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Buchanan Family

Variant Spellings: Buchanen, Buchannon, Buchanon, Buckanan, Buckhannan.
Soundex Code: B255.

Generation One:

James Buchanan was born about 1710 in Charles County, Maryland, son of Thomas Buchanan. He died in 1751 in Charles County. James married Isabella Games, daughter of James Games, about 1733 in Maryland. Isabella was born about 1713.
Children:
1. George Buchanan (b. 1736)
2. Sarah Buchanan (b. 1740)
3. Arthur Buchanan (1743 - after 1780) m., 1762, Mary Boswell (b. 1736/38).
4. James Buchanan (b. about 1745) m. Elizabeth Willis.
5. Benedicta Buchanan (b. 1748)
6. Joseph Buchanan (b. 1751).

Generation Two:

Children of Arthur Buchanan & Mary Boswell:
1. James Buchanan (1763 - before 1780).
2. William John Buchanan (1765-1856) m., 1793, Elizabeth Jones (1774-1861).
3. Joseph Buchanan (b. 1767).
4. Anne Buchanan (1767 - before 1780).
5. Joseph Benedictor Buchanan (b. 1770) m. Sarah Jones (b. 1772).
6. Arthur "Arter" Buchanan (b. 1776) m. Temperance "Tempy" Vance.
7. Hannah "Ann" Buchanan (b. 1779) m., 1796, John Collis.
8. James Buchanan (twin) (b. 1780).
9. Ruth Buchanan (twin) (b. 1780).

Child of James Buchanan Elizabeth Willis:
1. Joseph Buchanan m. Sarah "Sally" Jones.

Generation Three:

Children of William John Buchanan & Elizabeth Jones:
1. Mary Jane Buchanan (1794 - about 1855) m., 1812, John Burleson (b. 1791)
2. George Benedict Buchanan (b. 1795) m. Sarah Pitman (b. 1799).
3. Elizabeth Buchanan (1797-1854) m. Martin Alexander Baker.
4. William Greenberry Buchanan (1799-1876) m. 1st, 1821, Mary "Polly" Burleson (1804-1880)
     and 2nd, bef. 1831, Amelia A. "Millie" Greene (about 1812 - 1897).
5. James Buchanan (1800-1882) m., 1822, Isabelle Greene (1803-1874).
6. Anne Buchanan (b. 1802) m. Thomas Samuel McKinney (1811-1851).
7. John A. Buchanan (1803-1879) m., 1822, Lucinda (Seneca) Susan Burleson (b. about 1803).
8. Arthur Buchanan (1804-1890) m. 1st Clarissa Baker and 2nd Isabel O. Wright (about 1807 - 1888).
9. Sarah "Sally" Buchanan (1806-1822) m. Ebe Hoppis.
10. Martha "Patsey" Buchanan (b. 1808) m. Willis McKinney.
11. Leonard L. Buchanan (1809-1881), m., 1829, Elizabeth Tate (1810-1886).
12. Clement Buchanan (b. 1811) m. Mary Sparks.
13. Lewis Buchanan (1813-1877) m. Nancy Bailey.
14. Nancy Buchanan (1814-1881) m. Jacob Hutchins (1814-1888).
15. Ruth Buchanan (b. 1816) m. David Mullins.
16. Joseph Alexander Buchanan (1818-1879) m. Sarah Mary "Polly" Ellis.

Children of Joseph Benedictor Buchanan & Sarah Jones:
1. James Buchanan (b. 1794) m. Rebecca Ledford (b. 1794).
2. John Buchanan (b. about 1796) m. 1st Jane Ledford and 2nd Sarah Ellis (about 1802 - about 1889).
3. Mary "Polly" Buchanan (1797-1889) m. Joseph S. Green.

Children of Arthur Buchanan & Temperance Vance:
1. James S. Buchanan (1804-1893) m. Elizabeth Gouge (b. 1802).
2. Arthur Buchanan (about 1807 - about 1825).
3. William Buchanan.
4. Joseph Buchanan (b. about 1814) m. Elizabeth Hollifield (b. 1812).
5. Nancy Jane Buchanan (b. about 1817) m. James Andrew Johnson.
6. George W. Buchanan (b. 1818) m. Sarah Hamilton (1822-1882).
7. John Vance Buchanan (about 1820 - about 1875) m., 1831, Delphia Davis (about 1807 - 1853).
8. David Buchanan (1820 - after 1880) m. Lucinda Carver.

Child of Joseph Buchanan & Sarah Jones:
1. Joseph A. Buchanan m., 1823, Anna Gouge (1806-1889).

Generation Four:

Children of William Greenberry Buchanan & Mary Burleson:
1. Elizabeth Banks Buchanan m. William Springfield.
2. Simon L. Buchanan.
3. William Gentry Buchanan (b. about 1826) m. Dicea Green (b. about 1822).
Children of William Greenberry Buchanan & Amelia A. Greene:
4. Shadrach Greene Buchanan (1831-1907) m., 1853, Martha Perry (1835- after 1880).
5. Mary Kanzada "Polly" Buchanan (1836-1919) m. Albert W. Perry (1826-1906).
6. Dicie L. Buchanan (1842-1919) m., 1859, William Alexander Ellis (1832-1913).
7. Elizabeth "Betsy" Buchanan (b. 1843).
8. Alexander Buchanan (b. 1845).
9. Arthur Buchanan (b. 1845)
10. Joseph Buchanan (b. 1858).

Child of John A. Buchanan & Lucinda Burleson:
1. Mary Matilda Buchanan (b. 1842).

Children of Leonard L. Buchanan & Elizabeth Tate:
1. Jemima Buchanan (b. about 1830) m., 1852, Marcus L. Hughes (b. 1823).
2. Elizabeth Buchanan (b. about 1831).
3. William Marion Buchanan (1832-1909) m., about 1853, Sophia Hughes (1837-1909).
4. Nancy Buchanan (b. about 1834).
5. Clarissa A. Buchanan (b. about 1835) m. Jason Burleson.
6. Jasper W. Buchanan (b. about 1838) m. Elizabeth Louise Hughes.
7. Margaret Buchanan (b. about 1841).
8. Joseph M. Buchanan (b. about 1842).
9. Eliza J. Buchanan (b. bout 1844).
10. P. Buchanan (male) (b. 1846).
11. Mary A. Buchanan (b. about 1848).
12. Grace Buchanan (b. about 1850).

Children of James Buchanan & Rebecca Ledford:
1. Sarah Buchanan (b. about 1818) m. Thomas McKinney (b. about 1817).
2. John Vallet Yale Buchanan (1827 - after 1880) m. Mary A. "Polly" Winters (b. 1825).
3. Margaret "Peggy" Buchanan (about 1830 - about 1900) m. Charles R. McKinney (about 1827 - 1906)
4. Arthur Buchanan (1835-1917) m. Elizabeth Duncan (b. 1835).

Child of John Buchanan & Jane Ledford:
1. Lucinda Buchanan (b. about 1821 - 1901) m. Thomas Starling Green (b. about 1818).

Children of James S. Buchanan & Elizabeth Gouge:
1. Mary "Polly" Buchanan (1823-1864) m. James L. Buchanan (b. about 1832).
2. John J. Buchanan (1827-1914) m. 1st Mary A. "Polly" Franklin (1829-1859)
    and 2nd Hulda Jane Evans Hill (b. about 1822), widow of Samuel Hill.
3. Elizabeth Buchanan (b. about 1833) m. Elkanah Hill (b. about 1827).
4. Morgan Buchanan (1835-1912) m. Cassandra Huff (1837-1910).
5. George E. Buchanan (1838-1914) m. Mary Emaline "Polly" "Olly" Adkins (b. about 1844).
6. Temperance Ann Buchanan (b. about 1843) m. Harrison Adkins (b. about 1841).

Children of Joseph Buchanan & Elizabeth Hollifield:
1. George L. Buchanan (b. about 1844) m. Sophia Pitman (b. 1839).
2. Jacob Astor Buchanan (b. 1847) m. Nancy E. Pitman (1848-1928).

Children of George W. Buchanan & Sarah Hamilton:
1. Silas Paul Buchanan (b. 1846).
2. Schuyler Buchanan (b. 1851).
3. David Nelson Buchanan (b. 1851).
4. James Marion Buchanan (b. 1855).
5. Temperance Jane Buchanan (b. 1858).
6. Susan Buchanan (b. 1860).
7. Malinda Buchanan (b. 1862).
8. Esau Buchanan (b. 1864).

Children of John Vance Buchanan & Delphia Davis:
1. James L. Buchanan (b. about 1832)
2. Milas Alexander Buchanan (1834-1905) m. Thurza Jane Mitchell (1835-1899).
3. Francis A. Buchanan (b. about 1849).
4. Nancy M. Buchanan (b. about 1852).
5. William Deet Buchanan.
6. George W. Buchanan.
7. Jasper N. Buchanan.

Child of David Buchanan & Lucinda Carver:
1. James Buchanan (b. 1850).

Child of Joseph A. Buchanan & Anna Gouge:
1. Joel Buchanan (1833 - 1860/70) m. Jane Ledford (b. about 1841).
2. Elizabeth Buchanan.
3. Robert Buchanan (d. 1860/70) m. Rusha Ann Canipe.
4. Mary Buchanan (1836-1906) m. Wyatt Gilbert Woody (b. about 1835).
5. Martha "Patsey" Buchanan (b. about 1840).
6. Sarah Buchanan (b. about 1842).
7. Anna Buchanan (b. about 1844).
8. Joseph M. Buchanan (about 1846 - 1860/70).
9. Margaret Buchanan (b. about 1850).

Generation Five:

Children of William Gentry Buchanan & Dicea Green:
1. Marvel G. Buchanan (about 1850 - before 1910) m. Judith McKinney (b. about 1839).
2. Matilda Buchanan (b. about 1851) m., 1872, Jonathan Burleson (1847 - before 1880).
3. Jonathan Buchanan (b. about 1853).
4. Hugh B. Buchanan (b. about 1855).
5. Mary C. Buchanan (b. about 1857) m. Thomas G. Miller (b. about 1822).
6. William A. Buchanan (b. about 1867).

Children of Shadrach Greene Buchanan & Martha Perry:
1. William Anderson Buchanan (1858-1897).
2. Joseph Alexander Buchanan (1858-1936) m., 1881, Mary Bell Davis (b. 1860).
3. Mary Kanzadia Buchanan (1859-1931) m., 1879, Malcolm Horton "Hort" Young (1861-1940).
4. Thomas Winfield Buchanan (1861-1943) m., 1881, Hulda Missouri Greene (1869-1902).
5. Polly Jane Buchanan (1862 - after 1881) m., 1881, Curley Buchanan.
6. Dicie Lucretia Buchanan (1864-1953) m., 1885, William Isaac Cooper (1860-1944).
7. Daniel Brownlow Buchanan (1866-1930).
8. Milly A. Buchanan (about 1867 - before 1872).
9. Nathan Buchanan (about 1868 - 1870/80).
10. Elizabeth Adelaide "Betsy" Buchanan (1870-1955).
11. Milla Matilda "Milly" Buchanan (1872-1953).
12. Radford Hayes Buchanan (1874 - after 1880).

Children of William Marion Buchanan & Sophia Hughes:
1. Jones Buchanan (b. 1854) m. Cordelia English.
2. Harriett Buchanan (b. about 1860).
3. McDaniel Buchanan (b. about 1862).
4. Etta Buchanan (b. about 1864).
5. Molton Buchanan (b. about 1866).
6. Laura Buchanan (b. about 1869).
7. Mary Buchanan (b. about 1871) m. James Wesley Ollis.
8. Isaac Buchanan (b. about 1872).
9. Minnie Buchanan (b. about 1874).

Child of John Vallet Yale Buchanan & Mary A. Winters:
1. Sally Ann Buchanan (b. about 1849) m. William Mosley.
2. Adam R. Buchanan (1853-1920) m., 1871, Nancy "Drucilla" Yelton (b. 1852)
3. Joseph Leonard Buchanan (1854-1923) m. Biddie Howell.
4. Caroline Buchanan (b. 1857) m. Samuel Byrd.
5. Sarah A. Buchanan (b. about 1858).
6. William E. Buchanan (b. about 1860).
7. Cintha E. Buchanan (b. about 1864).
8. Nancy C. Buchanan (b. about 1866).
9. Lewis M. Buchanan (b. about 1868).
10. Eliza J. Buchanan (b. about 1870).
11. John Buchanan m. Laura Jane Winters.
12. Burgin Buchanan.

Child of Arthur Buchanan & Elizabeth Duncan:
1. Dosser Buchanan (1875-1952) m., 1898, Nellie Stewart (b. 1877)

Children of John J. Buchanan & Mary A. Franklin:
1. Universa Buchanan (b. 1849) m. John H. Stallard (b. about 1854).
2. Nancy E. Buchanan (b. about 1853) m. Henry W. Holbrook (b. about 1856).
3. William Marion Buchanan (b. about 1854) m. 1st, 1874, Mahala Davis (about 1854 - 1889)
    and 2nd, 1898, Ellen Osborne (b. 1870).
4. James J. Buchanan (b. about 1856) m. Verlina Ellen Stallard.
5. Alexander Buchanan (b. about 1857) m. Hester Ann.
Probable Children of John J. Buchanan & Hulda Jane Evans Hill:
6. Amanda Buchanan (b. about 1860).
7. John M. Buchanan (b. about 1864).
8. Clarence Buchanan (b. about 1865).
9. Noah M. Buchanan (b. about 1866).

Children of Morgan Buchanan & Cassandra Huff:
1. Lurania Buchanan (b. about 1856).
2. James Monroe Buchanan (1858-1935) m. Lucinda Jones (b. about 1855).
3. Temperance Elizabeth Buchanan (b. 1860) m., 1881, Gabriel Hays (b. about 1860).
4. Elizabeth Buchanan (b. about 1862).
5. William J. Buchanan (b. about 1863).
6. Arthur E. Buchanan (b. 1865) m., 1890, Alvonia V. Johnson (b. about 1874).
7. John T. Buchanan (b. 1868) m., 1890, Nancy Qualls (b. about 1872).
8. Cora Buchanan (b. about 1872) m., 1889, William W. Warden (b. about 1869).

Children of George E. Buchanan & Mary Emaline Adkins:
1. James F. Buchanan (b. about 1860) m. Mary Columbia A. Ramey.
2. Jaohn M. Buchanan (b. about 1862).
3. Wilson A. Buchanan (b. 1866) m. 1st, 1890, Mary B. Powers (about 1866 - 1891) and 2nd, 1893, Mary E. Dingus.
4. Stacy A. E. Buchanan (1868-1887).
5. Tempa L. Buchanan (b. & d. 1870).
6. Mary Buchanan (b. about 1871).
7. Jane Buchanan (b. about 1873).
8. Robert Buchanan (b. about 1877).
9. Ellen Buchanan (b. about 1879).
10. William N. Buchanan (about 1883 - 1892).

Child of George L. Buchanan & Sophia Pitman:
1. Georgianna "Anna" Buchanan (b. about 1877).

Child of Jacob Astor Buchanan & Nancy E. Pitman:
1. Weldon Hayes Buchanan (b. 1869) m. Augusta Fairbelle Blalock (b. 1872).
2. James Augustus Buchanan (b. 1873).
3. Queen Victoria Buchanan (b. 1877) m. David Drury Edwin Silver (b. 1870).
4. George W. Buchanan (b. 1879) m. Celia Ann.
5. Susan Lilla Buchanan (b. 1883) m. Bascom Walter Blalock (b. 1882).
6. Allie Etta Buchanan (b. 1886) m. John C. Sullins (b. 1884).
7. Charles Edgar Buchanan (b. 1892) m. Eula B. Ledford (b. 1893).

Children of James L. Buchanan & Mary Buchanan:
1. Martha A. Buchanan (b. about 1847).
2. Elbert Buchanan (b. about 1856).
3. Mira E. Buchanan (b. about 1859).
4. Dillie L. Buchanan (b. 1861).
5. Tempy Buchanan (b. & d. 1864).

Children of Milas Alexander Buchanan & Thurzy Jane Mitchell:
1. James H. Buchanan (b. 1859).
2. William H. Buchanan (b. 1861) m. Susan Davis.
3. Louisa A. Buchanan (b. 1863).
4. Andrew Jackson Buchanan (1867-1916) m. Sarah Hensley.
5. Noah Houston Buchanan (b. 1870).
6. Elizabeth Buchanan (b. 1872).
7. Alexander Buchanan (b. 1875).
8. Matilda Buchanan (b. 1879).

Child of Robert Buchanan & Rusha Ann Canipe:
1. Thomas Buchanan m. Mary Bennett.

Generation Six:

Children of Marvel G. Buchanan & Judith McKinney:
1. Millie M. Buchanan (b. about 1869).
2. William A. Buchanan (b. about 1874).
3. Fanny D. Buchanan (b. about 1879).

Children of Joseph Alexander Buchanan & Mary Bell Davis:
1. Greenberry Buchanan (b. Dec. 1880).
2. Stokes Buchanan (b. Jan. 1883).
3. Jacob Buchanan (b. Oct. 1884).
4. Dicie Buchanan (b. Jul. 1886).
5. Bessie Buchanan (b. Feb. 1889).
6. unknown male Buchanan (b. Mar. 1891).
7. Bertie Buchanan (b. Feb. 1894).
8. Raymond Buchanan (b. Aug. 1895).
9. Howard Buchanan (b. Sep. 1897).

Children of Jones Buchanan & Cordelia English:
1. Dora Buchanan.
2. Minnie Buchanan.
3. Slight Buchanan m. Flora Ollis.
4. Sarah Jane Buchanan (1874-1959) m. Welburn Ollis (1878-1918).
5. Harriett Buchanan (b. about 1877).
6. Ed Buchanan (b. about 1879) m. Dove Davis.
7. William Marion Buchanan (1881-1956) m. Ida Rebecca Miller (b. 1900).

Children of Adam R.Buchanan & Nancy "Drucilla" Yelton:
1. Greenberry Buchanan (1872-1958) m. 1st Callie and 2nd Martha Miller.
2. Charles Buchanan (b. 1875).
3. Polly J. Buchanan (b. 1878).
4. Dora Caroline Buchanan (b. 1881).
5. Leonard Harrison Buchanan (b. 1882) m., 1905, Molly Emma Burleson (1885-1972).
6. Amanda Drucilla Buchanan (b. 1884).
7. Ralph Buchanan (1890-1924) m., 1913, Nannie Robinson (1895-1986).
8. Delia Buchanan (b. 1893).

Child of Dosser Buchanan & Nellie Stewart:
1. Zula Buchanan (b. 1898) m. Milt English (b. 1891).

Child of Thomas Buchanan & Mary Bennett:
1. Avery Buchanan m. Mollie Edwards.

Generation Seven:

Children of Ed Buchanan & Dove Davis:
1. Maude Buchanan.
2. Mildred Buchanan m. Roy W. Ollis.
3. Carl Buchanan (1896-1968).
4. Tennie Buchanan (1904-1974) m. Jesse Gillespie (1903-1972).
5. Jennie Buchanan (about 1909 - 2000) m. Fred L. Hoilman.
6. Geter Buchanan (1911-1970).

Children of Greenberry Buchanan & Martha Miller:
1. Alphonzo Buchanan.
2. Joseph Buchanan.
3. Robert Buchanan.
4. Frankie Buchanan.
5. Jane Buchanan.

Children of Leonard Harrison Buchanan & Mollie Emma Burleson:
1. Edna L. Buchanan (b. about 1908).
2. William L. Buchanan (b. about 1910).
3. Theodore Buchanan (b. about 1912).
4. Lawrence K. Buchanan (b. about 1916).
5. Ralph H. Buchanan (b. about 1916).

Children of Ralph Buchanan & Nannie Robinson:
1. Birdia Buchanan m. Ernest Harris.
2. Amanda Buchanan (b. 1917) m. Albert Tipton (1910-1983).
3. Claude Buchanan m. Lilly Ray.
4. William Buchanan m. Irene Cain.
5. Pansy Buchanan m. Geter Shehan.
6. Christilee Buchanan.

Child of Avery Buchanan & Mollie Edwards:
1. Fred E. Buchanan m. Mary Etta Day.

Generation Eight:

Child of Fred E. Buchanan & Mary Etta Day:
1. Billy John N. Garner Buchanan.


Sources:

Census Records.

Wise County VAGenWeb.

Jeannie Stafford Dobbs, "Stafford, Swearengin, Pruitt / Pruett, Harvill, Roberts, Dobbs, Maggard" (Database jdobbs on WorldConnect).

Joel Hager, "Joel Hager's Southern West Virginia Research" (Database hagerj on WorldConnect).

Ray Markland, "ET & WNC Roots" (Database ray_markland on WorldConnect).

Roxanne O'Hagan, "Calan Connection" (Database roxieg on WorldConnect).

George Parker, "Our Roots Grow Deep" (Database :2129790 on WorldConnect).

Chris Hawley Ruppel, "Hawly/Jones/Ruppel Family History" (Database chruppel on WorldConnect).

Gail Staton, "Pitmans of Mitchell County" (Database :2226081 on WorldConnect).

Brian York, "York & Master; Piazza & Page" (Database :2857191 on WorldConnect).



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