Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-09-08

mark OF private and public respect
due to the representative of a
foreign nation-a nation which has
ever been the unwavering friend Of
our country, and the high personal
respect in which the deceased was
held in the District and elsewhere.
The concourse of persons in at
tendance was immense, among
whom were the President of the
United States, all the cabinet and
the diplomatic corps in full official
costume; many members of both
Houses of Congress and the Mayors
OF and nearly all members Of the
City Councils of Washington and
Georgetown. The religious services
were conducted by the Rev. DR..
Pyne of Washington and the Rev.
Mr.. Caldwell of Georgetown. both Of
the Protestant Episcopal Church; the
latter delivered a most solemn and
impressive discourse. At the vault
the very impressive Episcopal Offices
for the dead were read by the Rev.
DR.. Pyne. ."
Memorial Erected.
Today, in beautiful spot in OK
Hill Cemetery. stands a memori7l
erected to the memory of Court
Bodisco. In shape it is in the form
of a column. about 10 feet hin
and stands by itself in a small circlo.
Its subbase is of pink stone, IT,
base of bluish-gray granite. as is
also the column. Surmounting tie
monument is the figure of an
angel, kneeling upon one knee. In
addition to the inscription on the
column referring to the Count, there
is at the base record of the pass
ing of his great-great- grandson
Eugene de Bodisco, who was the
son of Alexander de Bodisco of the
third generation from the envoy.
Eugene de Bodisco, according to
the inscription, was an officer in
the Russian Army during the
World War and sought refuge in
the United States during the
Bolshevik revolution, dying in New
York in 1927.
Countess Remarked.
OF course, to complete the story of
the Bodisco marriage event, the
Countess Bodisco had to take her
husband at his word and remarry.
but she did wait six years to do so, as
one may see by referring to the press
Of 1860, where the following inter-
esting account is printed:
Marriage of Mime. Bodisco-r have
just returned from a spectacle Of
great interest, which has stirred the
memories and associations of us old
habitues of Washington more than
anything else that has occurred here
for a long time. Today at noon, in
st. Johns Church, Lafayette square,
the Countess Bodisco, widow of the
late distinguished and popular Min
lister from Russia. was married to
Capt. Douglas Gordon Scott of
Scotland. The ceremony was per-
formed by the Rev. DR.. Norwood of
Georgetown to whose congregation
the bride and her family belonged.
The bride was given away by Presi-
dent Buchanan. There was a quiet
simplicity about the whole scene,
which impaired the character rather
OF a religious than a festive occa-
sion.
"AS the appointed hour approached
most of the members of the diplo-
matte corps and their families ar
rived in simple morning costume and
mingled with the throng, without
regard to place or precedence. A
party from the Executive Mansion.
including Miss Macalister of Phila-
delphia, Miss Buchanan and Mr..
James Buchanan, jr., next came;
and soon after, the appearance of
Miss Lane at the door indicated that
she who was to be the observed of
all observers, must be near at hand.
Immediately the President entered
with the Countess Bodisco leaning
on his arm, while the whole congre-
cation arose. They passed down the
aisle to their places on the left of
the chancel, where they were met
by Capt. Scott, who shook hands cor
daily with the President, and the
ceremony was begun at once by the
officiating clergyman. There were
neither bridesmaids nor groomsmen,
and the whole affair had an air Of
unusual simplicity"
The old Bodisco home, to which
the count took his bride after their
marriage, still stands at 1922 o street,
and is the residence of Francis Colt
de Wolf, of the Department of State.
The Williams mansion, in early
days, was located at No. 40 Road
street, and was opposite Oak Hill
Cemetery. 1t was for many years
pointed out as one of Georgetown
historic sites because of the mar
rage there of the Russian Envoy
and Miss Williams. But it did not
fare so well as the Bodisco house,
since 1t was entirely removed about
1902, and the site is now occupied by
Henry and Annie Hurt Home for the
Blind, at 1850 r street, this street
having been changed from Road
street number of years ago.
The Countess Bodisco Tor rather.
Mrs. Douglas Gordon Scott, is said
to have died in 1902 at the rips age
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