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Elise Gudrun Buchanan (born Bruseth)

Rexie Fields Family

Doris, Carroll, and Pat Phillips

Phillips Family

Doris, Pat and Carroll Phillips

Florence Edna (Duvall) Buchanan-Foster

Florence Edna Duvall Buchanan - Foster

Florence and Paul Leon Foster

Lula and Perry Mox Buchanan gravesite

Perry Mox Buchanan

Kenneth Buchanan

Kenneth Buchanan gravesite

Kenneth Buchanan

Bayard Buchanan

Colleen Marie Buchanan

Paul Edward Buchanan

Norman Edward Livermore

Paul & Michael Buchanan, and Norman Livermore

Norman Edward Livermore

Francis A. Buchanan

Frederick Henneman marriage certificate

Annie Margaret (Buchanan) Henneman

Annie Margaret (Buchanan) Henneman

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In 1919, in the year that Ella H Buchanan was born, in the summer and early autumn, race riots erupted in 26 U.S. cities, resulting in hundreds of deaths and even more people being badly hurt. In most cases, African-Americans were the victims. It was called the "Red Summer". Men who were returning from World War I needed jobs and there was competition for those jobs among the races. Tension was heightened by the use by many companies of blacks as strikebreakers.

In 1926, when she was just 7 years old, on October 31st, Harry Houdini died in Michigan. Houdini was the most famed magician of his time and perhaps of all time, especially for his acts involving escapes - from handcuffs, straitjackets, chains, ropes slung from skyscrapers, and more. He was president of the Society of American Magicians and stringently upheld professional ethics. He died of complications from a ruptured appendix. Although he had received a blow to the area a couple of days previously, the connection between the blow and his appendicitis is disputed.

In 1958, she was 39 years old when on January 31st, Explorer I, the United States' answer to Sputnik I (and 2,) was launched. America had entered the Space Race. The first spacecraft to detect the Van Allen radiation belt, it remained in orbit until 1970.

In 1975, at the age of 56 years old, Ella was alive when in January, Popular Mechanics featured the Altair 8800 on it's cover. The Altair home computer kit allowed consumers to build and program their own personal computers. Thousands were sold in the first month.

In 1993, she was 74 years old when on January 20th, William J. Clinton became the 42nd President of the United States. He beat incumbent George H.W. Bush who was seeking his second term. Clinton won 43.01% of the popular vote to Bush's 37.45%. An independent candidate, Ross Perot, won 18.91% - the most votes for an independent candidate since Teddy Roosevelt's run for President in 1912.