James Swan Key

His middle name is from his Sons of the American Revolution application for membership dated February 4, 1902.

The Baltimore Sun Wednesday, May 18, 1910 Died Key. On May 16, 1910, in New York City, James Barton, son of the late Philip Barton and Ellen Swan Key. Funeral services at the chapel in Greenmount Cemetery on Thursday at 11AM. Interment private.

The Evening Star Sunday, May 22, 1910 Pay Respect To The Dead Washingtonians Attend the Funeral of James Barton Key A number of Washingtonians went to Baltimore yesterday to attend the funeral of James Barton Key and the interment at Greenmount Cemetery. Mr. Key was the only surviving male descendant bearing the name of Francis Scott Key, author of The Star Spangled Banner.

Mr. Key died in New York at the age of fifty-eight years. He was a lawyer, theatrical manager, raconteur and hotel man and had many friends in this city. He purchased the Hotel Wellington, formerly Welcker’s, years ago and remodeled it as the Hotel Barton, within whose walls some of the foremost statesmen and national characters have been entertained.

In the theatrical world Mr. Key was even better known, he having been for a number of years a member of the famous firm of Dixey, Miles & Barton, owners of the Bijou Theater, New York and was the largest and most successful manager of his time. Mrs. William Gilmer of Baltimore is the only surviving member of the family.