Brief Life History of William Alfonzo
When William Alfonzo Buchanan was born about 1856, in Mitchell, North Carolina, United States, his father, Jonathan Allan Buchanan, was 30 and his mother, Emelia Millie Herrell, was 29. He married Delcena Garland about 1877, in Herrell, Mitchell, North Carolina, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons. He lived in North Carolina, United States in 1870 and Harrell Township, Mitchell, North Carolina, United States in 1880. He died in 1896, in Blount, Tennessee, United States, at the age of 41.
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- William Buchanan, "United States Census, 1880"
- William Olin Buchanan in entry for Rebecca Mary Lequire Buchanan, "United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, 1980-2014"
- W A Buchanan, "United States Census, 1880"
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1862 · Battle of Shiloh
The battle of Shiloh took place on April 6, 1862 and April 7, 1862. Confederate soldiers camp through the woods next to where the Union soldiers were camped at Pittsburg Landing on the Tennessee River. With 23,000 casualties this was the bloodiest battle of the Civil War up to this point.
1862 · Battle of Roanoke Island
On February 7, 1862, General Burnside's expedition started with the Battle of Roanoke Island. The battle was mostly fought by the Union and Confederate Navy's. This was a Union victory.
1867 · Sorry Mr. President, You can't do that.
This Act was to restrict the power of the President removing certain office holders without approval of the Senate. It denies the President the power to remove any executive officer who had been appointed by the president with the advice and consent of the Senate, unless the Senate approved the removal during the next full session of Congress. The Amendment was later repealed.
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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