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In the film Hawkeye is married with children, but in the TV series he is a bachelor and something of a ladies' man. He was given the nickname Hawkeye by his father, from the character in the novel The Last of the Mohicans, the only book my old man ever read. His birth name is taken from a member of Hooker's own family named Franklin Pierce.
George Washington's nickname is Father of His Country, because of his instrumental roles as a colonial delegate, soldier, and statesman during the formative years of the United States of America. He was the also the first President of the US, in 1789. (see related question)