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APRIL
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| 1. Seventh Day Adventist Church organized at Blythedale, 1911 |
| 2. Richard Bassett, U.S. Senator, born at Bohemia Ferry, 1745 |
| 3. Cornerstone of St. Mark's Church at Aiken laid, 1844 |
| 4. Wm. T. Malster, Baltimore Mayor, born in Chesapeake City, 1843 |
| 5. John Walston named postmaster at Bohemia Mills,1854 |
| 6. Dr. Chas. T. Sempers, Civil War surgeon, died 1903 |
| 7. Elkton Kiwanis Club instituted with 20 members, 1932 |
| 8. First meeting of Managers of Mutual Fire Insurance Co., 1846 |
| 9. First number of Elkton Appeal published, 1884 |
| 10. The Constitutional Union party organized in Court House, 1860 |
| 11. Lafayette's army marched from Head of Elk to Brick M. H., 1781 |
| 12. First Methodist parsonage in U.S. bought in North East, 1804 |
| 13. First automobile appeared on streets of Elkton, 1900 |
| 14. Rising Sun Detective Association incorporated, 1880 |
| 15. Excavation of Chesapeake & Delaware Canal commenced, 1824 |
| 16. "Belleconnell" patented to George Talbot, 1683 |
| 17. Salvation Army barracks in Elkton dedicated, 1889 |
| 18. Gen. Washington stopped at Head of Elk on the way to Inaugural, 1789 |
| 19. North Elk Parish created by General Assembly, 1706 |
| 20. Federal troops left Perryville for Annapolis, 1861 |
| 21. Toleration Act decreeing religious freedom passed, 1649 |
| 22. Post office established at Cayot's Corner, 1898 |
| 23. Anti-secession meeting held in Elkton, 1861 |
| 24. Levin Gale, U.S. (Congressman, born in Elkton, 1784 |
| 25. Free Methodist Church in Elkton dedicated, 1880 |
| 26. William Mathews, U.S. Congressman, born on Bohemia Manor, 1755 |
| 27. News of battle at Lexington reached Head of Elk, 1775 |
| 28. Maryland ratified Constitution of United States, 1788 |
| 29. Frenchtown on Elk River raided and burned by British, 1813 |
| 30. George Biddle High School in Cecilton dedicated, 1910 |
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MAY
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| 1. Cecil Bank Of Port Deposit established, 1850 |
| 2. Methodist Protestant Church at New Leeds incorporated, 1863 |
| 3. Perryville incorporated by Act of General Assembly, 1882 |
| 4. DeKalb's Army embarked at Head of Elk for Carolina, 1780. |
| 5. Elkton Banking and Trust Company began business, 1913 |
| 6. Fredericktown ransacked and burned by British, 1813 |
| 7. George Fox, Quaker, swam Bohemia River on horseback, 1672 |
| 8. General Thomas Marsh Foreman died at Rose Hill, 1845 |
| 9. David Davis, Supreme Court Justice, born near Warwick, 1815 |
| 10. First County Fair inaugurated at Charlestown, 1744 |
| 11. Cornerstone of new Court House in Elkton laid, 1939 |
| 12. The Cecil Republican began publication in Elkton, 1832 |
| 13. First Postal cards issued by Postmaster-General Creswell, 1873 |
| 14. General Washington "dind and lodgd" at Worsell Manor, 1773 |
| 15. George Johnston, historian, born in Philadelphia, 1829 |
| 16. Riot in Charlestown quelled by Sheriff Pennington, 1836 |
| 17. Governor Austin L. Crothers born near Conowingo, 1860 |
| 18. Trinity Methodist Church in Chesapeake City dedicated, 1890 |
| 19. Washington Houston appointed Postmaster at Warwick, 1860 |
| 20. Historical Society met at Elk-River (Rock), 1963 |
| 21. Reed's AUMP Church in North East dedicated, 1882 |
| 22. Brick Meeting House Post office changed to Calvert, 1880 |
| 23. William Dare appointed High Sheriff of Cecil County, 1684 |
| 24. Elkton officially named by Act of General Assembly, 1787 |
| 25. First passenger train on B&O Railroad crossed county, 1886 |
| 26. President Grant attended Methodist Church in Elkton, 1872 |
| 27. First class graduated from Calvert High School, 1910 |
| 28. First class graduated from North East High School, 1901 |
| 29. First class graduated from Cecil County High School, 1897 |
| 30. First flag raised over a Maryland school at North East, 1897 |
| 31. Cornerstone of Rosebank Methodist Church laid, 1891 |
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JUNE
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| 1. New Shelemiah M.P. Church at Bay View dedicated, 1879 |
| 2. County Almshouse opened for accommodation of guests, 1789 |
| 3. Medical Society of Cecil County organized, 1879 |
| 4. Jacob Tome Institute at Port Deposit incorporated, 1889 |
| 5. The Elkton Appeal suspended publication, 1907 |
| 6. Cecil County erected by Governor's proclamation, 1674 |
| 7. The National Bank of Elkton received its charter, 1865 |
| 8. Jones Chapel on upper Elk Neck Road dedicated, 1888 |
| 9. M. P. Church at Fair View (Moore's Chapel) dedicated, 1872 |
| 10. George Talbot presided over Cecil County Court, 1684 |
| 11. Circuit Court met for first time at Head of Elk, 1787 |
| 12. First RFD route in County (Elkton-Elk Neck) surveyed, 1906 |
| 13. Janes Methodist Church in Rising Sun destroyed by fire, 1921 |
| 14. The National Bank of Perryville commenced business, 1918 |
| 15. New Methodist Church (Zion) in Cecilton dedicated, 1890 |
| 16. First Sunday School in County organized at New Leeds, 1816 |
| 17. New Baptist Church at Conowingo dedicated, 1934 |
| 18. Mason and Dixon erected tangent stone at Iron Hill, 1765 |
| 19. Augustine Herman first granted land on Bohemia Manor, 1662 |
| 20. St. Rose of Lima Church at Chesapeake City dedicated, 1875 |
| 21. First steamboat (Chesapeake) Baltimore to Frenchtown, 1813 |
| 22. Rev. John Ewing, mathematician, born at Porter's Bridge, 1732 |
| 23. Population of 23,862 reported in Cecil County, 1860 |
| 24. Rev. Richard Sewell appointed rector at North Sassafras, 1697 |
| 25. The People's Bank of Elkton incorporated, 1923 |
| 26. First telephone exchange at Mitchell's drug-store, Elkton, 1884 |
| 27. Sir Lionel Copley made first Royal Governor of Maryland, 1691 |
| 28. Now Methodist Church at Perryville dedicated, 1896 |
| 29. Post Office established at Pivot Bridge, 1892 |
| 30. Company E., M.N.G., entrained for Mexican border, 1916 |
