Kentucky:  A History of the State, Battle, Perrin, & Kniffin, 3rd ed., 
1886. Allen County.

JESSE D. BUCKHANON was born January 15, 1820, in the northeastern part of 
Allen County, Ky., where he grew to manhood and has always resided.  His 
father, Joshua Buckhanon, a native of Virginia, was born January 3, 
1778; removed to Kentucky about 1800, and located on Big Difficult 
Creek, in Allen County, where he died in 1856.  He married Susan, 
daughter of John Wood, of Allen County; she was born January 6, 1783, 
and died in 1856.  Their offspring are John W., Henry R., Joseph O., 
William B., Mary (Boucher), Joshua J., Jeremiah, Thomas P., Martha N. 
(Spencer), Enoch D. and Jesse D. (twins), Willis P., Alexander M. and 
Frances M. (Derring).  Jesse D. obtained a fair English education by his 
own efforts by close application in the evenings, after the labors of 
the day.  He married, July 22, 1847, Mrs. Partheny, widow of Hiram 
Ashley, and daughter of Wyatt and Cynthia (Devine) Williams, of Allen 
County, born October 28, 1822, and bore her husband the following named 
children:  Samuel F., Emily J. (deceased), Cynthia T., Jesse W., Henry 
P. (deceased in Texas), William R. and Isaiah J.  Mrs. Buckhanon's 
children by her first husband are Nancy M. (Pettey) and Elizabeth H. 
(Williams).  Mr. Buckhanon is a farmer, having 155 acres of productive 
land in a good state of cultivation.  In politics he adhered to the 
principles of the old line Whig party, and is now a Republican.

Ashley Boucher Buckhanon Derring Devine Pettey Spencer Williams Wood
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TX VA

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