Unusual Real Names – Bland, Stith, Theophylact, Zealous

Here’s another list of peculiar names that belonged to various American men:

• Bland Ballard (1761-1853) – soldier and statesman.
• Burgoyne Diller (1906-1965) – abstract painter.
• Comfort Sands (1748-1834) – merchant, banker and politician.
• Crispus Attucks (c.1723-1770) – first of five civilians killed in the Boston Massacre.
• Errett Bishop (1928–1983) – mathematician.
• Fitz-Greene Halleck (1790-1867) – poet.
• Grantzberg Hart (born in 1961) – musician.
• Jouett Shouse (1879-1968) – lawyer, newspaper publisher, and politician.
• Reverdy Johnson (1796-1876) – statesman and jurist.
• Ringgold Lardner (1885-1933) – sports columnist and writer.
• Spottswood William Robinson (1916-1998) – civil rights attorney and judge.
• Squire Whipple (1804-1888) – civil engineer.
• Stith Thompson (1885-1976) – folklorist.
• Theophylact Bache (1735-1807) – merchant.
• Verplanck Colvin (1847–1920) – lawyer, author and topographical engineer.
• Zackquill Morgan (18th cen.) – founder of Morgantown, West Virginia. Son of Morgan Morgan.
• Zealous Tower (1819-1900) – American soldier and civil engineer.

“Comfort Sands” might make a nice name for a beachside resort, don’t you think?