Brief Life History of John
When John Buchanan was born on 25 January 1825, in Lexington, Fayette, Kentucky, United States, his father, John Buchanan III, was 39 and his mother, Nancy Ann Bache, was 34. He married Adeline Coons on 23 February 1851, in Pottawattamie, Iowa, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 8 daughters. He lived in Pottawattamie, Iowa, United States in 1850. He registered for military service in 1847. He died on 11 October 1897, in Manti, Sanpete, Utah, United States, at the age of 72, and was buried in Manti Cemetery, Manti, Sanpete, Utah, United States.
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- Jno Buchanan, "United States Census, 1860"
- Legacy NFS Source: John BUCHANAN - Individual or family possessions: birth-name: John Buchanan
- John Buchanan, "Iowa, County Marriages, 1838-1934"
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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
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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John and Sarah Wilkinson Buchanan Life Vignette
John Buchanan the fourth was born to Nancy Ann and John Buchanan the Third on 25 January 1825 in Lexington, Fayette, Kentucky. “Sometime between 1830 and 1833, the whole family moved to the County of …
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