The Last Shall Be First, and The First Last: Here's the second of our Z names for the month of January: Zagybaylo. Say it out loud: Doesn't it seem like a whole poem in a single word? It's a Ukrainian family name (ends with O, often a giveaway) that is exceedingly rare in the U.S. What is even more interesting is that this Ukrainian couple is buried in Odessa, Delaware, a small town obviously named after Odessa in Ukraine, but with almost no connection to the Black Sea port. Drawyers Cemetery. [2018]
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