The weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1869-18??, 1870-06-08
.Ierome NanoIeon Bonaparte.


!, Jerome Napoleon Bonaparte died Balti-
more Nd. aged s.. He was born in Eng
land while his mother was awaiting the ia
yorablc intercession of her husband with his
brother, then Emperor of the French, which
was never obtained The romantic but sad
story which attended upon the marriage of
his parents is familiar to every one-how
the popular and courted jerome Bonapaite,
commanding French frigate, landed at
New York Id 1903, and was feted by our
people in his tour of sight seeing through
the country; how he fell in love with Miss
Elizabeth Patterson, of Baltimore, the reign
ing bell of that city and the daughter of the
wealthy merchant, William Patterson, Esq.
They were married Dec. "a, 1908, by Bish-
op Carroll, according to the rites of the Ro-
man Catholic Church, and with solemn
marriage contract, drawn up by Hon. Alex.
]. Dallas, witnessed by the prominent citi-
zens of Baltimore. b,-,
The youthful couple renamed in the Uni
tad States for a year or more, travelling
over the various sections. In the spring OF
1905, after the Empire was declared by Ma
poleon I, he returned to Europe with his
bride, but by an Imperial edict all the ports
Of France were closed to her, and she was
not allowed to visit France, as the marriage
had not met the Imperial sanction, and as
it came directly in conflict with the views
which the ambition and selfaggrandizemen
OF the founder of the Napoleonic dynasty
had prompted in regard to his rendering his
tenure OF power more secure by forming
brilliant matrimonial alliances for his broth
.ers with the families of the ruling monarchs.
The church of Rome, whose sacriment
had been insulted by the despotic action of
Napoleon !, refused TO recognize this virtual
divorce, and Pope Plus VII invariably de-
clined to approve of the second marriage of
Jerome, which took place Aug. 10, 1907,
with Frederick Catherine, daughter of the
then King of Wirtemberg.
He was made King of Westphalia subse-
quently, and as monarch was quite sue
cess. When his brother retired from busl-
ness in 1915, Jerome, ST., resided near Wen
ma and called himself Prince dc Montfort "a
Nuremberg title. In 1862 the present Ma
poeon III called him to France. He was
made a marshal of the empire and the presi-
dent Of the Senate, and in the failure the
succession of direct issue to the Emperor he
became heir to the throne. He had one son
by his second wife, Prince Napoleon Joseph
Charles Paul, commonly called Prince Napo-
leon. The young mother Mrs. Patterson
Bonaparte, returned to her fathers house in
Baltimore in 1911, and the lad, jerome,
whose death We now notice, received every
educational and: social advantage which
wealth, talent and fond affection could
give.
He graduated at Howard University i'm
1926, and studied law but never practiced it.
He, soon after his graduation, married Miss
Susan Mary Williams. of Roxbury, Mass,
whose fortune was very large. and which,
added to his own, made him one of the
wealthest men in Baltimore Hchas resided
in that city since his marriage, attending to
his business interests and agricultural pur-
suits. Mrs. Patterson Bonapartc never had
an interview with her husband after his de.
parture from her at Lisbon in 1905, but once
in 1920, when, during a visit to Eurnp', she
was gazing on the treasures of art in the
Pitt; Palace, at Florence, Italy, she met him
yis els in one Of the galleries He turned
to Mrs. Bonapartc No. 2, or rather the
Princess dc Montfort, and remarked in an
undertone audible, however, to our country
woman, "that lady is my former wife" The
next morning he checked his baggage to
some other city.
During the reign of Louis Philippe the
deceased resided in Paris under the name of
Patterson, and since the accession OF Napo-
leon to the imperial purple, he has been the
honored guest of his cousin at the French
Court, where his eldest son, Jerome Napo
leon, is attached, although nominally in the
French army.
Jerome Napoleon Bonaparte has suffered
for many wears from a cancer of the
throat. which, while incurable from its out
set, gave him intense pain-which he bore
with more than ordinary fortitude. In per-
sonal appearance he strikingly resembles the
portraits of the Emperor. He had the same
features and stolid look which characterized
the greatest soldier of modern time, and
when excited by feelings of either anger OIL
pleasure he had the same fiery expression.
He fescmblcd Napoleon more than any of
his family, and Louis Philippe, during the
time he was in Paris found it requisite
10 use every prccaution in police man.
agement to prevent an outbreak of popular
feeling.
He resided FOR many years with his mother,
who survives kim in Baltimore. She is now
so years OF age, and retaining many marks
of her extreme beauty, which time has dealt
gently with She has all her faculties, and
confidently looks forward to see her grand
SON succeed Louis Napoleon as Emperor of
the French no: improbable event-and
wbi, -siu present eis,l singular anomaly
Of an american bern in England ruling
France
The departed Baltimorean enjoyed the
! respect and esteem OF his fellow citizens,
and while of studious and retiring nature,
when called upon in the perilous times of
1861 to use his influence, he gave all the
weight oft on the side of the Union, and in
every way espouscd its cause-a course
which should have been more generally fol-
lowed by the citizens of Maryland. His
residence was for long time the office of
the military authorities in Baltimore, and is
now the First National banking house OF
! that CITY.