William's History of Frederick County
Andrew
Horner - Frederick
Welty
ANDREW ANNAN HORNER,
banker, of Emmitsburg, Md., was born in Emmitsburg,
Frederick County, Md., March 20, 1881. Andrew Annan
Horner attended the public schools and the High School
of Emmitsburg, and completed his education by a course
in banking in Eastman’s Business College at
Poughkeepsie, N. Y., graduating from that institution in
1899. In 1902, after spending two years in the service
of the United States government in Washington, D. C.,
Mr. Horner returned to Emmitsburg, Md., and succeeded to
his father’s interest in the firm of Annan, Horner
& Company, bankers.
Mr. Horner is a Republican. He
is a charter member of the Masonic Order in Emmitsburg,
and belongs to the Sons of Veterans. He is a member of
the Presbyterian Church in which he holds the office of
trustee. Mr. Horner was married to Miss Helen Bruce
Morrison, March 8, 1909, who is a daughter of William
and Helen (Agnew) Morrison, of Emmitsburg, Md.
FREDERICK
A. WELTY, owner of
"Penola farm," Emmitsburg District, Frederick
County. Md., son of Andrew and Rebecca (Black) Welty,
was born in Emmitsburg, November 17, 1849. Frederick A.
Welty received his education in the parochial schools of
his native town. When he was sixteen he left home for
Richmond, Va., and afterwards traveled through the
Carolinas. In Petersburg. Va., Mr. Welty learned
carpentry and became a contractor, doing business in
Richmond and many parts of the South. In 1893 he
returned to Frederick County, Md., and purchased Penola
Farm. Mr. Welty has greatly improved his property, and
has built a new house, a barn and outbuildings. He has
been a Democrat all his life, but does not adhere
strictly to party lines, sometimes voting the
Independent ticket.
Frederick A. Welty was married,
in Emmitsburg, in 1887, to Catherine, daughter of the
late Edward Mclntire. of Emmitsburg. They have three
children living: 1, Joseph Frederick; 2, Anna Valerie;
3, Mary Frances. Mr. Welty is a member of St. Joseph’s
Catholic Church in Emmitsburg. Md.
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