The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-09-16
Mrs. Elizabeth 2. Key Howard.

The funeral of Mrs. Elizabeth
Phoebe Key Howard, the last child
of Francis Scott Key and the widow
of the late Charles Howard, took place
Saturday from Emanuel Protestant
Episcopal Church. Services were
held by Rev. Thomas E. Pattison,
assistant rector. Interment was made
at st. Paul's burying ground.
The pallbearers were Messrs. Viii
liam r. Howard, DR.. James McHenry
Howard, Edward Lloyd Key, DR..
Henry j. Key, w. George Weld, Will
son Cary McHenry, Richard b. Post
and 6. 7. Beauregard Howard, all of
whom are Family connections of Mrs.
Howard
The coincident OF her burial within
two days of the anniversary of the
writing of her fathers famous Star
Spangled Banner" was subject to
much COMMENSURATE. Sun.
The following tribute to Mrs How
ards memory was published in the
Frederick Meas last Friday morning
and is re-published in these columns
for the purpose of showing the deep
reverence in which the lady was held
throughout the state:
Mrs. Elizabeth Phoebe Key How
ard, eldest daughter and last suryiv-
ing child of the poet Francis Scott
Key, died at her summer home in
Oakland, leaving behind the memory
of sweet and amiable womanhood
and the record OF a life of moral
strength and purity.
Mrs. Howard has lived far beyond
the allotted threesc0re years and ten,
but retained unto the very end re
markedly vigorous faculties. The
marks of the great beauty that must
have made her a charming woman in
her youth were still upon her, and in
her tastes and habits there was an air
OF culture and refinement bespeaking
the fine birth origins Of her famous
family. She was deeply reverent of
the memory of her gifted father and
sweetly cOgnizant of the service he
rendered to his country in the auth
orship of his immortal song.
with graceful appreciation of the
sincere patriotism and unseltish pur-
pose of the movement inaugurated in
| this city to erect n monument in COM
memOratiOn Of her father and his no
BILE poem, she had recently given her
consent for theremoval of his remains
and those of her mother TO rest be
meath the pedestal of the proposed
monument. She was a remarkable
woman III many ways, but in none
more so than III the reflection in her
own character of the noble virtues of
| her fathers life. She lived to see his
song become permanent possession
of the nations love and esteem, and
she was ever kindly grateful to those
wh0 sincerely sought to honor the
! lucuuOEN ol SUCH IL Iltl. IleF lie WAS
| full of that sweetness and light
that mark all quiet, gifted souls, and
in measuring the characteristics of
such Il child it is interesting to per-
ceive how much of all that was beau
tiful in her life she must have receiv-
ed in heritage from the man who also
gave a gift unto his native land-a
song that breathes the breath of loft
est loyalty, and that has stirred the
nations heart with hope and cheer in
hours of triumph and in days of trial,
and will continue to stir it as long as
the spirit of patriotic song survives.
Owing to over crOwding and bad
ventilation, the air of the school room
is often close and impure, and teach
ers and pupils frequently suffer from
lung and throat troubles. To all