James BUCHANAN, JR.
IGI Family info.
"Leonard Higdon of Anson County, NC and His Descendants", by Jo Ann Smith, gives parents James BUCHANAN (1796 - 1874) and Jane GRIBBLE (1798 - 1889), spouse (more info on that line), and children: Columbus, b. 1858, (Old) Macon Co, NC, m. Violet WILSON; Americus Vespucius, b. 9 Aug 1860, OK, m. Roxie ASHE; and Alice, b. 1863 OK, m. Robert ASHE.
January 2003. Cannot find in 1850, 1860, 1870 in Ancestry.com census records.
Savannah, Jackson, North Carolina 1880 Census James M. Buchanan, 44, farmer Elmira C., wife, 45, keeping house Armeada J., daughter, 16, ass. keeping Emless O., son, 14, farm laborer Mary C., dau., 11, ass. keeping John C., son, 10 Annie T., son [sic] male, 6 James E., son, 4 Lora E., dau. 2 all born NC FamilySearch.org print-out
He married Jane Gribble 16 Nov 1820 at Haywood County, N.C. . Jane Gribble was born at Burke County, N.C. 1798 daughter of John Gribble and Margaret Black .
They were the parents of 8
children:
Joseph Depus Buchanan
born 1821.
Margaret Buchanan
born 9 Jan 1822.
Martha Buchanan
born 1824.
Betsy Ann Buchanan
born 1824.
John Buchanan
born 1826.
James Marion Buchanan
born 11 Apr 1837.
Dorcas Jane Buchanan
born 22 Jun 1840.
William Osborn Buchanan
born 25 Oct 1842.
James Buchanan, Jr. died 6 May 1874 at Jackson County, N.C. .
Jane Gribble died 10 Mar 1889 at Jackson County, N.C. .