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Title: The Tiernan and other families Year: 1901 (1900s) Authors: Tiernan, Charles Bernard. [from old catalog] Subjects: Tiernan family (Luke Tiernan, 1757-1839) [from old catalog] Somerville family (John Somerville, d 1788) [from old catalog] Somerville, Rebecca (Tiernan), Mrs., 1795-1863. [from old catalog] Publisher: Baltimore, W. J. Gallery & co. Contributing Library: The Library of Congress Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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Text Appearing Before Image: he intimacy with her untilher death. By her first husband, she had a daughter. MissMaria Clark, who married George R. Carroll, U. S. N.,of the family of the Carrolls of Duddington. They had three children, Anna Carroll, who mar-ried Outerbridge Horsey, of Frederick County Md.;Maria Carroll, who married Henry Hooper, of Sonoma,California, and Daniel Carroll, who was killed in theConfederate Army. By Patrick Tiernan, she had Paul Tiernan, namedafter his grandfather in Ireland, and Michael Tiernan,who are said to have been clever and intelligent. Theywent to Missouri where they died. Also, there are buried in the lot at Bonnie Brae:Patrick Tiernan, who died June 25, 1851, in hisseventy-first year. 80 LUKE TIERNAN. Ann Tiernan, widow of Patrick Tiernan, diedJanuary 6, 1873, aged 96. Catharine, daughter of Patrick Tiernan, diedDecember 24, 1846: Ann E. Tiernan, daughter ofPatrick Tiernan, died May 27, 1857; and Luke Tier-nan, named after his Uncle, who died December 28,1890, aged 68 years.

Text Appearing After Image: Mrs. Kebecca Somerville, MRS. REBECCA SOMERVILLE. 83 Kebecca Tiernan, named after her graiulniother,Rebecca Swearingen, was born December 11, 1795,She married Henry Vernon Somerville, December26, 1815, and died May 8, 186-3. She was an accomplished lady in every sense ofthe term. Mrs. John P. Kennedy said of her to Mrs. MarySpear Tiernan, that she was a w^onian of perfect man-ners, and her handsome appearance, and kindness andsweetness adorned her position. Tnis pictnre of Mrs. Somerville is taken from aminiature of her, painted by Miss Anna Peale, belong-ing to Mrs. J. Henley Smith, which was kindly loanedfor this purpose. There was great friendship with some of the mem-bers of the family of the Hon. William Pinkney, andin the year 1824, Edward Coate Pinkney addressedthe well-known Verses to her: *A Health.I 1 fill this cup, to one made up Of loveliness alone—A woman I of her gentle sex The seeming paragon !To whom the better elements And kindly stars have givenA form so fair, that

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