In a message dated 1/8/2003 11:42:06 PM Eastern Standard Time, [email protected] writes: > William, > I just can't imagine where or how the lore got started that a Via was a > gardner for the Maupin's.  Generally there is at least a shred of truth in > these stories.  But I can't figure this one out. William & Judy - I'm not sure that any of us will be able to figure that one out. I first came upon the story of William Via being a gardener for the Maupins in Ruby Heard Maupin's book, "History of the Maupin Family".  It is an old genealogy from mid-1900s, I believe.  Does anyone know from whom Mrs. Maupin heard the legend? Or can anyone find any other history of this story? If only we could find the origin. ~Edna