William Dickinson Buchanan

1871 - 1940  (~ 69 years)

• Name	William Dickinson Buchanan
  Birth	Jun 1871	Utica, Oneida County, New York, United States
  Gender	Male
  _FGLINK	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/228744051
  _FGRAVE	228744051
  Death	5 Dec 1940	Pakenham Township, Lanark County, Canada West
  	1940, Thursday December 12. The Almonte Gazette page 8 Mr William D. Buchanan Impressive tribute was paid to the memory of William D. Buchanan of Pakenham Township by a large circle of friends and relatives who attended his funeral on Saturday afternoon, Mr Buchanan passed away on Thursday morning, Dec 5, and was in his 70th year. Rev H.A. Turner, pastor of Zion United Church of which deceased was a valued member officiated. The funeral was held from the home of his son-in-law, Mr Howard Lowry and interment was in the family plot in the Auld Kirk Cemetery. The pallbearers were Jno Dowdall, William Lawson. John Lawson, Stewart Boal, Ernest Miller and Wm Y. Wood, Mr Buchanan was born in Utica, N.Y., the son of John Buchanan and his wife Margaret Wood. Following the death of his father, he came to Canada at the age of three years with his mother and made his home on the 9th line with his uncle Mr Wm Wood On reaching manhood, he took up farming and followed that occupation all his life. in 1894 he married Miss Elizabeth Reid of Pakenham and they settled on the 7th line of Pakenham. Mrs Buchanan passed away in 1932, of a family of three, two survive, one son John R. of Syracuse, N.Y. and one daughter Lucy, Mrs Howard Lowry of Pakenham, with whom he made his home, for the past few years. A daughter died in infancy. One sister, Mrs David Georgeson of Ottawa, also survives. Many beautiful floral tributes testified to the esteem in which deceased was held. Among them was a piece from the Cedar Hill W.I. Present at the funeral were his son John R. of Syracuse, his sister, Mrs David Georgeson of Ottawa and his nephew, W.E. Hamblin, Detroit Mich.
  Burial	Auld Kirk Cemetery, Ramsay, Mississippi Mills, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada
  	Address: 1923 Ramsay 8 Road Ramsay, Mississippi Mills, Lanark County, Ontario K0A 1A0 Canada 613-256-3520 almonteunited.com
  Person ID	I33918	The Family History of Robert Duncan a Lanark Society Settler
  Last Modified	1 Oct 2021

  
  

  Father	John Wood Buchanan,   b. 1835, Bannockburn, Stirlingshire, Scotland d. 27 Feb 1872, Utica, Oneida County, New York, United States (Age 37 years)
  Mother	Margaret Miller Wood,   b. 22 Mar 1833, Pakenham Township, Lanark County, Canada West d. 21 Feb 1903, Cedar Hill, Pakenham Township, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada (Age 69 years)
  Family ID	F11966	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Elizabeth Sophia Reid,   b. 24 Apr 1872, Pakenham Township, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada d. 3 Mar 1932, Cedar Hill, Pakenham Township, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada (Age 59 years)
  Marriage	1894
  Family ID	F11967	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	1 Oct 2021

  
  

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  Birth - Jun 1871 - Utica, Oneida County, New York, United States Death - 5 Dec 1940 - Pakenham Township, Lanark County, Canada West Burial - Address: 1923 Ramsay 8 Road Ramsay, Mississippi Mills, Lanark County, Ontario K0A 1A0 Canada 613-256-3520 almonteunited.com - - Auld Kirk Cemetery, Ramsay, Mississippi Mills, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth