Who is Davis Square named after?

[rethcir.livejournal.com]

Wikipedia doesn't have the answer. Please don't bite my head off if there's a plaque somewhere I haven't read yet.

Comments

[xsemperfidelis.livejournal.com]

Yup. I always thought it was funny that the guy's name was "Person."

[josephineave.livejournal.com]

Actually the quarterback at my high school was named "Mister Person"...

[tigercelly.livejournal.com]

That might just be the oddest and most confusing name, especially for other people.

[josephineave.livejournal.com]

Well, his family added to his misery by nicknaming him "Misty".

Much like the "boy named Sue", he was big and mean.

[tigercelly.livejournal.com]

Well.. I went to school with a football player named Dandy. Upon meeting him, it took people a while to discover this, however, because he went by his middle name, Alex. He was a nice guy and didn't mind being teased cause he was hot, nice, talented.. I made out with him once. Wait, that's not the point. The point was that it was no big deal to him, probably because by college, he'd gotten over it.

His grandmother named him Dandy because she liked dandelions. This is a warning to all of you: Don't name your kids something stupid just because you like said object or name out of context.