Archibald Waller Overton Buchanan
Carrie Myrl Buchanan Brugger was the seventh and last child of Archibald Waller Overton Buchanan and fourth wife Caroline. She was a twin to Archie Earl born in Colonia Dublan, Mexico on March 25, 1892. Writing for the Utah Sevier County Centennial Committee, as assisted by the Daughters of Utah Pioneers of Sevier County in 1947, Carrie wrote of her father:
My father was born 9 February 1830, the seventh child of John and Nancy Ann Bache Buchanan. He came to Utah September 13, 1852 with Captain Howells Company, and settled in Sanpete County. He served in the Black Hawk War during the entire period. He loved the Indians and learned to speak their language fluently and was sent among them many times as interpreter and messenger. The Indians in turn, loved him. They gave him the name of Unca Kib-er-e-wach, meaning Red Mountain Chief or Colt, probably because he was well built and had a sandy-red beard. The love and friendship between him and the Indians lasted his entire lifetime. Stories about him were handed down from one generation to another among the Indians, and often when the Indians came to our home ...for food, they would express their love for Unca Kibe, even long after father had passed on.
During the last few years of his life, father often told how the Indians had been mistreated which was the cause of much of the trouble with them. Father received a pension from the government for his services during the Black Hawk War, during his declining years when he was not able to work.
Father was one of the first settlers in Glenwood, Utah, and held the office of presiding High Priest over the ward for several years. He, with his wives, Amelia, Mary Ann, Maria and Caroline, endured all of the experiences and hardships of pioneer life. They, along with others, practiced the United Order; dairying, making cheese, dying and weaving wool into clothing material, knitting socks, making quilts, and all of the other things necessary to decent living. Aunt Maria procured a loom and made rugs and carpets. My mother (Caroline) was a seamstress and sewed coats and trousers and made hats. The other wives added their talents also.
A.W. Buchanan fathered (26 children and adopted 2 more). He had keen discipline over his entire family. He loved every one of them and always took the entire group to every entertainment that came along. He saw that they were all in church. Above all, he taught them to love each other and to love God and man. Along with his good wives, the children were taught to sing and play and laugh together, and everyone must do his share of the work.
In 1890, he went to Mexico with his wife Caroline, and ....went through the hardships of pioneering that country. In the fall of 1893, he moved back to Glenwood and lived there until 1902 when he moved to Venice where he lived until his death in 1915 (Through the Years, A Centennial History of Sevier County, 1947).
My father was born 9 February 1830, the seventh child of John and Nancy Ann Bache Buchanan. He came to Utah September 13, 1852 with Captain Howells Company, and settled in Sanpete County. He served in the Black Hawk War during the entire period. He loved the Indians and learned to speak their language fluently and was sent among them many times as interpreter and messenger. The Indians in turn, loved him. They gave him the name of Unca Kib-er-e-wach, meaning Red Mountain Chief or Colt, probably because he was well built and had a sandy-red beard. The love and friendship between him and the Indians lasted his entire lifetime. Stories about him were handed down from one generation to another among the Indians, and often when the Indians came to our home ...for food, they would express their love for Unca Kibe, even long after father had passed on.
During the last few years of his life, father often told how the Indians had been mistreated which was the cause of much of the trouble with them. Father received a pension from the government for his services during the Black Hawk War, during his declining years when he was not able to work.
Father was one of the first settlers in Glenwood, Utah, and held the office of presiding High Priest over the ward for several years. He, with his wives, Amelia, Mary Ann, Maria and Caroline, endured all of the experiences and hardships of pioneer life. They, along with others, practiced the United Order; dairying, making cheese, dying and weaving wool into clothing material, knitting socks, making quilts, and all of the other things necessary to decent living. Aunt Maria procured a loom and made rugs and carpets. My mother (Caroline) was a seamstress and sewed coats and trousers and made hats. The other wives added their talents also.
A.W. Buchanan fathered (26 children and adopted 2 more). He had keen discipline over his entire family. He loved every one of them and always took the entire group to every entertainment that came along. He saw that they were all in church. Above all, he taught them to love each other and to love God and man. Along with his good wives, the children were taught to sing and play and laugh together, and everyone must do his share of the work.
In 1890, he went to Mexico with his wife Caroline, and ....went through the hardships of pioneering that country. In the fall of 1893, he moved back to Glenwood and lived there until 1902 when he moved to Venice where he lived until his death in 1915 (Through the Years, A Centennial History of Sevier County, 1947).
Remembrances of Archie by other children and grandchildren can be found here.
Archie's daughter Nancy Edna Buchanan Beecroft wrote, "when it became necessary for the polygamists to go to Mexico to escape the law, Archibald would have taken all of his four wives, but Caroline was the only one who would go with him."