Sylvia, the ghost of Panola Hall There are several stories about the ghost here – the most popular: A daughter of the first owners, who was unhappy about an arranged marriage fell into a large trunk the day of her wedding. Her parents entered the room, and finding a window open figured she had run away and immediately had the room sealed up and never opened again. Another story is that a friend of one of the Trippe daughters (original owners of the house) jumped off the front balcony to her death upon hearing her fiancĂ© had been killed in the Civil War. Sylvia made her first appearance to the home’s second owners, Dr. and Mrs. Hunt shortly after they moved in. Sylvia is said to be wearing a white, hoop-skirt dress and a rose placed neatly in her brown hair. It is also said that Sylvia brings an intense aroma of roses to the rooms and people that she encounters. Mrs. Hunt wrote a brief poem about Sylvia Sylvia’s coming down the stair— Pretty Sylvia, young and fair. Oft...
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