Talk:Alfred Sully

Actor??
The article synopsis includes the line "He was also a noted actor, having acted in the very same play that Lincoln went to see shortly before his death." The citation includes no mention that Alfred Sully was an actor. What is the citation for this? An hasty search of references do not include this claim. KVJackson (talk) 17:34, 20 July 2020 (UTC)
 * Added a citation needed span tag to the questioned statement about acting. After sufficient review time, absent additional credible information, this sentence should be removed. KVJackson (talk) 19:02, 21 July 2020 (UTC)
 * Upon further review, noted that Deah1919 (currently permanently blocked for vandalism) made the revision as of 23:28, 18 June 2014. Have reverted back to the previous language validated by reference citations, that Alfred Sully was a noted painter. It is somewhat disappointing that this apparent act of page vandalism was in place for over six years. KVJackson (talk) 20:20, 22 July 2020 (UTC)

Death??
The article says nothing at all about the circumstances of his death -- a glaring deficiency, I'd say. Cgingold (talk) 15:21, 16 February 2009 (UTC)

Misplaced Question
"I don't believe Alfred Sully could have married a daughte of Saswe, beause his daughter, Mary   married Phillip Deloria, making her a daughter in law to Saswe. I would like to talk to who ever posted this and learn the soucre of his info. Thanks"

This was posted by unknown user in the article, but it is a question of some interest V. Joe (talk) 14:58, 15 October 2010 (UTC)

I'm a direct descendent of Alfred Sully. He did not marry the daughter of Saswe, but he did "have relations" with her and fathered Mary Sully with her. According to the California Historical Society, Sully's second wife was Sophia Webster:

"Sully’s marriage in 1866 to Sophia, with whom he had two children, was preceded by a relationship he entered into before the Civil War with a young Yankton Sioux woman he met while at Fort Pierre in what is now South Dakota. In 1858, she gave birth to a daughter named Mary Sully... [He] Langdon Sully identified a Yankton Sioux pictured in a group portrait painted near Fort Pierre by Sully—a capable artist if not an accomplished one like his father—as Pehandutawin, the woman who bore Sully’s child. Langdon Sully did not mention Alfred’s relationship with her in his biography, but reproduced that painting and hinted at its significance by noting: “Alfred’s second wife, Sophia, was aware of the relationships between soldiers and Indians of the Sioux tribes on the frontier. She refused to let her husband hang the picture of the Indian girls in her house." Isara (talk) 21:30, 12 October 2013 (UTC)