Wiley Fuller Buchanan1
b. 29 August 1866
Father | William Nelson Buchanan2,1 b. 1841, d. 22 Nov 1888 |
Mother | America Jackson Graham Ryburn1 b. 9 Feb 1842, d. 8 Jan 1904 |
Birth | 29 Aug 1866 | Wiley Fuller Buchanan was born on 29 Aug 1866 in Virginia.3,1 |
Childhood | Wiley grew up with his younger siblings on the family farm in the St. Clair District of Smyth County, Virginia.4 | |
Migration | 1885 | In 1885 his parents moved the family to Atchison County, Missouri.5 |
Migration | 1891 | Wiley's father is reported to have died in 1888; his mother moved the family across the Missouri River to neighboring Nemaha County, Nebraska, in 1891.5 |
Land-Buy | 13 Nov 1891 | There, in November 1891, JWP and FW Buchanan purchased 80 acres of land from Thomas J. Crummel and his wife Christina for $3,230. The buyers were to take possession on March 1, 1892. The purchase was subject to existing mortgages of $600 and $500 and was described as the W 1/2 of the SW 1/4 section 8.6 |
Land-Sell | 1 Aug 1892 | Then on 1 Aug 1892 FW Buchanan, single, granted a warranty deed to JWP Buchanan for an undivided 1/2 interest in the above mentioned property. Consideration was $776.60 and still subject to the same mortgages of $600 & $500 plus a mortage to Crummel for $1150.6 |
Migration | Wiley apparently sold his share of the Nebraska land in preparation for a move to Texas. | |
Marriage | 2 Sep 1893 | He married Josephine Withy Smith, daughter of Richard B. Smith and Margaret Chapman, on 2 Sep 1893 in Houston, Texas.1 |
Cens-1900 | 15 Jun 1900 | Wiley and Josephine were recorded living in Houston when the 1900 federal census was enumerated. Josephine reported that she was the mother of 1 child, who was deceased. Wiley listed his occupation as "lawyer". His sister Carrie was also living in the home; she was employed as a music teacher.3 |
Migration | Shortly afterwards the couple moved to Colorado. | |
Resid-Sum | Denver City directories listed Wiley at a variety of different addresses over the next ten years, including: 876 Humboldt (1903), 3842 Gallup Ave ["Zuni" added after address] (1904-1907), 1206 S Washington (1908), 950 Adams (1909), and 1260 Race (1910-1911).7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15 | |
Occupation | The same series of directories listed his occupation as: commercial traveler, travel solicitor, solicitor-Denver Republican, or commercial traveler-Denver Republican. | |
Cens-1910 | Apr 1910 | However the 1910 census listed Wiley's occupation as "salesman". The same census enumerated Josephine and the 3 sons born to the couple after they left Texas. Wiley's sister Carrie was no longer a member of the household.16 |
Cens-1920 | 1920 | Wiley and Josephine did not remain in Denver. By 1920 they and the 3 boys were living on Cedar Street in Buena Vista, Chaffee County, Colorado, where "Wyley" was employed as a salesman and oldest son Elliott worked as a telegraph operator for the railroad. Wiley's sister Minnie had settled in Chaffee County some years earlier.17 |
Residence | Wiley is reported to have settled in Salt Lake City, Utah, prior to 1937.1 |
Family | Josephine Withy Smith b. 31 Mar 1869 | |
Children |
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Charts | Descendants of Mathew Ryburn and Jane Beattie Descendants of John Buchanan and Ann Ryburn Descendants of William Ryburn and Mary (?) |
Last Edited | 10 Dec 2013 |
Citations
- [S1191] Clara Gardner Miller, Gardiner-Gardner Genealogy, p. 138.
- [S580] Wm N. Buckhanan household, 1880 U.S. cens., Smyth Co., Virginia, pop sched., St. Clair District, ED ED 85, page 110b (stamped), dwelling 113, family 113, viewed online at Genealogy.com, Jan 2003. The census enumerator reported: Wm N. Buckhanan, 39; America J. wife, 37; Fullen son 13; John P. son 10; James O, son 8; Mary J. dau, 6; Carrie dau 4; Wm R. and Minnie S, son and dau, both 3; all b. VA; all parents b. VA.
- [S869] Wiley Buchanan household, 1900 U.S. cens., Harris Co., Texas, pop. sched., 3rd Ward Houston, ED 75, sheet 20A (p. 204 stamped), dwelling 268, family 329, viewed online at Ancestry.com, May 2004, image 39 o f 51. Enumeration reads: Wiley Buchanan, 32, b. Aug. 1866 VA, married 6 years, lawyer, parents b. VA; Josephine, wife, 31, b. Mar (?) 1867 Nebraska, marr 6 years, mother of 1 child, none living, mother b. NY, father b. PA; Carrie, sister, 28, b. May 1872 VA, sgl, teaches music, parents b. VA.
- [S579] Mary C. Buchanan household, 1870 U.S. cens, Smyth Co., Virginia, pop. sched., St. Clair Township, p. 110 (stamped), dwelling 220, family 218, viewed online at Genealogy.com, Jan. 2003, image 31 of 40. The census taker enumerated: Mary C. Buchan [sic] 61, widowed, $700 real estate, $300 personal property; William N. 29, farmer; America J. G. 23; James W. 23; Juliam W. 4; William R. 2; all born Virginia.
- [S1017] Norvell, "Nemaha Co. Research," e-mail to D. Powell, 18 Nov. 2004. Mr. Norvell located 2 obituaries for America Buchanan in unidentified Nemaha Co. newspapers.
- [S1490] Dennis Norvell, "Nemaha Co. - Buchanan," e-mail to Diana Powell, 8 Dec. 2004. Dennis cites the Nemaha Co. Nebraska deed books which he consulted.
- [S1492] 1903 Denver City Directory, 228.
- [S1493] 1904 Denver City Directory, 234.
- [S1494] 1905 Denver City Directory, 236.
- [S1495] 1906 Denver City Directory, 236.
- [S1496] 1907 Denver City Directory, 242.
- [S1497] 1908 Denver City Directory, 252.
- [S1498] 1909 Denver City Directory, 256.
- [S1499] 1910 Denver City Directory, 272.
- [S1500] 1911 Denver City Directory, 263.
- [S1506] Wiley Buchanan household, 1910 U.S. cens., Denver Co., CO, pop. sched., Denver, ED 131, sheet 6A, dwelling 9, family 9, viewed online at Ancestry.com, May 2004, image 10 of 12. Enumeration reports: Wiley F. Buchanan, 43, marr 16 yrs, 1st marr, b. VA, parents b. VA, salesman; Josephine, wife, 40, marr 16 yrs, 1st marr, mother 4 children, 3 living, b. NE, father b. PA, mother b. NY; also 3 sons whose names are not clear (poss Elliott S., Hubert A, Kenneth W. ???) all b. Colorado; family residing at 1260 Race (?) St., Denver.
- [S883] Wyley Buchanan household, 1920 U.S. cens., Chaffee Co., Colorado, pop. sched., Buenta Vista, ED 5, sheet 7A (p. 152 stamped), dwelling 64, family 64, viewed online at Ancestry.com, Jul. 2006, image 13 of 16. Enumeration includes: Wyley Buchanan, 52, marr, b. VA, commercial traveler; Josephine, wife, 48, b. NB, parents b. NY; Elliott S., son, 17, telegraph operator; Hubert, son, 14; Kenneth W., son, 11, all boys b. CO.