Otis R. Buchanan, one of the young and enterprising business men of Troy, where he is the proprietor of a flourishing shoe business, was born near Covington, Miami county, Ohio, in 1896, a son of O.F. Buchanan, a well-known agriculturist of that vicinity. The Buchanans were very prominent during the pioneer history of this community, and were among the very first to settle in the locality of Covington. The graded and high schools of Covington furnished Otis R. Buchanan with his educational training, this being supplemented by a commercial course in a business college at Piqua, and when he left school he became a salesman in Worley's Department Store at Covington. From that position he went to a clerkship in the Stillwater Valley Bank and then to the Citizens National Bank, at Covington, where he was situated when called into the United States Army, May 28, 1918. Assigned to the Depot Brigade, at Camp Taylor, he became first sergeant and held that rank until receiving his honorable discharge. Upon his return from military service, Mr. Buchanan became a clerk for E. Kahn, of Piqua, but in August, 1919, resigned his position and came to Troy, where he opened his present shoe establishment at No. 4 West Main street. Here he has been successful in building up a large and profitable patronage and in establishing a reputation as a sound and reliable merchant. He interests himself in all that pertains to the welfare of the community, and is a valued member of Miami County Council of the American Legion.