William Whaley McCabe was born in Selbyville, Delaware and lived on Maryland's Eastern Shore his entire life. He was deputy insurance and banking commissioner for Delaware. He served as Mayor of Ocean City, MD from 1922-1934 without taking a salary. In 1933 a devastating hurricane resulted in the new inlet for Ocean City connecting the Atlantic Ocean with the bays behind the barrier island town. Mayor McCabe was instrumental in obtaining $781,000 from the state and the War Department to keep the inlet open as an important economic asset to the barrier island. William McCabe married Harriett (Hattie May) Tilghman in 1922 ). Together they joined in a real estate business and owned several properties along Atlantic Avenue (today's boardwalk) in Ocean City. They also purchased the historic farm "Henry's Grove" built in 1792 which overlooks Sinepuxent Bay. William McCabe married his 2nd wife, Louisa Graham, in 1941. He died of a heart attack April 13, 1949 at his farm.
In 1922 William W. McCabe adopted the two sons of Harriett (Hattie May) Tilghman by her first marriage. Tilghman Barnes -name was changed to Tilghman McCabe (FAG # 62002380) and Archibald Earle Barnes, jr. - name was changed to William Holloway McCabe (FAG #67421647). He fathered no children of his own, but was a very loving father and extremely proud of his adopted sons.
The following is an article that appeared in the August 26, 1929 edition of the Baltimore Sun:
TWO BALTIMOREANS SAVED FROM SURF
"Ocean City, Md., Aug. 25 – While a large number of weekend visitors watched from the boardwalk this afternoon, a Baltimore woman bather, caught in the undertow, and her niece, who went to her assistance, were carried exhausted to the beach by several rescuers, including the Mayor of this city, who entered the water fully clothed.
Miss Regina Whitney, 5206 Gwynn Oak avenue, and her niece, Mrs. Lloyd Chenoweth, 3301 Westfield avenue, Baltimore, later were reported none the worse for their experience and were resting comfortably at their hotel.
Caught In Undertow
Miss Whitney, according to witnesses, entered the surf first, while Mrs. Chenoweth remained seated on a jetty nearby. The undertow carried her out and she cried for help. Her niece dived from a jetty and swam to her side. Despite the fact a life ring had been cast to them, both were in difficulty, it was apparent, as they tried to combat the sea.
Other bathers began moving toward the tiring pair. Mayor William W. McCabe, strolling on the boardwalk, saw what was happening, jumped down to the beach and ran into the water. He reached the women about the same time as F. C. Bowers, 1733 Chilton street, Baltimore, a bather. Meanwhile, a call had been put in to the Coast Guard station, approximately 500 yards away. While three guardsmen put out in a boat, Capt. William I. Purnell ran down the beach prepared to assist."
According to published historical accounts, Mayor McCabe and Capt. William. I. Purnell of the Coast Guard station were responsible for establishing the Ocean City Beach Patrol in 1930.
The surf washed right up to, and often under, the boardwalk at that time. In 1930, the beach had gotten so narrow that bathers began moving up the beach beyond North Division Street and out of range of the Coast Guardsmen in the tower [at Caroline St.]. William W. McCabe was the mayor then, and he and Captain William Purnell of the Coast Guard organized the original Ocean City Beach Patrol. It began with one man, Edward Lee Carey, who was hired to watch over the beach where the crowd was. He was the son of Savannah Carey, whose mother owned the Del-Mar Hotel on North Division Street. The Patrol developed year by year. New men were added and supplied with buoys for rescues, first-aid kits, and umbrellas.
Bio by Tim McCabe
In 1922 William W. McCabe adopted the two sons of Harriett (Hattie May) Tilghman by her first marriage. Tilghman Barnes -name was changed to Tilghman McCabe (FAG # 62002380) and Archibald Earle Barnes, jr. - name was changed to William Holloway McCabe (FAG #67421647). He fathered no children of his own, but was a very loving father and extremely proud of his adopted sons.
The following is an article that appeared in the August 26, 1929 edition of the Baltimore Sun:
TWO BALTIMOREANS SAVED FROM SURF
"Ocean City, Md., Aug. 25 – While a large number of weekend visitors watched from the boardwalk this afternoon, a Baltimore woman bather, caught in the undertow, and her niece, who went to her assistance, were carried exhausted to the beach by several rescuers, including the Mayor of this city, who entered the water fully clothed.
Miss Regina Whitney, 5206 Gwynn Oak avenue, and her niece, Mrs. Lloyd Chenoweth, 3301 Westfield avenue, Baltimore, later were reported none the worse for their experience and were resting comfortably at their hotel.
Caught In Undertow
Miss Whitney, according to witnesses, entered the surf first, while Mrs. Chenoweth remained seated on a jetty nearby. The undertow carried her out and she cried for help. Her niece dived from a jetty and swam to her side. Despite the fact a life ring had been cast to them, both were in difficulty, it was apparent, as they tried to combat the sea.
Other bathers began moving toward the tiring pair. Mayor William W. McCabe, strolling on the boardwalk, saw what was happening, jumped down to the beach and ran into the water. He reached the women about the same time as F. C. Bowers, 1733 Chilton street, Baltimore, a bather. Meanwhile, a call had been put in to the Coast Guard station, approximately 500 yards away. While three guardsmen put out in a boat, Capt. William I. Purnell ran down the beach prepared to assist."
According to published historical accounts, Mayor McCabe and Capt. William. I. Purnell of the Coast Guard station were responsible for establishing the Ocean City Beach Patrol in 1930.
The surf washed right up to, and often under, the boardwalk at that time. In 1930, the beach had gotten so narrow that bathers began moving up the beach beyond North Division Street and out of range of the Coast Guardsmen in the tower [at Caroline St.]. William W. McCabe was the mayor then, and he and Captain William Purnell of the Coast Guard organized the original Ocean City Beach Patrol. It began with one man, Edward Lee Carey, who was hired to watch over the beach where the crowd was. He was the son of Savannah Carey, whose mother owned the Del-Mar Hotel on North Division Street. The Patrol developed year by year. New men were added and supplied with buoys for rescues, first-aid kits, and umbrellas.
Bio by Tim McCabe
William Whaley McCabe was born in Selbyville, Delaware and lived on Maryland's Eastern Shore his entire life. He was deputy insurance and banking commissioner for Delaware. He served as Mayor of Ocean City, MD from 1922-1934 without taking a salary. In 1933 a devastating hurricane resulted in the new inlet for Ocean City connecting the Atlantic Ocean with the bays behind the barrier island town. Mayor McCabe was instrumental in obtaining $781,000 from the state and the War Department to keep the inlet open as an important economic asset to the barrier island. William McCabe married Harriett (Hattie May) Tilghman in 1922 ). Together they joined in a real estate business and owned several properties along Atlantic Avenue (today's boardwalk) in Ocean City. They also purchased the historic farm "Henry's Grove" built in 1792 which overlooks Sinepuxent Bay. William McCabe married his 2nd wife, Louisa Graham, in 1941. He died of a heart attack April 13, 1949 at his farm.
In 1922 William W. McCabe adopted the two sons of Harriett (Hattie May) Tilghman by her first marriage. Tilghman Barnes -name was changed to Tilghman McCabe (FAG # 62002380) and Archibald Earle Barnes, jr. - name was changed to William Holloway McCabe (FAG #67421647). He fathered no children of his own, but was a very loving father and extremely proud of his adopted sons.
The following is an article that appeared in the August 26, 1929 edition of the Baltimore Sun:
TWO BALTIMOREANS SAVED FROM SURF
"Ocean City, Md., Aug. 25 – While a large number of weekend visitors watched from the boardwalk this afternoon, a Baltimore woman bather, caught in the undertow, and her niece, who went to her assistance, were carried exhausted to the beach by several rescuers, including the Mayor of this city, who entered the water fully clothed.
Miss Regina Whitney, 5206 Gwynn Oak avenue, and her niece, Mrs. Lloyd Chenoweth, 3301 Westfield avenue, Baltimore, later were reported none the worse for their experience and were resting comfortably at their hotel.
Caught In Undertow
Miss Whitney, according to witnesses, entered the surf first, while Mrs. Chenoweth remained seated on a jetty nearby. The undertow carried her out and she cried for help. Her niece dived from a jetty and swam to her side. Despite the fact a life ring had been cast to them, both were in difficulty, it was apparent, as they tried to combat the sea.
Other bathers began moving toward the tiring pair. Mayor William W. McCabe, strolling on the boardwalk, saw what was happening, jumped down to the beach and ran into the water. He reached the women about the same time as F. C. Bowers, 1733 Chilton street, Baltimore, a bather. Meanwhile, a call had been put in to the Coast Guard station, approximately 500 yards away. While three guardsmen put out in a boat, Capt. William I. Purnell ran down the beach prepared to assist."
According to published historical accounts, Mayor McCabe and Capt. William. I. Purnell of the Coast Guard station were responsible for establishing the Ocean City Beach Patrol in 1930.
The surf washed right up to, and often under, the boardwalk at that time. In 1930, the beach had gotten so narrow that bathers began moving up the beach beyond North Division Street and out of range of the Coast Guardsmen in the tower [at Caroline St.]. William W. McCabe was the mayor then, and he and Captain William Purnell of the Coast Guard organized the original Ocean City Beach Patrol. It began with one man, Edward Lee Carey, who was hired to watch over the beach where the crowd was. He was the son of Savannah Carey, whose mother owned the Del-Mar Hotel on North Division Street. The Patrol developed year by year. New men were added and supplied with buoys for rescues, first-aid kits, and umbrellas.
Bio by Tim McCabe
In 1922 William W. McCabe adopted the two sons of Harriett (Hattie May) Tilghman by her first marriage. Tilghman Barnes -name was changed to Tilghman McCabe (FAG # 62002380) and Archibald Earle Barnes, jr. - name was changed to William Holloway McCabe (FAG #67421647). He fathered no children of his own, but was a very loving father and extremely proud of his adopted sons.
The following is an article that appeared in the August 26, 1929 edition of the Baltimore Sun:
TWO BALTIMOREANS SAVED FROM SURF
"Ocean City, Md., Aug. 25 – While a large number of weekend visitors watched from the boardwalk this afternoon, a Baltimore woman bather, caught in the undertow, and her niece, who went to her assistance, were carried exhausted to the beach by several rescuers, including the Mayor of this city, who entered the water fully clothed.
Miss Regina Whitney, 5206 Gwynn Oak avenue, and her niece, Mrs. Lloyd Chenoweth, 3301 Westfield avenue, Baltimore, later were reported none the worse for their experience and were resting comfortably at their hotel.
Caught In Undertow
Miss Whitney, according to witnesses, entered the surf first, while Mrs. Chenoweth remained seated on a jetty nearby. The undertow carried her out and she cried for help. Her niece dived from a jetty and swam to her side. Despite the fact a life ring had been cast to them, both were in difficulty, it was apparent, as they tried to combat the sea.
Other bathers began moving toward the tiring pair. Mayor William W. McCabe, strolling on the boardwalk, saw what was happening, jumped down to the beach and ran into the water. He reached the women about the same time as F. C. Bowers, 1733 Chilton street, Baltimore, a bather. Meanwhile, a call had been put in to the Coast Guard station, approximately 500 yards away. While three guardsmen put out in a boat, Capt. William I. Purnell ran down the beach prepared to assist."
According to published historical accounts, Mayor McCabe and Capt. William. I. Purnell of the Coast Guard station were responsible for establishing the Ocean City Beach Patrol in 1930.
The surf washed right up to, and often under, the boardwalk at that time. In 1930, the beach had gotten so narrow that bathers began moving up the beach beyond North Division Street and out of range of the Coast Guardsmen in the tower [at Caroline St.]. William W. McCabe was the mayor then, and he and Captain William Purnell of the Coast Guard organized the original Ocean City Beach Patrol. It began with one man, Edward Lee Carey, who was hired to watch over the beach where the crowd was. He was the son of Savannah Carey, whose mother owned the Del-Mar Hotel on North Division Street. The Patrol developed year by year. New men were added and supplied with buoys for rescues, first-aid kits, and umbrellas.
Bio by Tim McCabe
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