Lancaster, Robert Alexander, 1862- [from old catalog] · Philadelphia and London, J. B. Lippincott company · leaf 111
Shippen Willing, of Philadelphia. Thedescendants of the Black Swan of Virginia are legion. Colonel William Byrd III was, like his father and 84 VIRGINIA HOMES AND CHURCHES grandfather, a distinguished member of the Virginia Coun-cil and served gallantly as a colonel of a Virginia regimentduring the… … WESTOVER DURING THE WAR 1861-1865 by an incurable passion for gaming, which finally wreckedhis superb estate. He died in 1777, leaving, at Westover,a widow and several daughters, who, like the beautifulByrds of the former generation, were noted for theircharms. They especially attracted some of the…
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