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From: Charmaine Riley Holley <>
Subject: Re: [MURPHY-L] Re: Jacob Murphy
Date: Tue, 17 Jun 2003 11:08:42 -0400
In-Reply-To: <00a301c334e0$2595d180$cbcb9e18@chartertn.net>


This is absolutely correct. There were literally thousands of children
named after this Methodist preacher.
I have several.


On Tuesday, Jun 17, 2003, at 10:52 US/Eastern, murph wrote:

> but I believe that Lorenzo Dow was a
> charismatic preacher who traveled the country--so most individuals
> bearing
> this name were named after him. (so it isn't necessarily a family name)
>
Charmaine Riley Holley


"...but hobbits have a passion for family history."
- Tolkein in Lord of the Rings

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