Photo #16163
Last Name: Sully
First Name: Robert
Middle Name:
Subject's City: Petersburg
Subject's State: VA
Subject's County:
Subject's Country: United States
Date: 1851-1900
Photographer: Foster
Photographer's City: Richmond
Photographer's State: VA
Nee:
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Comments: Robert Sully (Nee: ) | Petersburg VA United States | 1851-1900 | Comments: Written note on front says R... Sully Petersburg VA. Note on back indicate Robert Sully was brother of Thomas Sully who painted The Torn Hat http://www.hol.gr/mirror/cgfa/s/p-sully1.htm. Robert was 2nd husband to Elizabeth Rucker Williams.
The painter Robert Matthew Sully was a nephew of Thomas Sully, adopted when his father, Thomas\' brother, died. On Friday, Dec. 14, 1832, The Richmond Whig and Commercial Journal reported the marriage of Robert Matthew Sully and Isabella Jerdone Thompson (my aunt) daughter of Garland Thompson, Esq. (my gg grandfather). All were from Richmond. They were married on Dec. 11th by the Rev. Robert B. Croes of Genesee, NY. They lived for some time in Culpeper. I believe they had children. He could well have had a second marriage and lived in Petersburg, but his clothing appears to be of an earlier date than you have for him. He died in the 1850's**
4/4/2005 Ann Thompson Bishop writes **
Digital Image Only? NO
Everyone Listed In This Photo:
Robert Sully