Daniel Lee Buchanan

Brief Life History of Daniel Lee

When Daniel Lee Buchanan was born on 21 January 1870, in Blount, Alabama, United States, his father, Thomas Newton Buchanan, was 32 and his mother, Elizabeth Tobitha Long, was 28. He married Ida Mae Bennick on 1 December 1892, in Coke, Texas, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Justice Precinct 4, Mitchell, Texas, United States in 1910 and Colorado City, Mitchell, Texas, United States for about 30 years. He died on 14 March 1959, in Taylor, Texas, United States, at the age of 89, and was buried in Colorado City, Mitchell, Texas, United States.

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Family Time Line

Daniel Lee Buchanan
1870–1959
Ida Mae Bennick
1875–1934
Marriage: 1 December 1892
Ethel Buchanan
1892–1918
Ruby Lawson Buchanan
1895–1965
Walter Lee Buchanan
1898–1991
Bailey Frank Buchanan
1900–
Charles Carroll Buchanan
1902–1967
Earl Buchanan
1906–
Ruth Buchanan
1912–1930
Grover Harris Buchanan
1916–1995

Sources (23)

  • Daniel L Buchanan, "United States, Census, 1950"
  • Legacy NFS Source: Dan Buchanan - birth: January 1870; Alabama, United States
  • Daniel L Buchanan, "Texas, County Marriage Index, 1837-1977"

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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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