Barbara Taylor

I have some on the grandsons of Francis Scott Key - especially those who served in the Confederate Army during the American Civil War. FRANCIS SCOTT KEY -- CONFEDERATE GRANDSONS Clarence Key born about 1835 in MD - died Aug. 15, 1911 in Baltimore, MD His father John Ross Key -- son of FS Key. Father born 1809. Their father died 1837 - age 28. Clarence’s brother - John Ross Key (July 16, 1837 - 1920) - an artist - worked as an engineer for The Confederate Army. A mapmaker in SC and VA, A LT in rank. He married Mabel Thayer. Clarence married Mrs. Priscilla Hadley Skiff on March 21,1867 in Galveston, TX. Clarence - tall, 6 feet, with a full bread. Served Co. B, Second Texas Cavalry, then 26th TX Cavalry and 33rd. Serve Co. E, 26th Tenn Inf. (on headstone) Had been in Cuba when war broke out. Clarence and John raised by grandfather, F.S. Key. Nov. 1909 - in Mexico City - very ill and very poor - in an American Hospital. Requesedt to being him home. Clarence along with cousins -- John F. Key and Daniel Murray Key lived at Confederate Soldier’s Home in Pikesville, Baltimore County. All three widowers. April 20, 1913 - Daniel Murray Key died at the Soldier’s Home. Served in Co. D 1st MD Inf. John Francis Key - died Aug. 3, 1920 at Soldier’s Home - age 92. Grand grandson of F. S. Key. Served in Confederate. Co. D, 1st Maryland Inf. & Stewarts’ Artillery. John Eager Howard - Capt. In Civil War - a grandson of F.S. Key - died Aug. 1911. Another grandson - Francis Key Howard - editor of Baltimore Exchange newspaper. Wrote editorial - about Lincoln’s suspending the Writ of habeas corpus. Arrested on order of US General Banks on Sept. 13, 1861 - sent to Ft. McHenry (where F.S. Key was 47 years earlier) then to Fortress Monroe then To Ft. Lafayette in NY harbor then to Ft. Warren in Boston. Released on Nov. 27, 1862 after MD Legislation took a pro-Union stand. Wrote book of experiences - published in 1863. Treatment of innocent people. 13,000 imprisoned. 14 months in prisons. Thought to have Southern Sympathies because of his editorial. These prisons -- “Baltimore Bastille” and “American Bastille” Francis Key Howard -- 1826 to 1872 Eight grandsons of F. S. Key served in Confederate.