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Show Mrs. Grace Georgiana Tone Maxwell", the widow of Lascelles E. Maxwell, who died recently at her home, 4S9 Washington avenue. Brooklyn, was born in Georgetown. D. C, in 1S27. She was a daughter of William Theobald Wolfe Tone, who was a captain in the French army under Napoleon, and also at one time a lieutenant in the United States army. She was the only grandchild grand-child of Theobald Wolfe Tone, the founder of the United Irishmen, and one of the leaders of the rebellion of Her grandfather on her mother's side was William Sampson, a United Irishman and an exile, who, in the early 'f rt x?f the century, was a member of the New York bar. A large silk Irish flag was always displayed in the hallway hall-way or her home. Three daughters and four suns survive her. ' f ' i ' "l ' " "; 1 , 1 1JW ,1 I ..11.1,1111., |