Name/Title
clock, tall caseEntry/Object ID
2015.016.001Description
Clock, tall case. Made by Eli Bentley, Taneytown. c.1800. 86.5” x 19.5” x 12”. A: case; brass strap hinges on waist door; brass escutcheon in door. B: Flat top bonnet; arched door; molding above door. Painted iron dial; rose at center of arch; strawberries with leaves at each corner. Has large Roman numerals on dial with a smalll band of Arabic numerals around the outside. Signed "Eli Bentley Taney Town" on lower part of face. C: pendulum. D, E: weights. F: key for winding.Acquisition
Accession
2015.015Source or Donor
Hampstead Train Station CommitteeAcquisition Method
GiftGeneral Notes
Note
Believed to have been built between 1760 - 1805. First owner believed to be Alexander McAlister (1734-1807) and his wife, Margaret Flemming. Next is believed to have been their son, John McAlister (1761-1848), and his wife Agnes McNair. First verified owner: Scott William McAlister (1839-1921) and his wife, Anna Mary Bohn (1846-1899). Next: Idaline Pearl McAlister (1876-1962) and her husband, William G. Segafoose (1876-1931). To their son, William N. Segafoose (1905-1991) and his wife, Helen Weimert. To Charles W. Segafoose (1917-1999) and his wife, Francis Bradburn. The Segafoose family lived in Uniontown. William T. Ensor (1938-2015) inherited the clock from Charles W. Segafoose in May 1999. Ensor's mother was Evelyn Segafoose; he was probably Charles' nephew. Ensor moved the clock to his hoome in Ohio. Clock was bequeathed to HSCC by Ensor in the event his daughter did not want it.