James Bigger Buchanan and Hettie Swearingen

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Husband James Bigger Buchanan ^{1 2}

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           Born: 2 Sep 1863 - Hanover Twp, Beaver Co, PA 2
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         Father: Joseph Kerr Buchanan (1830-1894) 1 3 4
         Mother: Martha T. Bigger (1830-1909) 1 2 3

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       Marriage: 29 Aug 1888 5

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Wife Hettie Swearingen ⁵

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           Born:  - Greene Twp, Beaver Co, PA
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         Father: William Van Swearingen (      -      ) 6
         Mother: Nancy I. Shannon (      -      ) 6

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Children

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1 M Aaron Moore Buchanan ⁵

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2 F Martha Buchanan ⁵

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           Born: 3 Jun 1895 5
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3 M James Bigger Buchanan, Jr. ⁵

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           Born: 15 Oct 1896 5
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4 M William Van Swearingen Buchanan ⁵

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           Born: 28 Mar 1903 5
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5 M Joseph Kerr Buchanan ⁵

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           Born: 16 Aug 1904 5
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6 F Hettie Buchanan ⁵

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           Born: 6 Apr 1906 5
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         Spouse: Did Not Marry

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7 M [Infant] Buchanan

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General Notes: Husband - James Bigger Buchanan

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He attended the public schools in his youth and was also a student at the Clinton Academy, receiving his entire education in these institutions. He immediately began the management of the home farm, conducting operations on the whole seven hundred and seventeen acres. His principal interest, to which he gave most of his personal attention, is the raising of blooded Jersey cattle, his herd ordinarily numbering about thirty-five head. Breeding was the department of the enterprise in which he specialized, and many of his products commanded high prices in the open market. A few of these were: "Crantara's Gertie," who recently brought $400 at an auction sale at Fairmount, West Virginia; "Mayari B.," who sold for $375; and "Maiden's Pretty Golden Lass," who commanded $325.
After his father's death Mr. Buchanan filled his place on the board of directors of the Mill Creek Hill Cemetery. He was a strict Prohibitionist in politics, practicing the policy of his party in a temperate life, and for three years was township auditor. His religious faith was Presbyterian and for many years he was an elder of that church, having been first elected to that office in 1896. For three years he was superintendent of the Sunday school, making the second of his family to fill that position.

1 —, History of Beaver County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia and Chicago: A. Warner & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 830.

2 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Beaver County, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Co., 1914), Pg 846.

3 —, Book of Biographies, Biographical Sketches of Leading Citizens of Beaver County, Pennsylvania (Buffalo, NY: Biographical Publishing Company, 1899), Pg 393, 404.

4 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Beaver County, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Co., 1914), Pg 845.

5 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Beaver County, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Co., 1914), Pg 847.

6 George P. Donehoo, Pennsylvania - A History (SW) (New York, NY; Chicago, IL: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, Inc., 1926), Pg 8.