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ately Jackson, and for a mate gave him a "a

ately Jackson, and for a mate gave him a a
Carroll. 81 AL, q IA II s ri. .s sssl 55s.
Maine tlttingly honored her adopted
son, Knox; and Michigan furnishes An An
trim. Barry, Maconb Wexford, and sve-
|peats through her counties the names of
Calhoun, jackson, Ennet and Wayne.
Two Of Ireland's counties are thus on
ored Macomb was the hero Of PlatIs-
burg; the pair, McDonough and Maconb,
Wrestling victory from the British, the one
on land, the other on water. q
Barry is one of the honored names Of
the Peninsular State, through one of its
pioneers. .gis5s IA n
Minnesota selects Jackson, Houston and
Lyon. 81 -#*S
Mississippi has Calhoun, Carroll, Jack
son, Jasper and Montgomery, and fonors
one of the purest public men Of our times
in the name of Sharkey Hon. William l..
Sharkey was one OF The few public men Of
standing in Mississippi who remained true
to the Union during the Civil War; be was
then advanced in years, and for that rea-
son was unable to take any active part in
the struggle; but all through the FOUR
years Of war, although outspoken in his
loyalty to the Union, SO great, was the
esteem in which he was held that the Con-
federates never 1nolested him. When the
capital;of his state, jackson, was occupied
by Union troops he was forced from his
long retirement by the government, who
insisted as reward for his loyalty on his
acceptance Of the position Of provisional
Governor. This office he filled acceptably
to all parties. He was Eater elected to the
United States Senate. He was native
Of Ireland and a devoted son Of Mother
Church. He is one of those mentioned IN
McGees "Irish Settlers" half a century
ago.
Missouri took the name Of Adair, Barry.
Butler, Carroll, Jackson and Jasper, and
is one OF the few states, II not the on]y one,
to homer Buchanan BY naming county
for him. Buchanan's father came from
Omagh, County Tyrone, Ireland.
Nebraska selected Boyd, Butler, Kear-
ney, Knox, Logan and Sheridan, adding
Harlan to the number.
New Hampshire honored her own dis
tinguished son, Gen. John Sullivan. and
his associate in Congress, as we'll as his
kin in race, Charles Carroll. D.. . -
New York also honored Sullivan, and
with him Clinton, Montgomery, her
adopted son and the hero of Stony Point,
Wayne.
Pennsylvania, as well as New York re-
lnembered the avenger Of Wyoming, and
county bears the name OF the New
Hampshire Sullivan, also Of Butler, Gin
ton, Mexican, Montgomery and Wayne,
and one of Irelands provinces is remem-
bered in the name Of Ulster County
North Carolina, the birthplace Of "Old
Hickory" naturally honored him, and we
find there Jackson, Burke, Montgomery,
Moore, Ponder and Rowan. The North
Carolina Burke was Thomas Burke, Of
Galway, who was reputed to be, like his
South Carolina namesake, a graduate Of
st. Olner He was the first Governor Of
the old North State after the adoption Of
the Constitution The Moores of the Car
olinas are Oh the authority of Appleton's
Encyclopedia, descendants Of Roger
O'Nlore of 1641-"For God, Our Lady and
Rory O'Moore." "Honest John Rowan"
was in his day the prominent man in his
state. E4
Ohio honored Butler, Carroll, Fulton,
Knox, Montgomery and Morgan; and Ore-
gon, in the great Northwest, remembered
Jackson and Kearney. The latter spent
many years in that territory, as did Sher-
idan before the Civil War brought him
into prominence. 49, 8, ~.
South Carolina did not forget the brave
deeds of Major Horny and a county bears
his name Horny is mentioned in McGee's
Irish Settlers
South Dakota remembered Meade, the
hero of Gettysburg, whose grandfather
was one of the e'Friend}y Sons in Phila-
delphia. '-.'--s'
Tennessee, where Jackson's ashes rest,
does not forget him, II Of her counties
bearing the names of Old Hickory and
others distinguished in civil and military
life: Jackson, Cannon, Carroll, Cofgey
Moore, Morgan, Sullivan, Wayne. f@~
Texas, the Lone Star State, honored
Montgomery, Foley, Donley, San Patrico,
McMullen, Callahan, Knox, Moore and
Nolan.
Virginia took the names Of Carroll, Bu-
chanan, Lynchburg. Montgomery and Pat-
rick.
Twenty EIGHT. counties, ranging from
O'Brien, Bryan, Lynch, Clinch, Casey, Ri
Nolan, Doslley, Dooley, Dougherty, Kane,
N4CIOl1Ou6A, oCoA - oOyAS. sSSaAoA ~ ANAA
trim, Ulster, Sharkey, Fender, Rowan,
Horny, Meade, McNairy, McMullen and
Patrick. Two each honored the memo
ries of Burke, Emmet, Clebnrne, Sheri-.
dan, Kearney. and Barry. -Four bear the
names ofaMoore; four honor Cofey; five
Sullivan. Seven counties keep in remem-
brance the name of Wayne; eight that OF
Knox; eight Logan; eight Butler; eight
Morgan; five Fulton and six Jasper. Cal
houn is remembered in nine counties;
Carroll in IA; Jackson in 16; and the name
of Montgomery leads, being borne by II
counties in different sections Of the co1ln-
try.
Many Of the historic Miiesian names
borne by men distinguished in their sew
erai localities appear among the above:
nevertheless now common it is to hear
the, expression that such names are mot
American! "Oh, Yeh"
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Duluth Notes. VIZ
Especial to the Irish Staadardj
Miss Theresa Cogan has gone to her old
honoa at porfsyra;1tf NJ r. to gnenli the