Wife of General John Ross Key and mother of Francis Scott Key. Born in the city of Frederick to Arthur Charlton and his wife Eleanor Harrison she was married at the city of Frederick on October 19, 1775. She gave birth to six children, three of whom reached maturity. Francis Scott Key, Anne Arnold Phoebe Charlton Key who would marry Roger Brooke Taney and John Alfred Key who would die in 1841 at Edgefield, South Carolina. She died at the age of 75 at her home, Terra Rubra, north of Tom's Creek in Frederick County, Maryland.
Wife of General John Ross Key and mother of Francis Scott Key. Born in the city of Frederick to Arthur Charlton and his wife Eleanor Harrison she was married at the city of Frederick on October 19, 1775. She gave birth to six children, three of whom reached maturity. Francis Scott Key, Anne Arnold Phoebe Charlton Key who would marry Roger Brooke Taney and John Alfred Key who would die in 1841 at Edgefield, South Carolina. She died at the age of 75 at her home, Terra Rubra, north of Tom's Creek in Frederick County, Maryland.
Bio by: D C McJonathan-Swarm
