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John Buchanan [Parents] ¹ was born ² on 3 Oct 1841 in Point Levis, Quebec. He died ³ on 27 Aug 1929. He married ⁴ Mary Elizabeth Greig on 16 Nov 1870 in Greig residence, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada.

The following is an extract from W.P. Buchanan's 1931 family publication "Archibald Buchanan (1748-1836) Bears and Forbears":-

John Buchanan, 1841-1929, was like his father for activity, possibly not so aggressive, but more considerate of the opinions and convictions of others. His family of thirteen is in truth a history. His wife was a woman of marvellous fidelity and worth and always at his elbow with support and advice. He was in fact a potent part of Levis and vicinity during his whole life. He never sought public office and refused the offer of a J.P. honour on more than one occasion.

The Quebec Chronicle-Telegraph, of Augt. 28, 1929, referred to him as follows- "With the passing of Mr. John Buchanan, whose death occurred yesterday, the town of Levis loses one of its oldest and best known residents. Born at Levis eighty-eight years ago, he was the son of the late Robert Buchanan, of Strathroy, Omagh, Ireland, and Levis, Que. Mr. Buchanan was actively engaged until a few years ago. He was a member and also an elder of the Presbyterian church. He was married in 1870 to Mary Elizabeth, daughter of the late Robert Greig, of Quebec, who predeceased him by several years. He leaves a large family to mourn their loss, of whom are George S. Buchanan, of Levis; Archibald Buchanan, of Donnacona, and Harold D. Buchanan, of Montreal, sons; one brother, William Phillips Buchanan, of Pittsburgh, Pa. also survives."

At the funeral service, Rev. Dr. T. B. McCorkindale, St. Andrews church, Levis, spoke in part as follows:-

"It is not usual for me to say anything about the life and character of those whom God hath called to his nearer presence, but it would be unfitting were no tribute paid to the memory of John Buchanan, who for at least two generations filled a large place in the life of the community and of this church, of which for many, many years he was a member and an office bearer.

In his younger days Mr. Buchanan was one-of the foremost citizens of this city, and one of its leading business men. Of these days I am not able to speak from personal knowledge, but of one thing I am sure, that his whole life, whether public or private, was characterized by a strict and vigorous integrity. Of one thing Mr. Buchanan was incapable. One thing he could not do. He could not deviate by a hair's breadth from the line of strict rectitude. It was by his unshakable uprightness that he won the respect of the whole community in which he lived and moved and had his being.

It was, of course, in his Church life that I knew him best. No more faithful member and elder could be found anywhere. He had a deep sense of duty to the Church, and sought faithfully to discharge it so long' as God gave him health and strength. He was never absent from the public worship of the sanctuary. As the place of one after another re incumbent upon was left empty he seemed to feel it the more him to be Present he, an old man, who might well plead the excuse of failing health and strength. He loved the place where God's people meet. He took pleasure in her very stones, and to him her dust was' dear. Now that the place that knew him once shall know him no more we of his congregation thank God for his long and faithful services as a member and finally as an elder of the Church.

In many ways Mr. Buchanan was an exceptional man. He was endowed with great force of character and of uncommon intellectual ability. He would have taken a high place in any of the learned professions which he might have chosen to enter. Seldom have I met a man of his indomitable and fervent spirit, and vigorous mental power. He was one who did with hit might whatever his hand found to do, and his natural endowments of heart and mind would have carried him far in any public career.

After nearly ninety years of a life on earth, God has called him to the life everlasting "to where beyond these voices there is peace. He is, to use the wonderful words of Scripture, at home with the Lord-at home! None of us would wish him back. He faithfully served his day and generation; he has passed through and done with the weakness of old age he has passed through death itself, and he has earned his rest and reward. None of us would wish our dear ones to pass again through all mortal pain and weaknesses. He is with Christ, which is far better, and forever with the Lord. In this, those whom he has left behind, his sons and daughters, and all others to whom he was dear, must find their comfort. We can say of him, as was said of a saint of old. "After he had served his own generation by the will of God he fell on sleep. He walked with God on earth, and that walk cannot be interrupted by death. He whose companion he was here has taken him to Himself in the world of spirits."

Mary Elizabeth Greig [Parents] ^{1, 2} was born ³ on 19 Aug 1850. She died ⁴ on 14 Nov 1911. She married ⁵ John Buchanan on 16 Nov 1870 in Greig residence, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada.

They had the following children:

		M	i	Robert Buchanan 1 was born 2 on 20 Jul 1871. He died 3 on 29 Aug 1872.
		M	ii	John Orr Buchanan 1 was born 2 on 17 Feb 1873. He died 3 on 21 Nov 1893.
		F	iii	Jane Skillen Buchanan 1 was born on 28 Oct 1874. She died on 23 Jun 1960 in Shoreham, Vt. USA. Jane was baptized on 8 Dec 1874 in St. Andrews Church, Levis, Quebec, Canada. She was employed as Registered Nurse. Following extracted from the Register of St. Andrews Church, Levis, Quebec, Canada by Duncan Anderson Muir: John Buchanan, merchant, and Mary Elizabeth Greig, his wife, residing in Levis had a daughter born on the twenty-eighth day of October, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-four years, and baptized on the eighth day of December, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-four years, named "Jane Skillen" by (signed) Duncan Anderson Muir John Buchanan Mary E. Buchanan Resided in Jersey City, New Jersey however she lived latterly with Esther Lewis in Shoreham Vt. The Chinn Family of Norman, wife Mary E. (Buchanan) and children Brian, Allan and Sandra visited the farm in the late 1950's. Need to check date of death for Jane, I have a note penned by BB Chinn on page 15 of the Archibald Buchanan Bears & Forbears indicating a date of death as June 2, 1961
		M	iv	George Stuart Buchanan
		F	v	Constance Mary Eleanor Buchanan 1 was born on 19 Jul 1878. She died on 28 Aug 1968. Connie Buchanan was employed by the Quebec department of education
		F	vi	Margaret Orr Buchanan 1 was born on 25 Jul 1880. She died on 12 Aug 1953. Margaret was employed as Teacher.
		F	vii	Edith Elizabeth Buchanan
		F	viii	Alice Marion Buchanan 1 was born on 6 Dec 1883. She died on 18 Nov 1940 in Ashville, NC, USA. Alice was employed as Registered Nurse. Contracted TB while serving as a nurse with the US Army in the Philippines. Returned to Ashville, NC, USA where she was cared for in a sanatorium until her death.
		F	ix	Mary Evelyn Greig Buchanan 1 was born on 29 Jul 1886. She died 2 in 1978 in Victoria, BC, Canada. Mary was employed as Teacher. Known as Evelyn, was a teacher to the children of the missionaries in Paak Hok Tung, Canton Province, China and also other areas near Chunking, Peking, and Tinchen. At the time of the Chinese rebellion she escaped via India and continued to circumvent the globe before returning to Montreal, Quebec Canada. Mary Elizabeth (Betty) Buchanan-Chinn remembers her Aunt Evelyn's trunk returning from China years after her aunt's return. Many of Evelyn's mementos and artefacts have been distributed through-out the family, many of which went to Brian Buchanan Chinn and were subsequently passed on to his siblings Allan and Sandra. Evelyn last resided in Victoria, BC, Canada
		F	x	Mildred Lockhart Buchanan 1 was born on 25 Jun 1888 in Levis Quebec. She died 2 on 31 May 1981 in Montreal Quebec. She was buried in 1981 in Quebec cemetery Quebec City, Quebec Canada. Mildred was employed as Nurse. Remained a spinster working at the St. Agathe Tuberculosis clinic in the Laurentians of Quebec. Retired in the mid 1950's whereupon she took up residence in Montreal. Upon her death in _____ the family arranged to have her remains buried in the Buchanan family plot in Quebec City.
		M	xi	Colin Archibald Buchanan
		F	xii	Jessie Victoria Buchanan
		M	xiii	Harold Douglas Buchanan

John Crawford [Parents] was born in 1786 in Rash Mill, County Tyrone, Ireland. He died in 1828.

John Crawford was the author of some poetry which was said to have been of some merit. As mentioned in the Buchanan family publication "Archibald Buchanan Bears and Forebears" much of this poetry had been lost.

John served as a private in the Cappagh Yeomanry, but received as much hospitality from the Commandant (Lord Mountjoy) as any of the officers.

John wrote a poem about Teague's Lane in the vicinity of Rash Mill four lines of which are as follows:
"Oft let me visit this sequestered vale,
And sing my wild notes to the listening wood,
Whilst echo please, repeats the artless tale,
And bears the sound along the distant flood."

John, as brother of Margaret wife of George, was both uncle and father-in-law to Robert (1801-1888) as he was the father of Martha, Robert's second wife. Robert was an admirer of his father-in-law and it is through Robert that the poetry of John Crawford was collected and partially preserved (until 1931 at least).

He had the following children:

		F	i	Martha Crawford
		M	ii	Robert Crawford was born in 1812. He died in 1851. The Graham family mentioned in connection with Martha Crawford produced one merchant, one Australian pioneer and two ministers of the gospel. In early life they invariably corresponded with Robt. Crawford, 1812-1851, in Latin, with a view to self improvement. Robert Crawford was brother to the second wife of Robt. Buchanan. W. P. Buchanan turned over to a daughter of one of the Graham's (James, the Australian pioneer), several books written by members of that family, rather than let them run chance of an auctioneer's block at some later date. The two Graham Ministers were big men both physically and intellectually, one of them a noted orator.

Thomas Hall Rev. ¹ was born ² on 4 Mar 1839. He died ³ on 7 Aug 1922. He married ⁴ Martha Buchanan on 7 Jun 1866. Thomas was employed as Reverend.

Other marriages:

Snow, Ellen Frances

Pastor of King's Inn Street Congregational Church, Dublin

Martha Buchanan [Parents] was born ¹ on 27 Sep 1849 in Point Levis, Quebec, Canada. She died ² on 9 Mar 1913 in Island Pond, Vermont, U.S.A.. She married ³ Thomas Hall Rev. on 7 Jun 1866.

The following is an extract from W.P. Buchanan's 1931 family publication "Archibald Buchanan (1748-1836) Bears and Forbears":-

Martha Buchanan, 1849-1913, was married in her seventeenth year, hence during entire life, had the burden of a home and family. Her husband, Rev. Thomas Hall was a minister of the Congregational Church, with record of over fifty years in active service. She was a true helper in every endeavour of the Church. They were placed at times in Dublin, Ireland; Newfoundland; Kingston, Ont.; several years as Supt. of Missions Canadian Congregational Church, and in succession, Clayton, N. Y.; Montreal; Melbourne, P. Q. and finally Island Pond, Vermont: In all of these places she did her part plus and left genuine friends at every point. Always on comparatively limited means, they had the spirit of hospitality, and invariably more than enough. All told she led a full, busy life, practically died in harness, was a woman of more than average ability and in every sense the central figure of the home. There were many obituaries on both sides of the line from which we select that of the Vermont Missionary, St. Johnsburg, Vermont, of April 1913, brief and to the point as follows

"Mrs. Martha Buchanan Hall, wife of Rev. Thos. Hall,
pastor at Island Pond, died at the parsonage, March 9, in
her sixty-fourth year. The funeral services were held in
the Church where she had worshipped and with which she
had been connected for over thirteen years. They were
conducted by Rev. J. B. Saer, Toronto, Canada. He was
assisted by Rev. W. C. Christie, of the Methodist Church,
and Rev. Wm. R. Price of East Charleston. The sermon
was by Rev. Hugh Pedley, D.,D., of Montreal, from the text,
'If a man die shall he live again": job 14:14. Rev. A. B.
Ross of West Charleston, and Mr. Saer paid personal tributes
to the Christian character of one they had known for
twenty and forty years respectively. Mrs. Hall was very
active in all Church work and will be greatly missed in the
community. She has been president of the W. C. T. U. for
the past ten years. The floral tributes were many and
beautiful. She is survived by her husband and seven
children."

They had the following children:

		F	i	Margaret Hetherington Hall
		F	ii	Martha Crawford Hall 1 was born 2 on 30 Oct 1867. She died 3 on 7 Apr 1894.
		F	iii	Eliza Bulley Hall
		M	iv	Robert Buchanan Crawford Hall
		M	v	James Oliver Buchanan Templar Hall 1 was born 2 on 29 Oct 1872. He died 3 on 15 Apr 1900. James was killed in action at Beijing (Peking) China as a volunteer in Company E, Ninth Infantry, US Army
		M	vi	William Phillips Buchanan Harrington Hall
		M	vii	Thomas Henry Hetherington Hall Rev
		M	viii	Charles Mylius Hall
		F	ix	Elsie Florence Hall

William Phillips Buchanan [Parents] was born ¹ on 30 Jan 1857 in Omagh, County Tyrone Ireland. He died in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA. He married Margaret Snodgrass on 15 Jun 1893.

William, with an interest in genealogy, authored the volume Archibald Buchanan (-) Bears and Forebears. From that book much of the lineage of this family of has been confirmed. William resided in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania married to Margaret Snodgrass. They had no issue.

Margaret Snodgrass [Parents] was born in Strabane, County Tyrone, Ireland. She died on 13 Sep 1927. She married William Phillips Buchanan on 15 Jun 1893.

John Snodgrass

He had the following children:

F

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Margaret Snodgrass

Thomas Hall Rev. ¹ was born ² on 4 Mar 1839. He died ³ on 7 Aug 1922. He married Ellen Frances Snow on 24 Sep 1918. Thomas was employed as Reverend.

Other marriages:

Buchanan, Martha

Pastor of King's Inn Street Congregational Church, Dublin

Ellen Frances Snow ¹ was born in 1845. She died on 28 Mar 1929. She married Thomas Hall Rev. on 24 Sep 1918.

W. A. Elliott ¹ was born in 1865. He married ² Margaret Hetherington Hall on 28 Jun 1894.

Margaret Hetherington Hall [Parents] ¹ was born ² on 30 Oct 1867. She died ³ on 22 Mar 1923. She married ⁴ W. A. Elliott on 28 Jun 1894.

Margaret and W.A. Elliott had no children

Charles George Macartney was born in 1874. He died ¹ on 7 Dec 1958. He married ² Eliza Bulley Hall on 8 Sep 1904.

Charles Macartney was, in 1931, was connected with the Beauharnois Power Corporation and was residing in Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Eliza Bulley Hall [Parents] ¹ was born in 1868. She died on 5 Jul 1951. She married ² Charles George Macartney on 8 Sep 1904.

They had the following children:

		F	i	Martha Eileen Macartney
		F	ii	Kathleen Gertrude Macartney

Robert Buchanan Crawford Hall [Parents] ¹ was born in 1871. He married ² Edna Florence Wadkins on 1 Jun 1899. Robert was employed as Pharmaceutical Chemist.

Edna Florence Wadkins was born in 1869. She married ¹ Robert Buchanan Crawford Hall on 1 Jun 1899. Edna was employed as Actress.

William Phillips Buchanan Harrington Hall [Parents] ¹ was born in 1873. He married ² Selma Noorene on 2 May 1903.

William was connected with Hettinger Auto Co. of Hettinger North Dakota and had a farm at Haynes North Dakota.

Selma Noorene ¹ was born in 1875. She married ² William Phillips Buchanan Harrington Hall on 2 May 1903.

They had the following children:

		M	i	James Oliver Hall
		F	ii	Arline Arvila Hall

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