Evening star., 1898-10-31
AFTER ONE HUNDRED YEARS
Remains of Bishop Glaggett to Be Trans
ferred to St. Alban's.
Bishop Satterlee in Charge of Ar
rangements-BOdy,t to Rest on
Cathedral rSite.

Claggett and of his wife Mary Chew Clag-
gett, after having rested for nearly one
hundred years in the family graveyard at
Groom, Md, will be rainterred on the site
of the Episcopal Cathedral old Georgetown
Heights, tomorrow afternoon at $3.50
O'Clock, impressive services at the graves
to be held according to the ritual of the
church DIR. Claggett first represented
bishop in Maryland. Bishop Henry Y. Sat
terlee of this city has charge of the
rargements for the ceremony, and will be
assisted by many of the Episcopal Church
dignitaries of the District and Maryland as
we'll. In the estimation of the churchmen
the day selected for the service of renter
ment is particularly appropriate, as Bishop
Clsggetts first charge was All Saints
All Souls Church of Calvert county, Nd,
and tomorrow being All Saints day in the
church calendar.
The removal of tha remains of the dis
dnguished Maryland bishop from secluded
Groom to a more appropriate resting place
near the great cathedral soon to tower
high above the city, is to be made in ac-
cordance with a resolution of the house
of bishops of the Protestant Episcopal
Church. adopted at the trennial convoca-
ton recently concluded at Epiphany
Church.
Descendants Approve.
With the desire to secure the consent of
teriee journeyed to Baltimore yesterday,
where he conferred with DIR. Samuel c.
Chew, one of Bishop Claggetts great
grandsons, and Mr.. Henry Williams both
of whom expressed their entire approval
OF the plan or reinterment. Bishop Satter-
lee had already secured the consent of
MIS- Genevleve Chew, widow of the late
Rev John H. Chew and her three children
DR.. Thomas j. Chew, John H. Chew and
Miss E. c. Chew, who are the owners of
the Old Groom farm, which is situated two
or three miles from Upper Marlboro. ard
Nh6re Bishop Claggett was buried. Mrs.
Chew Is a granddaughter of the bishop and
inherited the farm, which was originally
Owned by the latters grandfather, Richard
Claggett This was as far back as the
close or the seventeenth century.
The old Groom house close to which was
the family graveyard where Bishop Clas-
gett rested, was burned in 1856. The graves
are surrounded by brick wall and an iron
fence. 1t is declared that the statements
made in some quarters that the grave was
neglected are not tue for Mrs. Chew has
attended to the sacred place most faithful
ly at all times.
Epitaph in Latin.
i Bishop ClagSetts tombstone is q marble
slab of massive proportions and bears
epitaph In Latin, written by Francis Scott
Key, the original manuscript being in the
possession of DIR. Samuel c. Chew of Bal
timore. Translated the epitaph reads:
Thomas John Claegett, D. D.,
First Bishop of Maryland,
Born October g. 1143.
"Ordained Deacon and Presbyter
in London. 1861
"Consecra ted bishop, 1892
departed in the .Peace of Christ
August 3. 1916
He ruled the church with firmness and
faithfulness and adorned it by his char
acter.
He left a beloved memory to his wife,
his children and his fffeuds and honored
name to his country and the church.
Bishop Claggett studied divinity with
Rev DR.. Eversfeld descendant of Lord
Diversified. The quainuii little building where
he pursued his studies was for years
point of interest to all strangers visiting
Prince Georges county. The tiny, cramp
ed study was built with red and blue
bricks brought from Ersiand.- The sub
stantial old building withstood the storms
and ravages of time for generations. and
was only recently destroyed. 1t was on the
Everstield estate, owned by Fielder Bowie,
whose mother was Miss Everstield. The
noted place has now passed into the hands
of Mr.. Bonaparte a descendant of Prince
jerome Bonararte.
Monument to Re Erected.
Rev. John Hamilton Chew was rector Of
st. Adams Church, this city, for many
years, ana it seems particularly fitting that
the remains OF his grandfather should at
last IlIlu d IeStlilS pldSS Acdi lHeit tiidi Sc
Bishop Satterlee intends raising a fund Of
s., 900 with which 1t is proposed to erect a
monument to Bishop ClagSett.
Three of Bishop Claggetts grandchildren
are now living Mrs. John H. Chew Of
Washington who has his miter; Mrs Graf
ton d. Dorsey and Samuel Claggett, esq. of
Petersville. Frederick county. All of them
are children Of the bishops oldest son, Dr.
Thomas J. Claggett of Frederick county,
who married Miss Sophia Martin of Rock
willie. DR.. Clagsett's oldest daughter, Mary
Priscilla, married DR.. Thomas Maddox of
Washington county. Other daughters were
Mrs NARROW of Kansas, Mrs. Duval of
Louisiana and Mrs. Gray of Frederick coun-
ty. Besides Mr.. Samuel Claggett there was
one other son Thomas J. Claggett of Fred
erick county, now deceased.
One of Bishop Claggett's daughters, Pris.
ella Elizabeth, married Col. John Hamilton
Chew Of Calvert county. From her are de-
scended DR.. Samuel C. Chew and Henry
Williams of Baltimore. the Chews of Cal
vert, the children of the late Fayette Glib
son of st. MichaePs, the late Rev. John ii
Chew and family of Chews in Arkansas
None or the bishops other children left de-
sCendantS.