had become an employee of the US Department of the Interior and a significant part of Washington, D.C., civil life. He drew on his connections to assist his mother. In 1866, a "Bill for the Relief of Maria Syphax" was passed by the US Senate and signed into law restoring the Arlington land to the Syphax family.

Family

Syphax had ten children:

* Elinor B. Syphax Reeves (1823-1910)
* William Syphax (1825-1891)

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