Re: Anne Arundel Co., MD, ca. 1800's
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Re: Anne Arundel Co., MD, ca. 1800's
10/23/00
POSSIBLE DITTY CONNECTION:
C. IRVING DITTY born at West River in 1838 was the s/o GEORGE T. DITTY of Va. and HARRIET, d/o of Benjamin WINTERSON.His only sister became Mrs. JACOB W. BIRD. His father was a descendant of SIR JEREMIAH JACOB, one of Lord Baltimore's immigrants
C. IRVING DITTY entered Dickenson College in 1854 and graduated in 1857.He entered the Confederate service with Col. Ridgely Brown and rose to Captain, and when the war was ended at Appomattox, his company refused to surrender, but cut through the ranks and when attacked checked the charge.This was the LAST FIRING OF THE WAR.
Mr. Ditty married SOPHIA, d/o of Henry SWARTZE, sister of Capt. Swartze of the same Confederate army.IRVINGTON, a suburb of Baltimore, takes its name from Mr. DittyHe entered into the reform movement of 1875, which ended in his joining the Republican party.He was sent to Louisiana to review the Presidential count of that State and reported that both parties were about equally quilty, but the evidences were in favor of Hayes.Mr. Ditty died in Balimore in early manhood.
..........As quoted from p.324 The Founders of Anne Arundel and Howard Counties, Maryland.J.D.Warfield
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