INDEX TO
CATOCTIN FURNACE: PORTRAIT OF AN IRON-MAKING VILLAGE
By Elizabeth Yourtee Anderson and Elizabeth Anderson Comer (2013)
Indexed by David H Wallace, 2015
African Americans: cemetery, 66,67; ironworkers, 18,68,86; Liberian settlers, 66; free blacks;
religion, 86,87; school and schoolteacher Bella Graham, 84; see also Slaves
All Saints Episcopal Church, 86,87,89,91
American Colonization Society, 65
Anders family, 8,79
Anderson, Elizabeth Yourtee, 7,101,103; G Eugene, 8,100,101; Joel T, 7,8,13,15,27,28,102
Andrews, George, 69
Anglican Church, 86
Anna, Margaret, 86
Antietam Furnace/Ironworks, 20,27,31,32,65,106
Archeology at Catoctin Furnace, 97,99,100,102
Arthur, Isabella, 20
Ascension Parish, Westminster, 91
“Auburn” tract/farm, 2 (map),13,20,32,65,103
“Auburn,” house, 12,18,21-23,28,33,35,65,77,87
Avirett, Rev James B, 83,93
Ayres, Eli, 66
Baltimore, 14-16,20,32
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, 32
Baltimore Sun, 98
Bar iron, 32
Barnes, Joseph, 19
Bath, VA, 19
Beall, J Glenn, 98
Bedford County, PA, 47,62
Benner, Maggie, 83; Thomas, 72
Big House/High House, 77,78; see also Ironmaster’s House
Blackford, Benjamin, 20,21,23,24,65,86
Blackford Family History, 21
Blacksmith shop, 24,26
Bleck, Br Carl Gottlieb, 86
Bloom, 32
Bloomsbury Forge, 19
Blue and Yellow Mine Banks, 84
Blue Mountain mines area, 79,95
Blue Mountain Iron and Steel Corporation, 44-46,75
Blue Mountain School, 84
Bodine, A Aubrey, 74,98; Jennifer B, 74
Bombshells, 15-18
Bond, Isaac, Map of Frederick County, 37
Bradstreet Directory, 38
Brice, Michael, 69
Brien, Ann Elizabeth (Tiernan), 69,87; Edward, 31; Harriet (McPherson), 31,87,89; Henry
Augustus, 31,32,65; John, 27-31,33,61,65,69,87,88; John McPherson, 31,32,65,66;
Katherine (Hughes), 31; Robert Coleman, 27,31,87,114; William Coleman, 27,31
Burlington County, NJ, 25
Burns, Marie, 8
Bush Creek, 19
Bush Creek Forge, 19,64
Bushnell, Robert, 101
C Burr Artz Library, 8
Cain, Patrick, 69
Cairy, Thomas, 69
Calvert, Benedict, 12; George, 20
Camp, Nash, 72
Camp David, 97
Campbell, Barbara (Zimmerman), 86; J F, 80,86; Richard, 80,86;
Cannon/guns, 14
Cantwell, Mary Rae, 8,29,53,64,96
Carbaugh family, 8; Josephy and Clara, 119
Carothers, William, 113
Carroll, Dr. Charles of Annapolis, 11; Charles, barrister, 13; Nicholas, 13
Catignani, Tanya, 2,8
Catoctin Furnace, 13-18,20,21,23,26-29,31-73; casting house, 96,102; company store, 36,38
40,45,75;; technical operations, 48-62; workers, 11,18, 27,38,40,44,71-73; black,
18,32,63-67,68; housing, see Tenement houses; medical services, 35; blacksmiths, 72;
charcoal colliers, 69-71; charcoal rakers, 71; carpenters, 72; clerks, 72,73,80; engine
drivers, 72; forge men, 72; founders, 58,60,68,72; guttermen, 59,72; ironmaster, 72;
keepers, 59,72; manager, 72; miners, 69,75; molders, 72; mule drivers, 71; patternmakers, 68; quarry men, 72; railroad workers, 93-95 stave makers, 95; wood choppers,
71; wood haulers, 70
“Catoctin Furnace, A Technical History of,” by Joel T. Anderson, 48-62
Catoctin Furnace Historic District, 99
Catoctin Furnace Historical Society, 7,8,24,28,39,43,46,52,64,67,70,71,73-76,79,83,89,94,98,
100-103
Catoctin Furnace National Historic Site, 100
Catoctin Furnace tract, 42
Catoctin Furnace village, 2 (map),18,24,40,73-79,96,98-101; cemetery, 86; collier’s house,
101,102; school, see Furnace School “; restoration of houses, 101
Catoctin House,” 30; see Ironmaster’s house, 30
Catoctin Iron Company, 41,42
Catoctin Methodist Church, 93
Catoctin Mountain, 9,12
Catoctin Mountain Iron Company, 42
Catoctin Mountain Park, 70
Catoctin Parish, 91
Catoctin Recreational Demonstration Area, 97
Cavetown, MD, limestone quarries, 56,110
Cecil Furnace, 32
Cemeteries: black, 66,67; white, 86
Chambers, Rev J Taylor, 92
Chanch, Fr John J, 87
Chandler, David, 85
Charcoal, 12,24,40,52,53,57,62,69; woodcutters and colliers, 110
Charcoal Trail and hut exhibit, 70
Charging, 58
Chedwell, Elizabeth, 86
Chew, Elizabeth, 32; Henrietta, 32
Children, 79
Chopping mill, 24,27
Clark, Richard and Margaret (Anna), 86
Clarkson, Rev Robert, 92
Coil, Anthony, 69
Coke, 38,40,62
Cold-blast furnace, 40,49
Coleman, Robert,27,33; William, 27
Comer, Anne, 7; Elizabeth Anderson, 7,8,73; Jacob,7; Margaret, 7
Conley, John, 69
Connellsville coke, 62
Conner, Michael, 69Continental Army, Quartermaster Division, 15
Continental Congress, 16
Contract Archeology, Inc, 99
Cornwall Furnace, 27,33,109
Council of Safety, 13,14
Cox, Rt RevWilliam J, 103
Cramer, John, 69
Creagerstown, black school, 84; road to, 81
Cronise, Jacob, 82
Crosby, James, 69
Cunningham, John, 69
Cunningham Falls State Park, 28,97,100; Catoctin Furnace and Manor Area Master Plan, 100
Curtis, Rev Alfred A, 92,115
Davidson, John, 12,20
Davis, John, 71; Joseph,69,71; Josiah, 69
Deborah coke furnace stack, 38,39,43,44,45,47,62,90
Deitz, Charles, 73
Dent, George, 16
Devilbiss, Ethel (Carbaugh), 119
Dinky Railroad, 39,43,55,72
Dorsey, Mrs M Z, 92
Dykes, John, 72
Earlston Furnaces, 47
Education, 80-84
Ege, George, 33; George Michael and Anna Catherine (Holz), 33; Michael M, 33,82,89
Eleutherian Mills Historical Library, 8; Clement S Brinton Collection, 97
Elizabeth Furnace, 33
Emmitsburg, 11; Emmitsburg Pike, 84,98
Entertainment, 78
Episcopal Church, 86
Episcopal Diocese of Maryland, 33,82; Archives, 8,34
Everett, PA, 47
Faith in the Furnace, by Elizabeth Y Anderson, 103
Fauth, John, 116
Fire backs, 15,21
Fitzgerald, John, Mary, James and John, 69
Fitzhugh, Ann (Hughes), 32; Elizabeth (Chew), 32; Peregrine, 32,33,36-38,61,66,72,77,82,89,91;
Sara Margaret, 34; Sophia, 91William, 32
Flexenhart, Peter, 69
Forges, 11
Fraley/Frailey family, 8; Franklin and Louise, 101 Jonathan, 71; Solomon, 81; Thomas, 72,81
Fraley, F W, store, 76; “History of Catoctin Furnace,” 122
Frame, Donald, 22,26,101
Franklin stove, 27,61
Frederick County Board of School Commissioners, 81,82; Board of Inspectors of Primary
Schools, 81
Frederick County Courthouse, 8
Frederick Railroad, 56
Freezing up, 58
Freshman, George, 69
Freshour, Nelson, 72
Furnace School, 81-84; trustees, 81-83
Furnace lining, 57,58
Furnishings, 75-78
Galloway, Benjamin, 32; Henrietta (Chew), 32
Gardiner, Chris, 7; Clement and Harriet, 8,21,23,77,100; Laura, 7; Robert M, 103
Gelvin, Thomas, 69
German immigrants, 9,10,69,72,85
Giles, Edward, 71
Gilmor, Robert, 32
“Good Will” tract, 11,13,20
Gorsuch, Harry Peyton, 43; Thomas, 42,43
Graceham Moravian Church, 63,85,88
Graham, Bella, 84
Green, William, 75
Green Spring Furnace, 12,106
Hammader, Robert, 69
Hampton Furnace, 11,106
Hancock, Solomon, 113
Harbaugh, Kay, 8
Harrell, Rev James A, 66,82,90,91
Harriet Chapel, 7,29,33,66,88-93,96; clergy, 82,83,88-94; glebe, 91; parochial school, 82;
rectory, 34,89,91-93; sesquicentennial, 103
Harris, Terry, 7
Hatcher, E B, 83
Hauver, Stanley, 96
Heintzleman, G J, 95
Hellman, John, 72
Henry A. Brien & Co, 32
Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum, 28
Henry Thompson & Co, 32
Hesselius, John, 10
Hickory Run Manufacturing Co, 95,96
Hippinsteel, James,69; John, 69,71
Historic American Building Survey (HABS), photos, 19,30,34,40
Historic Preservation Act, 99
Historical Society of Frederick County, 21,75,98
Hodgson, James, Commissioner of Military Stores, 16-18
Hoke family, 8; Lloyd and Margaret (Anders), 119
Holloware, 27,60
Holtz, John, 72
Holz, Anna Catherine and Elizabeth, 33
Hoover, Gilbert, 72; Herbert, 96; John, 72
Hopewell Furnace, 109
Hot blast furnace, 60,61
Hughes, Ann, 32; Daniel, 31,32; Katherine, 31; Samuel, 106
Hunting Creek, 10
Hurley, Rev, 88
Irish immigrants, 68,69,74,88
Iron ore, 11,20,24,31,33,45,46,47,54-57,72,116
Ironmaster’s House, 18,21,29-31,38,42,45,96-98,102
Isabella Furnace, Page County, VA, 24,65
Isabella charcoal furnace stack, 33,34,43,45,50,61,97,102,108
J.B. Kunkel & Bro., 38
Jacocks, Rev James G, 91
Jacques, Lancelot, 96
James Johnson & Co., 15-17,20
Jamison, Isaiah, James, John and Philip, 71
“John’s Mountain” tract, 10-12
Johns, Rev John and Julianna (Johnson), 86
Johnson, Baker, 12,13,16,17,20,22,63,64,86; Baker, Jr, 22,65; Catherine, 22; Charles, 22;
Frances, 27; James, 9,12-15,17-19,63,64,86; James, Jr, 65; Julianna, 86; Roger, 12,13,63;
Thomas and Dorcas (Sedgwick), 12; Gov Thomas, 9,10,12-14,17,19,20,63,64; William,
66,81,82,89; Worthington, 22
Johnson cold-blast charcoal furnace, 19,49-51,86
Joy, Capt Daniel, 15,17,18
Kelly, Richard, 73
Kermes, Constantine, 59,60
Knetts, John, 69
Knox, Henry, 18
Kunkel, Deborah, 38,82; Elizabeth, 92; Jacob M, 33,36,38; John, 37,38; John Baker, 37,38,40,41,
56,62,71,72,82,92,93
Lake, D.J., Atlas of Frederick County, 41
Latkovski, Leonard, 8
Lewistown, MD, 80
Lewistown-Mechanicstown Road, 81
Liberia, 66
Liberty, MD, 91
Library of Congress, 8
Licking Creek, 12
Lime kilns, 29
Limestone, 12,24,55-57,72
Little Hunting Creek, 11-13,57,85,93; raceway, 50,51
Little Patuxent River, 12
Lobdell Car Wheel Works, 32,38
Locust Pond, 93
Lord Baltimore, 9
Loudon, Duffield, 83
Lutheran Church, 85
Lux & Bowley, 15
McGarry, Fr, 87
McGill, Rev Ernest, 94,96; Patrick, 69
McGrain, John, 8
McKeldin, Gov Theodore, 97
McKnight, Gerald, 8
McPherson, Frances (Johnson), 27,31; Harriet A, 82,89,90,92,113; Horatio, 31; Col John, 27;
John, Jr, 27,31,66; Louise, 103; Mary, 92; Dr William S, Jr, 35,66,76,82,89,92-94
Manufacturers Record, 42
Martin family, 8; David, Joseph and Thomas, 71; Mary (Miller), 119
Maryland, militia, 13
Maryland Department of Natural Resources, 100-102
Maryland Hall of Records, 8
Maryland Historical Society, 8
Maryland Historical Trust, 103
Maryland Journal and Baltimore Advertiser, 14
Maryland Room, 55
Maryland State Archives, 42,43
Maryland State Colonization Society, Frederick County Auxiliary Society, 66
Maryland State Parks, 97
Maryland State Roads Commission/Highway Administration, 98,100
Maryland Steel, 62
Maulsby, William P., Jr, 42
May, John and Yancey, 71
Mayberry, Jeremiah, 26,27; Thomas, 25,26; Willoughby, 26,27,65,77,78,80
Mechanicstown, MD, 93
Mentzer, J Franklin, 99,100; “Time and Times of Catoctin Furnace,” 116
Methodist Church, 93
Mill, grist, 11,29,31,38,40,42,76
“Mill Place” tract, 11
Miller family, 8; Clinton and Josephine, 119; Donald and Pauline, 101; Joanne, 8; Joshua and
Josiah, 71; Martin, 72; Richard and Dixie, 15
Mine Bank area, 79
Missionary Society for Diocesan Missions, 91
Monitor, 38
Monocacy/Monoquice, 10,85
Monocacy Valley Railroad, 39,42,45,62
Moravian Archives, 8
Moravian Church, 63,64,85,86-89; parochial school, 80
Morris, J.P., 38
Moser, John, 75
Mount Holly furnace, 25
Mount St, Mary’s College, 87
“Mountain Tract,” 12,20
Mozinge, Samuel, 71
Mule barn, 64
Munitions, 14; shells, 15
Murry, Ballard, 72
National Park Service, 70,71,97-99
National Register of Historic Places, 99
Nicodemus, E A, 96
Noble, James, 69
Nunemaker, Chris and Jacob, 71
O’Conner, James, 69
Old Salem, Inc, 15,61
Ore cart, 53
Orr, Kenneth and Ronald, 100
O’Toole Studio, 47
Ott, Amanda, 92; George, 72,92
Owen, Nancy, 87
Page County, VA, 24
Paint mill, 42,44,45
Parkman, Rev Charles M, 82,91
Pearre Brothers & Co, 42
Pennsylvania, 9,18,20
Penwell family, 8; George, 73; James, 71,73; Jonathon, 73; Margaret and Robert,73; Roger, 119;
Samuel, 73; Solomon, 72,73; William, 73
Pig iron, 11,29,31,38,49,60
Pine Grove Furnace, 20
Poe, David, 15-17
Pogue, John, 72
Potomac Company, 19
Potomac Hills Development Co, 96
Pots, kettles and Dutch ovens, 14,60; see Holloware
Principio Furnace, 11,106
Proud, John Green, 90
Ranney, Garner, 8
Ransom Station, 93-95
Rawlings, John, 18,63,68
Reed family, 8; Samuel, 74
Reinke, Br Samuel, 69,80,87-89
Religion, 85-94
Renner, William, 8,46,54,102,119; “How Catoctin Furnace Came About” 122
Revolutionary War, 13-18,20,25
Richey, Lawrence, 96
Ricketts, Judith, 8
Roman Catholic Church, 87,88
Roosevelt, Franklin D, 98
Ross, Charles W., 42; Edward, 69; William, 37
Route 15, 98-100; pedestrian bridge, 103
Rumsey, James, 19,20
Russell, John, 69
St. Luke’s Episcopal Church, Baltimore, 90
Saltpans, 14,15
Sawmill, 11,27,31,38,40,42
Schlegel, Br John Frederick, 63,86
Schley, James, 66,81; Steiner, 42
Schoolteachers, 81-84
Schools, 40,79,80-84; parochial, 80,82; public school system, 81; curriculum, 81; textbooks, 82
“Settin’ the Old Hen,” 78
Shankle, Earl M, 100
Sharp, Ernest and Willa, 43
Shepherdstown, 19
Shuff, James, 75; Robert, 72; William, 71
Simpson, William, 68,69
Slag, 56,58,72
Slave quarters, 111
Slaves: 18,32,63-68,111: Jack, Jaines, Milly and Phil, 63; collier Sam, 64; waggoners Henry and
Harvey, 64; Daniel, 65;
Smith, Kris, 24
Snowden’s Ironworks, 12
Sow and pigs, 58,59
Spahr’s Quarry, 56
Sparrows Point, MD, 62
“Spirits of the Furnace” night hike, 103
“Spring in the Village,” 103
“Springfield,” 18-20
Stave mill, 95
Steelman, Robert, 8,65
Stiegel, Henry William and Elizabeth (Holz), 33
Stitely family, 8; Jessie (Reed), 119; Mary Jane “Granny,” 79
Stone, Rt Rev William Murray, 89
Stoner, William, 72
“Stoney Park” tract, 11,13,20
Stoves, 15,21,27,61
Sullivan, Thomas, 69
Sweeney family, 8; Israel, 72; Jacob, 71; Thomas, 72; William and Elva, 119
Tapping, 58,59
Tenement houses, 18,24,26,31,38,40,42,69,74-76,101-103; furnishings, 75
Them Was the Good Days of Eatin’, 103
Thornburgh, Eugene, 20; Thomas, 20
Thornburgh Forge, 20
Thropp, Joseph E, 47,62,95,96
Thurmont, 42,101; Historical Society, 47
Thurmont Bypas, 98
Tiernan, Ann Elizabeth, 69,87; Luke, 69,87; Nancy (Owen), 87
Timberland, 12,23,24,31
Tom’s Creek, 11
Tongue, Rev Thomas O, 93
Townsend, Mabel (Fraley), 119
“Traditional Village Christmas,” 103
Traver, Freeman, 72,89
Trexler, Oscar H, 95
“The Turckey,” 10,86
U S Department of the Interior, 99
Upper Mine ledger, 75
Utensils, 15
Vallonne manor house, 26
Vertrees (Verdies/Verdris), John, 9,11,12,85; John Valentine, 12,85
Vestal Furnace, 27
Vineyard, 65
Virginia, 18
Vulcan steam shovel, 46,55
Waesche, Leonard R., 41,42,56
Waesche house, 27
Wanner, Robert, 7
War of 1812, 26
Wardensville, WV, 73
Washington, George, 12
Washington County, 32,87; Library, 8
“Wayside,” 13,106
Weddle, Charles, John and William, 72
Weights, 15
Welch William and Elizabeth (Chedwell), 86
Weller, John, 81
Western Maryland Railroad, 42,56; accident, 93-95
Wetzel/Wezler, Hans Martin, 11,85
White, John, 18
White House, 98
Whittingham, Rev Richard, 93; Rt Rev, William R., 89,92
Whittingham Chapel, 93
Williams, George, 82
Windsor, Rev Henry John, 90
Windy Hill Farm, 26,42,82
Wirth, Conrad, 97
Women’ work, 78,79
Woolard, Henry, 72
Yorktown, siege of, 16,20
Zimmerman, Michael, 81
Zouck, P.G., & Co. quarry, 56