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William Dickinson Buchanan

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William Dickinson Buchanan

Birth
Utica, Oneida County, New York, USA
Death
5 Dec 1940 (aged 69)
Pakenham, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada
Burial
Mississippi Mills, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada Add to Map
Plot
Range A, Plot 95
Memorial ID
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1940, Thursday December 12. The Almonte Gazette page 8
Mr William D. Buchanan
Impressive tribute was paid to the memory of William D. Buchanan of Pakenham Township by a large circle of friends and relatives who attended his funeral on Saturday afternoon, Mr Buchanan passed away on Thursday morning, Dec 5, and was in his 70th year. Rev H.A. Turner, pastor of Zion United Church of which deceased was a valued member officiated. The funeral was held from the home of his son-in-law, Mr Howard Lowry and interment was in the family plot in the Auld Kirk Cemetery. The pallbearers were Jno Dowdall, William Lawson. John Lawson, Stewart Boal, Ernest Miller and Wm Y. Wood, Mr Buchanan was born in Utica, N.Y., the son of John Buchanan and his wife Margaret Wood. Following the death of his father, he came to Canada at the age of three years with his mother and made his home on the 9th line with his uncle Mr Wm Wood On reaching manhood, he took up farming and followed that occupation all his life. in 1894 he married Miss Elizabeth Reid of Pakenham and they settled on the 7th line of Pakenham. Mrs Buchanan passed away in 1932, of a family of three, two survive, one son John R. of Syracuse, N.Y. and one daughter Lucy, Mrs Howard Lowry of Pakenham, with whom he made his home, for the past few years. A daughter died in infancy. One sister, Mrs David Georgeson of Ottawa, also survives. Many beautiful floral tributes testified to the esteem in which deceased was held. Among them was a piece from the Cedar Hill W.I. Present at the funeral were his son John R. of Syracuse, his sister, Mrs David Georgeson of Ottawa and his nephew, W.E. Hamblin, Detroit Mich.
1940, Thursday December 12. The Almonte Gazette page 8
Mr William D. Buchanan
Impressive tribute was paid to the memory of William D. Buchanan of Pakenham Township by a large circle of friends and relatives who attended his funeral on Saturday afternoon, Mr Buchanan passed away on Thursday morning, Dec 5, and was in his 70th year. Rev H.A. Turner, pastor of Zion United Church of which deceased was a valued member officiated. The funeral was held from the home of his son-in-law, Mr Howard Lowry and interment was in the family plot in the Auld Kirk Cemetery. The pallbearers were Jno Dowdall, William Lawson. John Lawson, Stewart Boal, Ernest Miller and Wm Y. Wood, Mr Buchanan was born in Utica, N.Y., the son of John Buchanan and his wife Margaret Wood. Following the death of his father, he came to Canada at the age of three years with his mother and made his home on the 9th line with his uncle Mr Wm Wood On reaching manhood, he took up farming and followed that occupation all his life. in 1894 he married Miss Elizabeth Reid of Pakenham and they settled on the 7th line of Pakenham. Mrs Buchanan passed away in 1932, of a family of three, two survive, one son John R. of Syracuse, N.Y. and one daughter Lucy, Mrs Howard Lowry of Pakenham, with whom he made his home, for the past few years. A daughter died in infancy. One sister, Mrs David Georgeson of Ottawa, also survives. Many beautiful floral tributes testified to the esteem in which deceased was held. Among them was a piece from the Cedar Hill W.I. Present at the funeral were his son John R. of Syracuse, his sister, Mrs David Georgeson of Ottawa and his nephew, W.E. Hamblin, Detroit Mich.


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