We take the following sketch of Col. SCHLEY'S life from Scharff's History of Western Maryland:
"Col. GEO. SCHLEY was the son of Frederick A. Schley, a native of Frederick. He was prepared for college at the Frederick Academy and at a private school near Frederick. In 1829 he entered the sophomore class of Yale College. His father accompanied him and the late John J. Steiner to the college and was present at their examination for admission. After remaining at Yale a year, young Schley spent two years and a half at the University of Virginia, where, in 1833, he graduated in the school of ancient and modern languages. Thereupon, simply in pursuit of science, he studied and practiced chemistry at Bear's chemical works in Carroll County, Md., for six or seven months. He then read law in his father's office in Frederick, was admitted to the bar in 1836, and commenced the practice of law in Frederick, was admitted to the bar in 1836, and commenced the practice of law in Frederick
Within a very few months after he opened his office he was much astonished by the announcement to him that he had been nominated for the Legislature. His astonishment my be imagined when it is stated that he did not even know that a political convention was being held, or that his name had even been mentioned in that connection. That year, however, the party (Whig) was defeated; the next year he was renominated and elected. After the adjournment of the Legislature, in May 1839, he removed to Hagerstown, where he has since resided.
In 1850 he was elected a member of the Constitutional Convention of Maryland, and took an active part in its proceedings. In 1852 he was elected to the State Senate, serving during the sessions of 1854 and 1856. He was chairman of the most important committees of that body, and chairman of the joint committee of the two houses upon the reform of conveyancing, in civil proceedings. In 1852 he was nominated for Congress, but declined the nomination. Since that time he as confined himself to the practice of his profession.
In 1872 he was nominated for judge of his circuit, but failed of election, owing to the pride of county feeling in one of the counties composing the district. In 1873 he was elected president of the First National Bank of Hagerstown, a position which he held up to the hour of his death. He was also a member of the Presbyterian Church.
In June 1839, he married Mary Sophia Hall, daughter of Thomas B. Hall, and grandniece of Chief Justice John Buchanan and Associate Judge Thomas Buchanan, her grandmother being Mrs. Mary Pottenger, widow of Dr. Pottenger, of Prince George's County, Md. Mrs. Schley died suddenly in Boston, in January 1880, while on a visit to her daughter, Mrs. Eliza M. Stillman. Mr. Schley's only son, Frederick, graduated in medicine at the University of Maryland in 1866, and immediately thereafter was elected clinical assistant by the faculty. In the discharge of his duties he contracted malignant typhus fever, and died after five days' sickness."
Three daughters survive, the eldest is the wife of Col. Washington Bowie, Montgomery County; the second, Miss Mollie, resident of Hagerstown; and the youngest is Mrs. Eliza M. Stillman, the wife of Mr. Joseph F. Stillman, Boston, Mass. Col. Buchanan Schley is a half-brother of the late Col. Schley, so greatly his junior that the relations between them more nearly resembled those of father and son. Col. George Schley was the guardian of his half-brother.
In addition to the facts given by Mr. Scharff we may add that Col. Schley was son of the organizers and a member of the first board of directors of the Mutual Insurance Company of Washington County. In 1847 he was a director of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal, and was its general counsel at the time of its completion.
Source: Mail (Hagerstown, MD)
Friday, Aopril 18, 1890, page 2
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Col. GEORGE SCHLEY died at his residence on West Washington street at an early hour Friday morning at an advanced age.
In another column of this paper we give a sketch of Col. Schley's career.
Source: Mail (Hagerstown, MD)
Friday, April 18, 1890, Page 2
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"Col. GEO. SCHLEY was the son of Frederick A. Schley, a native of Frederick. He was prepared for college at the Frederick Academy and at a private school near Frederick. In 1829 he entered the sophomore class of Yale College. His father accompanied him and the late John J. Steiner to the college and was present at their examination for admission. After remaining at Yale a year, young Schley spent two years and a half at the University of Virginia, where, in 1833, he graduated in the school of ancient and modern languages. Thereupon, simply in pursuit of science, he studied and practiced chemistry at Bear's chemical works in Carroll County, Md., for six or seven months. He then read law in his father's office in Frederick, was admitted to the bar in 1836, and commenced the practice of law in Frederick, was admitted to the bar in 1836, and commenced the practice of law in Frederick
Within a very few months after he opened his office he was much astonished by the announcement to him that he had been nominated for the Legislature. His astonishment my be imagined when it is stated that he did not even know that a political convention was being held, or that his name had even been mentioned in that connection. That year, however, the party (Whig) was defeated; the next year he was renominated and elected. After the adjournment of the Legislature, in May 1839, he removed to Hagerstown, where he has since resided.
In 1850 he was elected a member of the Constitutional Convention of Maryland, and took an active part in its proceedings. In 1852 he was elected to the State Senate, serving during the sessions of 1854 and 1856. He was chairman of the most important committees of that body, and chairman of the joint committee of the two houses upon the reform of conveyancing, in civil proceedings. In 1852 he was nominated for Congress, but declined the nomination. Since that time he as confined himself to the practice of his profession.
In 1872 he was nominated for judge of his circuit, but failed of election, owing to the pride of county feeling in one of the counties composing the district. In 1873 he was elected president of the First National Bank of Hagerstown, a position which he held up to the hour of his death. He was also a member of the Presbyterian Church.
In June 1839, he married Mary Sophia Hall, daughter of Thomas B. Hall, and grandniece of Chief Justice John Buchanan and Associate Judge Thomas Buchanan, her grandmother being Mrs. Mary Pottenger, widow of Dr. Pottenger, of Prince George's County, Md. Mrs. Schley died suddenly in Boston, in January 1880, while on a visit to her daughter, Mrs. Eliza M. Stillman. Mr. Schley's only son, Frederick, graduated in medicine at the University of Maryland in 1866, and immediately thereafter was elected clinical assistant by the faculty. In the discharge of his duties he contracted malignant typhus fever, and died after five days' sickness."
Three daughters survive, the eldest is the wife of Col. Washington Bowie, Montgomery County; the second, Miss Mollie, resident of Hagerstown; and the youngest is Mrs. Eliza M. Stillman, the wife of Mr. Joseph F. Stillman, Boston, Mass. Col. Buchanan Schley is a half-brother of the late Col. Schley, so greatly his junior that the relations between them more nearly resembled those of father and son. Col. George Schley was the guardian of his half-brother.
In addition to the facts given by Mr. Scharff we may add that Col. Schley was son of the organizers and a member of the first board of directors of the Mutual Insurance Company of Washington County. In 1847 he was a director of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal, and was its general counsel at the time of its completion.
Source: Mail (Hagerstown, MD)
Friday, Aopril 18, 1890, page 2
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Col. GEORGE SCHLEY died at his residence on West Washington street at an early hour Friday morning at an advanced age.
In another column of this paper we give a sketch of Col. Schley's career.
Source: Mail (Hagerstown, MD)
Friday, April 18, 1890, Page 2
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We take the following sketch of Col. SCHLEY'S life from Scharff's History of Western Maryland:
"Col. GEO. SCHLEY was the son of Frederick A. Schley, a native of Frederick. He was prepared for college at the Frederick Academy and at a private school near Frederick. In 1829 he entered the sophomore class of Yale College. His father accompanied him and the late John J. Steiner to the college and was present at their examination for admission. After remaining at Yale a year, young Schley spent two years and a half at the University of Virginia, where, in 1833, he graduated in the school of ancient and modern languages. Thereupon, simply in pursuit of science, he studied and practiced chemistry at Bear's chemical works in Carroll County, Md., for six or seven months. He then read law in his father's office in Frederick, was admitted to the bar in 1836, and commenced the practice of law in Frederick, was admitted to the bar in 1836, and commenced the practice of law in Frederick
Within a very few months after he opened his office he was much astonished by the announcement to him that he had been nominated for the Legislature. His astonishment my be imagined when it is stated that he did not even know that a political convention was being held, or that his name had even been mentioned in that connection. That year, however, the party (Whig) was defeated; the next year he was renominated and elected. After the adjournment of the Legislature, in May 1839, he removed to Hagerstown, where he has since resided.
In 1850 he was elected a member of the Constitutional Convention of Maryland, and took an active part in its proceedings. In 1852 he was elected to the State Senate, serving during the sessions of 1854 and 1856. He was chairman of the most important committees of that body, and chairman of the joint committee of the two houses upon the reform of conveyancing, in civil proceedings. In 1852 he was nominated for Congress, but declined the nomination. Since that time he as confined himself to the practice of his profession.
In 1872 he was nominated for judge of his circuit, but failed of election, owing to the pride of county feeling in one of the counties composing the district. In 1873 he was elected president of the First National Bank of Hagerstown, a position which he held up to the hour of his death. He was also a member of the Presbyterian Church.
In June 1839, he married Mary Sophia Hall, daughter of Thomas B. Hall, and grandniece of Chief Justice John Buchanan and Associate Judge Thomas Buchanan, her grandmother being Mrs. Mary Pottenger, widow of Dr. Pottenger, of Prince George's County, Md. Mrs. Schley died suddenly in Boston, in January 1880, while on a visit to her daughter, Mrs. Eliza M. Stillman. Mr. Schley's only son, Frederick, graduated in medicine at the University of Maryland in 1866, and immediately thereafter was elected clinical assistant by the faculty. In the discharge of his duties he contracted malignant typhus fever, and died after five days' sickness."
Three daughters survive, the eldest is the wife of Col. Washington Bowie, Montgomery County; the second, Miss Mollie, resident of Hagerstown; and the youngest is Mrs. Eliza M. Stillman, the wife of Mr. Joseph F. Stillman, Boston, Mass. Col. Buchanan Schley is a half-brother of the late Col. Schley, so greatly his junior that the relations between them more nearly resembled those of father and son. Col. George Schley was the guardian of his half-brother.
In addition to the facts given by Mr. Scharff we may add that Col. Schley was son of the organizers and a member of the first board of directors of the Mutual Insurance Company of Washington County. In 1847 he was a director of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal, and was its general counsel at the time of its completion.
Source: Mail (Hagerstown, MD)
Friday, Aopril 18, 1890, page 2
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Col. GEORGE SCHLEY died at his residence on West Washington street at an early hour Friday morning at an advanced age.
In another column of this paper we give a sketch of Col. Schley's career.
Source: Mail (Hagerstown, MD)
Friday, April 18, 1890, Page 2
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"Col. GEO. SCHLEY was the son of Frederick A. Schley, a native of Frederick. He was prepared for college at the Frederick Academy and at a private school near Frederick. In 1829 he entered the sophomore class of Yale College. His father accompanied him and the late John J. Steiner to the college and was present at their examination for admission. After remaining at Yale a year, young Schley spent two years and a half at the University of Virginia, where, in 1833, he graduated in the school of ancient and modern languages. Thereupon, simply in pursuit of science, he studied and practiced chemistry at Bear's chemical works in Carroll County, Md., for six or seven months. He then read law in his father's office in Frederick, was admitted to the bar in 1836, and commenced the practice of law in Frederick, was admitted to the bar in 1836, and commenced the practice of law in Frederick
Within a very few months after he opened his office he was much astonished by the announcement to him that he had been nominated for the Legislature. His astonishment my be imagined when it is stated that he did not even know that a political convention was being held, or that his name had even been mentioned in that connection. That year, however, the party (Whig) was defeated; the next year he was renominated and elected. After the adjournment of the Legislature, in May 1839, he removed to Hagerstown, where he has since resided.
In 1850 he was elected a member of the Constitutional Convention of Maryland, and took an active part in its proceedings. In 1852 he was elected to the State Senate, serving during the sessions of 1854 and 1856. He was chairman of the most important committees of that body, and chairman of the joint committee of the two houses upon the reform of conveyancing, in civil proceedings. In 1852 he was nominated for Congress, but declined the nomination. Since that time he as confined himself to the practice of his profession.
In 1872 he was nominated for judge of his circuit, but failed of election, owing to the pride of county feeling in one of the counties composing the district. In 1873 he was elected president of the First National Bank of Hagerstown, a position which he held up to the hour of his death. He was also a member of the Presbyterian Church.
In June 1839, he married Mary Sophia Hall, daughter of Thomas B. Hall, and grandniece of Chief Justice John Buchanan and Associate Judge Thomas Buchanan, her grandmother being Mrs. Mary Pottenger, widow of Dr. Pottenger, of Prince George's County, Md. Mrs. Schley died suddenly in Boston, in January 1880, while on a visit to her daughter, Mrs. Eliza M. Stillman. Mr. Schley's only son, Frederick, graduated in medicine at the University of Maryland in 1866, and immediately thereafter was elected clinical assistant by the faculty. In the discharge of his duties he contracted malignant typhus fever, and died after five days' sickness."
Three daughters survive, the eldest is the wife of Col. Washington Bowie, Montgomery County; the second, Miss Mollie, resident of Hagerstown; and the youngest is Mrs. Eliza M. Stillman, the wife of Mr. Joseph F. Stillman, Boston, Mass. Col. Buchanan Schley is a half-brother of the late Col. Schley, so greatly his junior that the relations between them more nearly resembled those of father and son. Col. George Schley was the guardian of his half-brother.
In addition to the facts given by Mr. Scharff we may add that Col. Schley was son of the organizers and a member of the first board of directors of the Mutual Insurance Company of Washington County. In 1847 he was a director of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal, and was its general counsel at the time of its completion.
Source: Mail (Hagerstown, MD)
Friday, Aopril 18, 1890, page 2
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Col. GEORGE SCHLEY died at his residence on West Washington street at an early hour Friday morning at an advanced age.
In another column of this paper we give a sketch of Col. Schley's career.
Source: Mail (Hagerstown, MD)
Friday, April 18, 1890, Page 2
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