When Susan Elizabeth Buckner was born on 15 January 1804, in Rowan, Bladen, North Carolina, United States, her father, John Riley Buckner, was 40 and her mother, Isabella Lucretia Tatum, was 37. She married Jacob Bascombe Metcalf in 1822, in Waverly, Madison, North Carolina, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 9 daughters. She lived in Madison, North Carolina, United States in 1860 and Township 4 Beech Glenn, Madison, North Carolina, United States for about 10 years. She died on 8 May 1891, in Waverly, Madison, North Carolina, United States, at the age of 87, and was buried in Metcalf Cemetery, Mars Hill, Madison, North Carolina, United States.
Do you know Susan Elizabeth? Do you have a story about her that you would like to share? Sign In or Create a FREE Account
+8 More Children
+10 More Children
Atlantic slave trade abolished.
War of 1812. U.S. declares war on Britain over British interference with American maritime shipping and westward expansion.
Being a second spiritual and religious awakening, like the First Great Awakening, many Churches began to spring up from other denominations. Many people began to rapidly join the Baptist and Methodist congregations. Many converts to these religions believed that the Awakening was the precursor of a new millennial age.
German: variant of Buchner and, in North America, (also) an altered form of this.
English and Scottish: perhaps an occupational name derived from Middle English bouken ‘to soak (cloth) in a lye solution’, for the purpose of cleaning, bleaching, and strengthening.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
Possible Related NamesAs a nonprofit, we offer free help to those looking to learn the details of their family story.