Kentucky: A History of the State, Battle, Perrin, & Kniffin, 4th ed., 1887
Green Co.

H.P. BUCHANAN was born March 11, 1828, and is the second of two sons and
five daughters born to Alexander and Nancy (Mitchem) Buchanan, who were
natives of Augusta County, Va., and Adair County, respectively.  Alex.
Buchanan came to Kentucky between 1805 and 1810, was a millwright by trade
and was a son of Alexander Buchanan, who, with his wife, immigrated from
Ireland.  Mrs. Nancy Buchanan was a daughter of Little Berren Mitchem, who
was born in Virginia and was an early pioneer of Kentucky, a miller by
trade, and who married Rachael Whalen, who came from Ireland.  H.P.
Buchanan, a native of Taylor County, received his early training on the
farm.  Received an ordinary education and at the age of eighteen started in
life for himself at teaming, which he has followed more or less all his
life.  When he started the first thing he bought was a wagon.  Having the
wagon he found he could not use it without a team, which he went into debt
for.  At twenty-three he married Susan Hutchison, of Taylor County, a
daughter of Steward and Mary (Avery) Hutchison.  To this union were born
the following children: Melvin A., Alice V. (now Hagan), Mary A., (now
Hagan), Louisa C. (now Sherrill), Robert B., Lester S., Virgene B., and
Jessie F.  Mrs. Buchanan died in 1878, a member of the Presbyterian Church.
For his second wife Mr. Buchanan married Sallie Moore, daughter of Thomas
and Lizzie (Craddock) Moore.  After his marriage Mr. Buchanan located in
Taylor County, but in 1875 settled in Green County, six miles southeast of
Greensburg, where he owns and runs a saw and grist mill, also owns and runs
a farm of sixty acres.  He was a Whig in ante bellum days, and cast his
first presidential vote for Gen. Taylor; since the war he has been an
active Republican.  Mrs. Buchanan is a member of the Presbyterian Church.

Buchanan Mitchem Whalen Hutchison Avery Hagan Sherrill Moore Craddock
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Adair-KY Taylor-KY Augusta-VA VA Ireland

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