Benjamin Keys Buchanan1

b. 18 November 1873, d. 26 September 1889
FatherWilliam Buchanan2 b. 15 Feb 1846, d. 20 Jun 1925
MotherMary Pennington Perkins2 b. 25 May 1848, d. 29 Nov 1931
Birth18 Nov 1873 Benjamin Keys Buchanan was born on 18 Nov 1873 in Virginia.3 
Death26 Sep 1889 Benjamin died of dyspepsia on 26 Sep 1889 at age 15.4 
Burial He was buried at Edgehill Cemetery in Washington County, Virginia.1 
Last Edited4 Dec 2013

Citations

  1. [S2] Catherine McConnell, High On A Windy Hill, p. 151. Stone reported to read: Ben Keys Buchanan, s/o Wm & Mary P. Buchanan, 1873-1889.
  2. [S165] Wm Buchanan household, 1880 U.S. Census, Washington Co., VA, pop. sched., Saltville district, ED 99, page 46B, dwelling 405, family 417, viewed online at www.Ancestry.com, March 2007, image 46 of 63. Enumeration includes: Wm Buchanan, 34, farmer, b. VA, parents b. VA; Mary, 32, wife, b. TN, father b. VA, mother b. AL; Lizzie, 9, dau; Lockie [?], 8, dau; Benjamin, 6, son; George, 4, son; Rachel 2, dau; Daniel, 9/12, son; all b. VA, father b. VA, mother b. TN; also Sarah Carter, a black servant, age 17 and James Widener, 21, a boarder.
  3. [S2370] G. Brown Goode, Virginia Cousins - The Ancestry and Posterity of John Goode, p. 393.
  4. [S12] D.E. Brown, Unfiled Death Records of Washington Co. VA, entry 281: Benj K. Buchanan, d. Sept. 26, 1889, near Saltville of dyspepsia, 16y, s/o Wm & Mary P.