Brief Life History of Addison
When Addison Buchanan was born on 19 September 1814, in Tennessee, United States, his father, James Buchanan, was 51 and his mother, Lucinda Mary "Lucy" East, was 21. He married Sarah Marshall Fleming on 9 March 1847, in Davidson, Tennessee, United States. He lived in Franklin, Tennessee, United States in 1860 and Justice Precinct 4, Grayson, Texas, United States in 1870. He died on 9 January 1877, in Cooke, Texas, United States, at the age of 62, and was buried in Unknown Island, Western Australia, Australia.
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- Addison Buchanan, "United States Census, 1860"
- Anderson Buchanan, "Tennessee, County Marriages, 1790-1950"
- Addison Buchanan, "Find A Grave Index"
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1819 · Panic! of 1819
With the Aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars the global market for trade was down. During this time, America had its first financial crisis and it lasted for only two years.
1820 · Making States Equal
The Missouri Compromise helped provide the entrance of Maine as a free state and Missouri as a slave state into the United States. As part of the compromise, slavery was prohibited north of the 36°30′ parallel, excluding Missouri.
1832 · The Black Hawk War
Convinced that a group of Native American tribes were hostile, The United States formed a frontier militia to stop them in their tracks. Even though Black Hawk was hoping to avoid bloodshed while trying to resettle on tribal land, U.S. officials opened fire on the Native Americans. Black Hawk then responded to this confrontation by successfully attacking the militia at the Battle of Stillman's Run and then left northward. After a few months the militia caught up with Black Hawk and his men and defeated them at the Battle of Wisconsin Heights. While being weakened by hunger, injuries and desertion, Black Hawk and the rest of the many native survivors retreated towards the Mississippi. Unfortunately, Black Hawk and other leaders were later captured when they surrendered to the US forces and were then imprisoned for a year.
Name Meaning
Scottish (western Scotland): habitational name from Buchanan in Stirlingshire, perhaps named with Gaelic buth chanain ‘house of the canon’.
Irish: adopted for Ó Buadhachanáin, see Bohannon .
History: This is the name of a Scottish clan associated with lands on the eastern shores of Loch Lomond and in the Lennox. — The name Buchanan was brought independently to North America from Scotland by several different bearers in the 17th and 18th centuries. George Buchanan came to MD in 1698. — James Buchanan (1791–1868), 15th President of the US (1857–61), was born near Mercersburg, PA, the son of a successful land speculator and store keeper, who had emigrated to PA from Scotland in 1783.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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Addison Buchanan story from Find A Grave
Addison Log House STRUCTURE Addison Buchanan, son of James Buchanan and wife, Lucinda East Buchanan, was born 19 September 1814, in the Buchanan Log House. The Addison House is thought to have been b …
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