G.M. McComas (George March)

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George M. McComas to Rev. John Kimball, Aug. 1, 1869
George M. McComas to Rev. John Kimball, Aug. 11, 1869
George M. McComas to Rev. John Kimball, Aug. 23, 1869
George M. McComas to Rev. John Kimball, Aug. 3, 1869
George M. McComas to Rev. John Kimball, Feb. 19, 1869
George M. McComas to Rev. John Kimball, Jan. 19, 1869
George M. McComas to Rev. John Kimball, June 21, 1869
George M. McComas to Rev. John Kimball, June 9, 1869
George M. McComas to Rev. John Kimball, Sept. 18, 1869
George M. McComas to Rev. John Kimball, Sept. 24, 1869
George McComas to Rev. John Kimball, Nov. 3, 1868
George McComas to Rev. John Kimball, Oct. 21st, 1868
Telegraph, George M. McComas to Rev. John Kimball, Oct. 23, 1868
"Affairs at Havre de Grace," The Aegis & Intelligencer, Aug. 2, 1867, p. 2
Endorsement of Maj. D. G. Swaim on a letter of George M. McComas dated Sept. 18, 1869
Ida S. Marshall to Maj. W. L. Van Derlip, May 16, 1870
Ida S. Marshall to Maj. W. L. Van Derlip, May 24, 1870
Maj. W. L. Van Derlip to Ida S. Marshall, May 12, 1870
Maj. W. L. Van Derlip to Ida S. Marshall, May 21, 1870
Rev. John Kimball to Rachel L. Alexander, Sept. 29, 1869
School report for the second quarter of 1868 for Maryland and Delaware
Teacher's Monthly School Report of M. E. Pauline Lyons, Bel Air, Mar. 1870
Maj. W. L. Van Derlip to George M. McComas, Apr. 30, 1870
Maj. W. L. Van Derlip to George McComas, June 8, 1870
Maj. W. L. Van Derlip to George McComas, Mar. 12, 1870
Name
G.M. McComas (George March)
Biographical Information
George March McComas was the son of William and Ellen McComas. McComas was an abolitionist and tobacco merchant. The McComas Institute, one of several Freedmen’s schools in Harford County, MD founded in 1867 was named after him. After the end of the Civil War, he secured financial assistance from the Freedmen’s Bureau in order to build a school and church for African Americans near his home in Linwood, Maryland. He was a very active advocate for the education of African Americans. McComas helped to obtain financial support from the Freedmen's Bureau for several schools for the purpose of educating African Americans in Harford County. McComas also received help from Rev. Peter Bishop, the founder of Mt. Zion Methodist Church who assisted who served as a trustee for the school. Freedmen’s records reveal his consistent support for getting aid in the form of school houses, furniture, and learning materials for the schools.
School Affiliation
Magnolia aka McComas, Mountain School, Clayton, or Joppa

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