Major Waldemar Fydrych at Krakow Book Fair October 2006
William Haymond, son of John Haymond and Margaret Calder (married on August 22 1723 at Queen Anne's Parish in Maryland [1]), was born in the colony of Maryland on January 4 1740 and died at his residence near Quiet Dell on November 12 1821. His known siblings were named Calder and Nicholas. He was married on April 19 1763 to Cassandra Clelland (a daughter of Thomas and Jane Cleland, born in Prince George's County on October 25 1741 and died in Harrison County, West Virginia on December 23 1788). [2]
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William Haymond accompanied the army of General Edward Braddock on its march to capture Fort Duquesne, now Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, from the French, and which met with a disastrous defeat on the Monongahela River on 9 July 1755.[2]
In 1758, he was a soldier in the expedition commanded by General Forbes against the same position, which was successful and the name was changed to Fort Pitt after William Pitt the Elder.[2]
In February 1759, he enlisted in the Virginia Regiment commanded by Col. George Washington, which had been detailed to garrison the country captured from the French. He served along the Monongahela and Allegheny Rivers and as far north as "Presque Isle http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Presque_Isle," now Erie, on the lake of that name. When the regiment was withdrawn front the West it was marched up the Shenandoah Valley and on to the Holstein River to suppress an outbreak among the Cherokee Indians.[2]
When the Cherokees were quieted the regiment returned to the valley and was discharged. William's discharge is dated February 24 1762 at Fort Lewis, near Staunton, Virginia, and states that he has "Duly served three years and behaved as a good soldier and faithful subject."
At the commencement of the Revolution he at once warmly advocated the call of the colonies and was appointed a captain of Militia, and was frequently in active service against the hostile Indians. His commission to Major in November 12, 1781 reads as follows:
To William Haymond, Gent., Greeting: Know you that from special trust and confidence, which is reposed in your fidelity, courage, activity and good conduct, our Govenor (Virginia), with the advice of the Council of Stat, and on the recommendation of the Worshipful County Court of the County of Monongalia, doth appoint you, the said William Haymond, Major of the Militia, of the said County of Monongalia. In testimony whereof, these our letters made patent. Witness, Benjamine Harrison, Esquire, Governor, at Richmond, this 12th day of November, 1781. Registered in the War Office. BENJAMINE HARRISON[3]
In 1777 he was in command of Prickett's Fort http://www.prickettsfortstatepark.com/ with a detachment at Scott's Mills. In 1781 he was promoted to Major and performed the duties of an officer of Militia during the whole of the Revolutionary War. The pay-roll of Major Haymond's Company (then Captain) of Monongahela County Militia in active service during the war of the Revolution in 1777 is as follows:
As he was making preparations to go east of the mountains and join the regular army at the request of General Washington was when he received news of peace.
Upon the formation of Monongalia County in 1776, he served in various important positions, such as justice of the Peace, Deputy Surveyor, Coroner and Sheriff.
After the Revolutionary War, he was one of the officials selected to administer the oath of allegiance to the Commonwealth of Virginia, to all male inhabitants over the age of sixteen years and requiring them to renounce and refuse all allegiance to George the Third http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_III_of_the_United_Kingdom, King of Great Britain.[2]
He was one of the commissioners appointed for adjusting the claims to unpatented lands in the counties of Monongalia. Yohogania and Ohio.
Upon the creation of Harrison County in 1784 Major Haymond was appointed the principal surveyor of the new County. He traveled on horseback across the mountains to Williamsburg in order to be examined by the professors of William and Mary's college as to his qualification for the position. He passed a successful examination and was duly commissioned Surveyor by the Governor of Virginia.[2]
He was a member of the commission to build two courthouses in Harrison County in 1787 and 1812, and as a surveyor assisted in marking out a state road from the Valley River to the Ohio, near Marietta and was always prominent in public affairs.
Major Haymond held the position of principal surveyor for thirty-seven years and died at his home on November 12 1821 and was buried in the Haymond graveyard in sight of his former residence at Quiet Dell, WV.
W Ian Thomas (13 September 1914-1 August 2007) was a writer and theological teacher.
Thomas was born in London on September 13, 1914.
He joined the British Army in World War II. Decorated with the DSO (Distinguished Service Order)
Thomas is probably best known as an author and as the founder of both Torchbearers International and Capernwray Missionary Fellowship of Torchbearers
Books:
Saving Life of Christ
The Mystery of Godliness
If I Perish, I Perish
The Indwelling Life of Christ
His book, "The Saving Life of Christ", seems to have had a profound affect on Bert Harned, M.D., and the many individuals he has discipled in his lifetime. This can be seen in Harned's book, "Any Old Bush - Christ Living In Us".
Thomas died on August 1, 2007, at the age of 92.
Ian Thomas on Torchbearers [1] Torchbearers main page [2] Capernwray main page [3]
Fydrych was born in Toruń, Poland on April 8, 1953. He is a graduate of the History and History of Art Faculty of the University of Wroclaw. Fydrych began his independent public activity in the 1970s. He created in Wrocław a branch of the Independent Students Union (NZS) and launched the Movement for New Culture in the city. At this time, he was also one of the co-organizers of a massive peace march that took place in April 1981.
During the Martial Law, many Poles first made acquaintance with Fydrych's work through his picturesque dwarf images painted on building walls, covering up the paint that was used to cover up anti-regime slogans.
Starting in 1986, he began organizing an endless chain of happenings, which were eventually named the "Orange Alternative." In March 1988, after distributing women's hygienic napkins on the street (an item missing then), he was arrested and sentenced by the Court of Justice to three months of imprisonment. He was released following general public uproar.
At the time of the communist regime, when Fydrych was called upon to fulfill his military service obligation, he appeared before the army commission dressed in a uniform of a major. Unwilling to enter the army, he pretended the opposite, simulating madness. Asked to keep a different language in regard to his superiors, Fydrych began to address his interlocutor per "colonel," at the same time describing himself as a "major," a nickname which remained with him ever since.
Fydrych, alongside a group of students, participated in the Orange Revolution in Ukraine organizing events in Poland and Ukraine. He and the students made in the streets an "Orange Scarf" of support for the revolution. This scarf was started in Warsaw by one of the icons of the Orange Revolution - famous Ukrainian singer Ruslana Lyzhichko. On the night of the "Orange Victory," the 15-meter long scarf was handed by Lyzhichko to President Yushchenko as one of the main symbols of the brotherhood between Ukraine and Poland.
In 2002, Fydrych presented himself in elections to the post of the Mayor of the City of Warsaw. He also ran for mayor of Warsaw in 2006 elections, gaining 2914 votes (0,41%). His organization was Fools and Dwarves (Gamonie i krasnoludki).
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