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The Buchanan side of his family arrived in the United States from Scotland. His paternal grandfather was a general with the Maryland Militia during the Revolutionary War while his maternal grandfather Thomas McKean was one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence. Captain Franklin Buchanan, USN (circa 1855–1861)
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Duke was born in New York City. [2] His father was Angier Buchanan Duke (1884–1923) and his mother was Cordelia Drexel Biddle, later Cordelia Biddle Robertson. Angier Buchanan Duke was an heir to the American Tobacco Company fortune while Cordelia Drexel Biddle was a member of the Biddle family who were prominent in business, political and cultural affairs in Philadelphia.
His paternal grandfather, William Face, was the son of Capt. Edward Face (born in 1724). In 1781, Capt. Edward Face and four hands serving on his sloop John spent 70 days "for the use of the troops at the Seege of York Town under the Command of his Excellency Gen'l Washington."
Buchanan also had pre-plantation Irish ancestry being a descendant of the O'Kanes from County Londonderry. Andrew Johnson (Irish and English) 17th President, 1865–69: His grandfather suppoosedly left Mounthill , near Larne in County Antrim around 1750 and settled in North Carolina he was of English ancestry.
USS Buchanan (DD-484) was a Gleaves-class destroyer, the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for Franklin Buchanan, who was an officer in the U.S. Navy who became an admiral in the Confederate Navy during the American Civil War.
At a recent Dead & Co show at the Las Vegas Sphere—which the band is returning to for another residency in 2025—I had the opportunity to meet Bernie Cahill, their comanager alongside Azoff ...
He began his military career in 1792, with a Virginia militia or ranger company stationed in Wheeling fighting against Indians. In 1794 he helped build the house of James Buchanan, Sr. near Mercersburg Pennsylvania and became acquainted with the young future U.S. president, James Buchanan, Jr. [ 4 ] [ failed verification ] [ 5 ] He joined the U ...