Elizabeth Goode1

b. 1 December 1824, d. 27 November 1901
FatherJohn Goode2,3 b. bet 1770 - 1780
MotherAnn Cochran Findlay2,3 b. abt 1797, d. 18 Sep 1832
Birth1 Dec 1824 Elizabeth Goode was born on 1 Dec 1824 in Washington County, Virginia.4,5 
MarriageOct 1851 She married Mathew Hay Buchanan, son of William Buchanan and Jane Keys, in Oct 1851 in Washington County.6,7,8 
  Elizabeth's younger sister Rachel was already married to Mathew's brother Benjamin. In 1850 Elizabeth had been enumerated living in their household.9 [Rachel and Elizabeth's mother died in 1832] 
Cens-18609 Jun 1860  Just prior to the Civil War Mathew's lands were valued at $10,000 and his personal property at $12,000.10 
Cens-18702 Oct 1870  In 1870 Mathew owned land valued at $2,000 and was enumerated as a farmer. Mathew and Elizabeth's household that year included 5 of their own children (Betty, Robert, Maggie, Thomas and Rachel) as well as Ann Buchanan, 55, and listed after her by the enumerator, Sally Buchanan, 14.11 
Residence  The family is believed to have lived near Clinchburg in Washington County.1,12,13 
Death27 Nov 1901 Elizabeth died on 27 Nov 1901 at age 76.4 
Burial She was buried at Mahanaim Cemetery in Washington County.4 
  None of Mathew and Elizabeth's 6 children married. Five of their children are buried with them at Mahanaim Cemetery in Washington County, including daughter Rachel who died of typhoid at age 25 in 1891. A son John K. (no doubt named for Mathew's younger brother John K. who died in 1852), died in infancy in 1855.14,15 

Family

Mathew Hay Buchanan b. 9 Mar 1817, d. 5 Oct 1900
Children
Last Edited21 Oct 2013

Citations

  1. [S5] Elizabeth Kelly Allison, Early Southwest Virginia Families, p. 58.
  2. [S1198] Virgil Lewis, "Residents of Washington County," in Virginia and Virginians, p. 706.
  3. [S2272] Jean Keys Buchanan, The Buchanans, manuscript, 1928.
  4. [S2] Catherine McConnell, High On A Windy Hill, p. 144. Elizabeth Goode Buchanan, 1 Dec. 1824 - 27 Nov. 1901.
  5. [S1198] Virgil Lewis, "Residents of Washington County," in Virginia and Virginians, p. 705.
  6. [S52] Letter, Carolyn Ryburn to Diana Powell, 18 March, 2002. Ms Ryburn cites Washington Co. Marriage Register A-C and Index through 1902, p. 27: Mathew H. Buchanan marr Elizabeth Goode, Oct. 30, 1851.
  7. [S1198] Virgil Lewis, "Residents of Washington County," in Virginia and Virginians, p. 705; this source uses Oct. 31, 1851.
  8. [S4] D.E. Brown, Marriages of Washington Co., VA 1781-1853, p. 8. Mathew H. Buchanan and Elizabeth Goode; 30 Oct. 1851 by Joseph Haskew.
  9. [S367] Benjamin K. Buchanan household, 1850 U.S. Census, Washington Co., VA, pop. sched., Abingdon, p. after p. 211 stamped, dwelling 2073, family 2073, viewed online at Ancestry.com, May 2009, image 2 of 9. Household includes: Benjamin K. Buchanan, 34, merchant; Rachel 24; William 4; John 2; Elizabeth Goode 25; Francis Findlay 16, clark; all b. VA.
  10. [S234] Matthew H. Buchanan household, 1860 U.S. cens, Washington Co., VA, pop. sched., Western District, p. after 393 added script, dwelling 200, family 200, viewed online at Ancestry.com, May 2009, image 30 of 361. Household includes: Matthew H. Buchanan, 43, farmer, owns land: $10,000 and pers. prop: $12,000; Elizabeth, 33; Betty, 7; Robert, 2; John Hockett, 22, farm laborer; all b. VA.
  11. [S635] M Buchanan household, 1870 U.S. cens, Washington Co., Virginia, pop. sched., 3rd Division, p. after 213 stamped, dwelling 194, family 194, viewed online at Ancestry.com, May 2009, image 18 of 18. Household includes: M. Buchanan, 52, farmer, owns land val at $2,000 and pers. prop. of $100; Eliza, 45, Betty, 17; Robert, 13, Maggie, 10; Thomas 6, Rachel, 4; Ann, 55; Sally, 14; all b. VA.
  12. [S165] M. H. Buchanan household, 1880 U.S. Census, Washington Co., VA, pop. sched., Saltville District, ED 99, page 41 (229A stamped), dwelling 358, family 368, viewed online at www.Ancestry.com, April 2003, image 41 of 63. M. H. Buchanan, 63, farmer; Elizabeth, 55, wife; Bettie H., 26, dau; Robt. D., 22, son; Maggie K., 19, dau; Thomas F., 16, son; Rachel B., 14, dau; all b. VA; all parents b. VA.
  13. [S634] Mathew H. Buchanan household, 1900 U.S. cens., Washington Co., Virginia, pop. sched., Saltville district, ED 122, sheet 17A (p. 307 stamped), dwelling 218, family 218, viewed online at Ancestry.com, May 2009, image 49 of 89. Household includes: Mathew H. Buchanan, 83, b. March 1817, marr 48 yrs, farmer; Elizabeth, wife, 75, marr 48 yrs, mother of 6 children, 4 are living; Bettie H., dau, 47, b. Jan. 1853; Robert G., son, 42, b. Sept. 1857; Margaret K., 39, b. Aug. 1860; Thomas F., son, 36, b. Oct. 1863; all b. VA.
  14. [S1344] Notification re the estate of Jean Buchanan, dec'd, The Journal Virginian, Oct. 11, 1962.
  15. [S12] D.E. Brown, Unfiled Death Records of Washington Co. VA, entry # 289: Rachel B. Buchanan died Mar 23 1891 in Washington Co. VA of typhoid fever at age 25y 3m, parents M.H. & Elizabeth Buchanan, single, reported by M.H. Buchanan, father.
  16. [S2169] Donald Helton, compiler, "Washington County Virginia Abstracted Death Records 1912-1939" (manuscript shared by author), p. 102. Record abstracted as: Betty Haskew Buchanan, 85y 8m 13d, b. Jan. 13, 1853 WCV, d. Sept. 27, 1938, sgl, d/o M.H. Buchanan, b. WCV and Elizabeth Goode, b. WCV.
  17. [S2266] Tom Colley, "Compendia," e-mail to Diana Powell, 4 May 2009.
  18. [S2169] Donald Helton, compiler, "Washington County Virginia Abstracted Death Records 1912-1939" (manuscript shared by author), p. 85. Entry for Margaret Kelly Buchanan, 73y8m4d, b. Smyth Co., VA, d. 16 Mar, 1934, single, d/o M.H. Buchanan b. WCV and Elizabeth Goode, b. WCV, bur Clinchburg Cem.