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Peter Gartner Farm Gartner Private 1868
The Peter Gartner Farm is located on the north side of Silver Knob Road, approximately ,2 mile northwest of its intersection with US Route 219. The farm is situated on rolling hills and is composed of a house, a barn, and several outbuildings.
The house is a two-story, ell-plan, frame dwelling built in two sections by Peter Gartner. Gartner was a central figure in Sunnyside, an early German-Amish settlement in southern Garrett County. Gartner also built the barn on the property and is buried in a small graveyard on the farm.
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MARYLAND HISTORICAL TRUST G-V-A-082
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INVENTORY FORM FOR STATE HISTORIC SITES SURVEY NR
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Peter Gortner Farm
IJLOCATION STREET & NUMBER
N side, Silver Knob Rd, approximately .2 mile NW of junction with US Rt. 219 CITY.TOWN
Gortner _x VICINITY OF
STATE Maryland
DcLAss1FICA TION
CATEGORY
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_BEING CONSIDERED
DOWNER OF PROPERTY NAME
Alvin & George Breuninger ~TREET & NUMBER
Route 1, Box 155 C~TY. TOWN
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_WORK IN PROGRESS
ACCESSIBLE _YES: RESTRICTED
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Oakland VICINITY OF
IJLOCATION OF LEGAL DESCRIPTION COURTHOUSE REGISTRY OF DEEDS, ETC
Garrett County Courthouse STREET & NUMBER
Tbird and Alder Streets CiTY. TOWN
Oakland
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None DATE
CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT
6th COUNTY
Garrett
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_AGRICULTURE _MUSEUM
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Telephone #: 301 ... 334-3678
STATE I zip code Maryland 21550
Liber #: 221 Folio #: 600
STATE
Maryland 21550
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DESCRIBE THE PRESENT AND ORIGINAL (IF KNOWN) PHYSICAL APPEARANCE
The Peter Gartner Farm is located on the north side of Silver Knob Road, approximately .2 mile northwest of its intersection with US. Route 219. The farm is situated on rolling hills and is composed of a house, a barn, and several outbuildings.
The house is a two-story, gable-roofed, ell-plan dwelling constructed in two parts. The main block measures three bays by one bay and the facade points southwest. The wing was originally a separate dwelling which was moved from another part of the property between 1893 and 1903 and attached to the northeast elevation of the main house. The wing measures two bays by one bay, and its original facade points northwest.
A one-story, enclosed shed porch runs the length of the facade. A onestory shed porch fills the ell on the northeast elevation of the main block and the southeast elevation of the ell. At the northeast elevation of the ell, the porch is enclosed to form a room that runs the length of the elevation. A small shed porch shelters a door on the northwest elevat·ion.
The house rests on a cut stone foundation. The walls are constructed of hand-hewn studs and are covered with german siding which has subsequently been covered with beige asbestos shingle. The windows in the main block are the original six over six sash, with crown glass lights, on the southeast and northeast elevations. On the southwest and northwest elevations the windows are modern one over one replacements. The windows in the ell are two over two sash. All windows have plain board surrounds. The gable roof has undulating e~ve t~im on the -southwest and northeast elevations and is covered with corrugated metal.
The house has two interior brick stove chimneys; one near the northwest end of the main block, .and one near the center of the ell. The rear and side porches are supported by turned posts and the side porch also exhibits jigsawn brackets. On_ the southeast elevation of the facade porch· hangs a· · heart-shaped wooden plaque with raised characters: PG 1868.
The main portion of the house has a center-hall plan with a central staircase. The first floor has two rooms, one on each side of the hall. The walls are constructed of vertical tongue and groove beaded boards and all rooms have board ceilings.
In the first-floor hall, the southwest and northwest walls are covered with horizontal beaded boards. All walls in the hall have a simple chair rail painted dark blue under later wood-graining. The walls are painted green above the chair rail and orange below. The open-string stair has a dark brown hand-turned newel post and balusters and the step ends appear to have been grained with dark brown stain. The facade door has a square glass pane in its upper half with an etched windmill scene on it.
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__ARCHEOLOGY-PREHISTORIC _COMMUNITY PLANNING _LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE
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__AGRICULTURE _ECONOMICS _LITERATURE
_!p.RCHITECTURE _EDUCATION _MILITARY
__ART _ENGINEERING _MUSIC
_COMMERCE _EXPLORATION/SETTLEMENT _PHILOSOPHY
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local history
SPECIFIC DATES 1868 BUILDER/ARCHITECT Peter Gortner
STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE
The Peter Gortner Farm is significant in two principal area~: local history and architecture.. Peter Gortner was a local farmer and artisan who through his industry and expertise contributed to the settlement of the Sunnyside area and became one of its prominent citizens. The farmhouse and barn, despite certain cosmetic alterations, remain excellent examples of mid-nineteenth century vernacular architecture of the time and area.
History and Support Peter Gortner, born in Langenau, Germany in 1819, settled in Somerset
County, PA. in 1848, occupied as a miller. In 1849 he moved to the Sunnyside area of Garrett County (then Allegany County), Maryland after purchasing a 200 acre farm from a Nicholas Gauer. In twenty years, Gartner prospered as a farmer and tradesman, and expanded his land holdings and built the main block of the present Gortner farmhouse.
The Sunnyside area of Garrett County was first settled at the end of the 18th century, but remained largely uncultivated into the 'lriid-nineteenth century. Gortner helped to clear the area and raised large herds of cattle. He also earned his living as a miller, cabinetmaker, and blacksmith, essential trades to a growing conununity. His excellence at these trades made him a vital and well-known figure in southern Garrett County. An active member of his Amish congregation, Gortner was nominated to the ministry of his church in 1865, indicating his prlinninent standing with the conununity. He also provided educational opportunity to the Sunnyside conununity by refurnishing the Nicholas Gauer log house located on his property (demolished 1907) for a school in the late 1860 1s or early 1870 1s.
Peter Gartner died in 1903 at the age of 83 and is buried with his wife, Barbara and daughter Ann in a small grave yard northeast of the house.
The Peter Gortner farmhouse and barn represent an excellent collection of relatively intact hand crafted-vernacular buildings. Gortner built the main block of the existing 2-story, 3 bay by 2 bay house in 1868. He laid the stone cellar and foundation himself and records indicate that he was the primary carpenter for the remaining construction. Several of the exterior and interior decorative elements in the house were handcrafted by Gartner, such as the eave trim on the southwest and northeast elevations and the handturned newel post and balusters. Gortner's German background is best represented by the heart-shaped maker's plaque which hangs on the southeast elevation of the enclosed facade porch.
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IJMAJOR BIBLIOGRAPHICAL REFERENCES
Breuninger, Rev. J,C. "Life Story of Peter Gortner?" The Glades Star, No. 3, (Oakland, MD: The Garrett County Historical Society, September 30, 1950), pp. 33-35, 39.
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VERBAL BOUNDARY DESCRIPTION
LIST ALL STATES AND COUNTIES FOR PROPERTiES OVERLAPPING STATE OR COUNTY BOUNDARIES
STATE COUNTY
STATE COUNTY
IDFORM PREPARED BY NAME / TITLE
Ann Burns, Historic Sites Surveyor ORGANJZATION _ DATE
Maryland Historical Trust/Bureau of Mines July 1981 STREET & NUMSER TELEPHONE .
Shaw House. 21 State Circle 301-269-2438 CITYORTOWN, ..... STATE
Annanolis Maryl apd 21401
The Maryland Historic Sites l:mrentpry. w.as officially created by an Act of the Maryland Legislature, to be found in the AnnJtated Code of Maryland, Article 41, Section 181 KA, 1974 Supplement.
The Survey and Inventory are being prepared for information and record purposes only and do not constitute any infringement of individual property rights.
RETURN TO: Maryland Historical Trust The Shaw House, 21 State Circle Annapolis, Maryland 21401 ( 301) 267-1438
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Peter Gartner Farm (#7 - Description Cont'd)
The southeast room on the first floor retains its original treatment; wainscoting of horizontal beaded boards, simple chair rail, and wallpaper above. The room has a narrow board floor and ceiling. The wainscoting, chair rail and ceiling are painted blue. On the southwest wall is a builtin bookcase with a solid, raised-panel door and a wide, moulded surround. The shallow bookcase is painted blue on the exterior. On its back wall is Peter Gortner's signature in white chalk.
The northwest first floor room has been remodeled with new wall, ceiling and floor coverings. A built-in bookcase once occupied the southwest wall of this room, but was removed when the room was renovated. It is now stored in the barn.
On the second floor, three of the rooms have been renovated. However, the east corner room still retains its original treatment, including a row of clothes hooks on the northeast wall which were hand-carved by Peter Gartner.
The attic stair runs directly above the main staircase and is given access through a batten door. The date "1868" is written on the inside of the door. The first attic stair tread is hinged to conceal a small storage area.
The wing has two room.son the first floor with a central enclosed staircase. The northeast room is used as a kitchen.
To the northeast of the house is a frame bank barn. The barn has six bays and rests on a stone foundation. The overhang, on the southwest side, has been walled in with corrugated metal. Carved into the foundation on the northeast interior wall are the letters PG and the date, 1880.
Several frame outbuildings are placed north, west, and east of the house. They include a machine shop containing tools belonging originally to Peter Gartner. South of the main house is a gable-roofed twig swing. Behind the farm, some way to the east, is a small fenced graveyard. Within are the graves of Peter, his wife Barbara, and Anna Gertner, interred under a small stone monument.
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221/596 7-13-59 Deed
19/423 4-20-1892 Deed
Chain of Title
Peter Gartner Farm
From: Daisy M. Lohr, widow To: Alvin c. Breuninger Consideration: $2000
"All her undivided 1/6 interest, as heir at law of John G. Breuninger and Mary Breuninger, deceased, in and to all those lots ... which are ... designated as Military Lots numbers 2526, 2527, and 2528"
From: Mildred G. Stark To: Peter F. Breuninger, Alvin c. Breuninger, and George W.
Breuninger Consideration: $1.00
"An undivided one-half interest in and to all those lots ... which are ... designated as Military Lots numbers 2526, 2527, and 2528."
From: Peter F. Breuninger, Alvin C. Breuninger, and George W. Breuninger
To: Mildred G. Stark Consideration: $1.00
150 acres
From: Peter Gartner and Barbara Gartner To: John G. Breuninger Consideration: $3000
"all the four lots or tracts of land ..• known by the numbers 2526, 2527, 2528, and 2530, supposed to contain in the whole 200 acres more or less"
Allegany 5/12 5/308 4-26-1849 Deed
County From: George H. A. Kunst To: Peter Gartner (sic) Consideration: $700
and Sarah his wife
Military lots numbers 2526, 2527, 2528, 2530
\l ETRODIST 'H
1·ongregation in lhi:; county was Old Grantsville. 1·hurch on the
ouilt about 1816 11d served until ,. of the neighe log house on
Salisbury, ind school. Il was oy all denomi-
·al .ok place I e preaching of 11. The Wesley. modern chul'ch r town, which
llnl4, when the rec t.ed and dedi-1 K95, under the II. Enlow. Wildonated the lot l:!'t·ound for the
iosite site of the I end of town. Compton, Noah
roadwater, Samany others gave
means for this 11 was remodeled 1tchen added. In ,•eple was torn ·elfry and addi-
Sunday School
.ave served the mong them Rev. e early 50's; J . , 0; J oseph Lee,
L882 and 1887; o • .l,jl01'; D. A. \ Gillum,
tbs, .ul46 to this
lsville charge is hes: Emmanuel,
, Mt. Zion, State any.
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THE GARRE'IT COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY
NU'1Bf:H :~. 0..\KLA~O. :\IARYL.\Nl>. SJ.:PT :l0,1950.
Life Story of Peter Gortner By RE\'. J.C. BREUNINC,ER
-l;QHTNER HOME. BUILT 1868. - PJ.oto June 7. l!l!iO
Pctl?i Cortner, a ualive of Lar.genau, G(·rmauy, w11i; born Sc1>Ll'mher l·I, lbl!J fi e kpa1tcJ from ti ii; go<>J ca1th at Su1111~ illl!, :'ll11ryh111d, .Ju11u11ry l I, WIJ:I. 1'h" am es tors of his falhe1, Benedict G01 t11cr ( 1770-181!) ) , hail emi~1atcd r, 'm Switzerland to the Prussian Rhine i the 17ih ccntu1 y. lkn1!d1ct \\ :t 11 m• dmnt und c:: bi net make1·. Petet· Go1·l11er'; mollwr, A1111u ;\I. G wlncr i t'.18\!- lh 11, wu-< 11 thrifty ho111e b·1ilder; a wum.111 of wisd1>m ui.d ~O·HI u11-1lc1 tanrlu JI:.
Ben1·1lict nnd Anua were unilt1d in hol~· wedlock in 1811l, and Lu this u111011 L\1 1) childrnn were born: llel<'n and Peter.
Pelc1 Gui lner aliend<!d school nea1· his villuge cight yen rs, and comph·Lcd 11 f' l'escribcd course at Bm;h1tten; he ucqui1cd the :fundunwntals of an 1 ,J11c11tio11. und wrote u beautiful hand.
F'r<111 1832 until 1844 Pcle1· was employed i11 the gdst mill, dit1lillery and 111•11 in his nnlivc v11lnge. In lht latter yca 1· I. became m11m1g,•1· of I.he
1!1 .. 11111?011 11 form at l\hlrliurg, where, in 18·17, 111 met nnd manif'!l Bu1·burn,
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dau1?hter of P<"ter Schocnhl:u:k. Burh:u11 l';ortnet wa!< born Aui::-ust 14, 1817. A diligent women: she could mend, spin, kmt, sew, weave and cook; motnerly to ull whu t·anw mto her home, a wav:< ft.;1rful It t un" shoulti not ct t 'l ~h
to cat. Thl' liorln~ n< tHllil(rateJ to Anwdc;i in 18 IS, .1nivin~ at ~..:w York
aboard :111 olri s:.ilintr ship. after ;.1 stm·my p;i:;sa::re of more than four months. They \\'Pill din·1·tly to Sum1:rs1·t County, l'a .. wlit•1·e tl11·~ had 1cl<iliv ... ._ 111111
fric111b. PcL1:r w111k1:d f•ll" a tin\\.' us a 1111111.:r at :;r>c pi<t da~. uut .1·0111 !.is ml'UKl:I" wage!< he s~1vctl cnoul!h tn muke n !<mull down payment on his 11ur. chase of the Ni1·hnlus t:am·r ht>ml'ste:id at Su1111yllidc. ~lnr~· land, whit•h at thal I inw wn~ nwrwd bv GeorQ'c Tl. ...\. Kun!'t, who re:-ideJ in \'iri::-inia. This
IJl"1J!l~·rty t.:Oll:,l:ilt:d of -:mo ac1e:s of excellent
:arm lanJ. only u small 1att of which w:i~ thl'n :lea red.
(11 lb.t!l the Gortn .. rs noved by ox cal"l to h<?ir new home in •laryland. Tho.:y liw cl in he old liaucr cabin, re-
~r,~~~~~;;;::j~~~~~~ ttured hy PNt·t·. In l"-19 :,,/.~:=is~~~if.~lf.~~~ 1ul l1ttl· · ot tht• Su11ny. ~ ,•,::~S~~~~ hie neiirhborhuod was
..o 1nder ,. u I l i v a l i o 11.
\\" ulvc:; Wl'l'l' 11u111c1·11us GA UI-:R CABJ)J, SUNNYS!OE in lhc forests and cle-
structive of flock:; and herds. Peter Cortner was industrious and enterpris inr::; he pro>"pcrcd. He
raiseri l:irge herd:. of cutrle, which pu,tun·tl in tlil' l!reen irlades. DurinS? ~he constt"uctiun nf the B. and 0. railroad and durmi::- rbe Civil War he !'lold fat c:ittlc ut fancy pr1c.?:;. Thus he was nblc to meet ht.· p:1yml'nt11 on the horue place und to purchase nearby trncts of land, includin~ John Swan's "P1·0<pect," !l!)2 ac1·es. By 1870 his vast domain extended north from Sunnyside to the Great. Warrior Path of Indian times and General \\'u::;hington's trnvel:;.
l\l t. Cortner wa:.> a Dl!moc-rat, sympnllH·tic to the South during the Ci\•il Wur. However, when warned that a fo1·cc of Confedl•1·ate cavall"y was on its way to cnptu1·e Oakland in April, lbGa, Peter nnd his sons hnstily rounded up all their stock. except a mare and hcr foal, and drove them into the sugar brush and thorn thicket. under the hill. \\'hen the ~oldiers arrived and de· mandt•t) hi!' hor>'e=', Peter led from the log harn the •>Id mare, followerl hy her colt. "Are these all the horses you ha,·e?" ··All,'' he replied. The soldie1·s rode away, disgruntled.
In Cermanv thr Gortners wi>re members of the )lennonite church, and at Sunn~·side Peter and his wiie joinetl the Hou::.1! Amish congregation. In l8fi5 hr w:i- •1on 1 111ted fo1· tllt' mini trr.
lt is said thnt when Peter pur,·ha:w<l a covered buggy the matter w:1s brought to the attl'nt1on of his 1'<J11J.rrt!1?atio11. He explained that his wife needed covet"ing t-0 protect. her from lhe hot. summc1· s un and the cold winter rains. lie kept the n"w fanttled conveyance. Today Sunnyside ha~ a !ante Amish settlement, and their old style horse drawn vehicles are often seen on the streets of Oakland.
In 1877 the Gortners attended the memorial service for William W. Ash· by, held in the old Ashby log cabin at Underwood.
The Gortner children attended the log school house of Susan, taught by
Rev. John Phillip., durinic the dark days of the Civil Wat·. Later Peter conyerted his comfortable log cabm into a school house. Two of the teachers m tt wel"e )fajo1 Ch.11-le• I.. llr:<l ind Ralph Th~yer.
The strong arms of P,•tt>r \runner hewl'd down the Sunnyside forest. "Oft did tht- harvt',,t to his :;kklt: rieltl. His fun·ouJ?hs oft the virgin soil have broke. How hupp~· did he drive his team afield! H tl\\ bowed thl· woods beneath his ::sturdy "trnh.c!"
The gn.t111 .hat ;ttcw .uxuri:.rntly in rh~ fo1 c1ll• 'il'ld u1 the 1w1\·<"onwt· furnished food fo1· thl! hungry und seed fo r the sower.
In harvest tiflll' Pct1•1· would be in lhl! fields ul duwn. Afler bn•akfast be was joilll•d by thrf!1• or four hands from tht• valley of Frozi•n Cami) Run. He was a pro~rn~,;1vl• l1:1rnw1; he U\\ n..:d the tir"t 111ow111g uiadiine, the rtr::it reaper and the first hor~c-powerecl threshing muchine in his communi~y.
Peter Gortnt.•1· wa,, also a skillful workman. An excellent cabinet maker, be made we•1Lht!r vam·,.., llax ;111d :.pinning wheels, hand lathes, work benches, chairs, bed.-., slt!ds, plows, hanow:;, \Yagons, coffins, secretal"ies. A:; a stone mason he buill th1; cclhu und foundati1m of his hou:-.1!, and the rock wall for bis barn, P.11 of which arl! in good condition today. He was a millwright and blacks1111th--<lal ull his own :.m1thing and much for the communit.y.
In 1868 Mr. Gortner built his frame home, and in 1880 the large bank bat"n, both ol wluch arc 111 exccllent condition. The old Gurtner homestcatl now belongs to thu pioneer·~ six grnndchildi·cn, the 1•hiltlre11 of Rev. J ohn G . :ind l\Iary CorlnH Breuninj?l't".
The children of Peter und Barbara Gartner were: (1) J acob, b. Sept. 20, 1818, d. October, 18 18. (2) Elizabeth, b. :\lnrch 28, 1850, d. Dec. 12, 1852. (3) Frederick, b. June :?1), 1852, d. June :10, 192 , 111. (1) Lydia Beach\',
(~) Emma Lyon.,. (4) Anna, b. April ~.t. lS5 I. cl. Xn''· 2, llS!•l. Unmarried. (5) :\fory, b. July :.!~. h156 . .:!. Feb. 28, l!>:Jt, m. Rev. J. G. Breunin!!'ct·. (6) Pett:l' P .• h. July !?l. l!i58, d . July 7, l9:l5, m. Delphia Bramble. (7) Louis, b. June !?l, 1860, d. Sept. ·I, l!J:ll. m. :\lat·y ;\lcClosley. Peter Gol'tnl'r';; soul passed from earth in hi~ S3rd year. His memorial
service was held on Sundnr, January 18, 1903, conducted in German by Rev. Peter Miller. of tnu Huu~u Ami:;h chw:ch, with a td!Jutc in English by Ile\'. Tobias Fike of the Church of the Brethren. Ills body was laid to 1·est in the
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VICTOR E. ALBRIGHT, son of in adjoining Preston County. Several Edmond and Xancy .rane Al11right. · years a~o hr pro\ •ded funds for two was born October 11, 1 ~7l>, near • college scholarships for students of c_ranesville and di.~d .July l!l, 1~50, at II t~ese counties. He also o~fered to bis home in )facl1~on. \\'1~conl'tn. He mvP $10,000 for ronc;truct1on of a v.-as president of the Rnntlnl Stat<:! i county libmry in Oakland, but with· Bank. of _,l.d1~on. 1Ir. \lbri_..l t'sl <lre1\ the •"
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l·• ,,.h ·n mf,,rnll 1 •hi· grandfathers came ft-0111 York County, i\h. E. E. EnlO\\ ':.; donation had been
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accepte<l. He was u life member vf village of AlbrtJ,?ht, W. Va. II 1 s the GCHS. father was a fa1 mer on ::>alt Illock I Run on the Maryland side of the State line.
Victor Albright retained his interest in his native county, Garrett, and
S HADES OF DEATH SAW.MILLS
Shade Run, January 13, 1849. Owners were Frost and Wright.
111d was granted us in
1uality of work in the unity can point with li)(h School who have
111)(, homemaking and ... respected citizens.
sville 1011111 Road, was built l' "Starner House" or
tavern, and later as the "Farmer' s ll otel." The build-
of subst11nti11l construction,
has been used as an inn or hotel since its erection, except the period 1880 to 1894. During t b e l>usy days of the l840's Starne1Js was a "cattle stop" ~vith
a large corral nearby.
~cl by several persons, Gnagey (1893-1899),
1u~ht the pl'operty in
,.,eJman Hotel in 1925
"per ul from Salisbury, Pa., Grantsville. This w as
i11 1797 by Christian's
aryland for $2,208.00, 1tional Road, including l;)tnrner family moved •• tner's garage is now
fn but he got the u now known as thl•
11 11 inn until his death ·1 lonely graveyard .by
m innkeeper nt Salis! looking, red-cheeked
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lady, who always wo1 e plain, black and green plaid linsey d1·ess. She survived her husband severa l years and relumed to hl'r people in Salisbu1y.
Solomon Stame1· wus obliging, gene1·ou-i and indu~trious. J ncolJ Drown lell!1 thh s to1·y of him:
He was not much of a church goer, but on a rertnm occasinn, brother Henry Knep1>el' wus to preach a spucial sermon to the sinners of Grant:;ville ("Good God, what will becoll!e of you'!" wns his fa vonle ux pression). Our subject was in a quiel col'ller of thu little white chun:h in 18,17. T he sermon was long, u·uthful •111•1 pointed. The hotel mun became n:stivt! and wnlkl'd up to thu Godly man, nncl luicl down two half clnllurs on the 1>ulpit, rem111 kin;!, " I dwa) s 1>ay as 1 IN," ancl he suited the l'••mut k to the act of lc·nv111g.
Solomon Sta1·tu:r':; will \I a:i l'li~ned only l; iX days hdon• hi:; denlh. To his wife he IJcqueutlwd hc1· dower intt'l·e,;t i11 hi-i estate. To his son A1·chibald he left the "Cornucopia" phmt.atton, inclutlmg thl.! Starner tavu·n, and nil per,;01 al p1·opl.!rty. ll 1s daughter ElizuLuth, wife of Edward Divdy, and h is tlaught111 Lydia, w ifo of Joseph Oivdy, had aheacly been given 111·op11ny to the value of $4,000. llis old farm on the Stu te Linc he had dt•e1led to Edwal'<l and Josl•ph Dively.
Archibald S111rncr thu" ~amc into po•:;t>!sion of u V< luabl,; property, though the inn bus111e~s on the National Rl•ud declined rapidly after the B. and 0. 1 ail road was completed tu Wheeling. But Archthuld had become the liest customer of his fath(•r's liar, und 1 espo11si1Jility for the busi11ess did not solJcr him. "Ile kill"d himself d1 inking," uncl in a few ycnrs f ;llowcd his fa lht!I' to the family gra\1:y11rd.
Life Story of Peter Gortner (Continued from Page Thirty-five)
Gai.11!1' hurying grou11d 011 the l111lside above 1he house, hy the sid•' of his b.:lovetl B:u·um·u, whu p1·ececled him into the gter11ity vr Go1i on Octolw1· 15, 11!!1·1
Pet"1· Gol'tne1"s diary, ke1>t Ly him in t:erman since lw was twenty-one yea1s of ui::e, ha:; t ecently bcc.>n lrnm;latecl 111to Engli:<h hy 01·. Kolmur, Dr. Let z at 1 the author of this ai ticle. ll gives 111 inte1·esting ac::coum of his lite: his work, travels, the weather, ond regulur attendance nt chutch scrvice3. His religious convictions are indicuted by imch quotations from his diary as lhesti:
PETER GORTNER AT ms CABIN, 1893
(111 All is well that end.; well. (l,J Whatever Gou dodh is well
clone (c) Happy is he who can forget
that which cannot be changed. (d) Early mon1i11g hours bring
golrll'll showers. Cl· l All depends on the blessing of
Got!.
The village of Gortne1· is so named in hono1· of Peter Go1 tner.
Now the laborer's lu:.k is o'c1· :--Tow lw battle's day is rrnst, Now 111>on the fu1thc1· shore Rest 1 he voyagers ul last. Fat~ 1 in Thy gl'llcious keeping Le111 we now T hy :oervams :-lccping.
AS CURRIE, • I, in Scotland, O, at his home lo the United ·d in the 164th World War I.
··n stationed in ,. Police since 1 efficient and
CEMETERY.
' said to have .1 part or the
11etery. It prob-ti, ""I the M. 111 Grants-cemelery were many years."
r the cemete1·y 1e1· lot by Mrs. •H•rson Sebold. w in good con-nretaker, W 1l-
1•d during lhe I iss Chl'istina ..tic !Ione and 1· served on the 11· many years. lw Grantsville ided to sponsor · cemetery. The 111ed, old trees ,
ve markers re-
1·e elected to 1·y committee: 1y Livengood; gl! Diefenbach; \ll's. ll'va Mickl!:dwards. families but·ied
Winterberg, thews, Get~ys,
uh l en berg, 11~~. Slicers, Ii- chy and
, icholas Gower, Sharpless, John , Marcus, Jacob
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Tiii' uldt·;.l J:!ti!'t mill in Ca11·ett Om pn ~1elcnt h:is appuint••tl lhrec County i~ tlh• mill t.uill 11h ul 1 ";'!17
I otlflimml lou::-inc-.s nwn a>< •I Special },y Jc•"'!'•• Tomlin""" • 11 the Cas~el(' 1111mit l••c .. 11 F inance,, viz. Paul B. m:.11 Hh 1•1· 1:t the Lillie l'1 o::;<-i. ~::;. :\ .. ylu1', ll: I \er Gol'llll'I", Jl'~~e J. On :\Inn h a, 17!11, Th11111u St111 ton \\ .1lk•·1. it,•ctl4.'d 10 .J, .. ,~c:> T11111lh1""" Cl•rtain
Wl11-11 our Con,;tit utio11 wn ... clt·11 flecl w11t•·•· 111 ivill·~es for .1 g ii>-\ mill on lt•11 y1•111 :1 11µ-u we n·nliit'<l that. a H !g'll· "fmli1111 8p1111g f{U1 , • 'ill• of the I; 1 1111·111lw1 hip foe of $1.110 lnuw 111·t•>t•11t St1111lu11 111ill. $~00) with 110 annunl clut's, would not Jn lx51i l'l'l'I')' Shultz, who at that I sutl dt•I 1 to fi111111ct• Jll'l'mant• itly I lime ow11cd thl' p1'1tJH 11)'. 1 chuilt the 1n hi~tori,·11 society, hut it was co11-,To111li11 ... 011 mill, u,.111z 111 .. r1 .. 111c mtd ,.11fu-.•1I dt·si ai>h t o avoid annual con- n111sl of thl'. oqtin:at ll11 J,,r 1•1 the re-11,hul ions ml to hu i It! 1111 a la l'ge I coll<-l rue• 11111 1u·ml,,.1<laip Tn this 1l:1te men1he1-,; In 11<6:! Shultz 1h·1 I Ii .Ill' p1·01ll·rty l1a\lt' nut h, c n asked fol' llllllH:y, othe1· to \\'illii .111 8ta11to11, "ho, live Y• 11·s
t .111 ti!!' ir.llia l fee. lutt•t·, l''"'"")•·d it to l11s •1111 Lli. Eli llo\;l'\'l'I' 1l1out 100 11 cml ers have St;tnlun •>(lt·1 a led tltt• 11111! l1H' fen tr·
,,,10111:11 ily t11k1•11 out lif1· member-I tltn:t· \'C 1-, a11d du1111~ Iii" owne1,.hip ~1.ip nt $lit each. The ::-1.110 llll'mher- i11 !!Hill lw , 1hll':i;ed it '" i•· 11re,,ent •hip d•1c ... r.ave be1•11 ::-pcul, nnd th1: I "ize. 111 1!<~8 lhi: old ,.l1tlll' l1uh1,. wel'c • dety j,.. 1 ow opt.'rnlt111! c n mu11ey r1•plan·d hy toiler~ fur 1trtnding rr •1111 lifo l. 1·mbership>'. \\ lw:il. l'lte watet· Jlll\\'i l wus ( ug-
111 11ct·ept111g life memlwi· ... hip fees 111ent1•c.I by ~t4.':llll in l-<!1:1, lml in ret11c soci1•tv a~sume!\ a ct•rtain mol'al ct•nt yc111·~ ~team ha!- lJl't•n replaced 1 spo1 :.1biii1y to opel'ltll! du1·ing the l.Jr l'l~·l'lrit·ity. hies of lif m<?mber::;; it. is so in- I n l!'JllJ \\"illiam E. Stanton .1c-1 1dt'J Thet efot·e pa1·t of life mem- quired tilll' lU the mill amt nper.1ted I n~hip fo ::-houlcl he invc.~ted 01 it until his .lt>alh in J!H:!, \\hen )fr. I pt m n rv"' Recently the Board and ;\f1·,., llyron IL llt·I 1l1:r took over , • 1>1reclol',. ol'dl.!red the Tnusut<!I' t<t the prnpc1 ty und :;till opcrnte it. 11 1111,il $500 in Postul Snvinj!'s cu1·t· • t' 11tc.;, pH) i11g 2 percc•nt inlc:>1·cst, 11l 1, states twit Olli' balanrc 011 hanc iu 1, 111. i 0111~ $Ci 14; he d11l·s not ll ink • ttclvi-.auk to buy ;,a vinj!'s Ct.'• ifi-
r. lC5.
DIVINE: S.F: RVICES wen held in the home of Peter (,111·1 net fen -12 years; in tho log tabin from l!Hll to 18G8, ancl in the pre~•·nt tlwellin·~ from 11-iGI! I I 1891. x CW uenches for
l'o 111c1 a~e the funds of th(; church Scl'\'1 es wc1·c 111nde liy Pl'ter .de:} it Ins bcc'll sug
Table Rock, MD.-WV USGS 7.5 minute series Sca1e - 1:24000 1948; photorevised 1974
Site #: G-V-A-082 Peter Gortner Farm North side, Silver Knob Road, approximately 2/10 miles northwest of its intersection with MD Rt. 219 South
G-V-A-082 Peter Gortner Farm Garrett Co ., MD Valerie Cesna 9/23/80 Facade : SW elev .
c. y 11 ~f
G-V-A-082 Peter Gartner Farm Garrett Co . , MD Va lerie Cesna 9/23/80 NW elev .
G-V-A-082 Peter Gartner Farm Garrett Co . , MD Valerie Cesna 9/23/80 Rear Porch NE elev .
G-V-A-082 Peter Gartner Farm Garrett Co ., MD Valerie Cesna 9/23/80 SE e 1 ev . (Date p 1 aque)
G-V-A~82 Peter Gortner Farm Garrett Co • • Md . Valerie Cesna 10/9/81 Int: staircase
G-V-A-082 Peter Gortner Farm Garrett Co •• Md. Valerie Cesna 10/9/81 Int: staircase
C-V-A-082 Peter Gartner Farm ~arrett Co. , MD 1alerie Cesna 9/23/80 Sank Entrance : N elev .
G-V-A-082 Peter Gartner Farm Garrett Co ., MD Valerie Cesna 9/23/80 Barn Interior : Orig . S wa l l
G-V-A~82 Peter Gortner Farm Garrett Co. , Md. Valerie Cesna 10/9/81 Int: B.ookcase, 1st fl. SE room