Rebecca Shannon Buchanan

28 June 1822–22 May 1900 (Age 77)
Donelson, Davidson, Tennessee, United States

The Life Summary of Rebecca Shannon

When Rebecca Shannon Buchanan was born on 28 June 1822, in Donelson, Davidson, Tennessee, United States, her father, James Buchanan, was 58 and her mother, Lucinda Mary "Lucy" East, was 29. She married Jeremiah Bowen Jr. on 25 August 1848, in Davidson, Tennessee, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 8 daughters. She lived in Davidson, Tennessee, United States for about 10 years and Tennessee, United States in 1870. She died on 22 May 1900, in Donelson, Davidson, Tennessee, United States, at the age of 77, and was buried in Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee, United States.

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Family Time Line

Jeremiah Bowen Jr.
1822–1910
Rebecca Shannon Buchanan
1822–1900
Marriage: 25 August 1848
Martha Spivey Bowen
1849–1850
Lucinda "Lucy" Bowen
1851–1934
Nancy A Bowen
1852–1920
Harriett Bowen
1854–1935
Jeremiah Bowen III
1855–1951
Sarah Ann Bowen
1857–1858
Mary Amanda Bowen
1859–1887
Jessie Ellis Bowen
1861–1937
Rebecca M Bowen
1863–1898

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    25 August 1848Davidson, Tennessee, United States
    • Children

    (9)

    +4 More Children

    Parents and Siblings

    Siblings

    (16)

    +11 More Children

    World Events (8)

    1825 · The Crimes Act
    Age 3
    The Crimes Act was made to provide a clearer punishment of certain crimes against the United States. Part of it includes: Changing the maximum sentence of imprisonment to be increased from seven to ten years and changing the maximum fine from $5,000 to $10,000.
    1835 · The Hermitage is Built
    Age 13
    The Hermitage located in Nashville, Tennessee was a plantation owned by President Andrew Jackson from 1804 until his death there in 1845. The Hermitage is now a museum.
    1846
    Age 24
    U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.

    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.

    Possible Related Names

    Buchannon
    Buckhanan
    Bohannon
    Buchanon
    Buchannan

    Sources (14)

    • Rebecca Bowen in household of Jeremiah Bowen, "United States Census, 1850"
    • Rebecca Buchanan, "Tennessee, County Marriages, 1790-1950"
    • Rebeca Buckhan... in entry for Harriet Bowen, "Tennessee Deaths, 1914-1966"

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