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The Buchanan side of his family arrived in the United States from Scotland. His paternal grandfather was a general with the Maryland Militia during the Revolutionary War while his maternal grandfather Thomas McKean was one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence. Captain Franklin Buchanan, USN (circa 1855–1861)
Franklin Guest Smith (1840–1912), U.S. Army brigadier general, resident of Washington, D.C. during retirement [27] Oliver Lyman Spaulding (1875–1947), U.S. Army brigadier general, 1891 graduate of Central High School, [28] lived in Washington during retirement [29]
C. Alfred Caldwell (politician) David Campbell (Virginia politician) Hugh Caperton; Richard H. Cardwell; David G. Carr; Samuel Carr (politician) John A. Carter (Virginia politician)
The James Buchanan Memorial is a bronze, granite, and concrete memorial in the southeast corner of Meridian Hill Park, Washington, D.C., that honors U.S. President James Buchanan. It was designed by architect William Gorden Beecher, and sculpted by Maryland artist Hans Schuler .
Public Law 95-260 was passed by Congress in 1978 to create a memorial to the signers of the Declaration of Independence. The memorial is a gift from the American Revolution Bicentennial Administration and consists of 56 stone blocks, each with a facsimile of the signer's actual signature, his occupation, and his home town.
Benjamin Franklin Buchanan (October 4, 1857 – February 21, 1932) was an American lawyer and politician who served as the 21st Lieutenant Governor of Virginia from 1918 to 1922. Early life and education
John Preston Buchanan (January 30, 1888 – September 15, 1937) was an American politician who served as a member of the Virginia Senate, representing the state's 1st district. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Buchanan succeeded his father, Benjamin Franklin Buchanan , who would go on to become Lieutenant Governor of Virginia .
John Alexander Buchanan was born on October 7, 1843, near Groseclose, Smyth County, Virginia, the son of James Augustus Buchanan and Mary Glenn (Thomas) Buchanan. [1] He was educated in the schools of Smyth County, the academy in the Chatham Hill hamlet of Saltville, Virginia, and the one in Marion, Virginia.