Col. George Buchanan

Brief Life History of George

When Col. George Buchanan was born on 23 April 1781, in Rockbridge, Virginia, United States, his father, James Buchanan, was 42 and his mother, Isabel Hall, was 37. He married Nancy Cassady on 23 June 1803, in Rockbridge, Virginia, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 6 daughters. He lived in Covington, Miami, Ohio, United States in 1840 and Newberry MM, Miami, Ohio, United States in 1850. He died on 20 July 1862, in Miami Township, Clermont, Ohio, United States, at the age of 81, and was buried in Covington, Miami, Ohio, United States.

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Family Time Line

Col. George Buchanan
1781–1862
Nancy Cassady
1782–1870
Marriage: 23 June 1803
James Harvey Buchanan
1804–1891
George Washington Buchanan
1805–
William Madison Buchanan
1807–1807
Alexander Hueston Buchanan
1809–1810
Isabelle Buchanan
1811–1854
John Harrison Buchanan
1813–1813
Mary Buchanan
1813–1894
Eliza Jane Buchanan
1815–1892
Nancy Buchanan
1816–1886
David Jackson Buchanan
1817–1899
Hannah Lavinia Buchanan
1819–1896
Cynithia Ann Buchanan
1822–1848

Sources (16)

  • George Buchannan, "United States Census, 1840"
  • Legacy NFS Source: Col. George David Buchanan - Published information: birth-name: Col. George David Buchanan
  • George Buchanan, "Virginia, County Marriage Records, 1771-1989"

World Events (8)

1783 · A Free America

The Revolutionary War ended with the signing of the Treaty of Paris which gave the new nation boundries on which they could expand and trade with other countries without any problems.

1788 · Becomes the 10th state

On June 25, 1788 Virginia became the 10th state. 

1803

France sells Louisiana territories to U.S.A.

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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