John Hazlehurst Boneval Latrobe

1803 - 1891  (88 years)

• Name	John Hazlehurst Boneval Latrobe  [1, 2]
  Born	4 May 1803	Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA   [3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10]
  Gender	Male
  Occupation	1850  [6]
  	Lawyer
  Residence	1850	Anne Arundel, Maryland, USA   [7]
  Residence	1850	Baltimore, Independent Cities, Maryland, USA   [6]
  Occupation	1860  [5]
  	Lawyer
  Residence	1860	Elkridge, Howard, Maryland, USA   [5]
  Occupation	1870  [8]
  	Attorney-at-law
  Residence	1870	Baltimore, Independent Cities, Maryland, USA   [8]
  Occupation	1880  [9]
  	Lawyer
  Residence	1880	Baltimore, Independent Cities, Maryland, USA   [9]
  _MILT	Lt. Col., Maryland Militia
  Burial	Lot I 21-23
  Died	11 Sep 1891	Baltimore, Independent Cities, Maryland, USA   [3, 4, 10]
  Burial	14 Sep 1891	Green Mount Cem, Baltimore, Independent Cities, Maryland, USA   [10]
  Buried	14 Sep 1891	Baltimore, Independent Cities, Maryland, USA   [10]
  Person ID	I5519	mytree
  Last Modified	20 Jul 2022

  
  

  Father	Benjamin Henry Boneval Latrobe,   b. 1 May 1764, Fulneck, Leeds, Yorkshire, England ,   d. 3 Sep 1820, New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA  (Age 56 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Mary Elizabeth Hazlehurst,   b. 1 Jan 1771, Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA ,   d. 16 Oct 1841, Mount Holly, Burlington, New Jersey, USA  (Age 70 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Married	2 May 1800  [11]
  Notes	They were married at her father's house in Philadelphia, PA by the Right Reverend Dr. White, the Episcopal Bishop. While Benjamin Henry Latrobe was working on the Chesapeake and Delaware Canal in 1805, the family was living in Wilmington, Delaware. They had a nurse, maid and housekeeper, Catherine McCausland, who was called 'Kitty'. They moved to a small log house on Ironhill near Elkton, MD for July, August and September 1805 as the children were subject to 'summer complaint' - dysentery which at that time was very frequently fatal. The house was near the canal where they could see both the Chesapeake Bay and the Delaware River 20 miles apart. On Christmas Eve, 1815 the Latrobe family was living in Washington when there was a sudden tragedy - the accidental death of the loyal Kitty McCausland. Benjamin Henry, Mary and Julia had gone off to church, leaving the two boys and Kitty alone in the house. The boys were upstairs when suddenly they heard a scream from below; they rushed to the kitchen and found Kitty moaning in a chair by the fire, all her clothes burned off and their remains still smoking on the floor. They rushed for help from a neighbor who helped to get her upstairs and into bed and gave her what crude first aid they could as the others returned, but it was too late and she died that evening. She had been with the family for thirteen years, and this was a grievous loss to all the family.
  Family ID	F2	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Charlotte Virginia Claiborne,   b. 5 Aug 1815, Natchez, Adams, Mississippi, USA ,   d. 14 Aug 1903, Baltimore, Independent Cities, Maryland, USA  (Age 88 years)
  Married	6 Dec 1832	Natchez, Adams, Mississippi, USA   [4]
  Married	6 Dec 1832	Soldiers Retreat, Natchez, Adams, Mississippi, USA   [4]
  Notes	John H. B. Latrobe and Charlotte V. Claiborne are listed with a Charlotte C. Latrobe, age 16 on the 1850 census, who was born in Mississippi. On the 1860 census there were 10 others listed with the family, among them a seamstress, house keeper, gardener, coachman, and cook.
  Children	+ 1. Ferdinand Claiborne Latrobe,   b. 14 Oct 1833, Baltimore, Independent Cities, Maryland, USA ,   d. 13 Jan 1911, Baltimore, Independent Cities, Maryland, USA  (Age 77 years)  [natural]   2. Osmun Latrobe,   b. 12 Apr 1835, Natchez, Adams, Mississippi, USA ,   d. 8 Oct 1915, New York, New York, New York, USA  (Age 80 years)  [natural]   3. Virginia Latrobe,   b. 5 Jun 1843,   d. 13 Mar 1844  (Age 0 years)  [natural] + 4. Richard Steuart Latrobe,   b. 17 Jan 1845, Maryland, USA ,   d. 14 Feb 1900, Baltimore, Independent Cities, Maryland, USA  (Age 55 years)  [natural] + 5. Virginia Isabella Latrobe,   b. 17 Jan 1845, Maryland, USA ,   d. 16 Jun 1924  (Age 79 years)  [natural]   6. John Hazlehurst Boneval Latrobe, Jr.,   b. 14 May 1847, Baltimore, Independent Cities, Maryland, USA ,   d. 22 Jul 1882, Baltimore, Independent Cities, Maryland, USA  (Age 35 years)  [natural] + 7. Lydia Roosevelt Latrobe,   b. 1853, Baltimore, Independent Cities, Maryland, USA ,   d. 17 Oct 1937, Washington, District of Columbia, USA  (Age 84 years)  [natural]
  Last Modified	20 Jul 2022
  Family ID	F251	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Margaret Caile Steuart,   b. 4 Jul 1795,   d. 5 Jan 1831, Baltimore, Independent Cities, Maryland, USA  (Age 35 years)
  Married	20 Nov 1828  [12, 13]
  Notes	Her last name is spelled 'Stewart' in the Hazlehurst Charts.
  Children	+ 1. Henry Boneval Latrobe,   b. 1830, Maryland, USA ,   d. May 1877  (Age 47 years)  [natural]
  Last Modified	20 Jul 2022
  Family ID	F174	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 4 May 1803 - Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA Married - 6 Dec 1832 - Natchez, Adams, Mississippi, USA Married - 6 Dec 1832 - Soldiers Retreat, Natchez, Adams, Mississippi, USA Residence - 1850 - Anne Arundel, Maryland, USA Residence - 1850 - Baltimore, Independent Cities, Maryland, USA Residence - 1860 - Elkridge, Howard, Maryland, USA Residence - 1870 - Baltimore, Independent Cities, Maryland, USA Residence - 1880 - Baltimore, Independent Cities, Maryland, USA Died - 11 Sep 1891 - Baltimore, Independent Cities, Maryland, USA Burial - 14 Sep 1891 - Green Mount Cem, Baltimore, Independent Cities, Maryland, USA Buried - 14 Sep 1891 - Baltimore, Independent Cities, Maryland, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Photos » Slide Show		1850 US Census - Baltimore, MD - Ward 10 (p99A)
  		1860 US Census - Howard, MD - District 1 (p630)
  		John H.B. Latrobe [1803-1891] - 1890.jpg
  		John Hazlehurst Boneval Latrobe 1891 gravestone
  		1850 US Census - Howard District, Anne Arundel, MD (p424B)
  		John H.B. Latrobe [1803-1891].jpg
  		1870 US Census - Baltimore, MD - Ward 11 (p75)
  		1880 US Census - Baltimore, MD - District 103 (p451B)

  
  

  Headstones

  Latrobe, John H. 1803-1891

  
  

• Notes

  John Hazlehurst Boneval Latrobe attended West Point Military Academy for three years from 1818-21 but was forced to resign in his senior year as head of his class in order to take care of his family in Baltimore when his older brother and father died. He won a Gold Medal for the best design of a Monument to Kosciuszko at West Point. Switching gears, he studied law an became Chief Counsel for the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad. He remained a council for the railroad from 1828-1891. He was an architect in his own right; he sometimes assisted his father in architectural work and is thought to have contributed to the design of the portico of Baltimore's Basilica of the Assumption. He also enjoyed varied artistic interests including writing poetry and fiction. He became a central figure in the movement to colonize Liberia, Africa with freed slaves from the United States, and succeeded Henry Clay in 1853 as president of the American Colonization Society. He was involved with litigation between Nicholas Roosevelt and Robert Fulton about the vertical wheel on steamboats. He was involved in the incorporation of the Magnetic Telegraph Company and the Western Telegraph Company to conduct and carry the electro-magnetic telegraph, invented by Morse, over lines alongside the B&O Railroad between Baltimore and Washington. The first message was, "What hath God Wrought." He was Counsel for the Ross Winans Railroad interests in Russia. He was President of the Park Board of Baltimore and was involved with the purchase of land for Druid Hill Park. He further contributed to Baltimore's parks system, serving as president of Druid Hill Park board from 1860 to 1891. His collaboration in the park extended to the Madison Avenue Gate and the expansion of the Mansion House. He was also one of the early proprietors of Green Mount Cemetery in Baltimore. His brother, Benjamin H. Latrobe, Jr., designed the walkways for the cemetery. In 1846 he was granted a patent for improvement in stoves. This was known as the "Latrobe Stove". Although over 300,000 were in use, he never got any financial rewards for it. Parts were cast in the foundry and built at the Bartlett-Hayward Company in Baltimore until 1910. It was similar to the "Franklin Stove". He was a co-founder and the first president of the Maryland Historical Society. Co-organizer of the Maryland Institute College of Art. He was an incorporator of the Bar Association of Baltimore City in 1879, and was a co-founder of the American Bar Association. He was Aide-de-Camp under Gov. Thomas Swann. Charles Joseph Latrobe had visited him in Baltimore. John H. B. Latrobe met his English cousins while on a visit abroad. John H. B. Latrobe writes, "While in London I made acquaintance with my first cousin, the Rev. Peter Latrobe, who had succeeded his father as senior Bishop of the Moravian Church, an admirable gentleman, a Christian, and a man of learning and accomplishment". He goes on to write, "My maternal grandfather has been mentioned by me in the commencement of this letter, but I have said nothing of my grandfather on my father's side, whose authenticated claim to a descendant from the historical family of the Bonevals of France was a preliminary to the marriage of my Uncle Frederick with the Baroness Stackelberg, of Dorpat, Livonia."He then goes on to discuss the coat of arms as follows: "While I am on the subject, I may as well state the tradition as regards my coat of arms. Three escallop shells on a blue bar across a white shield. The crest a hand holding an anchor, The hand and forearm issuing from clouds, motto, Tutto Si Fa (Nothing is Impossible). The origin of this coat is said to have been as follows: A remote ancestor, going as a man at arms to the Crusade indicated by the shells, bore himself bravely, was knighted, and on his return to Italy has his arms emblazoned there. A simple shield, three escallop shells, and the Italian motto, "Nothing is Impossible." Religion ran in the family, it would seem. The hand and arm issuing from the clouds and the emblem of hope are very religious in their meaning." He had lived in Baltimore at the northeast corner of Charles and Read Streets. The office building now at this location is still called the Latrobe Building. Interestingly, he and his immediate family show up twice on the 1850 census. In Aug 1850 he is listed on the Anne Arundel Co., MD census along with 7 children and 13 servants/workers. In Sep 1850 he is listed in the Baltimore census along with 6 children and 6 servants. His summer home (farm?) was valued at $26,000 while his home in Baltimore was valued at $30,000. Listed among his children in Anne Arundel Co. is a Charlotte C. aged 16 (between the ages of Ferdinand and Osmund). She does not appear on the Baltimore 1850 census. In the 1870 census he is listed as being aged 75, having 7 servants, and born in England. His funeral was at Christ Protestant Episcopal Church, corner of St. Paul and Chase Streets.

  
  

• Sources

  [S75] Jack Hoyt (hoytx2@aol.com), Page 448. [S99] Mrs. Gamble Latrobe Collection, Book of newspaper clippings. [S74] Internet, http://www.mdoe.org/latrobejhb.html. [S38] Claiborne of Virginia: The First Eight Generations, John Frederick Dorman, (Name: Baltimore, 1995;), p471. [S188] 1860 United States Federal Census, (Name: National Archives and Records Administration;), Year: 1860; Census Place: District 1, Howard, Maryland; Roll: ; Page: 630; Image: 76. J. H. B. Latrobe, Charlotte B., Ferdinand C. C., Osmun, R. S., Virginia, J. H. B. Jr. [S189] 1850 United States Federal Census, (Name: National Archives and Records Administration;), Year: 1850; Census Place: Baltimore Ward 10, Baltimore, Maryland; Roll: M432_284; Page: 99A; Image: . John H. B. Latrobe Charlotte V. Henry Ferdinand Osmun R. Steuart Virginia John [S189] 1850 United States Federal Census, (Name: National Archives and Records Administration;), Year: 1850; Census Place: Howard, Anne Arundel, Maryland; Roll: M432_278; Page: 424B; Image: . J. H. B. Latrobe Charlotte Henry Ferdinand Asosmum Charlotte C. ?? Virginia Stewart John H. B. [S187] 1870 United States Federal Census, (Name: National Archives and Records Administration;), Year: 1870; Census Place: Baltimore Ward 11, Baltimore, Maryland; Roll: M593_; Page: ; Image: . John Latrobe Charlott Stewart Virginia John Lilian [S193] 1880 United States Federal Census, (Name: National Archives and Records Administration;), Year: 1880; Census Place: Baltimore, Baltimore, Maryland; Roll: 501; Family History Film: 1254501; Page: 451B; Enumeration District: 103; Image: 0164. John H. B. Latrobe Charlotte John Swann [S476] Find-A-Grave, John Hazlehurst Boneval Latrobe 1891. [S20] Benjamin Henry Latrobe, Talbot Hamlin, (Name: Oxford University Press; Location: New York; Date: 1955;), Page 142. [S52] Elizabeth Isabella Purviance, Samuel Purviance, Jr. [S38] Claiborne of Virginia: The First Eight Generations, John Frederick Dorman, (Name: Baltimore, 1995;), p473.