War of 1812 Medallions Placed in Texas

From the November 5, 2020, Waco (Texas) Tribune-Herald  "War of 1812 medallions placed in Waco cemetery." 

A War of 1812 "Real Daughter" medallion was placed on the grave of Emma Buck Harrison and War of 1812 veteran medallion placed on the grave of William Calmes Buck.

The Jordan Bass  Chapter of the United States Daughters of 1812 recently placed  medallions of the First Street Cemetery at these graves.  Emma was his daughter.

Buck was born August 23, 1790, in Shenandoah County, Virginia, and served in the War of 1812 as a lieutenant  in the 2nd Regiment Virginia Militia.  Before entering the service, he became an ordained Baptist  minister.  After the war, he preached in  Virginia, Kentucky, Tennessee, Alabama, Mississippi and Texas.

He first married Maria Lewright  in Jefferson City, Virginia who died in childbirth with her fourth child.  Later, Buck married  Isabella Miriam Field of Woodford County, Kentucky, with whom he had 11 children.  Isabella died in Nashville, Tennessee in 1852 at the age of 42.

After the Civil War, he moved to Texas where he lived the rest of his life.

--Brock-Perry

Some More on Susanna Tucker Shanstrom

From a Standard History of Kansas.

JOHN A. SANDSTROM

He was born in Sweden March 3, 1842, and immigrated to the U.S. in 1852.  Susanna was his second wife.

John grew up in Iowa and later moved to Kansas where he had a large ranch.

On October 15, 1871, he married Susan Tucker of Tuscarawas County, Ohio, a daughter of John Tucker.  His mother was the sister of Robert Morris, a prominent Pennsylvania  merchant who financed the Continental government through the Revolution.

She was the youngest of eight children.

Among her brothers were three who served in the Union Army during the Civil War.

--Brock-Perry

Lt. John Tucker's Sword Offered at Auction

From Invaluable auction site.

Ross Auction Company in Chillicothe, Ohio, had his sword in Lot 208:  1810 Lt. John Tucker's  War of 1812 officer's sword.

It sold, but I couldn't log in.

This was from the Florence Shanstrom Barrett estate, so likely this is Susanna Tucker Shanstrom's father's sword that I was writing about in the last two posts.

It was estimated to bring $2,000 to $4,000.  Other family papers were also available to the purchaser.

--Brock-Perry

Real Daughter Marker Returned to Proper Place-- Part 2

The rust on the rod indicated that it had been in use for many years at the grave site.  Susanna Tucker Shanstrom was born in Ohio in 1850 and died in 1939.  She was only six years old when her father died.

Much investigation was made by Kay Tatum to locate the cemetery, sexton of the cemetery and descendants of Susanna to arrange for the return of the marker.

Membership in the U.S.D. 1812  is available to women 18 and older who have proof that they are lineal  descendants of  an ancestor  who during 1785 to 1815 rendered civil, military  or naval service.

--Brock-Perry

Real Daughter Marker Returned to Proper Place-- Part 1

From the Nov. 10, 2019, Sentinel-Record

The United States Daughters of 1812 was established in  1892 and many of its original members were the actual daughters of a War of 1812 veteran.  The group developed a grave marker for those members.

Earlier this year, Arkansas State President Kay Tatum received a real daughter's grave marker that was found in the attic of a recently purchased house in Fairfield Bay.  The marker was inscribed with the name Susanna Tucker Shamstrom. "Real Daughter" of Lt. John Tucker, War of 1812.

Using records in the U.S.D. 1812 National Office in Washington, D.C., it was determined that the marker  belonged to Shamstrom's grave in Coolidge, Kansas.

--Brock-Perry

Making Her Mark: Jane "Jennie" Forsyth

From the November 6, 2017, Daily Journal.

Jane "Jennie" Forsyth was buried in Franklin's First Mount Pleasant Cemetery in 1856.  She and her husband, John Forsyth, were one of the first pioneer settlers in Hensley Township in Johnson County, Indiana.  She is a Real daughter of the War of 1812.

There was a ceremony honoring her on October 21.

She was born in Jefferson County, Kentucky in 1787 and moved to Johnson County after marrying James Forsyth, a farmer in the 1820s.  She was the eldest daughter of Thomas Sturgeon, Jr. a War of 1812 veteran in Captain Martin L. Hawkins in the Kentucky Infantry.

He also fought in the American Revolution, joining when he was just 15.

--Brock-Perry