Evening star., 1924-12-14
Rambler Links Local History With Old Business Houses
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of the box IN which President Lin
coin was shoot, and another is d
cluster Of the flowers which decorat-
ed the box.
The children of Edward f and
Sophie Schmidt Droop, We're Edward
Fl. Droop, born August Is. 1868, and
Carl A. Droop, born April !, 1871. After
their marriage Edward L. Dl-oop and
his wife lived at the Cluss home,
1S0 Second street northwest, between
u and Il. They lived there till Mr..
Droop bought the house, .26 Twelfth
street. Several years later, proba bly,
1873, Mr.. Droop bought the house
next door, 72s Twelfth street, and
joined and enlarged them. That be-
came the old Droop home, which
stood until a few years ago as one
of the landmarks OF downtown Wash
ington.
MRS. SOPHIE SCHMIDT DRooP
A'A died in 1874, and 1 will hand you
the following story which found in
The Star of October l, 1874:
We are panied to announce the
death of Mrs. Sophie Droop, wife of
Edward Droop, Esq. of the firm OF
Metrerott & Co., who died yesterday
morning az her home. The hosts of
friends made by this charming and
lovable lady will hear with grief OF
their loss. Mrs. Droop was, in years
past, an ornament to our musical
circles, and was always the favorite
soloist of our Choral Society, in which
she felt great pride and always will
fngly assisted. In every circle of
friendship, and in her home especial
ly, Mrs. Droop will be sadly missed"
The funeral was on Sunday, Oc-
tober 4. and the following is from
The Stars file. Monday, October 5,
1874:
The funeral OF the late Mrs. Ed
ward Droop took place yesterday af-
ternoon at o'clock at Oak Hill
Cemetery and more solemn occasion
has never been witnessed. Thou
sands of the admirers of this lady
We're in waiting at the cemetery when
the procession arrived and paid their
last sad tribute to her memory. At
the grave which is in a lovely spot,
were clustered the members of the
Saengerbund and Beethoven Octette,
who, as q last offering. We're there to
chant the notes of loving friendship
ere the body Of her whose life. was
so identified with music should be
consigned to the earth. The Saenger-
bund sang a beautiful requiem, after
which the Rev. J. G. Butler of the
E1lSllsn LulHeldN CnUTCD conducted
religious services. The Beethoven
octette, all particular and personal
friends Of the deceased, sang a beau
tiful selection entitled Rest Their
voices rang through the quiet ceme-
terry. and impressed everyone with
the great solemnity of the occasion.
The Saengerbund sang a closing Sc
lection and the friends quietly dis
persed, leaving the bereaved husband
and relatives alone with their dead"
In 1878 Edward +. Droop was mar
ried to Miss Anna Schloemann of
Bremen, whom he met while she was
visiting relatives in Baltimore. The
children of that marriage were
Agnes, Bertha and Anna. You re-
member them, of course-very tall
girls and fine looking. You saw them
at the theater, concert. charity affair
and on the street, and most of us
knew "the Droop sisters or ''the
Droop girls" Agnes is Mrs. Charles
Anderson Cass and lives in New York
City; Bertha is Mrs. Arthur Leverkus
and lives in Cologne. Germany; Anna
is Mrs. Howard Longstreth and lives
in Haverford, Pa. There is a great
deal more to this story than / have
written, but I feel that the Sunday
editor is getting restless.
AS this story goes on, the Rambler
wili-tell YOU Of the death. Of. William