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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Famous quotes containing the word family:
“It is as when a migrating army of mice girdles a forest of pines. The chopper fells trees from the same motive that the mouse gnaws them,—to get his living. You tell me that he has a more interesting family than the mouse. That is as it happens.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)
“A fellow oughtn’t to let his family property go to pieces.”
—Anthony Trollope (1815–1882)
“It is best for all parties in the combined family to take matters slowly, to use the crock pot instead of the pressure cooker, and not to aim for a perfect blend but rather to recognize the pleasures to be enjoyed in retaining some of the distinct flavors of the separate ingredients.”
—Claire Berman (20th century)