John Gruber and His Famous Almanack Part 9
n summary, the publication of J. Gruber's Hagerstown Town and Country Almanack is a family tradition, one that our readers have come to rely on for generations and generations. As we move forward into the next century, we trust that that our stewardship of this Gruber heritage will continue to live up to the founder’s motto, "By Industry We Thrive”. It is our mission to continue the tradition that our founder started so long ago by providing useful information and inspiration for everyday living, survival tactics for the 21st Century, and entertaining articles and original poetry. It is our hope that he can look down upon each new issue of both his beloved Hagerstown Town and Country Almanack and smile approvingly!
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
The Gruber Almanack, LLC. wishes to acknowledge the following sources for providing significant and documented historical content for this chronology:
The History of Western Maryland, by John Thomas Scharf and Helen Long, originally published in Philadelphia, 1882, reprinted by Regional Publishing Company, Baltimore, 1968; pages 1141-1143.
‘The History of Washington County, Maryland”,by Thomas J.C. Williams, originally published in Hagerstown, Maryland, 1906.
The National Genealogical Society of America.
The Maryland State Archives.
The private genealogical research of Kathryn McIntosh, descendant of John Gruber’s eldest daughter, Charlotte and former Director of Constitution Island, West Point, New York.
Article fromThe Herald of Freedom, January 6, 1858, purportedly prepared by the Reverend Samuel H. Giesy, then pastor of Zion Reformed Church, Hagerstown, Maryland.
