Eliza V. Buchanan1

b. 22 July 1843, d. 26 May 1924
FatherWilliam Buchanan2,1 b. 19 Oct 1787, d. 9 Aug 1865
MotherMargaret Ryburn1,2 b. 22 Mar 1802, d. 15 May 1862
Birth22 Jul 1843 Eliza V. Buchanan was born on 22 Jul 1843 in Howard County, Missouri.3,4,2 
Marriage26 Feb 1861 She married Streshley Allen on 26 Feb 1861 in Scotland County, Missouri.5 
Cens-Sum Eliza and Streshley spent their married life farming in Independence township, Schuyler County, Missouri, [Scotland and Schuyler were adjacent counties]. There they raised a family of eight children.6,3 
Cens-19101910  At the time of the 1910 census enumeration their youngest daughter Myrtle (Caldwell) and her 8 year old daughter Mary Caldwell lived with them.7 
Heir Eliza was one of the heirs of James, Mathew and Robert Buchanan [through the line of her deceased father William Buchanan]. She received about $584.00 from their estate, an amount similiar to that received by her siblings over a period stretching from 1878 to 1886.8,9 
Death26 May 1924 Eliza died from gangrene of the foot on 26 May 1924 in Scotland County at age 80.2,4 
Burial27 May 1924 She was buried on 27 May 1924 at Camp Ground Cemetery in Scotland County.2,4 

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Family

Streshley Allen b. 4 May 1840, d. 17 Dec 1915
Children
ChartsDescendants of John Buchanan and Ann Ryburn
Descendants of William Ryburn and Mary (?)
Last Edited16 Dec 2010

Citations

  1. [S124] David Trimble, Buchanan and Gillespie, p. 210-211. Trimble cites records belonging to Mrs. Betty Bridges Bower as his source for information on the family of William Buchanan and Margret Ryburn.
  2. [S1513] "Missouri Death Certificates, 1910-1955", index with selected images, Missouri Digital Heritage (http://www.sos.mo.gov/archives/resources/deathcertificates : downloaded March 2007), Eliza Virginia Allen data; personal information contributed by Mrs. J. M. St.Clair.
  3. [S1022] St_hreskley Allen household, 1900 U.S. cens., Schuyler Co., Missouri, pop. sched., Independence township, ED 133, sheet 5B, dwelling 106, family 107, viewed online at Ancestry.com, Nov. 2004, image 10 of 14. Enumeration includes: St_hreskley Allen, 60, b. May 1840, marr 39 yrs, b. KY, farmer; Eliza V., wife, 56, b. Jul 1843 MO, marr 39 yrs, mother of 8 children, all living; Myrtle, dau, 18, b. May 1882 MO.
  4. [S991] Eugene Dodge, Cemetery Inscriptions of Scotland Co., Missouri, p. 76. Eliza Allen, b. Jul 22, 1843, d. May 26, 1924.
  5. [S992] Eugene Dodge, Marriage Records of Scotland Co., Missouri , Vol 1, p. 1. Abstract reads: Allen, Sthreshly and Eliza Buchannon, Feb. 26, 1861.
  6. [S722] Streskley Allen household, 1880 U.S. cens., Schuyler Co., MO, pop. sched., Independence Township, ED 153, page 11 (6C stamped), dwelling 93, family 93, viewed online at Ancestry.com, November 2003, image 11 of 31. Census records: Streskley Allen, 40, b. KY, parents b. KY, farmer; Eliza V., 36, wife, b. MO, parents b. VA; Edward R., 16, son, works on farm; Flora B., dau, 12, at home; James W., 10, son; William D., 7, son; Mary B., dau, 4; Oley A., dau, 1; all children born MO. Census reports that Eliza, Edward and Flora cannot read or write.
  7. [S1130] Sthreshley Allen household, 1910 U.S. cens., Schuyler Co., Missouri, pop. sched., Independence township, ED 142, sheet 3B, dwelling 65, family 65, viewed online at Ancestry.com, Nov. 2004, image 6 of 13. Enumeration includes: Sthreshley Allen, 69, marr 1, 49 yrs, b. KY, farmer; Eliza V., 69, marr 1, 49 yrs, mother of 8 children, all living, b. MO, both parents b. VA; Caldwell, Myrtle, dau, 27, marr 1, 8yrs, mother of 1 child, living, b. MO, Mary C. Caldwell, grandchild, 8, b. MO.
  8. [S1015] Washington Co., Virginia probate records for James, Mathew and Robert Buchanan.
  9. [S7] Conclusions based on analysis of James Buchanan probate papers.
  10. [S1100] Betty Bower, e-mail to Diana Powell, 20 Nov. 2004. Betty cites as her source Ms Patsy Mange, a great great granddaughter of Strechley Allen and Eliza V. Buchanan through the line of their daughter Flora who married John Johnson. Ms Mange, whose email in 2002 was <<e-mail address>> cites her mother's notes from the Johnson family Bible.
  11. [S1513] "Missouri Death Certificates, 1910-1955", index with selected images, Missouri Digital Heritage (http://www.sos.mo.gov/archives/resources/deathcertificates : downloaded March 2007), Edward Ribern Allen data; personal information contributed by Mrs. J. C. Keuck.
  12. [S1727] James W. Allen, Missouri state death certificate (1940). Information provided by Fred Allen.
  13. [S1513] "Missouri Death Certificates, 1910-1955", index with selected images, Missouri Digital Heritage (http://www.sos.mo.gov/archives/resources/deathcertificates : downloaded March 2007), Mary Belle Hope data; personal information contributed by John W. Hope.