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CHCO
Board of Directors for 2008
President
Edward W. Taylor Jr.
Vice President, Melvin Collins
Secretary, Linda Burgess
Treasurer, Christina Taylor
Chaplin, Thomas
F. Conlon, Sr
Cemetery Maintenance Supervisor, Chester (Dale) Burgess
Rosarian, Mary Ann Eckhard
Historian, Mark D. Jones
2008 Board of Directors (from left to right)
Melvin Collins - Vice President, Christina Taylor - Treasurer, Mary Ann Eckhard - Rosarian, Linda Burgess - Secretary, Thomas F. Conlon, Sr. - Chaplin, Edward W. Taylor, Jr. - President
Absent from photo is Chester (Dale) Burgess - Cemetery Maintenance Supervisor and Mark D. Jones - Historian .
Notice: The following letter contains information which members of the Cumberland Historic Cemetery Organization wish their website visitors to review. The letter was released nationwide in Sept. A.D. 2008 by C.H.C.O. President Edward W. Taylor Jr. who also serves as President of the Maryland Fathers Rights League.
 
Pictured just before the Aug. 2008 Allegany Co. MD Board of Education meeting are from left C.H.C.O Pres. Edward W. Taylor Jr., Leland Taylor, Simon Taylor, Albert Comer son of a Confederate Veteran, Mary C. Miltenberger President Allegany Co. Preservation Society. Not pictured Roger Ware of West Virginia Sons of Confederate Veterans. The group attended the meeting to saving the Confederate flag and history from being banned in the county public schools. Once again with God's aid. They WON!
--The following photos were taken July 6th, A.D. 2008 during Capt. David Lynn plaque unveiling ceremony and visit to his grave at Rosehill Cemetery, Fayette St. Cumberland. --
Lynn plaque installed by preservations society of Allegany Co. and the Cumberland Historic Cemetery Organization, corner of Allegany Street and Avirett Avenue, Cumberland
CHCO President Ed Taylor Jr. and board member Dale Burgess just before ceremony
In attendance, CHCO V.P. Mel Collins, preservation society, President Mary C. Miltenberger, Francis Zumbrum and Howard Buchannon
Gene Brinner and Carroll Kirshner prepared refreshments
Roberta Conn and Dennis Bittinger
Carroll Johnson and Harold Nicol review exhibit
Lynn Decendants just before plaque unveiling. David Lynn addresses the crowd
CHCO Historian Mark D. Jones reads plaque to crowd
Photos Taken at Cemetery
CHCO members Leland and Simon Taylor present wreath at the Lynn grave
Francis Zumbrum, CHCO secretary Linda Burgess and James Klipstein review monument
Dr. Catherine Ball of the Capt. David Lynn Chapter of the D.A.R. speaks with those in attendance.
Wade and Debbie Clark visit grave site.
Cumberland Historic Cemetery Organization Historian, Mark Jones, places a flag next to the headstone of Capt. David Lynn's gravesite. Capt. Lynn was a Revolutionary War Soldier who was owner of Rose Hill estate which later became the west side of Cumberland. His grave has become a protected and dedicated grave for the Cumberland Historic Cemetery Organization.
CHCO President Ed Taylor Jr. sons Leland and Simon Taylor and Maryland Delegate Leroy Meyers review the plaque in front of Taylor residence
Capt. David Lynn 1758 - 1835
During April 2008, CHCO along with Chapter of Sons of Confederate Veterans all over the Unite States celebrated April as Confederate History Month. In early April the CHCO help a memorial service at the Confederate monument built in 1912 at Rosehill Cemetery, Fayette Street, Cumberland. Pictured just before the ceremony are CHCO members Simon and Leland Taylor carrying the 3rd National Confederate flag and CHCO flag.
In Memoriam the CHCO announces the sad news of the death of 2 great patriots. Bernadine Hutson Heit who died last year and is buried at the Organiztation's Hutson Cemetery in Rawlings. She was a faithful CHCO member for many years.
The CHCO mourns the loss of a true friend James Purman who was a member of the Coalition to Protect MD Burial Sites and was a member of the Old Trinity Cemetery Community of Sykesville, MD, but Jim was a true cemetery preservationalist. Purman died March 5, 2007.
May God have mercy on their souls.
Members Leland & Simon Taylor display a Revolutionary Ware area Gadsden Flag. During July, the CHCO is honoring all American Revolutionary War dead, and flying Betsy Ross and Gadsden flags at their homes. Flags are $15.00 donation. Call 301-722-4624 to order.
During July, the C.H.C.O. is honoring all American Revolutionary War soldiers. Members are flying American historic flags at their homes. Pictured is member Mary C. Miltenberger at her home Terra Angelica, located on Smouses Mill Rd. North of Cumberland. The home is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. It was built in 1845. Flags display includes Fifty star U.S. flag, Betsy Ross Flag, Gadsden Flag and the flag of the Cumberland Historic Cemetery Organization. Also pictured with Mrs. Miltenberger are C.H.C.O. Vice President Melvin Collins and Simon and Leland Taylor. See the Terra Angelica Website at http://www.terra-angelica.com.
Each December the CHCO offers live Christmas wreaths for a donation of $22 . These can be placed on any grave in Allegany County, Maryland. Simon and Leland Taylor display one of the wreaths.
President Ed Taylor, Jr. and Vice President Melvin Collins stand at the 10 Commandments Monument in front of the Allegany County Circuit Court House, Washington Street, Cumberland. In 2004 the CHCO led a fight against the Allegany County Commissioners to get the monument moved back to its original location after the Commissioners had it removed for 1 week. This event made national news. The CHCO 's reason behind keeping the monument in its original location is that it is vital to the U.S. Christian and Judea Principles on which the U.S. Justice System and its laws are based. It's also a great historical significance to our nation.
In April 2007 (Confederate History Month), the CHCO engraved a large plaque on Confederate spy John Brady’s monument located at the Seymour-Brady Cemetery in Seymour’s Bottom, West Virginia. Photo was taken of those in attendance after the plaque was unveiled. The plaque reads:
Born April 29th, 1943 in Hampshire County, Virginia, John C. Brady was the son of Samuel D. Brady and Susan Parsons. John married Carrie S. Seymour in 1865, the DO of Felix R Seymour and Elizabeth Ann Welton. He was taught farming and cattle breeding business by both father and father in law. Although he did not serve in the Confederate Army like his brother Isaac T. Brady in the VA Cavalry, he did his part for the war for southern independence on the night of Feb. 20th, 1865. John C. Brady traveled to Cumberland staying late studying the number and locations of the union troops. Stationed his reconnaissance assisted Lt. Jesse McNeil and his capture of Maj Gen George Crook and Brig Gen F Kelley. Lt. Jesse McNeil’s Capture of Crook and Kelley would later be described as one of the most daring raids of the US Civil War 1861-1865.
Mark D. Jones CHCO Historian 2007.
In early November 2007, the Cumberland Historic Cemetary Organization cleaned up the Seymour Family Cemetary. From left: Mark Jones, Simon Taylor, James Klipstein, Sr., Fidelis Miltenberger, and Leland Taylor.
Cumberland Historic Cemetery Organizations, Inc. Office
534 A Street, La Vale, MD 21502
President Edward W. Taylor Jr. and Sons Residence
400 S. Allegany Street, Cumberland, MD |
