Farm

Ambrose Kingsbury Farm - 154

Ambrose Kingsbury Farm - 154

Address
21301 Slidell Road
Boyds 20841
 
Closest town: Boyds

Ambrose Kingsbury Farm - 154

Owner 1
Owner Name: Ambrose C. Kingsbury
Purchase Date: Thursday, January 10, 1918
Sold Date: Tuesday, January 1, 1952
Date of Operation: c.1930 - 1949
Cows Milked: 51 - 100
Breeds Milked: Mixed Breeds
 
Owner 2
Owner Name: James E. & Lois Marie Sutphin
Purchase Date: Tuesday, February 7, 1950
Sold Date: Sunday, January 1, 1956
Date of Operation: 1950 - 1973
Cows Milked: 51 - 100
Breeds Milked: Holstein
 
Owner 3
Owner Name: Charles T. Kingsbury
Purchase Date: Wednesday, December 13, 1899
Sold Date: Friday, October 25, 1918
Date of Operation: 1899-1918
Cows Milked: unknown
 
Owner 4
 
Owner 5
 
Owner 6
 
Tenant 1
Owner Name: Morris Graff
Daily Production: Owner J. C. Sutphin - Morris Graff was a farm manager.
 
Tenant 2
 
Tenant 3
 
Tenant 4
 
Rental 1
 
Rental 2
 
Rental 3
 
Rental 4

Ambrose Kingsbury Farm - 154

Photo by Richard Rowe 2013 Photo by Richard Rowe 2013 Photo by Richard Rowe 2013

Ambrose Kingsbury Farm - 154

Photograph by MHT photographer Lois Snydeman 1990 Photograph by MHT photographer Mike Dwyer 1974 Photograph by MHT photographer Mike Dwyer 1974

Ambrose Kingsbury Farm - 154

Ambrose Kingsbury Farm - 154

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Ambrose Kingsbury Farm - 154

Ambrose Kingsbury Farm - 154

Other Written History Images: Frederick News - full sale ad - 2 Nov 1950 Frederick News - full sale ad - Aug 1955 # 154 Myrtle Kingsbury Obit   1956 Upper Montgomery County Land Use Map - Plate 8   1940 U. S. Census   
Maryland Historical Trust Inventory Form: PDF icon MHT M: 13-29 William Reid Farm - Farm 154_Kingsbury

Ambrose Kingsbury Farm - 154

Other Comments:

Farm Size (Acres) is from the 1956 Upper (Montgomery) County Land Use Map.

Lester Shields worked for Mr. Kingsbury in the 1930s.

Morris Graff was a farm manager.

Lois Sutphin was a member of MD-VA Milk Producers Association.  Ceased operation in 1973.