The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-12-31

pct Of Jefferson, was aieeping e a
inrGe chamber in o. dnnbia bed ~, Is
little sister LAY in a smaller Y ono en-
the other side os tho RI ON!
Long past midnight hInritt $yTearSas
Tyler awokc Tile moonIiRtit insae Her
champer almost as light d IS IL days I,
+ Something drew her gaze toward 81 Ties
peo ana hor little s2ster. and bending
over the child was the e disco rnfit 81
image Of her beautiful. sainted motherss
ne vision to her was dclighttul1y
soothing, and she lay rigid rs he r. sven
beheld 1t. She aid not dare to speak &
lest 1t vanish, according to the old
superstition that ghosts fleo atSStiie# X
sound OF a human voice. So {5ssS{Sg
Mnria" her friend lying beside fil.rsi
called suddenly There Is your moth n
CT SIS. " 81 81
The phantnsm at the sound OF fSse{F
human voice vanished 81 III
4 SON women had distinct sensory&
perception of well known person
who was dead s.
rms strange supernormal expert ~
cnce was related constantly sby ,joti ~
women, and tho chamber is called the&e
haunted chamber to this day. An MI Bt&
one ambitious of seeing a sure 3enougfE
ghost may go there and behold I II. 3 5f5s Z
Maria Tyler married and many Y
years after this strange vision y sila5
was visiting "Greenway Court HerT
'N''Nt' VIC IhtuTG .ITGS1Uent hen
owned It, and with his family resided
thcre. nj
F.! Upon certain night ono OF tho
young Tylors was taken very Ill. and
Maria who was helping TO nurse the !.
enid needed something from the very
room IN which the arparitons of herr
mother had appeared n 4
AS. SHE entered this chamber ~ al
phantasm of her father stood betoreyT
hcr. He wore a suit of brown clothe5,
which she we'll remembered and u IA A
her eyes darted to his forehead ai,eis
saw his 'birthmark--u large mole. q He
7 herself 80 "a 10
/ Maria. Maria!' her sister IN In NJ
called nervonsly from below, and tho,
phantasm disappeared. ~ I. SO 4
! Was tho atmospheric condition oiS
this old chamber favorable to glost.yfs
! appearances? Was tho subjected per-
sonaHty OF the daughter SO charged, a
i with thought of her parents that shosi
herself projected tho phantasms n (orssS
oid the spirits of the old Governor and
his Wife at VIII take visible form antiS
shape? That the daughter vividly be ~
heid the semblancc of thcm there is
no doubt. 1t Is on record as a strange
/ ana tncNplicablc experience f3Ss5
"t10) William; born February 1S,&i
ll6s; Justice: married November 3ts
! 1875, Elizabeth Macon, of Mount ProsSs4
Pect, Hanover county. Va; daughter i
j OF William Eartwell Macon, and Lucy
daughter of John and Elizabeth Scotia
Editor OF the Genealogy Column:
Caldwell McBrSda records an error
above. His great grnndfathcr's mother
/ was Elizabeth Macon truly, but sha A
was the sister OF Col. William IL Mn. Z
. con, and never lived at Mount Pros. ii
pect. Her father lived u t The Islandi,4
,he OLD seat OF Macons ep the Pamun-
Key River not far from White House,
I Colonel w. II. Macon buff SIounh%
Prospect for his SECOND wife, I thinlS: s.
| maybe first. My grandmother wa - his,
! third VIE, married to him In Il Its-
Use this II you choose. y. g. q. sf
SFdnor, Garland, Thompsor.
Who We're the parents Of William S, q
! SSdnor, one OF the signcrs OF the
Meek OF Virginia, February 81, 1861
: William S. POSSIBLY Spottswood> syd-@
nor married Bessie Ann Garland Thorn W
SON widow of William Thomson, 4 and
daughter OF Edward Garland (whossai
| VIII was written in 171O ana Jhiifo9
Jennings. Dates of these murringts$
Bessie AIMS daughter by her iirsts
marriage was Susanna, who marrieSi,gl
Peter 'finslcy. Eldest child by sccont,#
| marriage was Edward Garland Sydntrg
born October 10, 1863 This Edward
Garland Sydnor married Sarah dnueeh9S
Hanover county. Va. a ~
IN a blackwell write-up in the Gene 4
illogical Column of October. 16 101pk
Sarah Whites husband was incorrect,I5s
given as Barrett -tGyundiS.s W i, sreas LII S
should have been Edward Garland Syd "a
nor, tho name Barrett coming Grst iatr5 &
; The sydnor family through the n1ar3ss
riaSe. 9i3 N :E3isslssSsS;
Data exchanged with Jennings, Gars
land, Thomson White and Sydnor de-
scendants, who can give line from Ed -
ward Garland Sydnor born 17Sgg =, K
Fortunntus Sydnor, born IL MARI
ricd Johanna tilasscock, and died l{iaa
l723. Information desired of THOMPSON
ana Wightman families, who inter-
married with the Robinsons-all jfron3S
| England stsll%
Mrs. BLANCHE sYDNoR ROBINSON.
Danville, Va. 3i
Editor Genealogical Column: t.s5
Dear Sir.-[i reader wishes to know
the ancestry of William Henry Curtis,
born in Northumberland County, 1904.
The writer does not know IL his 10 thcr'sls
family was from Northumberland orig
innlly or some of tho other NorthernG
Neck counties. lie had one sisters
named Elizabeth Curtis; she married.
MIR. Tignor. Some OF the family liyed9s
on or near the Potomac 1 wish tasti
know the name of his mother ana 8
father. Was his mothers name Mary
or I.avinta? Would like TO know her.
maiden namo and ancestry. Did ghiaSs
fathJr or fathers brothers or unclea y
fight in the War of the Revolution and
III lSla? If SO. In what company amt
whose command? Is Curtis Scotch or i
what: ! have been told his ancesrors Y
came from England. There was al
Walter or Muller In connection wi Jslss55
his ancestry, perhaps an uncle. Wh:f288ff
We're the names of the Curtises thaV$SS
fought in the Revolution and 1877 ES
4 uisl, .,..t oil y IL, r.