I didn’t understand… is he a lawyer?

    • @[email protected]
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      147 months ago

      I’m going to assume the town was named after some ancestor of his that was central to the founding if the town.

      • flicker
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        117 months ago

        And he inherited their wealth, which afforded him the education and financial stability to pursue these lucrative careers.

        • Khrux
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          77 months ago

          Yeah is bet this is it. Born in 1785 is the right time to easily still live off the inherited wealth of a founded city, and even more than now, law is a particularly favourable career for members of that class to retain their wealth and enter politics.

    • MxM111
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      87 months ago

      That’s why he had to become a politician. People just thought he was lying! But for politicians it is expected.

  • @[email protected]
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    187 months ago

    Poor Tom Lawyer from Lawyersville wanted to be a composer but his dad was a lawyer and told him he didn’t have a career choice.

  • @Eheran
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    137 months ago

    If you go back in time like that, many had a name that matched their job.