William Buchanan1

b. 15 February 1846, d. 20 June 1925
FatherBenjamin Keys Buchanan2,3,1 b. 31 Oct 1815, d. 4 Sep 1901
MotherRachel Branch Goode4,3,1 b. 9 Oct 1826, d. 1904
Birth15 Feb 1846 William Buchanan was born on 15 Feb 1846 in Abingdon, Washington County, Virginia.3 
Military1 Mar 1864  During the Civil War William served in the Confederate Army as a private in Company D of the First Virginia Cavalry. He was just 17 when he enlisted on 1 Mar 1864.5,6 
Marriage30 Mar 1870 He married Mary Pennington Perkins, daughter of William Perkins and Lockey Ann Henderson, on 30 Mar 1870.7,8 
  They were second cousins, their grandmothers (Ann Cochran Findlay Goode and Mary King Findlay Henderson) having been twin sisters.  
Cens-18705 Oct 1870  The 1870 census was enumerated a few months after William and Mary's wedding. The were recorded in the home of William's parents Benjamin and Rachel in Washington County. William stated that he was employed as a merchant.9 
  Benjamin had helped his son establish a business in Saltville after William returned home from the Civil War. However it was not successful and William returned to farming.10 
  Benjamin eventually divided his land among his children. Later census records recorded them living near one another on the Glade Spring-Saltville Road. William and Mary appeared to live comfortably - census records indicated the presence of farm help as well as servants. Mary's 1900 and 1910 census enumerations stated that she was the mother of 9 children, 3 of whom died before 1900.11,12,13 
  This would include Willie (d. 1878), Lockie (d. 1888) and Benjamin (d. 1889). Willie may have been a twin to George, who was born 2 Jan. 1876 as Willie's headstone says he too was born in 1876. Or Willie may have been born very late in the year. 
  William's grandson and namesake, who was born in 1918, remembered William as a gentle old man who was stone deaf and color blind. He was a crack shot with a pistol, smoked a bent pipe and allowed his young grandson to sit in his lap and pull his beard while the older man rocked on the porch.10 
Death20 Jun 1925 William died on 20 Jun 1925 in Washington County, Virginia, at age 79.3 
Burial He was buried at Edgehill Cemetery in Washington County, Virginia.14 

Family

Mary Pennington Perkins b. 25 May 1848, d. 29 Nov 1931
Children
Last Edited4 Dec 2013

Citations

  1. [S2272] Jean Keys Buchanan, The Buchanans, manuscript, 1928.
  2. [S829] Benjamin K. Buchanan will (recorded 1901), Washington Co., Virginia Will Book 28 (C): 316. The will was dated 1 Apr. 1887 and recorded 24 Sept. 1901. The will, which had not been witnessed, was proved on the oath of John Stewart, _ Cosby and Findlay Harris, who stated they were familiar with the handwriting of the testator.
  3. [S2169] Donald Helton, compiler, "Washington County Virginia Abstracted Death Records 1912-1939" (manuscript shared by author), p. 52. Record abstracted as: William Buchanan, b. 15 Feb. 1846, d. 20 June 1925, marr to Mary P. Buchanan; s/o Ben K. Buchanan b. VA and Rachel Goode, b. VA; bur Keywood Cem.
  4. [S1344] Notification re the estate of Jean Buchanan, dec'd, The Journal Virginian, Oct. 11, 1962.
  5. [S2425] "Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Belonging to Units From Virginia," digital images, Footnote.com (http://www.footnote.com : accessed Jun 2010); William Buchanan, private, (2nd) Co. D, First VA Cavalry.
  6. [S2274] William Buchanan, "Buchanan Family History", 1984-1995.
  7. [S2370] G. Brown Goode, Virginia Cousins - The Ancestry and Posterity of John Goode, p. 393.
  8. [S2272] Jean Keys Buchanan, The Buchanans, manuscript, 1928. "William married Mary Pennington Perkins of Memphis, Tenn. a cousin."
  9. [S635] Benjamin Buchanan household, 1870 U.S. cens, Washington Co., Virginia, pop. sched., First Division, p. 22 (original script), dwelling 124, family 139, viewed online at Ancestry.com, Jul. 2006, image 22 of 44. Enumeration includes: Benjamim Buchanan, 54, farmer, owns land valued at $30,000, pers. prop of $20,000; Rachel B., wife, 43; William 24, merchant, marr in March; Mary 22 (b. TN), marr in March; Jack, 22, student; Thos P., 16 student; Alex F. 7; Wm J. Moore, 16, student; all b. VA.
  10. [S2274] William Buchanan, "Buchanan Family History", 1984-1995. William Buchanan was the grandfather of William Buchanan (b. 1918).
  11. [S165] Wm Buchanan household, 1880 U.S. Census, Washington Co., VA, pop. sched., Saltville district, ED 99, page 46B, dwelling 405, family 417, viewed online at www.Ancestry.com, March 2007, image 46 of 63. Enumeration includes: Wm Buchanan, 34, farmer, b. VA, parents b. VA; Mary, 32, wife, b. TN, father b. VA, mother b. AL; Lizzie, 9, dau; Lockie [?], 8, dau; Benjamin, 6, son; George, 4, son; Rachel 2, dau; Daniel, 9/12, son; all b. VA, father b. VA, mother b. TN; also Sarah Carter, a black servant, age 17 and James Widener, 21, a boarder.
  12. [S237] William Buchanan household, 1910 U.S. cens., Washington Co., VA, pop. sched., Saltville district, ED 115, sheet 17B, dwelling 230, family 232, viewed online at Ancestry.com, March 2005, image 34 of 37. Household includes: William Buchanan, 62, marr 40 yrs, b. VA, parents b. VA, farmer; Mary P., wife, 61, marr 40 yrs, mother of 9 children, 6 living, b. TN, father b. VA, mother b. AL; William G., son, 24, marr 7/12, b. VA; Ollivene, dau-in-law; (no age), marr 7/12, b. VA; Henry W. Beasley, adopted, 14, b. TN, parents b. TN.
  13. [S634] William Buchanan household, 1900 U.S. cens., Washington Co., Virginia, pop. sched., Saltville district, ED 122, sheet 23, dwelling 313, family 313, viewed online at Ancestry.com, March 2007, image 73 of 89. Enumeration includes: William Buchanan, 54, marr 30 yrs, b. Feb. 1846, b. VA, parents b. VA; Mary P., wife, 52, b. May 1848, b. TN, marr 30 yrs, mother of 9 children, 6 are living; George P., son, 24, b. Jan. 1876; Rachel B., dau, 22, b. Feb. 1878; Daniel L., son, 20, b. __ 1880; William G., son, 14, b. Jul 1885; all children b. VA, father b. VA, mother TN; also Lizzie Thomas, servant.
  14. [S1680] Thomas & Jane (Fleenor) Colley, Washington County, Virginia Cemetery Annotations, Vol I, p. 135. Stone reported to read: William Buchanan, 1846-1925.
  15. [S2103] "Shelby County Death Records 1848-1957", database with images, Shelby County [Tennessee] Register of Deeds (http://register.shelby.tn.us/index.php : accessed Aug. 2008), Mrs. Lizzie G. Allison burial permit #21740.
  16. [S86] Fridley, "Washington Co., VA Deaths 1886-1896" online database, <www.Ancestry.com>, Lockie Buchanan data, downloaded Mar. 2007.
  17. [S2268] Research of Tom Colley, Hanceville, Alabama; Mr. Colley cites the Washington County Death Register for the year 1878 originally held by the Virginia Bureau of Vital Statistics and viewed as Library of Virginia microfilm reel #30: Willie P. Buchanan, d. 01 Oct 1878, age not given, s/o William & Mary P. Buchanan.
  18. [S1701] Jonathan K. Smith, "Abstracts From Methodist Publications - The Nashville Christian Advocate 1908-1910", abstracts transcribed by Laurel Baty, David Donahue Memorial Tennessee Records Repository - Davidson Co., TN (http://www.tngenweb.org/records/davidson/ : Rachel Branch (Buchanan) Carriger obit abstract, 30 Dec., 1910 issue).
  19. [S2268] Research of Tom Colley, Hanceville, Alabama; citing "Virginia Cousins; Ancestry and Posterity of John Goode" by George Brown Goode Richmond, 1887.