Simon Bolivar and Simon Bolivar Buckner

Factual Questions
1

Simon Bolivar Buckner was a Confederate Army officer, and later Governor of Kentucky.

Simon Bolivar was a revolutionary leader in South America.

My question is: Was Simon Bolivar Buckner named after Simon Bolivar, or is this some weird kind of coincidence?

-FrL-

2

Buckner was named after Simon Bolivar. He had two brothers who died in infancy named after the Mexican revolutionary Jose Morelos. Buckner’s father liked revolutionary heroes.