History of Western Maryland. J. Thomas Scharf
Baile; 1873-72, Upton Hoop; 1872-79, L. P. Slingluff, Granville T. Hering (chief justice), William Frizell, Milchour F. Allgire.
Auditors to the Circuit Court as a Court of Equity.
September term, 1837, James M. Shellman; April term, 1851, Abner Neal; April term, 1862, Charles T. Reifsnider; Jan. 1, 1867, Augustus D. Shaeffer; Nov. 29, 1867, John J. Baumgartner.
County Surveyors.
Charles W. Hood, Jacob Kerlinger, James Kelly, J. Henry Hoppe, J. William Everhart, Francis Warner, J. Henry Hoppe (deceased in 1881).
County School Commissioners.
Aug. 7, 1865, to April 27, 1868, Jacob H. Christ, Washington Senseney, Zachariah Ebaugh, Andrew K. Shriver, Joshua Yingling, Andrew J. Wilhelm, James V. Cresswell, Peter Engel; Secretary, William A. Wampler. April 27, 1863, to Jan. 3, 1870 (appointed by county commissioners). Sterling Gait, Reuben Saylor, Isaac Winchester, L. A. J. Lamotte, Dr. J. W. Steele, George A. Shower, John K. Longwell, Lewis Green, W. P. Anderson, Jacob Sharrets, Peter Shriner; Joseph Davis, counsel; Joseph M. Newson, secretary, treasurer, and examiner. Jan. 3, 1870, to Jan. 3, 1872 (elected by the people), Daniel H. Rudolph, Robert C. McKinney, Charles H. Gilbert, Jacob H. Cranmer, W. N. Matthews, Dr. J. W. Steele, David T. Schaeffer, Isaac Winchester, Joseph B. Dehoff, W. P. Anderson, Solomon Shepherd, Job Hibberd; Counsel, R. B. Norment; Secretary, Treasurer, and Examiner, J. M. Newson. Jan. 3, 1872, to 1881 (appointed by the court). Dr. William Reindollar vice R. C. McKinney, Alfred Zollickoffer, Francis H. Bering, David Prugh, William Reese; Counsel, John E. Smith; Secretary, Treasurer, and Examiner, Joseph M. Newson.
County Commissioners.
1837-39, William Shepherd, Sterling Gait, John Erb, Joshua C. Gist, Joseph Steele, Jacob Reese, John Lamotte, Nimrod Gardner, Henry N. Brinkman; 1839 to 1843, William Shaw, John Roop, of Joseph, Daniel Stall, Peter Hull, Eli Hewitt, Frederick Ritter, Jacob Shaeffer, William Houck, Joshua Barber; 1843-45, William Shaw, John Adelsperger, John Roop, Lewis Shue, Peter Hull, George Bromwell, Eli Hewitt, .James Morgan, Frederick Ritter, Jacob Shaffer, William Houck, Larkin Buckingham; 1845-48, Henry Carter, Samuel Evans, Peter Geiger, Richard Richards, David B. Earhart, David Cassell, Frederick Bauchman, Elias Grimes, G. W. Gorsuch; 1848-51, James Crouse, Cornelius Faust, David Feever, Daniel Bush, John H. Lindsey, George Crouse, Joseph Orendorff, George Richards, Jr., Bennett Spurrier; 1851-54, James Crouse, Thomas Smith, George L. Little, Jacob Wickert, Julius B. Berrett, George Crouse, Jacob Grove, George Richards, Jr., Bennett Spurrier; 1854-56 (now elected by the people), John Cover, Jonathan Dorsey, Michael Baughman; 1856-58, Benjamin Shunk, Jacob H. Christ, John Malehorn; 1858-60, Andrew K. Shriver, Jacob Morelock, G. W. Gorsuch; 1860-62, A. K. Shriver, H. W. Dell, Zachariah Ebaugh; 1862-64, Benjamin Shunk, Thomas F. Shepherd, John H. Chew; 1861-06, same board; 1866-68, Thomas Paytnter, John H. Chew, Thomas F. Shepherd; 1808-70, Josiah Adelsperger, Upton Roop, Jabez A. Bush; 1870-72, Jacob Sharretts, Josiah Adelsperger, Upton Roop; 1872-74, Josephus H. Hoppe, G. K. Frank, Joseph Spurrier; 1874-76. M. C. McKinstry, John W. Murray, John O. Devries; 1876-78, same board; 1878-80, Jonas S. Harner, John J. Abbott, David Fowble; 1880-82, J. K. Longwell, W. C. Polk, Francis Warner.
Clerks to Commissioners.
1837-39, Otho Shipley; 1839-45, Basil Root vice Andrew Grammer, resigned; 1845-48, Otho Shipley; 1848-56, Jacob Myerly; 1856-64, James Blizzard; 1864-68, Levi Valentine; 1868-72, James Blizzard; 1872-78, James A. Bush; 1878-80, L. C. Trumbo; 1880-82, Joseph A. Waesche.
Collectors of Taxes.
1837-39, Thomas Hook; 1839-45, Tobias Cover; 1845-48, Josiah Baumgartner; 1848-51, Richard Manning; 1851-54, Tobias Cover; 1856-58, S. R. Gore; 1858-60, .John T. Diffenbough; 1860-62, James Campbell; 1874-78, Jabez Bush; 1878-30, L. C. Trumbo; 1880-82, Joseph A. Waesche.
Attorneys to Commissioners.
1837-39. James Raymond; 184.3-45, William P. Maulsby; 1845 -43, C. Birnie, Jr.; 1848-51, Joseph M. Parke; 1851-56, E. F. Croat; 1856-60, C. W. Webster; 1868-76, Charles B. Roberts; 1876-31, Richard B. Norment.
Members of Congress.
Peter Little, Elias Brown, Dr. Jacob Shower, Charles B. Roberts.
Members of Constitutional Conventions.
1851, Elias Brown, Dr. Jacob Shower, Joseph M. Parke, A. G. Ege, Mordecai G. Cockey; 1864, Dr. John Swope, John E. Smith, Jonas Ecker, William S. Wooden; 1867, William N. Hayden, George W. Manro, Thomas F. Cover, Sterling Gait, Benjamin W. Bennett, John K. Longwell.
State Senators.
1838-44, William P. Maulsby; 1844-50, William Roberts; 1850 -55, John K. Longwell; 1855-57, Dr. Francis T. Davis; 1857-62, John E. Smith; 1862-64, Jacob Campbell; 1864 -67, Dr. James L. Billingslea; 1867-70, Dr. Nathan Brown; 1870-74, John K. Longwell; 1874-78, James Fenner Lee; 1878-82, Henry Vanderford.
Members of the House of Delegates.
1837-38, Dr. Jacob Shower, James G. Berrett, John B. Boyle, Jacob Powder; 1839, Joseph M. Parker, George Bramwell, George Crabbs, Thomas Hook; 1840, John B. Boyle, Dr. Jacob Shower, Samuel D. Lecompte, Daniel Stall; 1841, John B. Boyle, Jacob Powder, Dr. Francis T. Davis, Daniel Stall; 1842, Elias Brown, Samuel D. Lecompte, Jacob Powder, William Shaw; 1843, Samuel Ecker, Jacob Powder, William Shaw, Daniel Stall; 1844, James Raymond, John Thomson, Micajah Rogers, Joseph Ebaugh; 1345, Thomas Hook, James M. Shellman, Abraham Wampler; 1346, A. G. Ege, James M. Shellman, Upton Scott, Charles Devilbiss; 1847, John B. Boyle, Nicholas Kelly, Tobias Cover, Jacob Powder; 1849, Elias Brown, Samuel A. Lauver, George Motter, Lewis Trumbo; 1851, Elijah F. Crout, Dr. J. E. H. Ligget, Daniel Stall; 1854, Thomas Smith, Robert T. Dade, Josiah Baugher; 1856, Stephen T. C. Brown, David Buffington. John E. Smith; 1858, Samuel McKinstry, Milton Day, Samuel Reindollar; 1860, Dr. B. Mill-s John W. Gorsuch, David Roop; 1861, Somerset R. Waters, George Everhart, Warren L. Little (December session): 1862, Jonas Ecker, John N. Starr, Somerset R. Waters: 1864, Moses Shaw, George Everhart, John W. Angel, William S. Wooden, N. D. Norris: 1865, William A. Wampler, Benjamin Poole, James V. Criswell, E. F. Benton, S. R. Gore: 1868, Henry S. Davis, John H. Jordon, John W. Hardin, Benjamin Worthington: 1870, William H. Crouse, Airhart Winters, George A. Shower, John H. Jordon; 1872, James H. Steele, Lewis A. J. Lamotte, Trusten Polk, H. H. Lamotte; 1874, Henry Vanderford, Henry Gall, Dr. S. R. Waters, Thomas C. Brown; 1876, Frank Brown, H. H. Lamotte, Dr. Jacob Rinehart, Dr. S. R. Waters; 1878, Frank T. Newbelle, T. Herbert Shriver, Robert Sellman, Sr., Frank Brown; 1880, William T. Smith, T. Herbert Shriver, Robert Sellman, Sr., Benjamin F. Crouse; 1882, Henry Gait, Edward W. Leeds, David A. C. Webster, Joseph W. Berret.
Miscellaneous Officials in 1881.
Assistant School Examiner, Orlando Reese; Deputy County Clerks, George A. Miller, N. Bruce Boyle, James A, Diffenbaugh; Deputy Register of Wills, George M. Parke.
Bench and Bar. — The bar of Maryland since the days of Luther Martin has enjoyed a national reputation for the ability, eloquence, and sound opinions of its members. It has been mainly recruited from the counties of the State, and some of its most eloquent advocates have been reared amid rural surroundings and their pure influences. The local bars at the smaller county-seats are seldom heard of beyond the circumscribed area of their practice, and yet men frequently pass their lives at these provincial points whose energies and abilities, exerted in wider fields, would have commanded fame and wealth. They are useful in their day and generation, and perhaps, after all, the approval of their own consciences, and the esteem of those who know them best, is a more enduring reward than the fleeting praises of the multitude, or the honors which leave canker and corrosion behind.
At the first meeting of the Circuit Court of Carroll County in 1837, William P. Maulsby, James Raymond,