(09-04-2014 11:01 AM)Linda Anderson Wrote:  Thank you, Eva, but you answered the question and so deserve the rewards.

Toia, one of the commentators in the Streets of Washington article says that he is a descendant of Mr. Wormley.

http://www.streetsofwashington.com/2012/09/the-talented-mr-james-wormley.html

Also, there is a document in the Seward Papers that recounts Wormley's visit to Auburn with Seward.

"In addition to Frances’ work, there is an indication that William Seward, while a senator in Washington, DC, worked with African American hotelkeeper, James Wormley, to transport fugitives to freedom. A c. 1870 manuscript by Francis B. Carpenter in the Seward Papers notes:
“Among the visitors in the evening was Mr. Wormley, the well known colored landlord of Washington. Greeting him cordially and introducing him to his other guests, Mr. Seward said: ‘Wormley and I went into the emancipation business a year and a half before Mr. Lincoln did,
down on the James River. How was it Wormley – how many slaves did we take off on our steamer?’ ‘Eighteen,’ replied Mr. Wormley.”16

16 Francis B. Carpenter, “A Day with Governor Seward at Auburn,” handwritten mss., no date
[prob. July 1870], Seward Papers.

http://www.cayugacounty.us/portals/0/history/ugrr/report/PDF/5f.pdf
p. 122.

(09-15-2014 10:11 AM)RJNorton Wrote:  Scott, like you, I had never seen that photo prior to early this morning. I was just browsing around, looking for a trivia question, and happened upon this.