Brief Life History of Ezra Sylvester
When Ezra Sylvester Buchanan was born on 10 October 1871, in Upshur, West Virginia, United States, his father, Renix Robert Buchanan, was 34 and his mother, Mary Ann Clendenin, was 32. He married Mary Allena Williams on 23 May 1894, in Gaines, Upshur, West Virginia, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons. He lived in Idaho Falls, Bonneville, Idaho, United States in 1945. He died on 18 April 1963, in Rigby, Jefferson, Idaho, United States, at the age of 91, and was buried in Riverside, Bingham, Idaho, United States.
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- Ezra Sylvester Buchanan, "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Church Census Records (Worldwide), 1914-1960"
- Ezra Buckhannan, "West Virginia Marriages, 1780-1970"
- Ezra S. Buchanan, "BillionGraves Index"
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1872 · The First National Park
Yellowstone National Park was given the title of the first national park by the U.S. Congress and signed into law by President Ulysses S. Grant. It is also believed to be the first national park in the world.
1879
Historical Boundaries 1879: Alturas, Idaho Territory, United States 1889: Bingham, Idaho Territory, United States 1890: Bingham, Idaho, United States
1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson
A landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court upholding the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities if the segregated facilities were equal in quality. It's widely regarded as one of the worst decisions in U.S. Supreme Court history.
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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