Farm

J. Leo Clagett Farm - 79

J. Leo Clagett Farm - 79

Address
Rt 355
Clarksburg 20841
 
Closest town: Clarksburg

J. Leo Clagett Farm - 79

Owner 1
Owner Name: J. Leo & Mary L. Clagett
Purchase Date: Wednesday, January 1, 1947
Sold Date: Monday, December 16, 1963
Date of Operation: 1947 - 1963 - J. Leo died in 1959, but Mary L. seems to have carried on with the dairy operation as she didn't sell the herd and farm equipment until 1963.
Cows Milked: 51 - 100
Breeds Milked: Holstein
 
Owner 2
Owner Name: Karl H. Ketterjohn
Purchase Date: Monday, August 12, 1946
Sold Date: Friday, September 17, 1948
Date of Operation: 1946-1948
Cows Milked: 21 - 50
Breeds Milked: Holstein
 
Owner 3
Owner Name: George Best Linthicum
Purchase Date: Monday, July 21, 1924
Sold Date: Wednesday, August 21, 1946
Date of Operation: ~1921-1946
Cows Milked: unknown
Milk Destination: Belonged to MD-VA Milk Producers Association ~1927 to 1945; 1927 & 1929 he shipped to Walker Hill Dairy.
 
Owner 4
 
Owner 5
 
Owner 6
 
Tenant 1
 
Tenant 2
 
Tenant 3
 
Tenant 4
 
Rental 1
 
Rental 2
 
Rental 3
 
Rental 4

J. Leo Clagett Farm - 79

J. Leo Clagett Farm - 79

 Maryland 4-H Dairy judging Team - 1960  

J. Leo Clagett Farm - 79

J. Leo Clagett Farm - 79

J. Leo Clagett Farm - 79

J. Leo Clagett Farm - 79

Other Written History Images: Frederick News - full sale ad - Nov. 1963 1956 Upper Montgomery County Land Use Map - Plate 16 Katterjohn Sales ad

J. Leo Clagett Farm - 79

Awards Received:

James L. Clagett was a member of the 1960 Maryland 4-H Dairy Judging Team.

To date, we have documented three dairy operations on this farm:  George B. Linthicum (1924 to ~1945), Karl H. Katterjohn (1946 to 1948), and J. Leo Clagett (sometimes spelled Claggett) (1948 to 1963).

Other Comments:

Now the site of Clarksburg High School.