Alexander BUCHANAN
1880 Census of Baltimore, Maryland
Marriage Records of Shenandoah County, Virginia (FHL#975.595 V2b)
Tombstone Inscriptions at Mt. Jackson, Shenandoah, Virgina (FHL#975.595 V36 btn)
Family Bible
Death Registers of Shenandoah County, Virginia, (FHL#2048585)
NOTES: Alexandria lived in an orphanage. He ran away from the orphange when he was 12 or 13 years old. After he ran away he sailed the sea with pirates for a number of years. He had 10 or 12 brothers and sisters that he never heard of again after leaving the orphange.
He married Sarah Catherine Estep . Sarah Catherine Estep was born at Shenandoah, Virginia 28 Apr 1856 daughter of Gideon Estep and Elizabeth Bean .
They were the parents of 8
children:
Henry Gideon Buchanan
born Abt 1872.
Elizabeth Buchanan
born Abt 1875.
Annie Catherine Buchanan
born May 1880.
William Alexandria Buchanan
born Abt 1883.
Lillie Buchanan
born Abt 1884/85.
James Alexander Buchanan
born 23 Dec 1886.
Benjamin Alexandria Buchanan
born Abt 1890.
George Alexandria Buchanan
born 14 Dec 1892.
Alexander Buchanan died 24 Nov 1894 at Mount Jackson, Shenandoah, Virginia .
Sarah Catherine Estep died 29 Dec 1910 at Mount Jackson, Shenandoah, Virginia .