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THOMAS A. BUCHANAN, M. D.
Vol. 3, p. 1089
Book has photo

Prominent in his profession at Oklahoma City, Doctor BUCHANAN
located there in 1908, and has enjoyed the success of a rapidly
growing practice, with increasing prestige as a skilful surgeon.
Aside from his profession he is interested in educational matters,
was himself a teacher before entering his chosen field of work, and
has been a very useful member of the Oklahoma City Board of Education.

Of Scotch-Irish stock, Thomas A. BUCHANAN was born on a farm in
Leavenworth County, Kansas, in 1876. His parents, who are now living
in Kansas City, are Thomas and Margaret (COGAN) Buchanan, his father
a native of Ireland and his mother of Cincinnati, Ohio. When a small
boy his father came to America with his parents, lived in New York
City some years, and in 1857 became a pioneer of Kansas, where he had
a very successful career as a farmer, and though now in his seventy-
ninth year looks after his extensive agricultural interests with all
the vigor of younger years.

Doctor BUCHANAN counts it his good fortune to have been reared on a
farm, and the experiences and associations of country life are
closely interwoven in his character. His first schooling was in the
country districts of Leavenworth County, and his home was on the farm
until twenty-one. In the intervals of farm work he secured a good
education in the State Normal at Emporia, and for three years taught
in his home county. Entering the medical department of the University
of Illinois at Chicago, he was graduated M. D. in the class of 1903,
and soon afterward came to Oklahoma City and began practice. A keen
student, he keeps himself abreast of the times by his professional
associations, and in 1909 attended the Post-Graduate School of
Medicine in Chicago and in 1914 was in the Post-Graduate School of
New York City. While engaged in general practice, he has been very
successful in surgery, and is the local surgeon for the Santa Fe
Railroad Company, and the medical examiner for several life insurance
companies. He has membership in the county and state medical
societies, and the Southwestern and American Medical associations.

Doctor BUCHANAN was elected a member of the board of education in
his home city in 1909 and was re-elected each succeeding term until
the pressure of his profession obliged him to decline the honor in
1915. He is a charter member of Oklahoma City Council No. 1038,
Knights of Columbus, and belongs to the Phi Beta Pi college
fraternity. He is a trustee of the St. Joseph's Cathedral of the
Catholic Church at Oklahoma City. In 1905 Doctor Buchanan married
Miss Winifred BROWN, daughter of a prominent Illinois lawyer, Quit
BROWN, formerly of Pittsfield, and now of Denver, Colorado. Doctor
BUCHANAN'S residence is at 426 West Tenth Street, and his offices in
the Lee Building.

Typed for OKGenWeb by: Donald E. Conley, 6 November 1998.