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Your cover story on the Byrds of Virginia [Aug. 17] interests and pleases me. Though it is centered on Senator Harry Flood Byrd, it is of interest to note that the middle name Evelyn, appearing in every generation since the second, comes from the beautiful and accomplished daughter of William Byrd II [1674-1744] of Westover, himself a royal pippin on the family apple tree...
...Known as "fair Evelyn" (pronounced Evelyn), Byrd's daughter was a celebrated beauty (see cut). As a young girl she went to live in England where she fell in love with the Earl of Peterborough. Her father forbade the match because the earl was Catholic. A broken-hearted Evelyn returned to Virginia where, she died at the age of 29. The name Evelyn is missing in the sixth generation (circa 1830), but has shown up in every other, impartially divided between male Byrds and lady Byrds...
Thank goodness this country has Senator Byrd, who knows that apples grow on trees, to keep check on President Kennedy, who thinks that money grows on trees...
...note with interest that Harry Byrd's ancestor objected to the 13 colonies' obtaining their independence from England, which rings true in his thinking today on wanting to preserve the status...
...previously envisioned Senator Byrd as a pompous know-it-all seeking to throw a monkey wrench into this Administration's or any administration's legislative hopes...