This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/QAQBAEB/446.1.1.1 Message Board Post: The Stowell book has an entry for Marcus Lafayette and family, but I could find nothing for an Albert Lafayette. Marcus served in the Illinois infantry in the Civil War. The Marquis de Lafayette died in 1834. He had visited the US many years after the Rev. War and contributed much to French politics until his death, so naming after him would not be ususal, given his prominence and place in our history.