Daughter of James Lyons & Henningham Watkins
Taliaferro, Sally Lyons, Diary, 1859-1864..Library of Virginia.. Accession 24311. 177 leaves.
Typescript..Diary, 1859-1864, of Sally Lyons Taliaferro (1828-1899) of Gloucester County, Virginia, detailing her life at "Dunham Massie", her home in Gloucester County, including family and social life, gardening, housekeeping and the weather. Diary contains accounts kept by Taliaferro and family, including clothing for slaves. It provides a detailed account of how the Civil War affected Gloucester County, primarily occupation by the Union army and slaves leaving their masters for the Union lines. Taliaferro also records several war time trips to her father's home, "Laburnum" in Richmond, Virginia. Diary also includes two anecdotes concerning Taliaferro's silver and her confrontation with the Union raiding Party.
Added by deegraver, Jan. 8, 2013
Daughter of James Lyons & Henningham Watkins
Taliaferro, Sally Lyons, Diary, 1859-1864..Library of Virginia.. Accession 24311. 177 leaves.
Typescript..Diary, 1859-1864, of Sally Lyons Taliaferro (1828-1899) of Gloucester County, Virginia, detailing her life at "Dunham Massie", her home in Gloucester County, including family and social life, gardening, housekeeping and the weather. Diary contains accounts kept by Taliaferro and family, including clothing for slaves. It provides a detailed account of how the Civil War affected Gloucester County, primarily occupation by the Union army and slaves leaving their masters for the Union lines. Taliaferro also records several war time trips to her father's home, "Laburnum" in Richmond, Virginia. Diary also includes two anecdotes concerning Taliaferro's silver and her confrontation with the Union raiding Party.
Added by deegraver, Jan. 8, 2013
Family Members
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Leah Seddon Taliaferro
1854–1931
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James Lyons Taliaferro
1855–1928
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Dr Warner Throckmorton Langbourne Taliaferro
1856–1941
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Frances Booth "Fannie" Taliaferro
1858–1867
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George Wythe Booth Taliaferro
1860–1931
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Mary Henningham Lyons "Nina" Taliaferro Sanders
1868–1958
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William Churchill Lyons Taliaferro
1871–1946
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Dr Edward Carrington Stanard Taliaferro
1874–1932
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