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The Second Floor Foyer in Mead Hall

The Gibbons Family were above all else southerners. “The Forest” was inherited by Gibbons’ only son, William Heyward. He had moved back to Savannah, and supported the Confederates in the Civil War.

 

At that time he had a captain working on one of his ferry boats and Mr. Heyards decided to sell his steamboat business to thaThe Second Floor Foyer in Mead Hall

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The Gibbons Family were above all else southerners. “The Forest” was inherited by Gibbons’ only son, William Heyward. He had moved back to Savannah, and supported the Confederates in the Civil War.

 

At that time he had a captain working on one of his ferry boats and Mr. Heyards decided to sell his steamboat business to that gentlemen. That man's name was Cornelius Vanderbilt and the rest is history.

 

After the Civil War Mr. Hayward returned to New Jersey returned to New Jersey a broken man.. That man's name was Cornelius Vanderbilt and the rest is history.

 

After the Civil War Mr. Hayward returned to New Jersey returned to New Jersey a broken man.

 

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Uploaded on April 12, 2024
Taken on August 10, 2008