Brief Life History of James Harvey
When James Harvey Buchanan was born on 20 December 1804, in Lebanon, Warren, Ohio, United States, his father, Col. George Buchanan, was 23 and his mother, Nancy Cassady, was 22. He married Joanna Hall on 5 January 1826, in Montgomery, Ohio, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Covington, Miami, Ohio, United States in 1840 and Newberry Township, Miami, Ohio, United States for about 20 years. He died on 27 September 1891, in Piqua, Miami, Ohio, United States, at the age of 86, and was buried in Union Church Cemetery, Newberry Township, Miami, Ohio, United States.
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Sources (13)
- Harry Buchanan, "United States Census, 1850"
- James Henry Buchaver, "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2013"
- James Harvey Buchanan, "Find A Grave Index"
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World Events (8)
1808
Atlantic slave trade abolished.
1810 · Change of capital city
Zanesville becomes the new state capital.
1830 · The Second Great Awakening
Being a second spiritual and religious awakening, like the First Great Awakening, many Churches began to spring up from other denominations. Many people began to rapidly join the Baptist and Methodist congregations. Many converts to these religions believed that the Awakening was the precursor of a new millennial age.
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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