The Washington herald., 1911-02-28

| Funeral services will be held in the
cathedral at Baltimore tomorrow morn
! ing at 10 o'clock for John Lee Carroll
| former governor OF Maryland, who died
at his residence, 15O1 Eighteenth street
northwest, yesterday morning at S:SC
O'Clock, after an illness of two months.
Accompanied by members of his family
| who were at the home when the end
came, the body will be conveyed to Bal
timore tomorrow morning. Mgr. Lee,
pastor of St. Matthews Church, this city.
will officiate at the low mass, which will
be celebrated in the cathedral. At the
request of the family the services will
be simple. and the usual solemn high
requiem mass will not be celebrated. In
terment will be in Bonnie Brae Cemetery,
Baltimore.
Gov. Carroll had been lowering between
life and death for the last two weeks, and
several days ago all hope was aban-
doned and his death was momentarily
expected. At the time of his death he
was surrounded by his entire family, ex.
cept one daughter and one son, Baroness
de la Lagrange. and Charles Carroll, who
are in Paris.
PiIoted State Safely.
John Lee Carroll, who, as governor of
Maryland from 1876 to 1880, piloted that
State safely through the troubled sea of
labor disturbances in 1877, was not only a
man who accomplished things Of perma-
nent value, but had the distinction of
being born great" He was the head of
one Of the oldest and most celebrated
families in the United States, as well AS
the great-grandson OF Charles Carroll OF
Carrollton. signer of the Declaration OF
Independence.
He was born at Homewood near Balti-
more. September 30, 1880. His great
grandfather died in his nInety-sixth year.
in 1882, when John Lee Carroll was in his
third year.
The infant days of Gov. Carroll were
passed at Homewood, the famous old
Carroll property in Charles street. Bal
timore. But when he reached the age of
three his father removed to the more
extensive estate at Doughoregan. The
boys elementary studies were pursued
under private tutors at the manor, but
in 1870. when ten years old. he was sent
to Mount st. Mary's College at Emmits-
burg where he remained two years.
After that he studied a brief period at
what was then Georgetown College, in
Washington, prior to his entrance at St
Mary's Seminary, in Baltimore. During
his three years in academic studies at
81. mary s, ne decided 10 become law
yer. and with this end in view he spent
two terms at Harvard. On his return to
Baltimore ne entered the law Office of
Brown & Brume as a student, and was
admitted to the bar on attaining his ma
jority, in 1851.
Before beginning his professional ca
reer, Gov. Carroll Travelled extensively
in Europe, and in 1854 settled down TO
the practice of law in Maryland. The
following year he was named by thel
Democratic party for the legislature, but
was defeated by his Know-nothing op-
ponent. About this time, while on a visit
to New York, he met Miss Anita Phelps, !
daughter of New York's famous mer-
chant, Royal Phelps, and was married
to her April "a, 1856.
Loyal to Maryland.
The declining health of his father and |
the gathering of war clouds in 1861 |
prompted John Lee Carroll to return |
home, and thereafter he remained a loyal
Marylander. although he frequently went |
abroad. With his return to the manor, |
the management of the estate fell on his |
shoulders The great plantation with !
its 200 slaves was a heavy burden in |