James Buchanan was born in April 23, 1791 in a cabin in Cove Gap, Pennsylvania.
James father came to America as a Scotch-Irish in 1783. At the age of six his family
moved to Mercersberg PA. where his father would open a general store . James was the
second of eleven in his family. James was able to go to school where he lived but when
he was not studying he was helping his father in the shop.
James father made James work hard and taught James that he must be ready to take
care for his brothers and sister when James father died. At the age of sixteen James
father sent him to Dickinson Coll…
