When Louisiana Buster was born in 1812, in Kentucky, United States, her father, John Woods Buster, was 30 and her mother, Martha Bracken Tate, was 35. She married John Edward Cook Jr on 21 October 1832, in Russell, Kentucky, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 3 daughters. She lived in Rochester Township, Andrew, Missouri, United States in 1860 and Monroe Township, Andrew, Missouri, United States in 1880. She died on 3 October 1884, in Bethel Cemetery, Monroe Township, Andrew, Missouri, United States, at the age of 72, and was buried in Cosby, Andrew, Missouri, United States.
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War of 1812. U.S. declares war on Britain over British interference with American maritime shipping and westward expansion.
During the New Madrid earthquakes of 1811-1812, the Kentucky Bend or New Madrid Bend was created. It is located in the southwestern corner of Kentucky on the banks of the Mississippi River.
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.
German: nickname from a derivative of Buste ‘pock mark, boil’ (from Latin apostema ‘boil’).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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