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-On 10.Apr.1858, James M. Hiteshew married Virgina Louise Grey. The marriage took place in Cumberland, Allegany, MD at the Lutheran Church with Rev. R. J. Weddell officiating. I have no information about how JM and Virginia met. It seems likely that JM had moved to Cumberland sometime after his father's death in 1853, but his acquaintance with Virginia may have begun earlier in Frederick.+On 10.Apr.1859, James M. Hiteshew married Virgina Louise Grey. The marriage took place in Cumberland, Allegany, MD at the Lutheran Church with Rev. R. J. Weddell officiating. I have no information about how JM and Virginia met. It seems likely that JM had moved to Cumberland sometime after his father's death in 1853, but his acquaintance with Virginia may have begun earlier in Frederick.
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 The date of the marriage and the name of the minister are from the image of a newspaper clipping posted on the Find-a-Grave page for Virginia Grey (www.findagrave.com/memorial/170066312/virginia_louise-hiteshew).  The association of Rev. Weddell with St. Paul's Lutheran Church is described on a page of the German Marylander's website (https://www.germanmarylanders.org/churches/st-paul-s-lutheran-cumberland) and the page captured in a screenshot. The date of the marriage and the name of the minister are from the image of a newspaper clipping posted on the Find-a-Grave page for Virginia Grey (www.findagrave.com/memorial/170066312/virginia_louise-hiteshew).  The association of Rev. Weddell with St. Paul's Lutheran Church is described on a page of the German Marylander's website (https://www.germanmarylanders.org/churches/st-paul-s-lutheran-cumberland) and the page captured in a screenshot.
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 In keeping with the views of their church, the descendants of Lutheran immigrants who came to the United States in the 1700s and 1800s valued education.  JM probably received some kind of formal education, perhaps at a church school.  This may have focused on religious instruction and vocational training, but learning to read and write would have been considered important. In keeping with the views of their church, the descendants of Lutheran immigrants who came to the United States in the 1700s and 1800s valued education.  JM probably received some kind of formal education, perhaps at a church school.  This may have focused on religious instruction and vocational training, but learning to read and write would have been considered important.
  
-At some point between 1850 and 1858, JM appears to have moved to Cumberland, MD.  At the time, Cumberland provided opportunities for a young man who might be looking for work to help support a widowed mother and younger siblings.  You can learn more about what was happening in Cumberland at that time from the Wikipedia article [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Cumberland,_Maryland|History of Cumberland, Maryland]] and the National Park Service article [[https://www.nps.gov/choh/learn/historyculture/thecanalarrivesincumberland.htm|The Canal Arrives in Cumberland]], but the key takeaway is that the opening of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal between Cumberland and tidewater Maryland in 1850 was a major event. The canal and the B&O railroad line  transformed the local economy and created many new jobs.+At some point between 1850 and 1858, JM appears to have moved to Cumberland, MD.  At the time, Cumberland provided opportunities for a young man who might be looking for work to help support a widowed mother and younger siblings.  You can learn more about what was happening in Cumberland at that time from the Wikipedia article [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Cumberland,_Maryland|History of Cumberland, Maryland]] and the National Park Service article [[https://www.nps.gov/choh/learn/historyculture/thecanalarrivesincumberland.htm|The Canal Arrives in Cumberland]], but the key takeaway is that the opening of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal between Cumberland and tidewater Maryland in 1850 was a major event. The canal and the B&O railroad line transformed the local economy and created many new jobs.
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 "In the administration of Thomas Jefferson, the first United States highway was begun for the opening of the west. Called the National Road, it started at the base of the hill on which Emmanuel stands and eventually ran to Vandalia, IL (then the State Capital). In the early 19th Century, then, Cumberland was the jumping off place for countless Conestoga wagon trains heading off to settle Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, and beyond. By the 1840’s, the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal, begun along the Potomac at Georgetown, had reached it’s terminus. So had the first railroad west, the Baltimore and Ohio that ran from Baltimore to Cumberland. Cumberland was a boomtown, literally the transportation hub of the Northeast United States." --[[https://emmanuelparishofmd.org/history/]].  See also [[https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=256766]] and [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baltimore_and_Ohio_Railroad]] "In the administration of Thomas Jefferson, the first United States highway was begun for the opening of the west. Called the National Road, it started at the base of the hill on which Emmanuel stands and eventually ran to Vandalia, IL (then the State Capital). In the early 19th Century, then, Cumberland was the jumping off place for countless Conestoga wagon trains heading off to settle Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, and beyond. By the 1840’s, the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal, begun along the Potomac at Georgetown, had reached it’s terminus. So had the first railroad west, the Baltimore and Ohio that ran from Baltimore to Cumberland. Cumberland was a boomtown, literally the transportation hub of the Northeast United States." --[[https://emmanuelparishofmd.org/history/]].  See also [[https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=256766]] and [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baltimore_and_Ohio_Railroad]]