You are standing in front of a graphic panel and artifact case titled “Who Lived in This House?” To your left is a graphic panel titled “The Sellman Family: One Family, Two Centuries.” To your right is a graphic panel titled “House History: Back Hallway.” Behind you is a staircase leading upstairs. Please note that the staircase and upper floors are closed to visitors.

The panel in front of you includes text, two family trees, and seven family portraits. The case below it includes five groups of artifacts with labels.

The main text on the panel reads:

Who Lived in This House?
Just two families owned and occupied this house since it was built nearly 300 years ago: the Sellmans and the Kirkpatrick-Howats.

The secondary text reads:

Who Does This Leave Out?
While we know the names of the families who owned and occupied Woodlawn, we don’t know the names of all the enslaved people, servants, and others who lived and worked in and near the house. Researchers hope to uncover these details.

Two family trees appear under the headline “Woodlawn Owners and Occupants, 1729 to 2009.

The first family tree shows members of the Sellman family:

John Sellman married Elizabeth Brashears. Their children were:

• William Sellman
• John Sellman
• Elizabeth Sellman
• Margaret Sellman
• Mary Sellman
• Ann Sellman
• Robert Sellman
• Ruth Sellman
• Lawrence Sellman

William Sellman (1689 to 1743) married Ann Sparrow (1685 to 1749) in 1718. Their children were:

• Jonathan Sellman
• William Sellman
• John Sellman
• Charles Sellman
• Ann Sellman
• Thomas Sellman

Jonathan Sellman (1723 to 1783) married Elizabeth Battee (1724 to unknown) in 1746. Their children were:

• General Jonathan Sellman, Jr.
• Elizabeth Sellman
• Ann Sellman
• William Sellman
• Ann Sellman
• Sarah Sellman
• Daughter (name unknown)
• John Sellman

General Jonathan Sellman Jr. (1753 to 1810) married Rachel Lucas in 1783 and had no children. He married Anne Elizabeth Harwood (1768 to 1824) in 1794. Their children were:

• Colonel Alfred Sellman
• Anne Sellman
• Colonel Richard Sellman
• Elizabeth Sellman
• Margaret Sellman
• John Henry Sellman

Colonel Alfred Sellman (1797 to 1854) married Anne Parran (1808 to 1843) in 1828. Their children were:

• Richard Parran Sellman
• Mary Anne Sellman Iglehart (1829 to 1850), whose portrait is included on the panel
• Alfred Henry Sellman
• Victoria Sellman Gittings (1833 to 1884), whose portrait is included on the panel
• Alfred Henry Sellman

Colonel Alfred Sellman later married Mary Dryden Hall (1799 to 1885) in 1844.

Richard Parran Sellman (1839 to 1903) married Anne Iglehart Watkins in 1861. Their children were:

• Richard Parran Sellman
• Nicholas Watkins Sellman
• Alfred Parran Sellman
• Mary Anne Iglehart Sellman
• Margaret Sellman

Richard Parran Sellman (1839 to 1903) married Ellen Susan Witwright (1849 to 1915) in 1873. Their children were:

• Wesley Witwright Sellman
• Edith Sellman
• Waters Hall Sellman
• Victoria Sellman
• Richard Alfred Sellman
• Robert McPherson Sellman
• Jonathan Sellman (1890 to 1980), whose portrait is included on the panel
• Ellen Parran Sellman

Wesley Witwright Sellman (1880 to 1961) married Virginia Donavin (1879 to 1941) in 1901. Her portrait is included on the panel. Their children were:

• Helen Donavin Sellman
• Amy Coulbourn Sellman
• Victoria Witwright Sellman
• Ellen Witwright Sellman
• Dorothy Sellman
• Virginia Page Sellman
• E. Berkeley Iglehart Sellman

Virginia Page and E. Berkeley Iglehart Sellman were born after the family moved and never resided at Woodlawn.

The second family tree shows members of the Kirkpatrick-Howat family.

Elizabeth Ringo (1877 to 1952) married Alexander Gordon and had one son, Alexander Gordon III.

Elizabeth Ringo later married Phillip Yvone Kirkpatrick-Howat (1891 to 1970) and had another son, Yvone Kirkpatrick Howat, who lived in this house. Elizabeth’s portrait is included on the panel.

Yvone Kirkpatrick Howat (1921 to 2003) married Lauraine Elizabeth Speich (1922 to 2009) and had one daughter, Patricia “Betsy” Kirkpatrick-Howat, who lived in this house. Yvone and Lauraine’s portraits are included on the panel.

The case includes five groups of artifacts with labels.

The labels read:

Food and Drink
Archaeologists have recovered evidence of what the Sellman family ate and drank in the late 1800s and early 1900s.

Recovered from Woodlawn: 
1. Rumford baking powder bottle, ca. 1869 to early 1900s
2. Liquor flask, ca. 1860s to 1910

Toiletries
These toiletries provide glimpses into the personal hygiene routines of Woodlawn’s residents.

Recovered from Woodlawn: 
3. Glass perfume bottle in the shape of a slipper, ca. late 1800s to early 1900s
4. Bone toothbrush handle made in Paris, France, and distributed by Douglass and Bro., Washington, DC, ca. 1868 to 1891
5. Ceramic shaving cream lid, ca. 1840s to 1865
6. Straight razor, ca. late 1800s to early 1900s

Personal Items
Archaeologists have recovered several personal items from Woodlawn, including jewelry and souvenirs.

Recovered from Woodlawn’s summer kitchen: 
7. Olivella sea snail shell, probably a family souvenir from a trip to the Carolinas, Florida, or the Gulf Coast, ca. 1800s to 1900s

Recovered from Woodlawn:
8. Small metal ring decorated with a four-leaf clover or flower, ca. 1900 to 1950
9. Small keys, possibly to a jewelry box

Clothing
Clothing fragments can provide clues to who lived in the house. Archaeologists recovered a button from a U.S. Navy uniform from the mid-1800s. Several Sellman family members served in the military, including Alfred Sellman, a colonel in the Mexican-American War (1846 to 1848).

Recovered from Woodlawn:
10. Metal clothing clasp decorated with a stamped griffin, 1864
11. U.S. Navy uniform button decorated with an eagle and anchor, ca. 1840 to 1850s

Toys
Many children lived and played at Woodlawn over the years. Archaeologists have recovered fragments of their toys.

Recovered from Woodlawn:
12. Cast iron toy cap gun, ca. 1900 to 1925
13. Porcelain doll leg and marble, ca. 1865 to 1920s
14. Plastic Civil War toy soldier, ca. 1950s to 1960s