Samuella Price Buck

Brief Life History of Samuella Price

When Samuella Price Buck was born on 6 June 1828, in Versailles, Woodford, Kentucky, United States, her father, Peter Chew Buck, was 49 and her mother, Miriam P. Price, was 36. She married Joseph John Keith on 25 November 1847, in Montgomery, Tennessee, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 2 daughters. She died in 1891, in Kentucky, United States, at the age of 63.

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Family Time Line

Joseph John Keith
1822–1884
Samuella Price Buck
1828–1891
Marriage: 25 November 1847
Peter Buck Keith
1848–
Peter Keith
1850–
Charles Buck Keith
1850–
Lulu Keith
1852–
Joe Keith
1854–
Robinson Keith
1856–
Robert Keith
1857–1895
Ella Keith
1858–

Sources (6)

  • 1880 United States Federal Census
  • Samella Buck, "Tennessee, County Marriages, 1790-1959"
  • U.S., Find a Grave Index, 1600s-Current

World Events (8)

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.

1830 · Louisville and Portland Canal Opens

The Louisville and Portland canal opened in 1830. It was a 2 mile canal. It helped with the barrier caused by the Falls of the Ohio River at Louisville by making a route around them.

1846

U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.

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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