Life span: 05/30/1811 to 01/20/1895Dickinson Connection: Class of 1828TabsLife SummaryFull name: Edward Young BuchananPlace of Birth: Mercersburg, PABirth Date Certainty: EstimatedDeath Date Certainty: ExactGender: MaleRace: WhiteSectional choice: NorthOrigins: Free StateNo. of Siblings: 3No. of Spouses: 1No. of Children: 5Family: James Buchanan (father), Elizabeth Speer Buchanan (mother), Ann Elizabeth Foster (wife), James Buchanan (eldest brother), Stephen Foster (brother-in-law)Education: Dickinson (Carlisle College)OtherOther Education: Trinity College, CTOccupation: ClergyChurch or Religious Denomination: Episcopalian Note Cards Edward Young Buchanan (Dickinson Alumni Record) Reference*Buchanan, Edward Young - Born May 30, 1811, at Mercersburg, Pa. ; studied theology in Pittsburg, Pa., and at the general seminary of the Protestant Episcopal church in New York ; 1832, ordained deacon ; 1835, ordained priest ; rector at Meadville, Pa. ; rector in Lancaster county ; 1855-95, rector of Trinity church, Oxford, Philadelphia ; D. D., Trinity college, Connecticut. Published “History of Trinity Church, Oxford,” “Sermons,” &c. Died 1895.George Leffingwell Reed, ed., Alumni Record: Dickinson College (Carlisle, PA: Dickinson College, 1905), 82. Events Major TopicsDickinson College Documents Images Edward Young Buchanan Edward Young Buchanan, detail Bibliography
Edward Young Buchanan (Dickinson Alumni Record) Reference*Buchanan, Edward Young - Born May 30, 1811, at Mercersburg, Pa. ; studied theology in Pittsburg, Pa., and at the general seminary of the Protestant Episcopal church in New York ; 1832, ordained deacon ; 1835, ordained priest ; rector at Meadville, Pa. ; rector in Lancaster county ; 1855-95, rector of Trinity church, Oxford, Philadelphia ; D. D., Trinity college, Connecticut. Published “History of Trinity Church, Oxford,” “Sermons,” &c. Died 1895.George Leffingwell Reed, ed., Alumni Record: Dickinson College (Carlisle, PA: Dickinson College, 1905), 82.