Nobles County MN Archives Biographies.....Buchan, Edward F. 1858 - 
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Author: Arthur P. Rose (1908)

  EDWARD F. BUCHAN, of Worthington, is one of the oldest business men of that

city, having conducted a photograph gallery there for the past twenty-eight

years. He was born at Dover, Wis., June 11, 1858, the oldest son of Andrew and

Delia N. (Blandin) Buchan, whose sketch appears elsewhere in this volume. His

early boyhood days were spent in the county of his birth and in Houston county,

Minn., where his parents moved in the spring of 1865. Edward started his

schooling in Houston county and finished his education in the grammar school at

Worthington. From 1872 to 1879 he lived with his parents on the homestead near

Worthington and endured all the trials incident to the grasshopper period.



  In 1879 Mr. Buchan went to St. Paul and during that winter learned the

photographer's trade. Returning to Worthington, he opened a gallery on April 20,

1880, in a building where the postoffice now is, a business in which he has been

  engaged ever since.



  Mr. Buchan was married at Worthington May 14, 1882, to Miss Emma L. Mott,

daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Mott, who were pioneer residents of the county.

Mrs. Buchan was born at Dowagiac, Mich., May 14, 1859, and died at Worthington

November 2, 1902. Two children were born to this union-Hale, who died March 8,

1884, aged seven months, and Verna V., born June 29, 1895.



  Mr. Buchan has been a member of the Presbyterian church of Worthington since

March 24, 1874, and has always been an active member, taking a prominent part in

church work. He was elected elder of the church in April, 1886, to succeed his

father, and has held the office ever since, during which time he has held

various other offices in the church and the Sunday school. Ever since the St.

John campaign of 1884 he has been identified with the prohibition cause, and is

one of the prominent members of that party in Nobles county, and has taken a

very active part in the campaign against the liquor traffic.



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AN ILLUSTRATED HISTORY OF NOBLES COUNTY

MINNESOTA

BY

ARTHUR P. ROSE



NORTHERN HISTORY PUBLISHING COMPANY 



WORTHINGTON, MINNESOTA 

PUBLISHERS

1908

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