Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1881-11-25
THE vERNEY ANCESTOR.

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The fEhNEf ANoEoIVh'
Tho vorrov oh;ldro,, ,voro vary ,roud
,e their areatlrrandfather II ia moi
ouarv hoS and s,;ri who Lnows who b;s
~. La. go 49, o,rsn df.,hor was The yer0
nov cbiIdren Inew all about the in.
Jiy;dnai nhn oconn;od tb;s nos;t;on in
tbe;r fam;,u. and ps said before thev
ware yery nrond of him Mr. Vernev,
the ob;idrop,s father toot a great in,
terest in hia family history. and once.
when on n visit 70 Encland traced
hacl his line of ancestors tn the time
of the Norman CONQUEST To he sure.
the fen,;iu name yas Ia yernave bnt
If Il we'll known that our forefathers
often snelt their names very differently
from, tbe WOW in which we snolI onrs
There was also n break in the line of
ancestry from 15g0to 40. durino which
period n mart of the family was SUP
posed to have emicrated to America.
A GOOD many E5ulish families did
emiSrate tn America ahont This time. and
If fbe he Vernave family were coming
at all II ia nrohablv that thew came
1hen. Tbere was another breax from
the neriod nf this sunnose emioration
down 70 the time of the oreategrand-
father whom the Yernev children knew
ali'abofit.. Rnt IL was % evident in the
mind of Mr.. Vernev that these oaps
could he satisfootoriIv filled nm If he
could oniv ger hold of the nroner
records that the omi ssions in his line of
,,ncestors did NOT trouble him Mt all.
Wbila.;n ENGLAND be had visiteJ the
old castle of the Guvsters. into which
family the De Vernaves were said to
have ma,-ied about The time Mr. Ver,
new lost track of them, In this castle
was q. ma;la,I ,fipnre seated in n chair
which tigure, Mr. Vernev was nositive
from.ceria;n marks nm the armor was
intena cdI 10 renresent Sir Leonold De
Vernave. who must have been his
ancasthrI = 80 D. =,
M Wernev would baye been vary
plad to bnv This figure and set il nm in
5is library at home. because very few.
or none indeed Of his friends had
mailed foures of their ancestors Rnt
The idea,of having n ma;led tignre in his
i;hranv' ,vas co attra ot;ve To Mr. Vernev
that he hongbt n snit ot old ormor in
ENGLAND and fool, il bome with him
II was not sncb hand soma arn,or nc that
w,rn hv.tbe nrond Sir Teonold bnt II
would do' verv we'll and was far better
in his eues than the old Continental
uniforms of which some of his neiph-
hors were so nrond
This sn;t of mail he had nronerlv set
nm on n nedestal in his library. which
room was handsomely furnished with
old.fasbioned chairs, n high clock. and
other furniture that looked as if il had
BELONGED at some time to ancient fami-
lies. 80
FTbe hooks had formerly been kent in
the library. but as the hook k-oases did
not snit The other furniture thev had
been removed 10 nm MINER room
This fioure be showed to his friends
as n -snrcinyrn- of the kind of armor his
ancestors must have worn uTbe brave
weaver, If this mall he would saw
"had certainly done some hard fioht.
inc. and these dents and those breaks
in The mail tyere nrobahlv made when
he couched his lance or drew his sword
in the battles of Uast;ngs and Morston
Moor ~
Some of Mr.. yernev,s visitors who
remembered ENGLISH history knew that
this individnaI must have lived a very
long life indeed If he had fouobt in botb
tho battles of Hastinps ana Marston
Moor Int they were TOO noIite To saw
ANYTHING about it.
In conrse of time this suit of armor.
and the armed f;oure of the De Vernave
about which their father talked 90
much. became so mixed up in the minds
of the Verney children. that thev really
sunnosed that the fionre Of the mailed
knight in the library Represented one of
their ancestors. and before very Iono.
some of the Younger visitors To the
house actually beoan To think II was the
oreat. grandfather ahont whom the Ver,
news talLed ca p,ncb
The nearest nei@bbors and most init.
mate friends of the Vernevs were tho
,Greens The children III this family
had no idea who their Green great
s1randfather was Thar father was not
I;yinS and their n,other raaiiv did NOT
knoyS anvtbinn ahont her Rusha,dis
=. @randfatber. She beI;eved that he had
lived somewbere ont Vast hut sbe was
NOT nositive even about this She knew
Who her own grandfatber was bpt th;s
did not matter as sbe herseIf did not
actuaily 'heIono IN the Grean % famiiy %
rRnt in sn;te nj this want of ancastry
the Green children could rnn as fast
and inmn as bioh. and were inst az
clever at their Iessons and had 40 oood
manners az the Vernev hovs and Sirls
with their family line. ~ ."
- Leonold and Ed~arda yernev. who