Philip Barton Key (Louisiana)
| Philip Barton Key, Jr. | |
|---|---|
| Born | September 2, 1804 Washington, D. C. |
| Died | Script error: The function "death_date_and_age" does not exist. Acadia Plantation, Thibodaux Lafourche Parish, Louisiana |
| Resting place | St. Joseph's Church Cemetery in Thibodaux |
| Occupation | Lawyer; Planter Member, Louisiana House of Representatives, dates unspecified |
| Spouse(s) | (1) Maria Brent Sewall Key (died 1831) (2) Maria Laura Sewall Key (married 1833-1854, his death) |
| Children | Ten children from second marriage, including Philip Barton Key, III |
| Parent(s) | Philip and Ann Plater Key |
| Relatives | George Plater (father-in-law) Francis Scott Key (cousin) |
Philip Barton Key, Jr. (September 2, 1804 – May 4, 1854), was an antebellum planter in South Louisiana who served in the Louisiana House of Representatives and was a cousin of his mentor, Francis Scott Key.
Biographical sketch
Key was born in the Georgetown section of Washington, D.C., a son of the senior Philip Barton Key (1757-1815), a member of the United States House of Representatives from Maryland's 3rd congressional district and later, briefly, a United States District Court judge. His mother was the former Ann Plater (1774-1834), a daughter of Governor George Plater of Maryland. He studied law under his cousin, Francis Scott Key. He was twice married; his first wife, the former Maria Brent Sewall of Prince Georges County, Maryland, died in 1831. He then married in Montgomery County, Maryland, his sister-in-law, the former Maria Laura Sewall (1812-1890) of St. Mary's County, Maryland, by whom he had ten children.[1]
Key practiced law in the capital city of Annapolis, Maryland, until 1835, when he relocated to Ascension Parish near the capital city of Baton Rogue, Louisiana. In 1845, he purchased Acadia Plantation in Lafourche Parish near Thibodaux. In addition to his legislative duties,[2] he was a member of the Louisiana Constitutional Convention of 1850. He died at his plantation and is interred at St. Joseph's Church Cemetery in Thibodaux.[1][3]
Barton had the same name as a son of Francis Scott Key, Philip Barton Key, II.
References
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- ↑ Membership in the Louisiana House of Representatives, 1812-2020 has fragmentary information prior to the American Civil War and does not have a reference to Key serving in the state House.
- ↑ The Key family was Episcopalian; Philip Barton Key, Jr., is interred at a Roman Catholic cemetery in Thibodaux, Louisiana.
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