Brief Life History of Elmo Dwain
When Elmo Dwain Buchanan was born on 8 December 1915, in Venice, Sevier, Utah, United States, his father, Christian Leroy Buchanan, was 24 and his mother, Laura Mae Cowley, was 23. He married Anna Faun Herbert on 23 May 1941, in Manti, Sanpete, Utah, United States. He lived in Roosevelt, Duchesne, Utah, United States in 1950. He died on 9 April 1998, in Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States, at the age of 82, and was buried in Pioneer Cemetery, Salina, Sevier, Utah, United States.
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- E Dwain Buchanan, "United States 1950 Census"
- Elmo Duain Buchanan, "Utah Marriages, 1887-1935"
- Elmo Dwain Buchanan, "Utah, World War II Draft Registration Cards,1940-1947"
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1916 · The First woman elected into the US Congress
Jeannette Pickering Rankin became the first woman to hold a federal office position in the House of Representatives, and remains the only woman elected to Congress by Montana.
1916 · No-Ni-Shee Arch
The No-Ni-Shee Arch was a temporary archway near the intersection of Main Street and South Temple in downtown Salt Lake City. The archway was built in 1916 for the Wizard of the Wasatch festival. The name No-Ni-Shee was derived from a mythical American Indian Salt Princess. Her tears caused the Great Salt Lake to be salty. The arch was dedicated to her and sprayed with salt water so that salt eventually crystallized on Main Street. The Wizard’s carnivals enlivened Utah’s summers for several years. The last Wizard of the Wasatch carnival was held in 1916, on the eve of World War I.
1937 · The Neutrality Act
The Neutrality Acts were passed in response to the growing conflicts in Europe and Asia during the time leading up to World War II. The primary purpose was so the US wouldn't engage in any more foreign conflicts. Most of the Acts were repealed in 1941 when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor.
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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1915 – 1917 Our home in Venice was just a block from the Sevier River that ran through the center of Venice. This was our first home and the place where I was born. It was a one room, f …
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