Bloomsburg's Owners


Welcome to Bloomsburg

THE BUILDING OF
BLOOMSBURG

BLOOMSBURG'S OWNERS

THE FAMILIES

LIFE AT BLOOMSBURG

WHERE BLOOMSBURG
IS LOCATED

A PHOTO HISTORY OF BLOOMSBURG

BLOOMSBURG TODAY


Four families have lived in the home that James B. Mathews built in 1830 on then Westminster Road, now Rt 97. This section describes the transfer of property between these owners over the past 180 years.

The first two purchases were for the land on which Bloomsburg was built.  James then purchased 3 additional properties.  The last four purchases were the sale of the Bloomsburg property to its new owners.

This section contains the introductory text for each deed as well as a full copy of each deed as it was recorded in the Anne Arundel and then Howard County records.  Have fun!  Most of the original deeds are available now only at the Maryland Archives in Annapolis, MD.

James B. Mathews purchased at least 5 properties in and around Glenwood, MD between 1825 and 1854.  The earliest record of a house built by James B. Mathews, at what is now 3100 Route 97, Glenwood, MD was in 1830 on land he purchased in 1825.

 

 

 

7/15/1825  James B. Mathews purchased land from Charles D. Warfield Read opening text View actual deed
       
7/19/1825  James B. Mathews purchased land from Dr. Gustavus Warfield Read opening text View actual deed
       
2/18/1834 James B. Mathews purchased land from Charles M. Bentley & Margaret, his wife Read opening text View actual deed
       
5/12/1854  James B. Mathews purchased land from Alexander G. Warfield. Read opening text View actual deed
       
6/12/1854 James B. Mathews purchased land from John W. Dorsey & Margaret, his wife. Read opening text View actual deed
       
9/28/1888 William H. Stinson purchased land & the home from the estate of James B. Mathews with W. Edward Fite as his Administrator.  James B. Mathews died May 26, 1887 at 96 years old.  W. Edward Fife, died prior to the sale of the property.  The will of James B. Mathews directed that his real estate be sold.  William Woodward was appointed by the Orphan Court of Howard County to witness the signatures of William and Estella Stinson. The Mathews estate sold the property on 9/28/1888. William Stinson died on May 16, 1929 and his property passed to his five children and their spouses, below. Read opening text View actual deed
       
11/15/1950 Charles P. & Tilly A. Graddick purchased land & the home from William H. Stinson, Jr. & Achsah W. Stinson, his wife; Helen Stinson Taylor, widow, and Marie Warfield Hopkins; Estelle Trego Eastwick and A. Maurice Eastwick, her husband; Isabelle Mackintosh Waddell now Isabelle Stinson Malkus and Louis Malkus, her husband, all childern of William & Tilly Stinson. Read opening text View actual deed
       
2/7/1981 C. Oliver Goldsmith purchased land & the home from Charles P. & Tilly A. Graddick.  Mr. Goldsmith made some improvements to the home but no one lived there from 1981 to 1985. Read opening text View actual deed
       
6/20/1985 Stephen & Nancy Walker purchased land and home from C. Oliver Goldsmith. Read opening text View actual deed