A note on black naming practices (3)

[James A. Landau <JJJRLandau@netscape.com>]

http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~thunenj/95.htm

is the geneology of one George Washington Lincoln (1853-1916).  He was a white man and not apparently related to the President.

http://www.doclincoln.com/georgewashingtonlincolnsr.html

is even older.  George Washington Lincoln Sr. was born October 9, 1798.

Better known is George Washington Gale Ferris Jr. (February 14, 1859 - November 22, 1896), inventor of the Ferris wheel.

I'm surprised no one has mentioned the justly celebrated George Washington Carver (ca. 1864-January 5, 1943).  According to

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Washington_Carver,

"In order to avoid confusion with another George Carver in his classes [at Iowa State Agricultural College], he began to use the name George Washington Carver."

           James A. Landau
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