These families named children after the Presidents for which they voted and they named them for Generals in the Civil War who fought in the WV theater. If they are naming a child for James Buchanan, they must have voted for him, or at least favored his politics. Jeff Carr of TX I have collected the LAMBERTs and others who are connected as children, grandchildren, gg(etc) to Henry and Sara PETERSON-CARR of Augusta/ Hampshire/Hardy Co. Surnames include ARMENTROUT, BODKIN, BONNER, BOGGS, CARR/KERR, DAVIS, HAEGLER, HARMAN, HARPER, HEDRICK, HEVENER, HINKLE, HUFFMAN, JUDY, LAMBERT, MALLOW, MILLER, MOUSE, NELSON, SIMMONS, SKIDMORE, SMITH, SNYDER, TRACE, WOLFORD, Many of these names moved on to Ohio and West. Others stayed in WV. On Mon, 10 Jan 2000 00:12:58 -0500 "HAMRICK,DANIEL" <dhamrick@neo.rr.com> writes: >The comment about politics escapes me. >What do you mean? >dhamrick@neo.rr.com >Dan Hamrick >402 23rd Street NW >Canton OH 44709 >Phone and fax: 330-454-2376 > > > > >---------- >>From: Jeff L Carr <ffejlny@juno.com> >>To: WVPENDLE-L@rootsweb.com >>Subject: Re: James B. Lambert and Phoebe Zickafoose >>Date: Sun, Jan 9, 2000, 9:36 PM >> > >>Daniel, >>Do you know if the other James B Lamberts who are about the same age >>are also "James Buchanan Lambert"s too? I have one born in 1806, one >>in 1854 and one in 1871. The eldest was the father of some LAMBERTs >>who married into the BONNER family. >> >>Gee, I wonder what their politics were.... >> >>Jeff Carr of TX >> >>________________________________________________________________ >>YOU'RE PAYING TOO MUCH FOR THE INTERNET! >>Juno now offers FREE Internet Access! >>Try it today - there's no risk! For your FREE software, visit: >>http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj. >> > ________________________________________________________________ YOU'RE PAYING TOO MUCH FOR THE INTERNET! Juno now offers FREE Internet Access! Try it today - there's no risk! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj.