke,
Supt. of Arsenal) Harpers Ferry, W. Va.
Louise Allstadt Watson Nichols (great-granddaughter
John Allstadt, one of Brown's hostages) Harpers Ferry, W. Va.
Harold Nunnamaker
(grandson "Yank" Nunnamaker) Richmond, Va.
*J. Walter O'Boyle Bolivar, W. Va.
*Daniel O'Boyle Bolivar, W. Va.
Margaret Schilling Parlon Philadelphia, Pa.
Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert E. Perry Harpers Ferry, W. Va.
Mr. and Mrs. John L. Perry
(Hildred Marlatt) Harpers Ferry, W. Va.
Dr. and Mrs. John L. Perry, Jr. Houston, Texas
Nancy Cavalier Perry Charles Town, W. Va.
Thorton Tayloe Perry Charles Town, W. Va.
Mrs. Lucas Phillips Leesburg, Va.
Edna May (Kern) Ramey Harpers Ferry, W. Va.
Grace Sponseller Littleton Ramsdell Bolivar, W. Va.
Mrs. Briscoe Baldwin Ranson, nee Yantis Harpers Ferry, W. Va.
*Mrs. Mary Conway Rau Harpers Ferry, W. Va.
*W. O. Rau Harpers Ferry, W. Va.
Mina Krepps Rau Bolivar, W. Va.
Mrs. William Reed, nee Dorothy Jones Harpers Ferry, W. Va.
Elinor Virginia Rider Halltown, W. Va.
Mrs. Mary Brackett Robertson Washington, D. C.
Mrs. Norman C. Rogers, nee Ranson Alexandria, Va.
Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Ross Tazewell, Va.
*J. Frank Schilling Bolivar, W. Va.
*Carrie Gertrude Schilling Bolivar, W. Va.
*Oliver Raymond Schilling Pittsburgh, Pa.
Margaret Rodgers Schilling Pittsburgh, Pa.
Robert Rodgers Schilling Pittsburgh, Pa.
Amos Beaty Sharps Lumberport, W. Va.
Mr. and Mrs. John T. Shirley
(Gladys Marlatt) Cumberland, Md.
Mrs. Frank Eugene Shugart Harpers Ferry, W. Va.
Edward Lee Smallwood Harpers Ferry, W. Va.
Briscoe Smith Harpers Ferry, W. Va.
Dorothy (Kern) Strouse Ranson, W. Va.
*Mrs. Mary O'Bierne Sullivan Harpers Ferry, W. Va.
Catharine Beck Tatten Pittsburgh, Pa.
*Norman T. Thayer Harpers Ferry, W. Va.
Mrs. Strother Watson, nee Eackles Bolivar, W. Va.
George L. Weber Bolivar, W. Va.
*Gov. Willis Wilson Bolivar, W. Va.
*Father William Winston Harpers Ferry, W. Va.
Hugh A. Winters St. Davids, Pa.
*Paul Eugene Winters Harpers Ferry, W. Va.
Sue K. Winters Falls Church, Va.
Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur A. Winters Alexandria, Va.
DeWitt Wentzell Zook Silver Springs, Md.
Mrs. Everett K. Clark
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Clarence E. Marlatt North Mountain, W. Va.
*Charles E. Marlatt Harpers Ferry, W. Va.
*William H. Marlatt Harpers Ferry, W. Va.
Mrs. Monroe B. Hallman
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Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Hough Harpers Ferry, W. Va.
*Dr. W. E. Perry Harpers Ferry, W. Va.
*Lt. Gilbert E. Perry, Jr., U.S.A.F.
U.S.M.A. 1946. 1924-1946 Harpers Ferry, W. Va.
*Kate Strider Stanley Charles Town, W. Va.
Loretta (Kern) Thompson Charles Town, W. Va.
Leon Edwards Harpers Ferry, W. Va.
Charles W. Powers Cabin John, Md.
Charles Lee Kern Alexandria, Va.
John Louis Beck Cleveland, Ohio
*Mrs. Julia D. Littlejohn Harpers Ferry, W. Va.
*Clifton W. Littlejohn Harpers Ferry, W. Va.
*Mr. and Mrs. Edmund Chambers Harpers Ferry, W. Va.
*Miss Kate Chambers Harpers Ferry, W. Va.
*Miss Jennie Chambers Harpers Ferry, W. Va.
*Miss Martha Chambers Harpers Ferry, W. Va.
*Forrest C. Littlejohn Shenandoah Junction, W. Va.
*Mary Sites Littlejohn Shenandoah Junction, W. Va.
*Forrest C. Littlejohn, Jr. Shenandoah Junction, W. Va.
*Paul V. Littlejohn Roanoke, Va.
Betty Lou Cavalier

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*Mrs. Charles E. Marlatt (Wilmoth Headley) Heathsville, Va.
*Mrs. R. Booth Eubank Dunnsville, Va.
*Walter W. Winters Harpers Ferry, W. Va.
Edwin G. Winters Harpers Ferry, W. Va.
*C. Edgar Dudrow Bolivar, W. Va.
*Mary Emma Dudrow Bolivar, W. Va.
*Joseph H. Renner Bolivar, W. Va.
*Prudence Williams Renner Bolivar, W. Va.
*Rezin Shirley Rockenbaugh Harpers Ferry, W. Va.
*Laura Renner Rockenbaugh Harpers Ferry, W. Va.
*Wanda R. Young Bolivar, W. Va.
*Joseph J. Young Bolivar, W. Va.
*William P. Grove Harpers Ferry, W. Va.
*Edna W. Grove Harpers Ferry, W. Va.
*Charles Marvin Smith Harpers Ferry, W. Va.
*J. Lyle Eackles Bolivar, W. Va.
*Alfred and Sarah Burton (Fair) Bolivar, W. Va.
*Gus and Hattie Burton Stewart Bolivar, W. Va.
*Hallie Edna Stewart Bolivar, W. Va.
*Ethel T. Stewart Washington, D. C.
Chauncey Burton Stewart Washington, D. C.
Mr. and Mrs. Walter Burton Stewart Takoma Park, Md.
Lt. and Mrs. Robert A. Stewart Kansas City, Mo.
Howard H. Stewart Washington, D. C.
Cadet Donald E. Stewart West Point, N. Y.
*Mary Elizabeth Wilson (Kirby) Bolivar, W. Va.
*William Fitzgerald Wilson (One of John Brown's prisoners)
Agnes Burleigh Harpers Ferry, W. Va.
Louise Burleigh Thompson Charles Town, W. Va.
Katheryn Burleigh Pope Harpers Ferry, W. Va.
John Burleigh Washington, D. C.
*Thomas Burleigh, Jr.
(son of Thomas Burleigh, Sr.) Harpers Ferry, W. Va.
Mr. and Mrs. Harwood Cauffman
(Adelaide Naill) Harpers Ferry, W. Va.
*Cornelius M. Marquette Harpers Ferry, W. Va.
*Daisy Marquette Show Harpers Ferry, W. Va.
*Catherine Johns Myers Harpers Ferry, W. Va.
Mr. and Mrs. W. Clifton Butts
(Anna M. Mauzy) Bolivar, W. Va.
Wilma Wentzell Zook Chevy Chase, Md.
*Mr. and Mrs. John Buckey Wentzell
(Clara V. Rau) Bolivar, W. Va.
*Alice Merrick Zook Harpers Ferry, W. Va.
*Blanche (Keyser) Wiseman Bolivar, W. Va.
*Mr. and Mrs. Rudolph Rau Bolivar, W. Va.
*Charles R. Rau Bolivar, W. Va.
*William Frederick Stuart Bolivar, W. Va.
*Fannie Decker Stuart Washington, D. C.
Edna Stuart Aubright Washington, D. C.
*John A. Stuart Bolivar, W. Va.
*James W. Marlatt Bolivar, W. Va.
E. R. (Dolph) Sponsellar Bolivar, W. Va.
*Clara Burton Sponsellar Bolivar, W. Va.
L. Marie Sponsellar Martin Chevy Chase, Md.
*Levi Winbert Decker (Confederate Soldier) Bolivar, W. Va.
*Frances Ardella Decker Bolivar, W. Va.
Fitzhugh Lee (Tobe) Decker York, Pa.
Beulah Glenn Decker Kight Arlington, Va.
Langdon Backus Armory House
*Daniel Henry Nichols Harpers Ferry, W. Va.
*Lucy Shirley McFaden Nichols Harpers Ferry, W. Va.
*Daniel Shirley Nichols Charles Town, W. Va.
Rita Gaver-Nichols Charles Town, W. Va.
Frances Minge Nichols Liddell New Orleans, La.
Joseph McFadden Nichols Cumberland, Md.
Mr. and Mrs. Eugene P. Andes West Newton, Pa.
Rev. Alfred P. Collins Bolivar, W. Va.
Catherine Butts Collins Bolivar, W. Va.
Nina Filler Butts Bolivar, W. Va.
*Mr. and Mrs. Kirby L. Frye Bolivar, W. Va.
H. L. Jones Bolivar, W. Va.
*Capt. George W. Chambers Bolivar, W. Va.
*Frances Cutshaw Chambers Bolivar, W. Va.

=STORER COLLEGE=

=The oldest school for colored students in W. Va.
Established 1867. Coeducational, Academic,
State Normal, Music and Industrial Departments=

Beautiful site, ample buildings, fine libraries, a healthful atmosphere and strong faculty make this college an excellent educational institution for colored youth.

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=HENRY T. McDONALD, A. M., President=
=N. C. BRACKETT, Ph. D., Treasurer=

Added in 1959

=BOLIVAR METHODIST CHURCH=

=A Century of Christian Science=

=Dedicated Sept. 26th, 1849=

The final resting place of an unknown Union Soldier, who, wounded and alone, found shelter under the walls of this Church during the bitter fighting of the Civil War.

=SAINT JOHN'S LUTHERAN CHURCH=

=Harpers Ferry, West Virginia=

=Organized 1848=

=Pastor I. P. Smeltzer--1850=

=Pastor L. B. Williamson--1959=

=Basement of Church used as
hospital during Civil War=

=CAMP HILL METHODIST CHURCH=

Historic Camp Hill Methodist Church was organized in 1830, and received its name from many camps situated on hill under command of General Pinkney in 1799. Services have been held continuously, except 1861-65 because of the Civil War. 1867 work started on the present building by Rev. Jeremiah Clay. Mr. Derrett Coates, loyal member, lost his life while trying to obtain brick from the armory yard. 1948 the late Mr. Charles Smith financed the remodeling to the present building.

=ST. JOHN'S EPISCOPAL CHURCH, HARPERS FERRY=

Began with five communicants, with Rev. Dr. Andrews, Rector of Shepherdstown, holding service twice a month, first in the old Temperance Hall, and later in the Armory Office. Admitted into the Diocese in 1850. In 1853, 26 persons were confirmed. The old church, looking down upon the flowing waters of the two rivers was begun in 1851--completed and furnished in 1852. During the Civil War the Church was so badly wrecked only walls and roof remained. To Rev. Wm. T. Leavell, belongs the credit of gathering the scattered congregation. He secured from the Government, the lot, on which the rectory built in 1899 now stands. Old Church was re-built in 1882. A new site was obtained in the western part of town, a new church was erected. Cornerstone of new St. John's laid Nov. 1895. Consecrated by Bishop W. L. Gravatt, March 19, 1899. Rectory completed 1899.

=ST. PETER'S CATHOLIC CHURCH=

Established as a mission by Father Dubois about 1792. Church built in 1830 and rebuilt in 1896. Only church in town to remain open for services throughout the Civil War.

Transcriber's Notes.

=Text= denotes bold in the original. _Text_ indicates italics in the original.

Variations in spacing, capitalization and hyphenation; variation in spellings of names between the main part of the text vs. the lists of patrons; variable spelling of "Alleghany" vs. "Allegheny"; missing towns in the lists of patrons; the ordering of the chapter title before the chapter number in Chapter II; and lack of chapter title in Chapter I are as per the original.

Errors in punctuation have been corrected without note. The following typographic errors have been corrected:

p. 8 contempt on the busy hive of men below (changed from "bleow")
p. 9 to see one of them climb (changed from "clmb")
p. 10 a crow's nest is a comparatively (changed from "compartively")
p. 12 then unbroken wilderness to fulfill (changed from "fullfill")
p. 14 that transpired in Mr. Harper's time (changed from "itme")
p. 14 and another, though a less freshet (changed from "through")
p. 15 and ninety-five acres on the Loudoun (changed from "Loudon")
p. 19 into the streets in pursuit of some of (changed from "some or")
p. 19 pursuit of some of his tormentors (changed from "tormenters")
p. 19 charge an armorer for medical advice (changed from "advise")
p. 20 from eastern Virginia, the ancestors (changed from "ancesters")
p. 20 in 1810, by James Stubblefield (changed from "Stublefield")
p. 22 man was named Robert W. Daugherty (changed from "Daughtery")
p. 22 Young Daugherty was a scion of the (changed from "Daughtery")
p. 25 Twice he had been honorably acquitted (changed from "acquited")
p. 28 under him, on account of politics (changed from "poliics")
p. 30 These restrictions were (changed from "restriction were")
p. 31 do them justice. The octogenarian participants (changed from
"octogenarians participants")
p. 40 succeeded in lifting Chamberlain (changed from "Chamblain")
p. 41 Chamberlain on the subject, but it is (changed from "is is")
p. 44 Mr. Beckham was always much opposed (changed from "Beckman")
p. 47 boarded at the house of Mr. Ormond (changed from "0rmond")
p. 51 Mr. Thomas Boerly approached (changed from "approched")
p. 52 passed on strongly impressed (changed from "impresssed")
p. 53 history, like that of Pocahontas (changed from "Pocohontas")
p. 53 gratefully remembered than that (changed from "that that")
p. 58 holes kept up a brisk fusillade (changed from "fusilade")
p. 58 Martinsburg; Mr. Young, of Charlestown (changed from
"Charestown")
p. 58 Shenandoah streets, where Mr. Boerly (changed from "Boerley")
p. 59 enemy. He crept along the railroad (changed from "ralroad")
p. 61 be none by them on the besiegers (changed from "beseigers")
p. 63 Brown himself was wounded severely (changed from "severly")
p. 63 This removal and reinterment accomplished (changed from
"reinterrment accomplish-")
p. 65 penknife or even with a minie (changed from "minnie")
p. 65 he had, all along, communicated (changed from "communcated")
p. 66 women and children rushed wildly (changed from "wildy")
p. 67 not molest them. Sandy Hook (changed from "Hok")
p. 70 succeeded in eluding the vigilance (changed from "viligance")
p. 73 hoped that honest convictions (changed from "convections")
p. 74 railroad passengers who, every day (changed from "everyday")
p. 74 Henrie Kagi, Charles P. Tydd, Oliver (changed from "Oiver")
p. 75 and helped to give to his aquiline (changed from "acquiline")
p. 79 William Lehman, who (changed from "wh")
p. 81 did not see the latter occurrence (changed from "occurence")
p. 83 it was he that killed Mr. Boerly (changed from "Boerley")
p. 85 Elsie Kreglow, of the District (changed from "Distict")
p. 89 over him. Brown coolly (changed from "cooly")
p. 93 dwelt on his extraordinary (changed from "extraodinary")
p. 93 The sheriff--Campbell--who officiated (changed from "Cambell")
p. 93 himself and the gallant nation of (changed from "of of")
p. 94 ugly scars remained as mementos (changed from "mementoes")
p. 94 without a scratch and succeeded (changed from "succeded")
p. 95 and the following gentlemen (changed from "gentlement")
p. 96 avoid disagreeable repetitions (changed from "repititions")
p. 97 perhaps, by his consciousness (changed from "conciousness")
p. 99 hands of the United States troops (changed from "State
stroops")
p. 100 many of those who participated (changed from "patricipated")
p. 100 Kentucky and other southern (changed from "souther")
p. 100 mostly of rough, Ohio boatmen (changed from "boastmen")
p. 102 crowds of soldiers on the platform (changed from "plaform")
p. 103 signal example of vengeance (changed from "vengence")
p. 107 Henderson--wounding him severely (changed from "severly")
p. 109 see the rapid demoralization (changed from "demorilization")
p. 109 certain parties pursuing the thieves (changed from "theives")
p. 110 learning this accomplishment so necessary or at least ("so
necessary or at least" repeated in original)
p. 111 day aiding Beauregard at Manassas (changed from "Manasas")
p. 119 major's office. Many and various (changed from "varius")
p. 120 property as the trestle buttresses (changed from "butresses")
p. 121 suspicions, it is believed (changed from "belived")
p. 123 Friday and Saturday, September (changed from "Septemeber")
p. 125 foundation in fact, but is (changed from "is is")
p. 127 spirit which he afterwards exhibited (changed from "exhibted")
p. 128 superiors. He was a great (changed from "geat")
p. 128 terror of sutlers (changed from "suttlers")
p. 130 injuring any one, and then (changed from "the")
p. 132 the State of Ohio a (changed from "as")
p. 133 the protection of the Baltimore (changed from "Balitmore")
p. 133 switch key, they transferred the (changed from "the the")
p. 134 orders with the aggravation (changed from "aggravaton")
p. 136 was surprised and taken prisoner (changed from "prsoner")
p. 137 claim on the chronicles (changed from "chonicles")
p. 138 hide himself in some bullet-proof (changed from "bullet-poof")
p. 138 of General Lee at Appomattox (changed from "Appomatox")
p. 139 would increase and, finally, a motley (changed from "motly")
p. 140 a native of Hesse Darmstadt (changed from "Darmstdat")
p. 142 theme of this little book will flourish (changed from "fourish")
p. 144 of those three extraordinary (changed from "extraodinary")
p. 145 Chief Justice Chase presiding at the (changed from "a tthe")
p. 148 necessary to rebuild at Harper's (changed from "Haper's")
p. 150 has no other merit, it commands (changed from "command")
p. 150 best view of Harper's Ferry, to choose (changed from "chose")
p. 153 to which he was clinging with (changed from "wth")
p. 153 clinging with the proverbial (changed from "proverbal")
p. 154 around it. At length, his (changed from "His")
p. 159 mingled with hysterical screams from (changed from "form")
p. 159 any exertion to save himself (changed from "hmself")
p. 161 put in a sharp rejoinder (changed from "rejoiner")
p. 163 when Mr. Williams and his (changed from "an dhis")
p. 164 instances, the very foundations (changed from "foundatons")
p. 164 their industry and unobtrusive (changed from "unobstrusive")
p. 165 and the remains were forwarded (changed from "forwaded")
p. 169 Munchausen immediately transferred (changed from "transfered")
p. 170 did not suffer much from this flood (changed from "food")
p. 173 by any victory for the canal company (changed from "comjany")
p. 179 profession in West Virginia, Maryland (changed from "Marylang")
p. 179 stranger called at Livingstone's (changed from "Livingtone's")
p. 180 was listening to the conversation (changed from "conversaton")
p. 187 and looked around inquiringly (changed from "inquriingly")
p. 202 Dime Museum (changed from "Musuem")
p. 202 If you fail to see SPENCER'S DIME MUSEUM (changed from "MUSUEM")
p. 206 Louise Allstadt Watson Nichols (great-granddaughter) (changed
from "great-grandaughter")

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