The Political Graveyard: Buchanan family of Sanford, North Carolina

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Buchanan family of Sanford, North Carolina

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Sion Hillard Buchanan (1848-1910) — also known as Sion H. Buchanan — of Jonesboro, Moore County (now part of Sanford, Lee County), N.C. Born in Moore County (part now in Lee County), N.C., September 13, 1848. Republican. Merchant; banker; postmaster at Jonesboro, N.C., 1872-75, 1875-82, 1882-84, 1897-1901. Died, from pleurisy, in Lee County, N.C., March 27, 1910 (age 61 years, 195 days). Interment at Shallow Well Cemetery, Sanford, N.C.

		Relatives: Son of Mary Jane (Williams) Buchanan and Joseph Buchanan (1826-1908); brother of Daniel Bryant Buchanan and Joseph Benjamin Buchanan (1865-1939); married 1865 to Margaret 'Maggie' Love (1844-1927); married 1889 to Lillian Brantley Richardson (1864-1945).
		Political family: Buchanan family of Sanford, North Carolina.
		See also Find-A-Grave memorial

Daniel Bryant Buchanan (1857-1933) — also known as Daniel B. Buchanan — of Jonesboro, Moore County (now part of Sanford, Lee County), N.C. Born in North Carolina, April 15, 1857. Republican. Postmaster at Jonesboro, N.C., 1884-85. Died in Lee County, N.C., October 11, 1933 (age 76 years, 179 days). Interment at Jonesboro Cemetery, Sanford, N.C.

		Relatives: Son of Joseph Buchanan (1826-1908) and Mary Jane (Williams) Buchanan; brother of Sion Hillard Buchanan and Joseph Benjamin Buchanan (1865-1939); married to Sarah Elizabeth 'Bettie' Sloan (1867-1930).
		Political family: Buchanan family of Sanford, North Carolina.
		See also Find-A-Grave memorial

Joseph Benjamin Buchanan (1865-1939) — also known as Joseph B. Buchanan — of Jonesboro, Moore County (now part of Sanford, Lee County), N.C. Born in Moore County (part now in Lee County), N.C., February 28, 1865. Republican. Merchant; postmaster at Jonesboro, N.C., 1889-93, 1901-04. Died in Lee County, N.C., July 23, 1939 (age 74 years, 145 days). Interment at Shallow Well Cemetery, Sanford, N.C.

		Relatives: Son of Joseph Buchanan (1826-1908) and Mary Jane (Williams) Buchanan; brother of Sion Hillard Buchanan and Daniel Bryant Buchanan (1857-1933); married, October 29, 1891, to Luola B. Harrington (1871-1949).
		Political family: Buchanan family of Sanford, North Carolina.
		See also Find-A-Grave memorial

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