This Week in Dumbarton’s History
Selected events from this week in our history, researched and compiled by Jane Donovan for a calendar created in 1998 to celebrate our 225th Anniversary.
October 2, 1819 – “Certain reports were in circulation accusing M[atthew] Greentree of too free a use of Spiritous Liquors.” Greentree was a retired itinerant preacher serving the Georgetown Methodists as a local preacher and senior statesman.
October 9, 1921- Dumbarton purchased 10 tons of coal to heat the parsonage through the winter.
October 10, 1862- Dumbarton Hospital was opened by the U. S. Army.
October 11, 1960- Dumbarton passed a resolution against the sale of lewd and pornographic literature in Georgetown, and sent copies to the U. S. House of Representatives and Senate.
October 12, 1947- A plaque was dedicated to the memory of three Dumbartonians killed in World War II—John Schafer, Billy Stotler, and David Wyatt.
October 13, 1808- Thomas Beall conveyed the land for the burying ground to Ebenezer Eliason and others.
October 15, 1894- A special collection was taken to buy a new furnace.