I have in my TN & VA families:- James Polk - two Thomas Jefferson - three Napoleon Bonaparte - one Andrew Jackson - one Mike Becker >Date: Mon, 1 Mar 1999 20:57:59 -0500 >From: "Edgar A. Howard" <ehoward@conknet.com> >To: SW_VA-L@rootsweb.com >Message-ID: <19990302020057101.AAG211@harriett.conknet.com@swvaroot> >Subject: Re: Naming Traditions >Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII >Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT > > I have seen the great other post. Tough act to follow. >It seems that nearly everyone was _named for_ someone. My mother >had the middle name of a neighbor surname of which there was no >relation. In the 1820's HIRAMs sprang up in Wash. Co. Like there >was a shortage of names. William, James, John, Thomas. > > While we are on the subject; who was the most named after >person in the 19th century?? I VOTE FOR ANDREW JACKSON! >And he deserved it. >-eddie