DODGE COUNTY, GA - Obits    Buchan, J.M.  Dr.

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DODGE COUNTY
NEWSPAPER CLIPPINGS
Volume II.,
1893 - 1907
By: Tad Evans
*used with permission of author* 

See Pages 599 { for date} and 600 for Obituary.
 
Friday, June 15, 1894
 DR. J. M. BUCHAN
After A Long Illness He Passes Over The Silent River.

What man, woman or child is there in Dodge County---what
man is there in any of our surrounding counties who fails
to recognize the above noble face' ( Note:  A picture of
Dr, Buchan accompanied the article.)  And , gazing upon it,
what person is there who cannot say that there is a face
that belonged to one of the best, noblest men who ever
breathed the pure fresh air of Heaven?

When it was announced some two months since that Dr. Buchan
had been stricken with paralysis, a gloom was cast over the
entire town and country and hundreds of deeply sympathetic
friends flocked to his home.  The best of medical skill was
obtained and everything possible done for his relief,
though it was known from the first that he could not
possibly survive the shock.

Death came Friday morning last at 7:00 o'clock.  The
funeral was preached at the Christian church ( of which Dr.
Buchan was a leading member ) by Rev. Mr. Thomas, of
Atlanta, at 10 o'clock Saturday morning, after which the
remains were taken charge of by the masons, and followed by
a large concourse of people in carriages and on foot--every
business house in town being closed --- were carried to the
cemetery and interred with masonic honors.

Dr. Buchan introduced the bill in the legislature giving
the county the name of Dodge, therefore he was the father
of Dodge County, and a dear good father he was too, for to
know him was only to love him.

We are in a position to deeply sympathize with the bereaved
wife, children, relatives and friends, for the death of Dr.
J. M. Buchan our senior feels that he lost one of his
dearest earthly friends.

   Peace be unto his ashes.