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451	Washington Pioneer Dies at Age of 71 A resident of this county for the past 59 years, and identified as one of the founders of the town of Woodinville, Mrs. Susan Woodin, 71 years of age, passed away Wednesday night at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Mary E. Sanders, 2552 Glen Ridge drive, of a complication of diseases and old age. Mrs. Woodin was the first white woman settler, and the first postmistress of the town which bears her name. It grew out of a homestead which she and her husband assumed during the early days. Her husband died in 1908, and is buried in the churchyard, which was, at one time, a part of their farm. source; Obituary of Susan Woodin. Seattle, WA: The Seattle Star, 21 Feb 1919, p. 7.	Campbell, Susannah Martin (I249)
452	We return now to THOMAS BUCHANAN of Ramelton, County Donegal, fourth son of George Buchanan of Blairlusk. He had a son: BUCHANAN who was father of JAMES BUCHANAN removed to America in 1783, and settled near Mercersburg, Franklin County, Pennsylvania, where he died in 1821. He married Elizabeth Speer, in Adams County, Pennsylvania and had four sons and a daughter: (1) James Buchanan, fifteenth President of the United States of America, died s.p.; (2) William Speer Buchanan, died s.p., aged twenty-two; (3) George W. Buchanan, died s.p., aged twenty-five; (4) Rev. Edward Young Buchanan, D.D., married, and had issue; and (5) Jane Buchanan (Mrs. Lane) had issue. JOHN BUCHANAN of Ramelton, married Jane, daughter of Samuel Russell, and had a son James. source: Smith, John Guthrie. Strathendrick and its Inhabitants from Early Times: An Account of the Parishes of Fintry, Balfron, Killearn, Drymen, Buchanan, and Kilmaronock. Glasgow, UK: James Maclehose and Sons, 1896.	Buchanan, Thomas (I15)
453	Whether the Campbells, Montgomerys, and Hamiltons were known to each other in Ireland, tradition does not tell. We find from these Campbells Duncan Campbell, whose son, John Campbell, came from Donegal, Ireland, and settled in Donegal township, Lancaster county, Pennsylvania. His descendants passed down the valley of the Shenandoah to South-western Virginia, where we find among the branches on an old family tree, revived and added to from time to time, General William Campbell, of King's Mountain fame, and his grandson Wm. C. Preston; the brothers, Colonel Arthur and Captain John Campbell, of Virginia (the latter of whom was the father of Governor David Campbell, of Virginia); Judge David, of the State of Franklin, afterward the State of Tennessee, with their cousin and brother-in-law, Colonel David, of Campbell's station, East Tennessee; his son, General John Campbell, of the War of 1812; grandson, Governor William B. Campbell of Tennessee. Another branch bears upon it the name of the gallant Confederate, General Alex. W. Campbell, of West Tennessee, Scotch Irish on both sides. source: The Scotch-Irish Society of America. The Scotch-Irish in America: Proceedings of the Scotch-Irish Congress at Columbia, Tennessee May 8-11, 1889. Cincinnati, OH: Robert Clarke and Company, 1889.	Campbell, John (I6198)
454	Whether the Campbells, Montgomerys, and Hamiltons were known to each other in Ireland, tradition does not tell. We find from these Campbells Duncan Campbell, whose son, John Campbell, came from Donegal, Ireland, and settled in Donegal township, Lancaster county, Pennsylvania. His descendants passed down the valley of the Shenandoah to South-western Virginia, where we find among the branches on an old family tree, revived and added to from time to time, General William Campbell, of King's Mountain fame, and his grandson Wm. C. Preston; the brothers, Colonel Arthur and Captain John Campbell, of Virginia (the latter of whom was the father of Governor David Campbell, of Virginia); Judge David, of the State of Franklin, afterward the State of Tennessee, with their cousin and brother-in-law, Colonel David, of Campbell's station, East Tennessee; his son, General John Campbell, of the War of 1812; grandson, Governor William B. Campbell of Tennessee. Another branch bears upon it the name of the gallant Confederate, General Alex. W. Campbell, of West Tennessee, Scotch Irish on both sides. source: The Scotch-Irish Society of America. The Scotch-Irish in America: Proceedings of the Scotch-Irish Congress at Columbia, Tennessee May 8-11, 1889. Cincinnati, OH: Robert Clarke and Company, 1889.	Campbell, Duncan (I11569)
455	William Buchanan did not, like his next youngest brother, live to show what he might have become. This other, and perhaps more brilliant member of the family, George W. Buchanan, graduated at Dickinson college in Carlisle, in 1826, at the age of eighteen with the highest honors of his class. Being nearly twenty years younger than James, the latter, after the death of their father, took a parental interest in promoting his prospects, and guiding his professional education. He studied law in Chambersburg and Pittsburgh, and being admitted to the bar in Pittsburgh in 1828, he began to practise there. In the autumn of 1830, as the reader has seen, he was doubtless on his brother's request, appointed by President Jackson United States District Attorney for the Western District of Pennsylvania. Probably no man ever received a similar appointment at so early an age; he was only two and twenty; but his letters, some of which have been quoted, show great maturity of character; and as his application for the appointment must have been supported by the influence of other persons as well as by that of his brother, it is safe to assume that the office was in trusted to fit hands. He was already acquiring a lucrative private practice, when, in the summer of 1832, his health began to fail. He died in November of that year, and the following letter of Mr. Buchanan to his brother Edward relates to the sad termination of his illness: ST. PETERSBURG, Jan. 9th, N.S. 1832. MY DEAR BROTHER:– I have received your three letters of the 10th and 26th September and of the 12th November: the first on the 21st October, the second not till the 2d instant, and the last on the 28th December. You will thus perceive that the one announcing the death of poor George had a very long passage, having got out of the usual line and lain at Paris a considerable time. I had heard of this melancholy event long before its arrival. How consoling it is to reflect that he had made his peace with Heaven before he departed from earth. All men desire to die the death of the righteous; but a large portion of the human race are unwilling to lead their life. I can say sincerely for myself that I desire to be a Christian, and I think I could withdraw from the vanities and follies of the world without suffering many pangs. I have thought much upon the subject since my arrival in this strange land, and sometimes almost persuade myself that I am a Christian; but I am often haunted by the spirit of scepticism and doubt. My true feeling upon many occasions is: “Lord, I would believe; help Thou mine unbelief.” Yet I am far from being an unbeliever. Ere this reaches you, you will probably have heard of the conclusion of the commercial treaty, which was the principal object of my mission. My success under all the circumstances seems to have been almost providential. I have had many difficulties to contend with and much serious opposition to encounter; but through the blessing of Providence I have been made the instrument of accomplishing a work in which all my predecessors had failed. I trust it will receive the approbation and promote the interests of my country. I entertain some faint hopes that I may be permitted to leave St. Petersburg by the last steamboat of the next season; though it is probable I shall be obliged to remain another winter. Nothing, however, shall detain me longer than two years from the time of my arrival, except an urgent sense of public duty or the request of General Jackson, neither of which I anticipate. My anxiety to return home is increased by the present state of health of mother and Jane. It is not in any degree occasioned by want of kindness on the part of the people here. On the contrary, I am everywhere received in the most polite and friendly manner, and have good reason to believe I am rather a favorite, even with the emperor and empress themselves. I shall undertake to advise you strongly not to remain in Allegheny Town. A letter which I have received from Dr. Yates confirms me in this opinion. I am glad to find this seems to be your own determination. There are but two brothers of us and you ought to use every precaution to preserve your health consistent with your duty. . . . . . . My health is good, thank God, and I trust it may so continue with His blessing until we shall all once more meet again. With much love to mother and the rest of the family, I remain Your affectionate brother, JAMES BUCHANAN source: Curtis, George Ticknor. Life of James Buchanan, Fifteenth President of the United States, Volume 1. New York, NY: Harper and Brothers, 1883.	Buchanan, George W. (I132)
456	WILLIAM CALDBECK, m. Dora, dau. of Francis Graham, of New Barns, West Malling, Kent, and sister of Anne, wife of Joseph Fulton (see below) and had issue, 1. William Eaton, of Lisburn, co. Antrim, b. 1787; m. 4 March 1808, his first cousin, Amelia (or Emelia) Boyd, dau. of the late Joseph Fulton, of Lisburn. She d. 31 Jan. 1870, aged 82. 2. FRANCIS COPE, of whom we treat. source: Burke, Bernard Burke and Ashworth Peter Burke. A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry of Ireland, 10th Edition. London, UK: Harrison and Sons, 1904.	Caldbeck, William Eaton Esq. (I10)
457	WILLIAM CALDBECK, of Clondalkin, and Larch Hill, Whitechurch, co. Dublin, King's Counsel, Col. of the Lawyers Artillery Volunteers, at the time of the Rebellion, and Treasurer of King's Inns, m. Anne Keatinge, and d. 6 Sept. 1803, aged 70, and was bur. at Clondalkin, having by her (who d. 21 June, 1821, aged 75) had issue, 1. WILLIAM, of whom hereafter. 2. Frederick, m. Eliza Pearson, niece or grand-niece of Bishop Pearson, and had issue, 1. William, J.P. and D.L., High Sheriff, of Moyle Park, d. unm. leaving the property to his cousin, WILLIAM CALDBECK ROPER-CALDBECK, now of Moyle Park. 2. Richard, d.s.p. 1. Fanny, d. unm. 3. Harry went abroad and was not heard of again. source: Burke, Bernard and Ashworth Peter Burke. A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry of Ireland. London, UK: Harrison and Sons, 1904.	Caldbeck, William Esq. (I16)
458	William Campbell and his wife, Mary Byars, had seven children. The eldest, David Campbell, married Jane Conyngham, a granddaughter of Colonel Patrick Conyngham, whose family lived in Ireland on the river Boyne. The head of the house was Sir Albert Conyngham. Colonel Patrick Conyngham commanded a regiment at the battle of Boyne, 1690. David and Jane Conyngham Campbell had four children. William married Mary Ellison, and was prominent in the Indian and Revolutionary wars. His two brothers-in-law, Captain William Ellison, who married Mary Campbell, and Major John Morrison, who married Martha Campbell, were also patriotic defenders of their liberty in the same war. source: Pilcher, Margaret Campbell. “Sketch of Captain David Campbell.” The American Historical Magazine and Tennessee Historical Society Quarterly, Volume 8, Number 2. Nashville, TN: Goodpasture Book Company, 1903.	Campbell, David (I1984)
459	William Campbell and his wife, Mary Byars, had seven children. The eldest, David Campbell, married Jane Conyngham, a granddaughter of Colonel Patrick Conyngham, whose family lived in Ireland on the river Boyne. The head of the house was Sir Albert Conyngham. Colonel Patrick Conyngham commanded a regiment at the battle of Boyne, 1690. source: Pilcher, Margaret Campbell. “Sketch of Captain David Campbell.” The American Historical Magazine and Tennessee Historical Society Quarterly, Volume 8, Number 2. Nashville, TN: Goodpasture Book Company, 1903.	Cunningham, Col. Patrick (I100)
460	William Campbell died in his youth before the family moved to the Holston. source: Waddell, Joseph Addison. Annals of Augusta County, Virginia, from 1726 to 1871, 2nd Edition. Staunton, VA: C. Russell Caldwell, 1902.	Campbell, William (I11735)
461	William Campbell, only son of Charles, was born in 1745. In a short time after his father's death, the whole family moved to the Holston, now Washington county, then in Augusta. The oldest daughter, Elizabeth, married John Taylor, and from her the Taylors of Botetourt and Montgomery are descended; the second, Jane, married Thomas Tate; the third, Margaret, married Colonel Arthur Campbell, her second cousin; and the fourth, Ann, married Richard Poston. The wife of Gen. William Campbell was a sister of Patrick Henry, and his only child became the wife of Gen. Francis Preston. He died in 1781, at the age of thirty-six. His widow married General Russell. She was eminently pious, in connection with the Methodist church, and was styled “The Elect Lady,” or Lady Russell. General Campbell rendered distinguished service during the Revolution, besides his exploit at King's Mountain. source: Waddell, Joseph Addison. Annals of Augusta County, Virginia, from 1726 to 1871, 2nd Edition. Staunton, VA: C. Russell Caldwell, 1902.	Campbell, Gen. William (I11684)
462	William Campbell, the eldest son of David, married Mary Ellison. He inherited the whole of his father's property, which left the other children to take care of themselves. His youngest brother, Captain David Campbell, who was born in 1753, married his cousin, Margaret Campbell, daughter of White David and his wife, Mary Hamilton. On July 29, 1799, Captain David Campbell lost his wife, by whom he had eight children, four of whom died in childhood. Jane married Colonel Wright, of the United States army. They left no issue. Mary married her cousin, David Campbell, afterwards Governor of Virginia. They had no children. John entered the regular army and served until the close of the War of 1812, when he retired with the rank of Lieutenant Colonel. He left no children. The youngest son, David, was born on March 4, 1781. He married Catherine Bowen, daughter of Captain William Bowen and granddaughter of General William Russell. Captain David Campbell, after the death of his wife, Margaret, married a second time and by this wife had one child, Margaret Lavinia, who married Rev. John Kelly. In 1823 Captain David Campbell removed to Middle Tennessee and lived for a time in Sumner County; then bought a farm in Wilson County, where he died August 18, 1832. It was at their old homestead on Mansker's Creek that their eldest son, William Bowen Campbell, was born. source: Cisco, Jay Guy. Historic Sumner County, Tennessee with Genealogies of the Bledsoe, Cage and Douglass Families, and Genealogical Notes of Other Sumner County Families. Nashville, TN: Polk-Keelin Printing Company, 1909.	Campbell, Capt. William (I1982)
463	William Eaton, m. 1890, Sara, dau. of J. Watkins, and d. 1896, leaving issue, 1. Thomas Fulton, b. 9 Aug. 1894. 2. William Eaton, b. 24 May, 1896. 1. Charlotte Hannah, b. 14 Sept. 1891. 2. Sarah Frances, b. 2 Sept. 1892. source: Burke, Bernard and Ashworth Peter Burke. A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry of Ireland. London, UK: Harrison and Sons, 1904.	Caldbeck, William Eaton Esq. (I28)
464	William Eaton, of Lisburn, co. Antrim, b. 1787; m. 4 March 1808, his first cousin, Amelia (or Emelia) Boyd, dau. of the late Joseph Fulton, of Lisburn. She d. 31 Jan. 1870, aged 82. He d. 25 Sept. 1858, leaving issue, 1. William Eaton, of Lisburn, High Sheriff co. Dublin 1844, bapt. Aug. 1815; d. 21 Sept. 1855. 2. Joseph Fulton, bapt. 4 June, 1819; d. 1 Aug. 1840. 3. Thomas Fulton, of Eaton Brae, co. Dublin, J.P., High Sheriff 1871, b. 1821; m. 1851, Charlotte, dau. of William Stewart, M.D., of Lisburn. She d. 2 Feb. 1897. He d. 1891, had issue, William Eaton, m. 1890, Sara, dau. of J. Watkins, and d. 1896, leaving issue, 1. Thomas Fulton, b. 9 Aug. 1894. 2. William Eaton, b. 24 May, 1896. 1. Charlotte Hannah, b. 14 Sept. 1891. 2. Sarah Frances, b. 2 Sept. 1892. 1. Anne Fulton, bapt. 29 July, 1811; m. William Grieg, of Derryvolgie, Lisburn, who d.s.p. 23 March, 1839. 2. Dorothea, d. young, 21 April, 1837. 3. Emily, bapt. 18 Jan. 1823; m. 26 Feb. 1851, Lieut.-Col. Charles William Thompson, 58th Regt., of Ballyherin, co. Donegal, who d. 30 Dec. 1881, leaving issue, (1) Charles, d. May, 1861. (2) Evelyn, d. 18 March, 1868. (1) Amy, m. 4 Aug. 1874, Hon. Walter C. Pepys, son of the Earl of Cottenham, and has issue (see BURKE'S Peerage). 4. Elizabeth, d. 7 April, 1835. source: Burke, Bernard and Ashworth Peter Burke. A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry of Ireland. London, UK: Harrison and Sons, 1904.	Caldbeck, William Eaton Esq. (I1)
465	William Eaton, of Lisburn, High Sheriff co. Dublin 1844, bapt. Aug. 1815; d. 21 Sept. 1855. source: Burke, Bernard and Ashworth Peter Burke. A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry of Ireland. London, UK: Harrison and Sons, 1904.	Caldbeck, William Eaton (I4)
466	William Foster, b. 18 Oct. 1777; m. in 1803, Mary, dau. of Major-General Helden, and d. in 1838, having had issue (see BURKE'S Landed Gentry). source: Burke, Bernard and Ashworth Peter Burke. A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Peerage and Baronetage, the Privy Council, Knightage and Companionage. London, UK: Harrison and Sons, 1910.	McClintock, William Foster (I51)
467	WILLIAM MCCLINTOCK, 2nd son of Alexander McClintock, of Trintagh, by Agnes Stenson Maclean, his wife, dau. of Donald Maclean (see BURKE'S Peerage, RATHDONNELL, B.), b. 1657, m. 1685, Elizabeth, only dau. of David Harvey, of Dunmore, co. Donegal, and had issue, 1. JOHN, who s. him in the estate of Dunmore. 1. Mary, m. William Harvey, of Killea, co. Donegal. 2. Elizabeth, m. Nanthaniel Alexander, of Caledon, co. Tyrone, whose son was created Earl of CALEDON (see BURKE'S Peerage). 3. Margaret, m. Dominick McCausland, of Daisy Hill, co. Derry. 4. Jane, m. John Harvey. source: Bernard Burke, Bernard and Ashworth Peter Burke, A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry of Ireland, 9th Edition. London, UK: Harrison and Sons, 1899.	McClintock, William (I4)
468	WILLIAM McCurdy, the third son of Petheric, would find place for a birth-date about 1673. It is said that he died unmarried. Several records omit the names of both William and David as sons of Petheric; being confused with Petheric’s brothers of the same names and coincidentally in the same order. source: Blanchard, Henry Percy. The Ancestral McCurdys: Their Origin and Remote History. London, UK: Covenant Publishing Company, Covenant Publishing Company, 1930.	McCurdy, William (I8)
469	WILLIAM McCURDY, “the Refugee,” the third of the brothers, was born about 1644. He is known to have died unmarried. source: Blanchard, Henry Percy. The Ancestral McCurdys: Their Origin and Remote History. London, UK: Covenant Publishing Company, Covenant Publishing Company, 1930.	McCurdy, William (I59)
470	William Speer Buchanan, died s.p., aged twenty-two source: Smith, John Guthrie. Strathendrick and its Inhabitants from Early Times: An Account of the Parishes of Fintry, Balfron, Killearn, Drymen, Buchanan, and Kilmaronock. Glasgow, UK: James Maclehose and Sons, 1896.	Buchanan, William Speer (I131)
471	William was succeeded by his son Patrick, who in his turn was succeeded by Robert, the ancestor of the Pennsylvania stock centered in Meadville. Robert had two sons – Thomas, late a military celebrity in Cumberland county, Penn., and Alexander. source: Buchanan, Arthur William Patrick. The Buchanan Book: The Life of Alexander Buchanan, Q.C., of Montreal, Followed by an Account of the Family of Buchanan. Montreal, Canada: privately printed, 1911.	Buchanan, Patrick (I127)
472	William, b. 1657; m. 1685, Elizabeth, dau. of David Harvey of Dunmore, co. Donegal, and d. 1724, having had issue (see BURKE'S Landed Gentry, MCCLINTOCK, of Dunmore). source: Burke, Bernard and Ashworth Peter Burke. A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Peerage and Baronetage, the Privy Council, Knightage and Companionage. London, UK: Harrison and Sons, 1910.	McClintock, William (I4)
473	William, d.s.p. 1857. source: Bernard Burke, Bernard and Ashworth Peter Burke, A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry of Ireland, 9th Edition. London, UK: Harrison and Sons, 1899.	Buchanan, William Blacker (I41)
474	William, J.P. and D.L., High Sheriff, of Moyle Park, d. unm. leaving the property to his cousin, WILLIAM CALDBECK ROPER-CALDBECK, now of Moyle Park. source: Burke, Bernard and Ashworth Peter Burke. A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry of Ireland. London, UK: Harrison and Sons, 1904.	Caldbeck, William (I23)
475	William, m. Francelina, 3rd dau. of James Nesbitt, of Green Hills, and had John, who m. Grace, dau. of Rev. Ralph Mansfield, A.M. of Castle Wray, co. Donegal (see BURKE'S Landed Gentry). source: Burke, Bernard and Ashworth Peter Burke. A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Peerage and Baronetage, the Privy Council, Knightage and Companionage. London, UK: Harrison and Sons, 1910.	McClintock, William (I39)

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Washington Pioneer Dies at Age of 71

A resident of this county for the past 59 years, and identified as one of the founders of the town of Woodinville, Mrs. Susan Woodin, 71 years of age, passed away Wednesday night at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Mary E. Sanders, 2552 Glen Ridge drive, of a complication of diseases and old age.

Mrs. Woodin was the first white woman settler, and the first postmistress of the town which bears her name. It grew out of a homestead which she and her husband assumed during the early days. Her husband died in 1908, and is buried in the churchyard, which was, at one time, a part of their farm.

source; Obituary of Susan Woodin. Seattle, WA: The Seattle Star, 21 Feb 1919, p. 7.

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We return now to THOMAS BUCHANAN of Ramelton, County Donegal, fourth son of George Buchanan of Blairlusk. He had a son:

BUCHANAN who was father of

JAMES BUCHANAN removed to America in 1783, and settled near Mercersburg, Franklin County, Pennsylvania, where he died in 1821. He married Elizabeth Speer, in Adams County, Pennsylvania and had four sons and a daughter: (1) James Buchanan, fifteenth President of the United States of America, died s.p.; (2) William Speer Buchanan, died s.p., aged twenty-two; (3) George W. Buchanan, died s.p., aged twenty-five; (4) Rev. Edward Young Buchanan, D.D., married, and had issue; and (5) Jane Buchanan (Mrs. Lane) had issue.

JOHN BUCHANAN of Ramelton, married Jane, daughter of Samuel Russell, and had a son James.

source: Smith, John Guthrie. Strathendrick and its Inhabitants from Early Times: An Account of the Parishes of Fintry, Balfron, Killearn, Drymen, Buchanan, and Kilmaronock. Glasgow, UK: James Maclehose and Sons, 1896.

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Whether the Campbells, Montgomerys, and Hamiltons were known to each other in Ireland, tradition does not tell. We find from these Campbells Duncan Campbell, whose son, John Campbell, came from Donegal, Ireland, and settled in Donegal township, Lancaster county, Pennsylvania. His descendants passed down the valley of the Shenandoah to South-western Virginia, where we find among the branches on an old family tree, revived and added to from time to time, General William Campbell, of King's Mountain fame, and his grandson Wm. C. Preston; the brothers, Colonel Arthur and Captain John Campbell, of Virginia (the latter of whom was the father of Governor David Campbell, of Virginia); Judge David, of the State of Franklin, afterward the State of Tennessee, with their cousin and brother-in-law, Colonel David, of Campbell's station, East Tennessee; his son, General John Campbell, of the War of 1812; grandson, Governor William B. Campbell of Tennessee. Another branch bears upon it the name of the gallant Confederate, General Alex. W. Campbell, of West Tennessee, Scotch Irish on both sides.

source: The Scotch-Irish Society of America. The Scotch-Irish in America: Proceedings of the Scotch-Irish Congress at Columbia, Tennessee May 8-11, 1889. Cincinnati, OH: Robert Clarke and Company, 1889.

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William Buchanan did not, like his next youngest brother, live to show what he might have become. This other, and perhaps more brilliant member of the family, George W. Buchanan, graduated at Dickinson college in Carlisle, in 1826, at the age of eighteen with the highest honors of his class. Being nearly twenty years younger than James, the latter, after the death of their father, took a parental interest in promoting his prospects, and guiding his professional education. He studied law in Chambersburg and Pittsburgh, and being admitted to the bar in Pittsburgh in 1828, he began to practise there. In the autumn of 1830, as the reader has seen, he was doubtless on his brother's request, appointed by President Jackson United States District Attorney for the Western District of Pennsylvania. Probably no man ever received a similar appointment at so early an age; he was only two and twenty; but his letters, some of which have been quoted, show great maturity of character; and as his application for the appointment must have been supported by the influence of other persons as well as by that of his brother, it is safe to assume that the office was in trusted to fit hands. He was already acquiring a lucrative private practice, when, in the summer of 1832, his health began to fail. He died in November of that year, and the following letter of Mr. Buchanan to his brother Edward relates to the sad termination of his illness:

ST. PETERSBURG, Jan. 9th, N.S. 1832.

MY DEAR BROTHER:–

I have received your three letters of the 10th and 26th September and of the 12th November: the first on the 21st October, the second not till the 2d instant, and the last on the 28th December. You will thus perceive that the one announcing the death of poor George had a very long passage, having got out of the usual line and lain at Paris a considerable time. I had heard of this melancholy event long before its arrival. How consoling it is to reflect that he had made his peace with Heaven before he departed from earth. All men desire to die the death of the righteous; but a large portion of the human race are unwilling to lead their life. I can say sincerely for myself that I desire to be a Christian, and I think I could withdraw from the vanities and follies of the world without suffering many pangs. I have thought much upon the subject since my arrival in this strange land, and sometimes almost persuade myself that I am a Christian; but I am often haunted by the spirit of scepticism and doubt. My true feeling upon many occasions is: “Lord, I would believe; help Thou mine unbelief.” Yet I am far from being an unbeliever.

Ere this reaches you, you will probably have heard of the conclusion of the commercial treaty, which was the principal object of my mission. My success under all the circumstances seems to have been almost providential. I have had many difficulties to contend with and much serious opposition to encounter; but through the blessing of Providence I have been made the instrument of accomplishing a work in which all my predecessors had failed. I trust it will receive the approbation and promote the interests of my country.

I entertain some faint hopes that I may be permitted to leave St. Petersburg by the last steamboat of the next season; though it is probable I shall be obliged to remain another winter. Nothing, however, shall detain me longer than two years from the time of my arrival, except an urgent sense of public duty or the request of General Jackson, neither of which I anticipate. My anxiety to return home is increased by the present state of health of mother and Jane. It is not in any degree occasioned by want of kindness on the part of the people here. On the contrary, I am everywhere received in the most polite and friendly manner, and have good reason to believe I am rather a favorite, even with the emperor and empress themselves.

I shall undertake to advise you strongly not to remain in Allegheny Town. A letter which I have received from Dr. Yates confirms me in this opinion. I am glad to find this seems to be your own determination. There are but two brothers of us and you ought to use every precaution to preserve your health consistent with your duty. . . . . . .

My health is good, thank God, and I trust it may so continue with His blessing until we shall all once more meet again. With much love to mother and the rest of the family, I remain

Your affectionate brother,

JAMES BUCHANAN

source: Curtis, George Ticknor. Life of James Buchanan, Fifteenth President of the United States, Volume 1. New York, NY: Harper and Brothers, 1883.

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WILLIAM CALDBECK, m. Dora, dau. of Francis Graham, of New Barns, West Malling, Kent, and sister of Anne, wife of Joseph Fulton (see below) and had issue,

1. William Eaton, of Lisburn, co. Antrim, b. 1787; m. 4 March 1808, his first cousin, Amelia (or Emelia) Boyd, dau. of the late Joseph Fulton, of Lisburn. She d. 31 Jan. 1870, aged 82.

2. FRANCIS COPE, of whom we treat.

source: Burke, Bernard Burke and Ashworth Peter Burke. A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry of Ireland, 10th Edition. London, UK: Harrison and Sons, 1904.

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WILLIAM CALDBECK, of Clondalkin, and Larch Hill, Whitechurch, co. Dublin, King's Counsel, Col. of the Lawyers Artillery Volunteers, at the time of the Rebellion, and Treasurer of King's Inns, m. Anne Keatinge, and d. 6 Sept. 1803, aged 70, and was bur. at Clondalkin, having by her (who d. 21 June, 1821, aged 75) had issue,

1. WILLIAM, of whom hereafter.
2. Frederick, m. Eliza Pearson, niece or grand-niece of Bishop Pearson, and had issue, 1. William, J.P. and D.L., High Sheriff, of Moyle Park, d. unm. leaving the property to his cousin, WILLIAM CALDBECK ROPER-CALDBECK, now of Moyle Park. 2. Richard, d.s.p. 1. Fanny, d. unm.
3. Harry went abroad and was not heard of again.

source: Burke, Bernard and Ashworth Peter Burke. A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry of Ireland. London, UK: Harrison and Sons, 1904.

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William Campbell and his wife, Mary Byars, had seven children. The eldest, David Campbell, married Jane Conyngham, a granddaughter of Colonel Patrick Conyngham, whose family lived in Ireland on the river Boyne. The head of the house was Sir Albert Conyngham. Colonel Patrick Conyngham commanded a regiment at the battle of Boyne, 1690.

David and Jane Conyngham Campbell had four children. William married Mary Ellison, and was prominent in the Indian and Revolutionary wars. His two brothers-in-law, Captain William Ellison, who married Mary Campbell, and Major John Morrison, who married Martha Campbell, were also patriotic defenders of their liberty in the same war.

source: Pilcher, Margaret Campbell. “Sketch of Captain David Campbell.” The American Historical Magazine and Tennessee Historical Society Quarterly, Volume 8, Number 2. Nashville, TN: Goodpasture Book Company, 1903.

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Cunningham, Col. Patrick (I100)

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William Campbell died in his youth before the family moved to the Holston.

source: Waddell, Joseph Addison. Annals of Augusta County, Virginia, from 1726 to 1871, 2nd Edition. Staunton, VA: C. Russell Caldwell, 1902.

Campbell, William (I11735)

461

William Campbell, only son of Charles, was born in 1745. In a short time after his father's death, the whole family moved to the Holston, now Washington county, then in Augusta. The oldest daughter, Elizabeth, married John Taylor, and from her the Taylors of Botetourt and Montgomery are descended; the second, Jane, married Thomas Tate; the third, Margaret, married Colonel Arthur Campbell, her second cousin; and the fourth, Ann, married Richard Poston.

The wife of Gen. William Campbell was a sister of Patrick Henry, and his only child became the wife of Gen. Francis Preston. He died in 1781, at the age of thirty-six. His widow married General Russell. She was eminently pious, in connection with the Methodist church, and was styled “The Elect Lady,” or Lady Russell. General Campbell rendered distinguished service during the Revolution, besides his exploit at King's Mountain.

source: Waddell, Joseph Addison. Annals of Augusta County, Virginia, from 1726 to 1871, 2nd Edition. Staunton, VA: C. Russell Caldwell, 1902.

Campbell, Gen. William (I11684)

462

William Campbell, the eldest son of David, married Mary Ellison. He inherited the whole of his father's property, which left the other children to take care of themselves. His youngest brother, Captain David Campbell, who was born in 1753, married his cousin, Margaret Campbell, daughter of White David and his wife, Mary Hamilton. On July 29, 1799, Captain David Campbell lost his wife, by whom he had eight children, four of whom died in childhood. Jane married Colonel Wright, of the United States army. They left no issue. Mary married her cousin, David Campbell, afterwards Governor of Virginia. They had no children. John entered the regular army and served until the close of the War of 1812, when he retired with the rank of Lieutenant Colonel. He left no children. The youngest son, David, was born on March 4, 1781. He married Catherine Bowen, daughter of Captain William Bowen and granddaughter of General William Russell. Captain David Campbell, after the death of his wife, Margaret, married a second time and by this wife had one child, Margaret Lavinia, who married Rev. John Kelly. In 1823 Captain David Campbell removed to Middle Tennessee and lived for a time in Sumner County; then bought a farm in Wilson County, where he died August 18, 1832. It was at their old homestead on Mansker's Creek that their eldest son, William Bowen Campbell, was born.

source: Cisco, Jay Guy. Historic Sumner County, Tennessee with Genealogies of the Bledsoe, Cage and Douglass Families, and Genealogical Notes of Other Sumner County Families. Nashville, TN: Polk-Keelin Printing Company, 1909.

Campbell, Capt. William (I1982)

463

William Eaton, m. 1890, Sara, dau. of J. Watkins, and d. 1896, leaving issue,

1. Thomas Fulton, b. 9 Aug. 1894.
2. William Eaton, b. 24 May, 1896.
1. Charlotte Hannah, b. 14 Sept. 1891.
2. Sarah Frances, b. 2 Sept. 1892.

source: Burke, Bernard and Ashworth Peter Burke. A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry of Ireland. London, UK: Harrison and Sons, 1904.

Caldbeck, William Eaton Esq. (I28)

464

William Eaton, of Lisburn, co. Antrim, b. 1787; m. 4 March 1808, his first cousin, Amelia (or Emelia) Boyd, dau. of the late Joseph Fulton, of Lisburn. She d. 31 Jan. 1870, aged 82. He d. 25 Sept. 1858, leaving issue,

1. William Eaton, of Lisburn, High Sheriff co. Dublin 1844, bapt. Aug. 1815; d. 21 Sept. 1855.
2. Joseph Fulton, bapt. 4 June, 1819; d. 1 Aug. 1840.
3. Thomas Fulton, of Eaton Brae, co. Dublin, J.P., High Sheriff 1871, b. 1821; m. 1851, Charlotte, dau. of William Stewart, M.D., of Lisburn. She d. 2 Feb. 1897. He d. 1891, had issue,

William Eaton, m. 1890, Sara, dau. of J. Watkins, and d. 1896, leaving issue,

1. Thomas Fulton, b. 9 Aug. 1894.
2. William Eaton, b. 24 May, 1896.
1. Charlotte Hannah, b. 14 Sept. 1891.
2. Sarah Frances, b. 2 Sept. 1892.

1. Anne Fulton, bapt. 29 July, 1811; m. William Grieg, of Derryvolgie, Lisburn, who d.s.p. 23 March, 1839.
2. Dorothea, d. young, 21 April, 1837.
3. Emily, bapt. 18 Jan. 1823; m. 26 Feb. 1851, Lieut.-Col. Charles William Thompson, 58th Regt., of Ballyherin, co. Donegal, who d. 30 Dec. 1881, leaving issue, (1) Charles, d. May, 1861. (2) Evelyn, d. 18 March, 1868. (1) Amy, m. 4 Aug. 1874, Hon. Walter C. Pepys, son of the Earl of Cottenham, and has issue (see BURKE'S Peerage).
4. Elizabeth, d. 7 April, 1835.

source: Burke, Bernard and Ashworth Peter Burke. A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry of Ireland. London, UK: Harrison and Sons, 1904.

Caldbeck, William Eaton Esq. (I1)

465

William Eaton, of Lisburn, High Sheriff co. Dublin 1844, bapt. Aug. 1815; d. 21 Sept. 1855.

source: Burke, Bernard and Ashworth Peter Burke. A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry of Ireland. London, UK: Harrison and Sons, 1904.

Caldbeck, William Eaton (I4)

466

William Foster, b. 18 Oct. 1777; m. in 1803, Mary, dau. of Major-General Helden, and d. in 1838, having had issue (see BURKE'S Landed Gentry).

source: Burke, Bernard and Ashworth Peter Burke. A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Peerage and Baronetage, the Privy Council, Knightage and Companionage. London, UK: Harrison and Sons, 1910.

McClintock, William Foster (I51)

467

WILLIAM MCCLINTOCK, 2nd son of Alexander McClintock, of Trintagh, by Agnes Stenson Maclean, his wife, dau. of Donald Maclean (see BURKE'S Peerage, RATHDONNELL, B.), b. 1657, m. 1685, Elizabeth, only dau. of David Harvey, of Dunmore, co. Donegal, and had issue,

1. JOHN, who s. him in the estate of Dunmore.
1. Mary, m. William Harvey, of Killea, co. Donegal.
2. Elizabeth, m. Nanthaniel Alexander, of Caledon, co. Tyrone, whose son was created Earl of CALEDON (see BURKE'S Peerage).
3. Margaret, m. Dominick McCausland, of Daisy Hill, co. Derry.
4. Jane, m. John Harvey.

source: Bernard Burke, Bernard and Ashworth Peter Burke, A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry of Ireland, 9th Edition. London, UK: Harrison and Sons, 1899.

McClintock, William (I4)

468

WILLIAM McCurdy, the third son of Petheric, would find place for a birth-date about 1673. It is said that he died unmarried. Several records omit the names of both William and David as sons of Petheric; being confused with Petheric’s brothers of the same names and coincidentally in the same order.

source: Blanchard, Henry Percy. The Ancestral McCurdys: Their Origin and Remote History. London, UK: Covenant Publishing Company, Covenant Publishing Company, 1930.

McCurdy, William (I8)

469

WILLIAM McCURDY, “the Refugee,” the third of the brothers, was born about 1644. He is known to have died unmarried.

source: Blanchard, Henry Percy. The Ancestral McCurdys: Their Origin and Remote History. London, UK: Covenant Publishing Company, Covenant Publishing Company, 1930.

McCurdy, William (I59)

470

William Speer Buchanan, died s.p., aged twenty-two

source: Smith, John Guthrie. Strathendrick and its Inhabitants from Early Times: An Account of the Parishes of Fintry, Balfron, Killearn, Drymen, Buchanan, and Kilmaronock. Glasgow, UK: James Maclehose and Sons, 1896.

Buchanan, William Speer (I131)

471

William was succeeded by his son Patrick, who in his turn was succeeded by Robert, the ancestor of the Pennsylvania stock centered in Meadville. Robert had two sons – Thomas, late a military celebrity in Cumberland county, Penn., and Alexander.

source: Buchanan, Arthur William Patrick. The Buchanan Book: The Life of Alexander Buchanan, Q.C., of Montreal, Followed by an Account of the Family of Buchanan. Montreal, Canada: privately printed, 1911.

Buchanan, Patrick (I127)

472

William, b. 1657; m. 1685, Elizabeth, dau. of David Harvey of Dunmore, co. Donegal, and d. 1724, having had issue (see BURKE'S Landed Gentry, MCCLINTOCK, of Dunmore).

source: Burke, Bernard and Ashworth Peter Burke. A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Peerage and Baronetage, the Privy Council, Knightage and Companionage. London, UK: Harrison and Sons, 1910.

McClintock, William (I4)

473

William, d.s.p. 1857.

source: Bernard Burke, Bernard and Ashworth Peter Burke, A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry of Ireland, 9th Edition. London, UK: Harrison and Sons, 1899.

Buchanan, William Blacker (I41)

474

William, J.P. and D.L., High Sheriff, of Moyle Park, d. unm. leaving the property to his cousin, WILLIAM CALDBECK ROPER-CALDBECK, now of Moyle Park.

source: Burke, Bernard and Ashworth Peter Burke. A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry of Ireland. London, UK: Harrison and Sons, 1904.

Caldbeck, William (I23)

475

William, m. Francelina, 3rd dau. of James Nesbitt, of Green Hills, and had John, who m. Grace, dau. of Rev. Ralph Mansfield, A.M. of Castle Wray, co. Donegal (see BURKE'S Landed Gentry).

source: Burke, Bernard and Ashworth Peter Burke. A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Peerage and Baronetage, the Privy Council, Knightage and Companionage. London, UK: Harrison and Sons, 1910.

McClintock, William (I39)

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