William E Buchanan

William E was born on November 27th, 1782 in Washington, virginia.¹   William E's father was John Buchanan and his mother was Jane Patterson.  His paternal grandparents were Samuel Buchanan and Martha McNutt. He had eight brothers and four sisters, named Thomas, Samuel, James, John, Matthew, Robert, Andrew, Alexander, Martha, Ann, Elizabeth and Nancy.  He was the fourth oldest of the thirteen children.  He died at the age of 40 on September 15th, 1823 in Washington, Virginia.¹