Buchanan Family Bible Transcript and Analysis

Name/Title

Entry/Object ID

2009.4.41

Scope and Content

Buchanan Family Bible Transcript and Analysis By Candice Buchanan, 2015 Family data, J. A. J. Buchanan Family Bible, Holy Bible, (Troy, NY: Merriam, Moore & Co., 1848). The Buchanan Family Bible record was started by Andrew Buchanan [1780-1848] in his Bible, the whereabouts of which are now unknown. The original Bible was Willed by Andrew Buchanan to his son, J. A. J. Buchanan [1824-1910]. On 13 December 1853, J. A. J. Buchanan, transcribed the information from his father’s Bible to his own Bible, after which he continued the family record. The current owner of J. A. J. Buchanan’s Bible is also unknown, but a transcribed copy of the family data is in a collection of local Family Bible information at the Cornerstone Genealogical Society (144 E. Greene Street, PO Box 547; Waynesburg, Pennsylvania 15370). J. A. J. Buchanan noted each set of entries (births, marriages and deaths) that he copied from his father’s Bible so that it is easy to identify his father’s data from his own additions and it is reasonable to believe that the information J. A. J. Buchanan copied was originally written at the time the events occurred and can be considered reliable. In a tribute titled “One Pioneer,” Waynesburg Independent, Waynesburg, Pennsylvania, 27 August 1896, page 8, column 1-2, Jane (Ragan) (Shane) Zink, Andrew Buchanan’s granddaughter, states that “a Bible from his loving mother’s hand” was among his possessions when he traveled west in 1802. If this is the same Bible then Andrew owned it prior to his marriage and would have been able to record the births, marriages and deaths of his children as they occurred. His own birth date, of course, would have had to come from the date his parents had told to him, but it is very likely that he recorded it himself in his Bible. Page 1 BIRTHS J. A. J. Buchanan Born Sunday February 8th 1824 Mary Ann Boner Born Friday August 22d 1823 According to Miss Lizzie Porter of Pittsburgh head of the Childrens Aid Society of Western Pa. / Mary Billings was born - so says Miss Porter - September 30, 1881 / Monday Came to live with us Septr 14, 1893 / Miss Porter was living in the City of Pittsburgh & the head of / the Childrens Aid Society when her mother died / and her mother requested her to see Mary got a / good place Mary Billings was married to Ernest Locy March 20th A.D. 1900 Heller Locy Born Decr 28, 1900 My Fathers Family Record Transcribed from the original by me / J. A. J. Buchanan this 13 day of December 1853 Andrew Buchanan April 8, 1780 Rhoda Stephenson Born in the Jersies July 11, 1784 Rachel Jany 28, 1805 Elizabeth Octr 17, 1806 James Jany 1, 1810 Andrew Sept. 16, 1812 Martha Septr. 15, 1814 Jane Octr. 14, 1817 John Decr 3, 1819 Harriett Feby 15, 1822 James A. Jackson Feby 8, 1824 David May 2, 1826 Page 2 BIRTHS Sarah Boner Buchanan Born Monday March 31st 1845 at 10 Ock A.M. Harriet A. Buchanan Born on Thursday April 13th 1847 at 4 Ock A.M. Sarah Boner Buchanan Born Monday January 14th A.D. 1850 at 5 Ock and 55M A.M. Mary Ann Buchanan Born Sunday Jany 15th AD 1854 at 1 Ock & 20 Min A.M. Daniel Boner Buchanan Born Sunday September 19 A.D. 1853 at 2 Oclock A.M. James Buchanan Born on Sunday January 20th A.D. 1861 at 11 Oclock and 15 Minates P.M. James Buchanan Lantz Born on Monday March 14th 1870 at 6 O'clock P.M. James Buchanan Walton Born on Friday March 27, A.D. 1874 Daniel Boner born July 31 or August 1, 1797 A.D. Sarah Ankrom born June 10 A D. 1807 Mary Buchanan Walton born May 30th A.D. 1891 Jas J. B. Walton born Aug. 30, A.D. 1894 MARRIAGES J. A. J. Buchanan to Mary Ann Boner May 28th 1844 Tuesday William T. Lantz to Harriett A. Buchanan June 10th A.D. 1869 at 6 O'clock A.M. William B. McConnell to Sarah B. Buchanan Wednesday September 9th A.D. 1869 at 6 O'clock A. M. Daniel S. Walton to Mary Ann Buchanan Jr. Thursday March 13, 1873 at 10 O'clock P.M. Ernest Locy married to Mary Billings March 20 A.D. 1900 My Fathers Family Record Transcribed from the original Record by Me J. A. J. Buchanan this 13 of December 1853 Andrew Buchanan to Rhoda Stephenson April 22d A.D. 1804 John Buchanan to Rebecca L. Browning April 15th 1845 David Buchanan to Rachel Browning August 13th 1846 Daniel Boner to Sarah Ankrom Septr 8, 1822 Page 3 DEATHS Sarah Boner Buchanan Died Nov 3d 1847 at about 11 Ock A.M. / disease congestive or inflamatory croup Daniel Boner Buchanan Died Nov. 17, 1862 at 9 Ock P.M. / On Friday night previous was taken about midnight / with coarsely cough - played as usual a day Saturday / at about 8 Oclock Saturday evening was taken bad / after he had went to bed and slept easily for an / hour, and continued growing worse till he died / disease congestive or inflamatory croup James Buchanan Died Nov. 25, A.D. 1862 at 20 minutes to 1 / Oclock A.M. - for 3 or 4 days he laid in a stupor, / coarse cough; Thirsty but would strangle in / drinking & water would run out of his nose when / attempting to drink - From the time he was 6 months / old he was affected With Scrofula it always after / broke out around the throat - He took severe cold / and this caused the disease (Scrofula) to return / from the surface & I think killed him - But he .... of Nov. winds Record from my Fathers Bible James Nov. 27, 1810 Rachel July 2d 1833 Andrew Buchanan Sr. Decr 2, 1848 at 12 A.M. Rhoda Buchanan July 6th A.D. 1869 at 2 ½ Oclock A.M. Daniel Boner died November 6th 1869 A.D. at 11 ½ Oclock P.M. / aged 72 years 4 months 6 days – palsy Sarah B. Buchanan McConnell September 21, 1871 of dumb agua, / contracted at her home in Angola, Indiana died at 10 Oclock A.M. Martha Ragan died July 27th A.D. 1886 at 2 ½ P.M. James Buchanan Walton died Tuesday April 17, 1885 at 10:30 / P.M. of Typhoid Fever age 14 yrs 21 days 5 ft 3 in / in height Sarah Boner Decr. 23, 1892 at 4.15 P.M. aged 85yrs 6mos / 13dys Erysipelas - Burried 25 Dec Sunday Mary A. Buchanan, wife of J. A. J. Buchanan died Decr 7, 1899 / at 9 Oclock Stricken senseless with / paralysis at 7 ½ Oclock on evening of 6 Decr.

Collection

Cornerstone Genealogical Society Collection

Acquisition

Accession

2009.4

Acquisition Method

Digital

Credit Line

Cornerstone Genealogical Society

Lexicon

Search Terms

Ankrom family, Bonar family, Browning family, Buchanan family, Family Bible--Records, Lantz family, Locy family, McConnell family, Stephenson family, Walton family

Other Names and Numbers

Other Number

CGSP-AN010-0001

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Provenance

Provenance Detail

Buchanan Bible - Cornerstone Genealogical Society Collection

Owner/Agent

Cornerstone Genealogical Society

Acquisition Method

Digital

Notes

SOURCE CITATION: Buchanan Family Bible transcript; item no. CGSP-AN010-0001, Cornerstone Genealogical Society Collection; Greene Connections Archives Project (GreeneConnections.com).