"Died on the 10th of April, in the 76th year of her age, Mrs. ELIZA M. SCOTT, who after a lingering sickness of some weeks having received the last sacrament resigned her soul in peace into the hands of her creator. No detailed eulogium, po pompous elegy, is required to inform the members of this community of the rare gifts and virtues of that shined lady. Let then, a few lines suffice to record as a momento to her family and for the common edification the leading traits of her character.

Death is the compendium and interpretation of life. If death has a great influence on life, the influence of life on death is still greater. This was fully exemplified by the death of her whose loss we now deplore. She died tranquil full of hope, and with a perfect resignation to the will of God because her life had been wholly consecrated to the service of God, the welfare of her family and the relief of the poor. She has fought the good fight, she has fulfilled the destiny allotted to her by divine providence, and now is a good old age, she has been called to receive a glorious crown, the reward of self-denial and sanctity.

In her childhood, she showed the happiest disposition; her extraordinary memory and quickness of perception were even then directed towards God and virtue. Religion in her was not as it is with many, merely a speculative science only fit to fill up our day dreams, for her faith was the actuating principle of her conduct; hence, she possessed that true nobility of character and of manner, far remote from pride or affectation. Her conversation had none of that unreality, so common now, her religious and literary reading having embellished her mind with a vast store of useful and agreeable information. It was a pleasure to listen to her refined language, and to observe the manner in which she imported her ideas to others. No one could converse with her without involuntarily feeling the presence of a saint, and the influence of a refined and superior mind.

Her charity for the poor was boundless; her visits to the suffering, her alms to the needy, are registered in heaven. She was a guiding star for the family, by the ascendency of her virtues, her good examples and prudent counsels. The last years of her life spent in a comparatively retired and solitaire manner were devoted to the mediation of eternal truths; prayer reading and light manual labor occupied her time. Finally with a lively faith, a well-grounded hope and an ardent love of God, she died the death of the just.

'Her soul, of origin divine - God's glorious image freed from clay - to heaven's eternal sphere shall shine - a stay of day.' Requiesce in pace - The Sentinel, Rockville, MD Friday Morning - April 27, 1866."

Elizabeth Maynadier Key, usually called Eliza, was the youngest child of Philip Key (1750-1820) and Rebecca Jowles Sothoron (before 1762-about 1795). She was born in St. Mary's Co. MD on 28 Jan 1792.

On July 10, 1816, a marriage license was issued in Montgomery Co. MD for John Scott and Eliza M. Key. John Scott was a lawyer and his name appears on the roster of Baltimore City Counselors from 1822-1833; and State senator in 1825. The couple had six children:

1. Elizabeth Rebecca Key Scott b. 16 Apr 1818 d. 8 Dec 1875 Marr. Joseph Elder

2. Susanna Goodwin Key Scott b. 31 Aug 1818 d. 14 Aug 1906 Marr. Thomas Hunter

3. Mary Victorine Scott 12 Nov 1822 d. 1 Jan 1901 Marr. William George Robertson

4. Robert Morris Scott 1826

5. John Key Scott 1829

6. Cecelia Ashton Scott b. 2 Nov 1832 d. 1924 Marr. Michael Fitzgerald