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Born 1833
From The history of Brown County, Ohio, containing a history of the county ... general and local statistics; portraits of early settlers and prominent men; history of the Northwest territory; history of Oh (1883), History of Clermont and Brown counties, Ohio, from the earliest historical times down to the present (1913)
THOMAS BUCHANAN, farmer, P. 0. Ripley, was born in Scotland in the year 1833, and is a son of Thomas Buchanan, Sr., a native of Scotland. Our subject resided in his native land until 1849, when he came to this country, and found work with one John Thomas in this township. His industry and economy enabled him, in 1851, to buy sixty-six acres, where he now resides; and at the present time (1882) he owns 324 acres of land. He is a Free and Accepted Mason, belonging to Union Lodge, No. 71, Commandery No. 3, and Cincinnati Consistory. April 13, 1853, he was married to Ellen, the daughter of Samuel and Sarah (Gilbert) Hiett, by whom he has had ten children, viz., John, Thomas. Sarah A., Janet, George, Griffith, Elizabeth, Ruth, William, and Samuel (deceased). Mr. Buchanan has been very successful, and is one of the foremost in improvement and prosperity. Samuel Hiett, father of Mrs. Buchanan, was a son of William and Mary (Daniels) Hiett, of Virginia, who settled in this township in 1806, buying 300 acres of land in the Hite Survey. Seven children were born to them, three of whom are living. Mr. Hiett was born July 14, 1803, He died in 1868. Mrs. Hiett died in 1866.
As printed in The history of Brown County, Ohio, containing a history of the county ... general and local statistics; portraits of early settlers and prominent men; history of the Northwest territory; history of Oh (1883). See the original pages. Wording is the original; obvious scanning errors have been corrected, and a few may remain.
THOMAS BUCHANAN.
Mr. Thomas Buchanan, a leading citizen of Brown county, and one of its most prosperous farmers, resides on his well improved and highly cultivated farm, of two hundred and fifty acres in Huntington township, his home since 1849. Mr. Buchanan was born in Belfont, Sterlingshire, Scotland, his natal day being November 30, 1833, and his parents were Thomas and Jeanette (McCuen) Buchanan. The mother passed away about 1843, and the father died in 1849, aged about seventy-five years. They were both devout and active members of the Presbyterian church.
The subject of this mention remained at the parental home in Belfont until the year of 1846, when he accompanied a sister to the city of Glasgow. In 1849, the youth sailed for America in company with an older brother, George, who located in Brown county. George Buchanan brought with him from Scotland, his wife and two children, they having been influenced to leave the old country by his wife’s uncle, John
Thomas, who had settled in Brown county some time previous.
Thomas Buchanan had very little capital with which to begin life in the new country, but he, with his brothers, George and John, purchased his present home farm, then mostly timber land. Two years later, Thomas bought out his brothers’ interest in the farm and George removed to near Cedar Rapids, Iowa, where he followed the occupation of general farming until his decease, in 1906, at the age of eighty-five years.
In April, 1853, Mr. Thomas Buchanan married Miss Ellen Hiett, who was born in Huntington township, Brown county, August 23, 1828, whose death occurred January 27, 1909, at the age of eighty-one years. She was a daughter of Samuel and Sarah (Gilbert) Hiett, who were from Pennsylvania, and were among the pioneers of Brown county. She was a member of the Christian church, Hiett’s Chapel in Huntington township.
Mr. and Mrs. Buchanan were the parents of ten children, of whom one, Samuel, died in infancy, and another, George, died in 1908 in California, leaving a widow, formerly Miss Myrtle Kendall, and one daughter seven years of age. Those living
John, who is a farmer of Huntington township, Brown county.
Thomas Jr., of Ripley, who is engaged in the coal and feed and stock business.
Miss Sarah Ann, at home.
Jeanette, wife of Louis O. Gardner, mentioned elsewhere.
Griffith, who is engaged in agricultural pursuits near Russellville, Ohio.
Elizabeth, Ruth and William are at home.
The home of Mr. Thomas Buchanan, which he erected in 1855, stands in the midst of well tilled fields. He has made all the improvements on this farm and has remodeled the home which is one of comfort in every respect.
During the winter of 1877 and 1878, Mr. Buchanan was privileged to visit the home of his childhood and youth in Scotland, and the pleasure this trip afforded him has never been forgotten.
Politically Mr. Buchanan has voted the Republican ticket mainly, although he voted for President Buchanan.
Socially, Mr. Buchanan is a member of Ripley Lodge, Free and Accepted Masons, Ripley Chapter, Royal Arch Masons, and Hanselm Commandery of Cincinnati. He was made a Mason in 1856.
Religiously he has been an active member and generous supporter of the Presbyterian church of Pluntington township, for many years.
As printed in History of Clermont and Brown counties, Ohio, from the earliest historical times down to the present (1913). See the original pages. Wording is the original; obvious scanning errors have been corrected, and a few may remain.
Named in this biography: Louis O. Gardner
Their biographies name Thomas Buchanan: William P. Flanegan
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