Nancy Holt Buchanan1
b. 23 December 1830, d. August 1909
Father | Wilson Buchanan2,1 b. 8 May 1797, d. 9 Oct 1873 |
Mother | Eliza Friel Graham1 d. 14 Aug 1868 |
Birth | 23 Dec 1830 | Nancy Holt Buchanan was born on 23 Dec 1830.1,3 |
Marriage | 24 Nov 1875 | She married first Patrick Campbell Buchanan, son of Patrick Campbell Buchanan and Elizabeth Haytor, on 24 Nov 1875 in Smyth County, Virginia.2 |
| | Nancy and Patrick were first cousins once removed. At the time of their marriage he was 52 and she was 44. |
Widowed | 1877 | Patrick died in the summer of 1877, less than 2 years after the couple married.4 |
Marriage | 27 Jan 1879 | After Patrick's death she married Thomas Madison Buchanan, son of James Buchanan and Sarah Buchanan, on 27 Jan 1879 in Smyth County, Virginia.5,6 |
| | Thomas and Nancy were first cousins. Thomas was also the first cousin, once removed, of Patrick Buchanan, Nancy's first husband. |
Cens-1880 | 1880 | The year following their marriage Nancy and Thomas wre enumerated in Smyth County, Virginia. They were farming with the help of a 45 year old laborer and a 15 year old servant.7 |
Death | Aug 1909 | Nancy died in Aug 1909 at age 78.3 |
Burial | | She was buried at Rich Valley Presbyterian Church Cemetery in Smyth County, Virginia.3 |
Citations
- [S124] David Trimble, Buchanan and Gillespie, p. 84. Author cites Bible record and other records belonging to Raymond M. Buchanan.
- [S60] Thomas Hockett and Shelia Steele Hunt, Smyth Co. VA Marriages 1851-1891 & 1860 Census, P. C. Buchanan, 53, wid, s/o Patrick & Elizabeth & N.N. Buchanan, 44, d/o Wilson & Eliza, 24 Nov. 1875.
- [S1037] Mack Sturgill and Kenneth Sturgill, Smyth Co., Virginia Cemeteries, Vol. 3, p. 99. Stone reported to read: Nancy H. Buchanan, wife of Madison Buchanan, b. 23 Dec. 1830, d. 21 Aug. 1909.
- [S1036] Mack Sturgill and Kenneth Sturgill, Smyth Co., Virginia Cemeteries, Vol. 1, p. 16. Stone reported to read: Patrick C. Buchanan, b. 11 Dec. 1822, d. 7 Aug. 1877.
- [S60] Thomas Hockett and Shelia Steele Hunt, Smyth Co. VA Marriages 1851-1891 & 1860 Census, p. 23. T.M. Buchanan, 49, s/o James & Sallie & Buchanan, Nancy H. 48, wid, d/o Wilson & Eliza [also Buchanan]; 27 Jan 1879.
- [S124] David Trimble, Buchanan and Gillespie, p. 73. This source lists 6 Apr 1880 as the marriage date.
- [S521] T.M. Buchanan household, 1880 U.S. cens., Smyth Co., Virginia, pop sched., District 84, ED 84, page 6B, dwelling 51, family 52, viewed online at Ancestry.com, Feb. 2008, image 3 of 52. Household includes: T.M. Buchanan, 50, husband, farmer; Nancy, 49, wife; Ollie Chapman, 15, servant; Marlon Wolfe, 45, laborer, all b. VA.