OBIT: Alexander BUCHANAN, 1900, Duncansville, Blair County, PA

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HOLLIDAYSBURG HAPPENINGS.

  Alexander Buchanan, the representative of a well known Blair county 
family, numbered among the first settlers of the Juniata valley, died 
at his home in Duncansville yesterday morning at 7 o'clock, of dropsy.  
Mr. Buchanan was born in Hollidaysburg, on June 30, 1812.  His wife 
preceded him to the grave November 14, 1883.  He leaves no children.  A 
sister, Mrs. Morrow, resides in Tyrone township.  The deceased was a 
member of the first Presbyterian church of Hollidaysburg and was a man 
of unswerving integrity and honorable dealings.  The funeral services 
will be held on Saturday afternoon at 1 o'clock, at his late home.  
Interment will be made in the Presbyterian cemetery.

Morning Tribune, Friday, February 23, 1900