W.M. Canby (b. 1835 - d. 1922)
MSA SC 5496-036784
Property owner and slave holder in Berrys District, Montgomery County,
Maryland
Sources:
Archival Sources -
MONTGOMERY COUNTY, CIRCUIT COURT, (Marriage Licenses), 1867-1899, [MSA T2490-1]. William M. Canby and Sallie J. Rust, January 8 1884.
Montgomery County District 5, Simon J. Martenet, Martenet and Bond's Map of Montgomery County, 1865, Library of Congress, [MSA SC 1213-1-464]. Huntingfield Map Collection.
U.S. Census Bureau (Census Record, MD) for Wm. M. Canby, 1880, Montgomery County, Berrys District, District 114, Page 38, Line 19 [MSA SM61-324, M 4748-2]. Canby's household was accidentally counted a second time.
Newspapers and Journals -
"Candidates in Montgomery. Many Democrats Seek Nomination for Senator, Representative, and Sheriff." The Washington Post 16 March 1901: 9. ProQuest databases. www.proquest.com
"Judge Henderson Nominated." Baltimore Sun 8 August 1895. Baltimore Sun Historical Archive. Enoch Pratt Free Library.
"Suburban: Rockville." The Washington Post 19 March 1922: 5. ProQuest databases. www.proquest.com
Canby, Thomas Y. "...This Terrible Rebellion." The Legacy: Sandy Spring Museum Newsletter. Sandy Spring: Sandy Spring Museum, Summer 2005: 3. http://www.sandyspringmuseum.org/documents/finalSummer.pdf.
Books -
Bowie, Walter Worthington. The Bowies and Their Kindred: A Genealogical and Biographical History. Cottonport, LA: Polyanthos, 1971.
Cavicchi, Clare Lise. Places from the Past: The Tradition of Gardez Bien in Montgomery County, Maryland. Silver Spring, MD: The Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission: 2001.
Hopkins, G. M. Atlas of Fifteen Miles Around Washington Including the County of Montgomery, Maryland. Philadelphia, PA: G. M. Hopkins, C. E., 1879.
Hurley, Jr., William N. Our Maryland Heritage, Book 32: The Waters Families. Westminster, MD: Heritage Books, 2002.
Rust, Ellsworth Marshall. Rust of Virginia. Published by Rust, 1931.
Sandy Spring Museum. Sandy Spring Legacy. Sandy Spring, MD: Sandy Spring Museum: 1999.
Scott, John. Partisan Life With Col. John S. Mosby. New York, NY: Harper & Brothers, 1867
Tidwell, William A. April '65: Confederate Covert Action in the American Civil War. Kent, OH: Kent State University Press, 1995.
Williamson, James J. Mosby's Rangers: A Record of the Operations of the Forty-third Battalion Virginia Cavalry. New York, NY: Ralph B. Kenyon, 1896.
Internet Sources -
"Historical List, House of Delegates, Montgomery County (1790-1966)." Archives of Maryland. http://www.msa.md.gov/msa/speccol/sc2600/sc2685/house/html/mohouse.html.
"Walter Bowie." Where History Happened: Civil War Touches Home. Sandy Spring Museum. http://www.sandyspringmuseum.org/history/when/cw/index.html.
"William M. Canby." Interment Cemetery Records Online, Grace Church Cemetery, Montgomery County. http://www.interment.net/data/us/md/montgomery/grace/index.htm.
Thomas, Alban Gilpin. "Civil War: Eyewitness Account." Where History Happened: Civil War Touches Home. Sandy Spring Museum. http://www.sandyspringmuseum.org/c810.html.
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