Josephine Withy Smith1

b. 31 March 1869
FatherRichard B. Smith2 b. 24 Jun 1830, d. 5 Oct 1901
MotherMargaret Chapman b. 15 Jun 1834, d. 1 Jul 1903
Birth31 Mar 1869 Josephine Withy Smith was born on 31 Mar 1869 in Peru, Nebraska.3,1 
Marriage2 Sep 1893 She married Wiley Fuller Buchanan, son of William Nelson Buchanan and America Jackson Graham Ryburn, on 2 Sep 1893 in Houston, Texas.1 
Cens-190015 Jun 1900  Josephine and Wiley 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).4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12 
Cens-1910Apr 1910  The 1910 census enumerated the couple at the Race Street address with the 3 sons born to them after they moved to Denver.13 
Cens-19201920  Josephine and Wiley did not remain in Denver. By 1920 they and the 3 boys were living on Cedar Street in Buena Vista, Chaffee County, Colorado, where Josephine 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.14 
Cens-19309 Apr 1930  In 1930 Josephine was enumerated as a patient in the Colorado State Hospital in Pueblo, Colorado.15 

Family

Wiley Fuller Buchanan b. 29 Aug 1866
Children
Last Edited10 Dec 2013

Citations

  1. [S1191] Clara Gardner Miller, Gardiner-Gardner Genealogy, p. 138.
  2. [S1191] Clara Gardner Miller, Gardiner-Gardner Genealogy, p. 137.
  3. [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.
  4. [S1492] 1903 Denver City Directory, 228.
  5. [S1493] 1904 Denver City Directory, 234.
  6. [S1494] 1905 Denver City Directory, 236.
  7. [S1495] 1906 Denver City Directory, 236.
  8. [S1496] 1907 Denver City Directory, 242.
  9. [S1497] 1908 Denver City Directory, 252.
  10. [S1498] 1909 Denver City Directory, 256.
  11. [S1499] 1910 Denver City Directory, 272.
  12. [S1500] 1911 Denver City Directory, 263.
  13. [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.
  14. [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.
  15. [S1504] Unknown cd1 household, 1930 U.S. cens., Pueblo Co., Colorado, pop. sched., Colorado State Hospital for Insane, ED 51-6, sheet 21-A (p. 74 stamped), viewed online at Ancestry.com, Listed as a hospital inmate: Josephine Buchanan, 61, marr, b. Nebraska, father b. PA, mother b. NY.