Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1870-07-09
Independent in all things.
jerome Napoleon BOnaparte.

The recent death Of Jerome Napoleon
Bonaparte, at his residence in Baltimore,
has been announced. lie was born at
Camberwel, a suburb of the English
metropolis, OH the 18th Of July, 1905, and
has therefore almost completed his sixty
fifth year. lie was the son Of Jerome
Bonaparte, the youngest brother of
Napoleon J., by his wife Elizabeth, the
daughter Of William Patterson, Of Ealti-
more. As is well known, the iron will
of the Emperor was law to his family.
Lucien, the father of Napoleon Ill, was
compelled to marry lIortense, the daugh-
ter OF Josephine, though neither were
disposed for the match. IL the same
way, when jerome, who had departed in
1909 Tor New York, in command Of a
French frigate, brought back two years
later charming Baltimore belle of
eighteen as his wife. the Emperor stead
lastly refused TO cCunteDance the match,
and even refused the lady his permission
to land in France. Her husband had
meanwhile proceeded TO Paris to en-
deavor to molliiy bis brother, but the
vessel that brought her having proceeded
to Amsterdam, she soon guessed how III
hi.' mission had sped, by being refused
permission to land even there. The Con
tnent ueing closed to her. she sailed for
England. and shortly after her arrival
there gave birth TO the subject of the
present sketch. Her husband yielded,
after some time, to the ineXorable will of
his Imperial brother, and married the
Princess Frederica Catherine OF Wurtem-
berg. Nine. Patterson, as Jerome
Napoleon's mother was 81 vleo III Europe,
only saw her husband once again. 1t
was when Bourbon was once more on
| the throne of France that his frs wife
| encountered Jerome BOnaparte, viii, his
Princess, i'll the Pitt Palace in Florence.
Jerome started aside, and was overhe ard
to say TO the Princess, "That lady is nv
former wife" In the estimation of Pope
Plus VII, shat lady, remained always
his wife, TOR the Ponlitf, though he had
done the great Emperor, the unexampied
honor of coming to Paris to crown him
stubbornly refused his reiterated request
to declare the marriage of jerome null
and void.
Jerome Napoleon returned to the
! United States with his mother when still
young, and spent his boyhood in Balti
more. He entered Harvard College and
graduated from that institution in ] Is26.
lie studied for the Bar, but finding him
self in easy circumstances abstaincd
from the profession. When hut twenty
five years of age he married Miss Susan
Mary Williams, daughter OF benjamin
Williams OF Roxbury, Mass. The addi-
tion of that lady's fortune to his own
made him one of the wealthiest citizens
of Baltimore. His mother-in-law, Mrs.
Williams, who h rs resided with him for
some time, died two hours after him.
The life of NJ. Bonaparte has been
varied only by several visits to Europe,
one during the reign of Louis Philippe,
and one alJng with his son Jerome to
the Court Of Lonis Napoleon by invita-
of the Emperor. The remainder Of his
time has been spent in the management
Of q large estate and in agricultural
pursuits. His resemblance TO the first
Napoleon was said to be even mere strik-
ing than any of the Empcror's own
brothers, and ON his travels this singular
likeness attracted much attention. He
was entirely devoid of any of the ambi
tion of his family. He was on terms OF
intimacy with his father, while the latter
was still alive, and whom he knew was
violently opposed to the assertion of any
claims based on the anomalous position
of his family. Neither his son nor his
grandson, who is at present all officer in
the French army, were ever recognized
10y the elder Jerome under any Other
name than that of Patterson.
What destiny the future may have in
store for the younger Jerome, who is
now thirty-cight years of age, will great
ly depend upon the plans of the present
Emperor Of the French.