Eugenia (Jean) Buchanan married the Rev. John Chrisman Hawk August 9, 1905. The young couple were dispatched almost immediately to China as Methodist missionaries. They served in that capacity until WWIi when they were interned in a Japanese POW camp. They were released and returned home to Glade Springs, Va in 1943 but Dr Hawk was in poor health from the years of incarceration and died in 1946. Jean remained active in the church until her death in1972. The couple are buried at Emory and Henry University graveyard in Emory, Virginia.
Daughter Mary Ellen Saunders wrote an account of their mission years. Unfinished Business in China.
Source: Saunders, Mary Ellen. Unfinshed Business in China. 1971. Pan Pacific Center.
Source: S33 Title: Ancestry Family Trees Publication: Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.; Repository: #R1
Source: S-1503598819 Repository: #R-1677124267 Title: 1900 United States Federal Census Author: Ancestry.com Publication: Ancestry.com Operations Inc APID: 1,7602::0
Repository: R-1677124267 Name: Ancestry.com
Source: S-1503598971 Repository: #R-1677124267 Title: U.S. Passport Applications, 1795-1925 Author: Ancestry.com Publication: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc. APID: 1,1174::0
Source: S-1503599264 Repository: #R-1677124267 Title: Border Crossings: From Canada to U.S., 1895-1954 Author: Ancestry.com Publication: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc. APID: 1,1075::0
Source: S-1503599471 Repository: #R-1677124267 Title: 1920 United States Federal Census Author: Ancestry.com Publication: Ancestry.com Operations Inc APID: 1,6061::0
Source: S-1503600082 Repository: #R-1677124267 Title: Social Security Death Index Author: Ancestry.com Publication: Ancestry.com Operations Inc APID: 1,3693::0
Source: family tree dated 1928. Information from Jean Keys Buchanan, duaghter of Andrew Edmondson and Harriet Craig Edmondson Buchanan, Grand-daughter of William Buchanan, great-granddaughter of MAtthew Buchanan, great-great granddaughter of Andrew Buchanan and great-great-great granddaughter of Samuel Buchanan who emigrated to America in 1702 settling in Chester Co PA. Transcribed by Rachel Good Buchanan.
<li id="_note-1">[[#_ref-1|↑]] Source: [[#S-1503599471]] Page: Year: 1920; Census Place: Saltville, Washington, Virginia; Roll: T625_1917; Page: 7B; Enumeration District: 165; Image: 1201 APID: 1,6061::59101614</li>
<li id="_note-2">[[#_ref-2|↑]] Source: [[#S-1503599264]] Page: National Archives and Records Administration; Washington, D.C.; Manifests of Passengers Arriving in the St. Albans, Vermont, District through Canadian Pacific Ports, 1929-1949; National Archives Microfilm Publication: M1465; Record Group Title: Records of APID: 1,1075::1986317</li>
<li id="_note-3">[[#_ref-3|↑]] Source: [[#S-1503598971]] Page: National Archives and Records Administration (NARA); Washington D.C.; Emergency Passport Applications, Argentina thru Venezuela, 1906-1925; Collection Number: ARC Identifier 1244183 / MLR Number A1 544; Box #: 4477; Volume #: 2 APID: 1,1174::2092600</li>
<li id="_note-4">[[#_ref-4|↑]] Source: [[#S-1503598819]] Page: Year: 1900; Census Place: Bristol Ward 1, Bristol City, Virginia; Roll: 1733; Page: 22A; Enumeration District: 0144; FHL microfilm: 1241733 APID: 1,7602::72602351</li>
<li id="_note-5">[[#_ref-5|↑]] Source: [[#S-1503600082]] Page: Number: 410-74-5849; Issue State: Tennessee; Issue Date: 1962 APID: 1,3693::26292066</li>
<li id="_note-6">[[#_ref-6|↑]] Source: [[#S-1503599471]] Page: Year: 1920; Census Place: Saltville, Washington, Virginia; Roll: T625_1917; Page: 7B; Enumeration District: 165; Image: 1201 APID: 1,6061::59101614</li>
<li id="_note-7">[[#_ref-7|↑]] Source: [[#S-1503599264]] Page: National Archives and Records Administration; Washington, D.C.; Manifests of Passengers Arriving in the St. Albans, Vermont, District through Canadian Pacific Ports, 1929-1949; National Archives Microfilm Publication: M1465; Record Group Title: Records of APID: 1,1075::1986317</li>
<li id="_note-8">[[#_ref-8|↑]] Source: [[#S-1503598971]] Page: National Archives and Records Administration (NARA); Washington D.C.; Emergency Passport Applications, Argentina thru Venezuela, 1906-1925; Collection Number: ARC Identifier 1244183 / MLR Number A1 544; Box #: 4477; Volume #: 2 APID: 1,1174::2092600</li>
<li id="_note-9">[[#_ref-9|↑]] Source: [[#S-1503598819]] Page: Year: 1900; Census Place: Bristol Ward 1, Bristol City, Virginia; Roll: 1733; Page: 22A; Enumeration District: 0144; FHL microfilm: 1241733 APID: 1,7602::72602351</li>
<li id="_note-10">[[#_ref-10|↑]] Source: [[#S-1503600082]] Page: Number: 410-74-5849; Issue State: Tennessee; Issue Date: 1962 APID: 1,3693::26292066</li>
<li id="_note-11">[[#_ref-11|↑]] Source: [[#S-1503599471]] Page: Year: 1920; Census Place: Saltville, Washington, Virginia; Roll: T625_1917; Page: 7B; Enumeration District: 165; Image: 1201 APID: 1,6061::59101614</li>
<li id="_note-12">[[#_ref-12|↑]] Source: [[#S-1503598819]] Page: Year: 1900; Census Place: Bristol Ward 1, Bristol City, Virginia; Roll: 1733; Page: 22A; Enumeration District: 0144; FHL microfilm: 1241733 APID: 1,7602::72602351</li>
<li id="_note-13">[[#_ref-13|↑]] Source: [[#S-1503598971]] Page: National Archives and Records Administration (NARA); Washington D.C.; Emergency Passport Applications, Argentina thru Venezuela, 1906-1925; Collection Number: ARC Identifier 1244183 / MLR Number A1 544; Box #: 4477; Volume #: 2 APID: 1,1174::2092600</li>
<li id="_note-14">[[#_ref-14|↑]] Source: [[#S-1503598971]] Page: National Archives and Records Administration (NARA); Washington D.C.; Emergency Passport Applications, Argentina thru Venezuela, 1906-1925; Collection Number: ARC Identifier 1244183 / MLR Number A1 544; Box #: 4477; Volume #: 2 APID: 1,1174::2092600</li>
<li id="_note-15">[[#_ref-15|↑]] Source: [[#S-1503598971]] Page: National Archives and Records Administration (NARA); Washington D.C.; Emergency Passport Applications, Argentina thru Venezuela, 1906-1925; Collection Number: ARC Identifier 1244183 / MLR Number A1 544; Box #: 4477; Volume #: 2 APID: 1,1174::2092600</li>
<li id="_note-16">[[#_ref-16|↑]] Source: [[#S-1503598971]] Page: National Archives and Records Administration (NARA); Washington D.C.; Emergency Passport Applications, Argentina thru Venezuela, 1906-1925; Collection Number: ARC Identifier 1244183 / MLR Number A1 544; Box #: 4477; Volume #: 2 APID: 1,1174::2092600</li>
<li id="_note-17">[[#_ref-17|↑]] Source: [[#S-1503599264]] Page: National Archives and Records Administration; Washington, D.C.; Manifests of Passengers Arriving in the St. Albans, Vermont, District through Canadian Pacific Ports, 1929-1949; National Archives Microfilm Publication: M1465; Record Group Title: Records of APID: 1,1075::1986317</li>
<li id="_note-18">[[#_ref-18|↑]] Source: [[#S-1503599264]] Page: National Archives and Records Administration; Washington, D.C.; Manifests of Passengers Arriving in the St. Albans, Vermont, District through Canadian Pacific Ports, 1929-1949; National Archives Microfilm Publication: M1465; Record Group Title: Records of APID: 1,1075::1986317</li>
<li id="_note-19">[[#_ref-19|↑]] Source: [[#S-1503598819]] Page: Year: 1900; Census Place: Saltville, Washington, Virginia; Roll: 1731; Page: 23A; Enumeration District: 0122; FHL microfilm: 1241731 APID: 1,7602::72535782</li></ol></ref>
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