Brief Life History of John Richardson
When Dr. John Richardson Buck was born on 1 September 1817, in Versailles, Woodford, Kentucky, United States, his father, Peter Chew Buck, was 38 and his mother, Miriam P. Price, was 25. He married Sarah Katherine Cowan in 1845, in Woodford, Kentucky, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. He died on 12 June 1848, in Louisville, Jefferson, Kentucky, United States, at the age of 30, and was buried in Cave Hill Cemetery, Louisville, Jefferson, Kentucky, United States.
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- John R Buck, "Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954"
- John Richardson Buck, "Find A Grave Index"
- John R Buck, "Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954"
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1818 · Jackson Purchase
The western part of Kentucky purchased by Andrew Jackson from the Chickasaw Indians in 1818. It became known as the Jackson Purchase. This included land that wasn't originally part of Kentucky when it became a state.
1819 · Panic! of 1819
With the Aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars the global market for trade was down. During this time, America had its first financial crisis and it lasted for only two years.
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
English: nickname from Middle English buc(ke) ‘male goat’ (Old English bucca) or a ‘male deer’ (Old English bucc). The goat was popularly associated with lecherous behaviour and the deer with timidity and speed. The surname may also be a shortened form of longer occupational names, for example Roger le Bucmanger' ‘dealer in bucks or venison’, (Warwickshire 1221) or Walter Bucswayn perhaps ‘goatherd’ (Somerset 1327).
English: topographic name for someone who lived near a prominent beech tree, such as Peter atte Buk (Suffolk 1327), from Middle English buk ‘beech’ (from Old English bōc).
German and Dutch (Limburg): from a personal name, a short form of Burkhard (see Burkhart ).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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