Family
Buchanan's ancestors were Scots-Irish. His family was among the earliest to settle in the Nashville area, and constructed Buchanan's Station south of the city in the 1780s. Buchanan's younger brother, James S. Buchanan, served as president of the University of Oklahoma in the 1920s.
Buchanan married Frances McGill in 1867. The had nine children: Rebecca, Robert, Maggie, Susie, Frances, Thomas, James, John, Jr., and Mary. Buchanan's grandson, James M. Buchanan (b. 1919), is a noted economist.
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