Born 4 February 1874 in Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland. Son of Alexander Buchanan and Margaret McCreadie. Set apart as missionary in British Mission, 14 July 1899. Returned from mission 8 June 1902. Married Rose Bowers, 11 September 1907; four children. Died 6 January 1953 in Salt Lake City.[1]
[1] Alexander Buchanan Jr. entry, no. 563, Missionary Department, Missionary Registers, 1860–1959, Book C, 103, Church History Library, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Salt Lake City; “Ex-Newsman, City Employe Succumbs at S. L. Hospital,” Salt Lake Tribune, 7 Jan. 1953, 14; 1920 U.S. Census, Precinct 37, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake Co., UT, enumeration dist. 115, 12B.