Mary J. Buchanan
b. 1873, d. 1930
Father | William Nelson Buchanan1 b. 1841, d. 22 Nov 1888 |
Mother | America Jackson Graham Ryburn b. 9 Feb 1842, d. 8 Jan 1904 |
Birth | 1873 | Mary J. Buchanan was born in 1873 in Virginia.2 |
Childhood | 1880 | Mary's childhood was spent with her parents and siblings in Smyth County, Virginia. |
Migration | 1885 | When Mary was about 12 her parents moved the family in Atchison County, Missouri. Mary's father reportedly died there a few years later and about 1891 her mother again moved the family, this time across the Missouri River to Nemaha County, Nebraska.3 |
Education | There Mary was recorded on the county school census in 1892 (age 18) and 1893 (19).4 | |
Death | 1930 | Mary died in 1930.2 |
Burial | She was buried at Sheridan Cemetery in Auburn, Nemaha County, Nebraska.2 |
Charts | Descendants of Mathew Ryburn and Jane Beattie Descendants of John Buchanan and Ann Ryburn Descendants of William Ryburn and Mary (?) |
Last Edited | 2 May 2011 |
Citations
- [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.
- [S1017] Norvell, "Nemaha Co. Research," e-mail to D. Powell, 5 Jul 2004. Mr. Norvell cites tombstone records for Sheridan Cemetery at Auburn, Nebraska. Stone states, "Mary Buchanan, 1873-1930" (on same stone with sister Minnie).
- [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.
- [S1017] Norvell, "Nemaha Co. Research," e-mail to D. Powell, 29 Nov. 2004. Denny cites the 1892-1894 Nemaha Co. Nebraska school census records.