My husband's family tree has a number of ancestors apparently named after famous people in American history. Only one person in the tree was named for a general well known for his role in winning the bloodiest conflict ever on American soil. Little historical tid-bits like this help get the younger generation interested in our family's history!
Benjamin Franklin (inventor and statesman)
Two men with this name:
- Benjamin Franklin Steiner, 1840-1924
- Benjamin Franklin Smith, 1794-1835
George Washington (first US President)
One man with this name:
- George Washington Howland, 1855-before 1884
John Quincy (Adams - sixth US President)
Two men with this name:
- John Quincy Steiner, 1862-1941 (a son of Benjamin Franklin Steiner)
- John Quincy Steiner, 1894-1909
Thomas Jefferson (third US President)
One young man with this name:
- Thomas Jefferson Isaiah Haskell Wood, 1848-1861
John Marshall (early Chief Justice of US Supreme Court)
One young man with this name:
- John Marshall Taber Wood, 1850-1859
Ulysses (Grant - Union General, then US President)
The only boy in the Wood family tree named Ulysses was born just a few months after Confederate General Robert E. Lee surrendered to Union General Ulysses S Grant in 1865. Grant was later elected as the 18th US President, serving two terms from 1869 to 1877.
- Ulysses Larimer, born on September 1st, 1865, died on August 18th, 1870.
Little Ulysses Larimer was buried in Brown Cemetery, Millersburg, Elkhart, Indiana, with other members of his family.
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This is my post for Amy Johnson Crow's #52Ancestors challenge, this week with the theme of "conflict."
This is really interesting!
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