Talk:James M. Birney

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Middle initial/name
I have removed Birney's middle initial and the middle name Michael from the entry. There is no source I've seen that includes Michael as his middle name. The 2013 Scarecrow Press source includes M. as his middle initial, but I have no idea why. Betty Fladeland, the biographer of his famous father James G. Birney, refers to the younger James as James Jr., but historical sources refer to him as James Birney.

All of this is complicated by the fact that James G. Birney's father was known as James Birney Sr., while his grandson was known as James G. Birney Jr., according to this source written by James G. Birney's son William.

My best interpretation of the available sources is that the multigenerational James Birney's were referred to as:

James Birney Sr. (b. c1767)--the abolitionist's father

James G. Birney (b. 1792)--the famous abolitionist

James Birney (b. 1817)--the abolitionist's oldest son

James G. Birney Jr. (b. 1844)--the abolitionist's grandson

I hope someone else can clarify this beyond what I have here.

General Bradley (talk) 18:19, 12 August 2021 (UTC)