08/16/1828 - Born, Harrodsburg, Mercer Co., KY
Father: William Buchanan (1805-1830)
Mother: Phoebe Ann McCoun (1807-1829)
1829 - Mother, Phoebe, died in KY
1830 - Father, William, died in KY
1834 or 1836 - Brought to MO by maternal grandparents, Mr. & Mrs. James T. McCoun
1848-1850 - Attended Masonic College, Lexington, MO
08/08/1850 - Lived with the family of James L. McCoun, Ray Co., MO (indexed in the 1850 U. S. Census as George Buchanan)
1850-1852 - Attended, Centre College, Danville, KY
1852 - Graduated with honors, Centre College, Danville, KY
10/00/1852 - "A delegation of citizens was elected to represent the county, and present its claims for the location of this institution of learning [Presbyterian Church of Missouri College], at Richmond, to the Presbyterian synod of Missouri, that was to meet at Fulton, Callaway County, Missouri on Tuesday October 12, 1852. The delegation consisted of George W. Buchanan . . . . "
1853-1854 - Attended, Medical College of Ohio, Cincinnati, OH
1854-1855 - Attended, Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, PA
1855 - M.D. degree, Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, PA (from: Richmond, Ray Co., MO; preceptors: Dr. Chase & Dr. Henry C. Garner; thesis: "The Physician's Live")
05/09/1855 - Married, Emily Rawlings Terry (~1838VA-) in Ray Co., MO
1856 - Elected as a ruling elder, Presbyterian Church, Richmond, Ray Co., MO
1859 - Practiced medicine with Dr. Henry C. Garner, Ray Co., MO
1860-1861 - Practiced medicine with Dr. J. M. Allen
09/10/1860 - Practiced medicine, Richmond, Ray Co., MO (lived with wife, Emily)
09/29/1860 - Some of the original trustees of the Richmond College having resigned, the following Board of Trustees were elected, and classed as required in the charter….third class…Geo. W. Buchanan."
~1861 - Birth of son, William Terry "Willie" Buchanan (~1861- )
1861-1862 - "Served during 1861 and 1862 as Surgeon-in-Chief of Hospital at Lexington, [MO] under General Sterling Price.
1862 - Resumed his medical practice, Richmond, Ray Co., MO
06/16/1864 - Practiced medicine, Central City, Clear Creek Co., CO [Note: It is likely that Dr. Buchanan moved with his family to Colorado for his wife's health.]
00/00/1869 - Wife, Emily, died in Georgetown, Clear Creek Co., CO
12/07/1869 - Trustee, Colorado Department of the Life Association of America
09/09/1870 - Practiced medicine, Georgetown, Clear Creek Co., CO (lived with 9.y.o. son, William; indexed in the 1870 U. S. Census as George Buchanan)
11/05/1872 - Married, Henrietta Rives Watkins (1848MO-1934), Richmond, Ray Co., MO
1874 - Practiced medicine, Richmond, Ray Co., MO
06/01/1878 - "Dr. G. W. Buchanan, wife, and child" were seriously injured when "a cyclone coming from the southwest, struck the city [Richmond, MO], passing through in a northeast direction. Its path was about three hundred yards wide, and in this space for about a half mile, through the most thickly built portion of the town, the destruction of property was complete, and the injury to persons terrible and heart-rending. (Lexington Weekly Intelligencer, June 8, 1878, p. 1, c. 6 & 7.) [Note: Seventeen people were killed by this tornado and many more seriously injured. The two-story frame residence of Dr. Buchanan was completely destroyed.]
04/12/1880 - Elected as a Trustee, Knights of Honor, Ray Co., MO
06/04/1880 - Practiced medicine, Richmond, Ray Co., MO (lived with wife, Nettie, and three sons; indexed in the 1880 U. S. Census as George Buchanan)
07/17/1880 - Temporary Chairman, Democratic County Convention, Ray Co., MO
03/22/1883 - Shared medical practice with Dr. Warner Holt, Richmond, Ray Co., MO
12/11/1884 - "G.W. Buchanan, M.D., Office over Savings Bank. Residence corner South and Shaw sts." (Professional advertisement, Richmond Democrat, Richmond, Ray Co., MO, Dec. 11, 1884, p. 2. c. 4.)
1886 - Practiced medicine, Richmond, Ray Co., MO
06/03/1887 - Gave the keynote address to the Richmond Temperance Council, at the Opera House, Richmond, Ray Co., MO
09/02/1887 - "Dr. G. W. Buchanan has moved his office up-stairs over the Hughes bank." (Richmond Democrat, Richmond, Ray Co., MO, Sept. 2, 1887, p. 3. c. 2.)
- Member, Beta Theta Pi fraternity
03/14/1899 - Died of uremic poisoning, 2918 Washington Ave, St. Louis, MO (buried: Watkins Cemetery, Richmond, Ray Co., MO; FindAGrave #72937179)
06/02/1900 - Widow, Henrietta, lived in Richmond, Ray Co., MO (lived with 4 sons; indexed in the 1900 U. S. Census as Henrietta R. Buchanan)
01/22/1914 - Widow, Henrietta, married Harrie Philip Woodson, Richmond, Ray Co, MO
07/24/1934 - Widow, Henrietta, died in Richmond, Ray Co., MO (buried: Watkins Cemetery, Richmond, Ray Co., MO; FindAGrave #72579219) [Note: Henrietta's gravestone read "Henrietta Rives Buchanan", not Woodson. Harrie P. Woodson is buried in Richmond Cemetery, Richmond, Ray Co., MO; FindAGrave #18188297]

Ray Nichols and Michael Angelo provided input to this biography.

This biographical sketch is from:
Hambrecht, F. T. & Koste, J. L., Biographical
register of physicians who served the
Confederacy in a medical capacity.
07/09/2022. Unpublished database.