The subject of this sketch, Mrs. Margaret Bowman Buchanan, was born in Frankfort, Somerset county (should have read Frankford, Sussex County), N. J., January 21st 1835, and when a very young girl came with her father's family to Bradford county, and settled at Aspinwall Corners, where her girlhood days were spent. In 1856 she was married to A. Buchanan, and their married life was one of unbroken happiness. They settled afterward on a farm in Columbia township. The duty lying nearest her was to make a pleasant and happy home for her family, and that duty she faithfully performed, and after performing that duty the remainder of her time was spent in the good of the community in which she resided. She was a consecrated and christian worker in the M. E. church for over thirty years, was also an active member of the Women's Christian Union. She possessed the graces of person and manner that win admiration. She was kind hearted, neighborly, and a valued member of the community in which she resided, and there are many who have been the recipient of her kindness, and "who rise up and call her blessed," and the expression is heard of every side, "oh how we shall miss her." Being in delicate health, they left their farm several years ago, and settled in Austinville. On Thursday, January 16th the children happened to be all home, and little thought as they gathered around the family board, each so happy, (and the fond mother appearing usually well) it was the last family gathering, but such was the affair. In the afternoon she attended a W.C.T.U. meeting held at Mrs. A. M. Cornell's, about one mile distant. After taking part in the meeting, she was conversing with Mr. Cornell, when she suffered a stroke of apoplexy and died about 12 o'clock the same night. Although the call was sudden, she was found "watching." The funeral was conducted on Sunday afternoon by the Rev. Geo. E. Hutchings, from the Union chuch in Austinville, and was largely attended. The members of the W.C.T.U. were present in a body, all wearing the white ribbon. She is survived by a kind and affectionate husband, one daughter, Mrs. Clinton Wolfe of Columbia, and three sons, Irvin of Columbia, Andrew of Avoca, N.Y., and one adopted son, Leeman, to whom she was a tender and loving mother; two sisters, Mrs. L. W. Budd of Columbia, Mrs, Sarah Swayze, of Troy; two brothers Francis and Walter of Chemung, N.Y., and a large circle of ardent friends. She was tenderly laid to rest in the cemetery at Aspinwall Corners, beside other friends who have passed on before (The Troy Register, Troy, Pennsylvania, Saturday, January 25, 1896).