The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1900-01-06
SOME GREAT NAMES
The Nenenelature OF the Three Chiet
COLLECTIONS OF Notable
Americans.


Whatever may happen. the three lead
ing collections Of men who will always
retain their positions In the minds Of
the people and in the history Of the
United States are the Pilgrim Fathers
the signers Of the Declaration Of hide
pendenee and the presidents. OF the
first there were al, Of the second So and
Of the third - up to this time-but how
long this list will be before the end Is
reached no man knoweth. OF the irst
Il Is hardly necessary TO say that none
were born In this country; OF the sec
ond all were born here except eight,
and OF the last, We are proud to say. all
are natiye-born Am~ericans-for further
particulars on this point see the Con-
stltution Of the United States, Looking
over the list with special reference to
nomenclature. at least christen nomen-
c~lature, It Is seen that plain Johns lead
all the others, with ten of him among
the Pilgrims. six among the signers and
two among the presidents, and these
two are father and son (Adams). John
easily leads the Pilgrims, but he is
equalled (six) by the Ssmuels, Georges,
Williams and Thomases among the
signers, and among the presidents hei is
led by five JRmeseA There are two each
Of John, Andrew and William, and
there Is but n each Of the other
names.
There were six Pilgrims bearing the
name Of Edward, second In number to
John. but he had fallen away to one
among the signers and has not yet ap-
peared in the presidential list. Thomas,
William and Richard appear four times
each among the Pilgrims, gain to six
each for William and Thomas among
the slgners, drop to two for Richard,
and William appears twice among the
presidents. Thomas once and Richard
not at all. There were two Franchises
among the Pilgrims, three among the
slgner and non among the presidents.
james makes a good showing. with one
among the Pilgrims, two among the
dgners and ave among the presidents
two and q half times as many as any
other. There were no Andrews among
Pilgrims or signers, but two are among
the presidents. John, James, William
and Thomas are the only names rep
resented in all the lists. There were
two Roberts among the kigners, but
non among the others. There were
three Benjamins among the signers and
n president.
OF the surnames no one among the
Pilgrims appears among the presidents,
which means thai no name goes through
the entire trilogy OF great national
names. Among the Pilgrims was a
Clarke, Williams and Hopkins, which
appear also among the slgners, there
being a Steph. Hopkins In each. This
Identity of IN appears again among
the slgners and the presidents, Benja-
min Harrison being the name. 1t
may be remarked that Clarke Of the
Pilgrims spelled his name with an e,
while the signer dropped 1t. OF the
names appearing among the Slgners and
the presidents. there are two, Adamses,
Harrison, Jefferson and Taylor. OF the
Pilgrims not n had O middle name or
only three OF the signers (Lee,
Richard Henry, and Francis Lightfoot
and Robert Treat Paine). put them
selves down that way, and only seven Of
the presidents, although Grover Cleye-
land dropped the Stephen to which he
was entitled. and used his middle name.
John Quincy Adams was the only one to
write his name out In full, as all the
middle-named signers did. A list of all
the names shows IS Johns. ~ Williams,
II Thomases, 5 Jameses and Georges,
I Edwards, 8 Richards. 8 FRANCHISES, 4
Samuels z teach) Roberts anu o.,
Dhsns. and one Isaac. Miles, Christo-