The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1896-08-28
The Late Mrs. Morgan.

We clip the following from the Wash
in ton Ecening Star of last FRIDAY: The
funeral of Mrs. Nora Digges Morgan,
widow of DIR. James E. Morgan, took place
this morning from the family residence on
E. street. The funeral services were held
at ST. Patrick's Church at 10 O'Clock. The
church was filled by relatives and friends,
who came to pay the last mark of affection
and respect to the memory of the deceased
lady, and the congregation included
families in this city and the adjoining
counties of Maryland, as well as from
other cities. The church bell was tolled
while the funeral cOrtege went the short
distance from the house to the church.
At the door of the sacred edifice the re-
mains were met by Rev. DR.. Stafford
The casket, Hidden under fragrant bur-
den of beautiful flowers rested in front
of the sanctuary during the celebration of
a requiem mass by DR.. Stafford. At its
conclusion Dr. Stafford made IA short add
dress, eulogistic of the deceased whose
life had been an editicatiOn not only to
the church which she had attended for
so many wears, but to the community in
which her life was spent. Her readiness
to assist in every work OF charity suggest
ed to her and the private charity of which
none knew but the recipients were never
ceasing. She inherited the strong faith
nd fipa fhar nf Il iSti baA
cestry, and embodied in her personality
all the strength of the noble and true wo-
man of the old school.
The honorary pallbcarers were DR.. N.
S. Lincoln, DR.. Mackall, DIR. Lovejoy, Mr.
Charles A. James, Dr. Daniel B. Clarke,
Admiral Philip Lee, Col. Theodore
Mosher. Col Barrett, Captain Chase and
Dr. Fairfax and the active ones were
Messrs Thomas Myer of Baltimore, John
son Elliott, Conway Robson, Frank Hill,
Fairfax and Guy Berrett
A number of of clergymen were present
in the sanctuary, among them being Rev.
Father McGee, Rev. Charles NJ. Bart and
Rev Father Gillespie, S. J.
AZ tHC SoH'IusioH VI thc SUI Ni'CS Il IoHS
line of carriages followed the remains to
Rock Creek cemetery, where the interment
was made in the family lot.
Mrs. Morgan was the daughter Of VIM.
Dudley Digges, who inherited the estate
now Fort Washington and the Chillunl
estate. north of the city, of which Green
Hill Manor" was a portion. VIM. Dudley
Digges was descended from Sir Dudley
Digges of Chillum Castle, England, and
also from Edward Digges, the colonial
governor of Virginia. Her mother Flea
nora Carroll, was "a niece of Archbishop
Carroll and il daughter of Daniel Carroll
of Burlington.
Her will has been filed for probate 1t is
dated July 20, 1898, Dr. James Dudley
Morgan of Washington, her son, and Mrs
Anna NJ. Mosher, of New York, her daug-
ter are named as executor and executrix
A large estate is distributed
The benefciaries are DIR. James d. Nor
gan, Mrs. Ada NJ. Hill, wife of Dr. Rich
ard s. Hill, of this county, Mrs
Eleanora Speer, wife OF, Judge Speer of
the federal courts for the southern district
of Georgia: Cecil Morgan, clerk of the
same courts and Mrs. Anna Mosher, wife
Of the general eastern freight agent OF the
Baltimore and Ohio railroad
After making number ofminOr requests
the estate is divided equally between Mrs
Mosher, Mrs. Speer, Mrs Hill Dr. Morgan
and Cecil Morgan.