What might Enos Reeves and Andrew Jackson have in common?

Having finally arrived in Charleston on Sunday, I've turned right around and left again this dreary Tuesday morning!  It's OK, I will return to my "home town" (a term which takes on more and more significance daily) of Charleston on Thursday.  This slight detour is occasioned by the visit of an old friend who is "conferencing" in Columbia, SC and has asked me to join her for the non-conference portions of her visit.  We haven't seen each other in over 12 years, so how could I refuse?!  As a bonus, I will awaken my neglected Nikon and visit my favorite zoo, Riverbanks, tomorrow, and a new treat, Pearl Fryar's Topiary Garden, on the way back on Thursday.  

The great excitement this week has been the contact Aaron has made with some cousins from Georgia and Arizona--cousins we knew nothing about until just a few days ago, and who have decades of research under their belts regarding Grandpa Reeves' family of origin.  James Longstreet Sibley Jennings (I love it!) and Ellen Williams Crawford have already proved to possess a wealth of information, and have shown themselves to be generous and forthcoming with all of it!  Aaron has been in touch with both, and I have made contact with Sib, as he is known, and have written to Ellen but have yet to hear back from her.

Sib is so comfortable and connected with the myriad ancestors we have only just found, that he actually calls them Aunt and Uncle, though they died centuries before he was born!  I am beginning to see the next weeks, months and years as a journey through a succulent forest of undiscovered fruits...Avatar comes to mind (and if you haven't seen it, you must!).  It's both enticing and unnerving to begin this journey, which I know will be frustrating at times, mind-numbing at others and, ultimately, joyous and delicious!  The best part of all this for me is an opportunity to work closely with Aaron on something about which we are both passionate!

Don't worry, I haven't forgotten the title of this entry, but I'm only going to give a hint now, until we've done a bit more digging to see if we can find the truth.  It has to do with the very famous portrait artist of the 19th century, Thomas Sully...

To come:  Who is buried in Matthew Sully Reeves' tomb?