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Sarah Alice “Sadie” Laybourne Buchanan

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Birth	:	1857 Minto, Wellington County, Ontario, Canada
Death	:	12 Apr 1911 Gig Harbor, Pierce County, Washington, USA
Burial	:	Tacoma Cemetery, Tacoma, Pierce County, USA
Coordinate	:	47.2118988, -122.4766998
Plot	:	SEC 3 L-B-S-5-C-3 GRV-1S
Inscription	:	MOTHER SADIE BUCHANAN 1862 - 1911
Description	:	Sadie Laybourne-Hannah-McCoy-Buchanan's Story: Sarah "Sadie" Alice Laybourne married Robert Hannah in 1876, in Ontario. Robert farmed for a while with the rest of the family, but soon they took over running a hotel in Manitowaning, Ontario. Sarah was 19 years old at the time and had her first child, William Francis, when she was 20 and her second child a year later, Edward John, who died shortly after birth when she was 21. Robert John, her third child, was born the following year. Robert Hannah, the son of Francis (b 181 6 in Ireland) and Catherine (Virtue) (b.1824 in... Read More	Sadie Laybourne-Hannah-McCoy-Buchanan's Story: Sarah "Sadie" Alice Laybourne married Robert Hannah in 1876, in Ontario. Robert farmed for a while with the rest of the family, but soon they took over running a hotel in Manitowaning, Ontario. Sarah was 19 years old at the time and had her first child, William Francis, when she was 20 and her second child a year later, Edward John, who died shortly after birth when she was 21. Robert John, her third child, was born the following year. Robert Hannah, the son of Francis (b 181 6 in Ireland) and Catherine (Virtue) (b.1824 in Scotland) Hannah, was born in 1853 at ManversTownship, Durham County, 0ntario Canada. Sadie's husband, Robert Hannah, died of pneumonia the following year, 1879, (age 26) when she was 22, and she was left with her two small sons. His headstone reads: A faithful friend a husband dear A tender parent, lieth here Great is the loss we here sustain But hope in heaven to meet again Sadie then married Frank McCoy in 1886 in Sault Saint Marie, Michigan. They had two sons, Albert and Roy McCoy. Sadie and Frank soon divorced. About 1890, Sadie arrived in Tacoma Washington, with her children. Sadie is found in the 1900 Tacoma Census as running a hotel. In 1901, Sadie married James C. Buchanan and had one more son, James Derry Buchanan. Together James and Sadie invested in Puget Sound Lumber Co. in Tacoma, which became very successful. Though they likely had a home in Tacoma, they also acquired waterfront land on a newly opened Indian reserve at Gig Harbor, Washington, across the channel from Tacoma. From the time they first built on the Gig Harbor property, they had an ongoing and fierce fight over boundary lines with a squatter on the next lot. On April 12, 1911, the battle with the neighbor over property lines came to a head on the beach. The neighbor, Roy Moorhead, was in yet another verbal confrontation with Sadie and murdered her. Her young son, James Buchanan, who was five years old, and Roy Moorhead's young sons all witnessed the event. A long sensationalized trial followed ending in the conviction and sentencing of 5-15 years for Roy Moorhead. He was paroled three years later, convicted of yet another drowning of a man over money and in 1914 committed suicide in a Seattle jail while awaiting trial for that murder.

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Sarah Alice “Sadie” Laybourne Buchanan's memorial is located at: Tacoma Cemetery, Tacoma, Pierce County, USA.
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Sarah Alice “Sadie” Laybourne Buchanan death on 12 Apr 1911 in Gig Harbor, Pierce County, Washington, USA
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Latitude: 47.2118988
Longitude: -122.4766998

Family Members:

Parent

Alice Pettigrew Laybourne

(1829 - 1905)

Spouse

James Buchanan

(1873 - 1928)

Siblings

Henry Laybourne

(1850 - 1942)

Children

Pvt Earl Albert “Kid” McCoy

(1886 - 1945)

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