Editing George H. Pendleton (section)

==Personal life==
[[File:Hiram Powers, Alice Key Pendleton, model 1870, carved 1870, NGA 176812.jpg|thumb|Alice Key Pendleton, sculpted by [[Hiram Powers]]]]
In 1846, Pendleton was married to Mary Alicia Key (1824–1886), the daughter of [[Francis Scott Key]], the lawyer, author, and amateur poet who is best known today for writing a poem which later became the lyrics for the United States' [[national anthem]], "[[The Star-Spangled Banner]]." Together, George and Alicia were the parents of:

* Sarah Pendleton (born in [[Ireland]], about 1846)
* [[Francis Key Pendleton]] (1850–1930), who was born in Cincinnati and became prominent in New York society during the [[Gilded Age]].<ref name="McAllister1892">{{cite news|last1=McAllister|first1=Ward|title=THE ONLY FOUR HUNDRED {{!}} WARD M'ALLISTER GIVES OUT THE OFFICIAL LIST. HERE ARE THE NAMES, DON'T YOU KNOW, ON THE AUTHORITY OF THEIR GREAT LEADER, YOU UNDER- STAND, AND THEREFORE GENUINE, YOU SEE.|url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1892/02/16/108210917.pdf|access-date=26 March 2017|work=[[The New York Times]]|date=16 February 1892|language=en}}</ref><ref name="Patterson2000">{{cite book |last1=Patterson |first1=Jerry E. |title=The First Four Hundred: Mrs. Astor's New York in the Gilded Age |date=2000 |publisher=Random House Incorporated |isbn=9780847822089 |page=217 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZLwMAAAAYAAJ |access-date=13 June 2018 |language=en}}</ref>
* Mary Lloyd Pendleton (1852–1929), who was born in Cincinnati.
* Jane Francis Pendleton (1860–1950), who was born in the [[District of Columbia]], April 22, 1860.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=monkeys&id=I6090 |title=RootsWeb's WorldConnect Project: Janet Ariciu family Bush |publisher=Wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com |access-date=2013-11-08}}</ref>
* George Hunt Pendleton (1863–1868), who died young.

Pendleton became a member of the New York [[Society of the Cincinnati]] in 1886 by right of his descent from Captain Nathaniel Pendleton of the Continental Army.

At the end of his life, Pendleton suffered a [[stroke]].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.wcpo.com/news/insider/name-from-history-the-pendletons-led-remarkable-lives-that-shaped-region-us-history | title=Name from History: The Pendletons led remarkable lives that shaped region, U.S. history | date=9 January 2017 | publisher=WCPO | access-date=16 June 2019}}</ref> Pendleton died in [[Brussels]], [[Belgium]] on November 24, 1889.<ref name="GHPObit1889">{{cite news |title=DEATH OF A DIPLOMAT {{!}} END OF GEORGE H. PENDLETON'S CAREER.THE EX-MINISTER TO GERMANY DYING AT BRUSSELS—HIS LIFE WORK AT HOME AND ABROAD. |url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1889/11/26/106213980.pdf |access-date=3 October 2018 |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=November 26, 1889}}</ref> He is interred in [[Spring Grove Cemetery]], [[Cincinnati, Ohio]].

===Memorials===
The city of [[Pendleton, Oregon]], is named after him.<ref>{{Cite web|title=History of Pendleton|url=https://pendleton.or.us/community/page/history-pendleton|access-date=2021-11-11|website=Pendleton, OR|language=en}}</ref>

The [[George H. Pendleton House]] in Cincinnati is a [[National Historical Landmark]] and was listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]] in 1966.<ref name=nhlnom>{{cite web |url= {{NHLS url |id=66000611}} |title= National Historic Landmark nomination for George H. Pendleton House |publisher= National Park Service |access-date= 2018-03-20}}</ref>