Brief Life History of Archibald Waller Overton
When Archibald Waller Overton Buchanan was born on 9 February 1830, in Lexington, Fayette, Kentucky, United States, his father, John Buchanan III, was 44 and his mother, Nancy Ann Bache, was 39. He married Helen Amelia Whiting on 22 August 1854, in Manti, Sanpete, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in Glenwood, Sevier, Utah, United States in 1915. He died on 7 May 1915, in Venice, Sevier, Utah, United States, at the age of 85, and was buried in Glenwood Cemetery, Glenwood, Sevier, Utah, United States.
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- Unknown, "United States Census, 1900"
- 20 Feb. 1930, Buchanan family holds family reunion commemorating 100th birthday anniversary of Archibald Waller Buchanan
- Archibald W Bachanan, "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1937"
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1832 · The Black Hawk War
Convinced that a group of Native American tribes were hostile, The United States formed a frontier militia to stop them in their tracks. Even though Black Hawk was hoping to avoid bloodshed while trying to resettle on tribal land, U.S. officials opened fire on the Native Americans. Black Hawk then responded to this confrontation by successfully attacking the militia at the Battle of Stillman's Run and then left northward. After a few months the militia caught up with Black Hawk and his men and defeated them at the Battle of Wisconsin Heights. While being weakened by hunger, injuries and desertion, Black Hawk and the rest of the many native survivors retreated towards the Mississippi. Unfortunately, Black Hawk and other leaders were later captured when they surrendered to the US forces and were then imprisoned for a year.
1850 · 8th Most Populated State
According to the 1850 census Kentucky was the 8th most populated state with 982,405 people.
1862
EARLIEST RECORDED MARKER Cynthia Stewart McClellan BIRTH 28 Apr 1810 Duck River, Hickman County, Tennessee, USA DEATH 29 Apr 1862 (aged 52) Payson, Utah County, Utah, USA BURIAL Glenwood Cemetery Glenwood, Sevier County, Utah, USA MEMORIAL ID 31706886 · View Source
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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Life History of Archibald Buchanan and Helen Amelia Whiting
This history came from the book "Our Heritage" and was complied by H. Thurber Payne in December 1983 Archibald was born in a log cabin, on a farm that his father had carved out of the hills and the …
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