Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-04-09
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Robert H. Hardness. DR.. willi:m
Tindall and w. v. Cox on The
Mayors OF the Corporation Of Washing
ton" A great many facts concerning
gathered by Louis P. Shoemaker. whose
mother was Martha Carbery, daughter
of Lewis Carbery. who was a brother
of Capt. and Mayor Thomas Carbery.
1t Is to these gentlemen that the Ram
bier is indebted for much of his mat
ter bearing on the life of Thomas Car
berry. Even when one is writing about
old friends it is necessary to refresh
the memory. especially in the case OF
dates and names.
The Carbery was an Irish family.
Thomas Carbery's great-grandfather.
John Baptist Carbery. was born
in nt Ireland nd Because Of religious per.e;
and settled for a time in Boston. He
seems not to have been happy among
the Purftans and leaving Boston went
to Maryland. He was living in st.
will extant to which he appended his
signature to witness on October IS of
that year. The date Of his birth and
the date of his coming to America are
a son. named for the father. John Bap-
fist Carbery. That son was born in
St. Marys county. most probably on
st. Clements bay. in 1888. He married
d i "
their large family was a son. Thomas
Carbery. He came to the District Of
Columbia about the time Of the re-
moval of the seat of government from
as contractor and furnished some of
the materials for the public buildings
then under construction. He died In
Washington July ~, 1912, at the age
Of sixty seven years. His wife, who was
ington January 2. 1919, in the sixty
fourth year of her age.
The children Of Thomas Carbery. sr.,
and Mary Asenath Carbery were. in the
order of their birth, Mary. John Bap-
fist. Martha, Ruth. Ann. Joseph. Cath
arine. Thomas, James. Lewis and lgna-
thus Henry. Mary was born in 1776
and died in 1858; John Baptist. born
1777, died 1903: Martha, who married
Salvatore Catalina. was born 1873, died
1857; Ruth, born 1880, died 1869: Ann.
who married - Mattingly. born 1884;
died 1855: Joseph. 17s6-1s4s: Catharine.
%, 1868; James, 17s3-1s51; Lewis, 1885,
1860. and Ignatius Henry, 17s7-17sS.
Thomas Carbery, who came to be the
prominent washingtonian, was born in
st. Marys county and came to Wash
ington with his parents when his father
tractor In 1918 the son bought land at
the southwest corner of 18th and
streets and built brick house. He
enlarged the house in 1881, and with
it's fine garden it became one of the
handsome homes Of the capital. Con-
tinental Hall, national headquarters OF
the Daughters Of the American Revo-
luton, occupies the site of Capt. Car
berys city home. The captains maiden
sisters, Ruth and Catharine, and his
widowed sister. Ann Matttngly, made
their home with their brother. Ann
was the subject of a miracle in 1924. a
matter which profoundly stirred Catho-
lie circles in Washington and to some
extent throughout the country. and
further along in this narrative the
Rambler will mako more extended
mention Of that occurrence.
Capt. carbery was married by the
Church to Mary H. Manning Of Lou
doun county. Va, November 2, 1925. She
died eight years after her marriage,
her death day being November 8; 1884,
and of her there was long obituary
in the National Intelligencer of No
vember IL. 1894. There were four chill
dren as issue of this marriage, but all
of them died in early youth.
Capt. Carbery was justice of the
peace for more than forty years, was
collector Of the port In the late twen-
ties and early thirties. was commits
SlOner Oh the washington CdHdl, OTlkI.
nal member Of the Washington Ma
tional Monument Society and third
president of the Bank of the Metropo-
lis. now the National METROPOLITAN
Bank, serving in that office from Feb
ruary 5, 1855. until his death.
The National Intelligencer Of Mon
day, May %. 1853, contained this notice
Of Capt. Carbery's death:
Thomas Carbery. Esq, of the Oldest and
most respected citizens Of Washington, died at
his residence on Seventeenth street, on Saturday
evening last. Capt. Carbery at the time Of
his death President Of the Bank of the Metrop-
oils. He was in the seventy.fourth year Of his
rfck's Church. F street. on Tuesday morning
the 26th instant. at 10 o'clock A. N. Requiem
mass will be celebrated.
The Rev. Father Walter was the
celebrant of the mass. and the pail
bearers were Hugh B. Sweeny. William
B. Todd, Nicholas Callan, Philip r. Fen.