Philander Pearsall
March 17, 2008
Philander Pearsall was a grocer in 19th century Wilmington, NC. As spotted in the inventory for the William Dickson Pearson Letter.
States Rights Gist
March 6, 2008
States Rights Gist (September 3, 1831 — November 30, 1864) was a lawyer and Confederate general who served during the American Civil War. A relative of several prominent South Carolinians, Gist rose to fame later during the war but was killed during the Franklin-Nashville Campaign in November 1864.
– From an article on Wikipedia - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/States_Rights_Gist
Working in an archive of materials related to the history of the American South, I come across quite a lot of interesting or amusing names.
