R. W. C. Buchanan was born in Montgomery county, Ohio, August 8, 1830; died at his home in Jackson township, Wood county (two miles east of Deshler) Tuesday morning, October 9, 1900, aged 70 years, 2 months and 1 day.

On Oct. 5, 1852, he was married in Shelby county, Ohio, to Miss Hannah Fish, with whom he had lived happy and contented until the hour of his death, and to whom eight children -- five girls and three boys -- were born, one boy and one girl having preceded their father to the Great Beyond. Mr. Buchanan had been spared to see a family of twenty-seven grandchildren and two great-grandchildren grow up about him, and to whom he was dearly attached.

Mr. Buchanan and family located in Wood county in 1867, where, by the hardships experienced by the early settlers in this locality, he succeeded in providing a comfortable home for himself and companions, and had prospered to such an extent that he and his worthy helpmate were permitted to spend their declining years in easy circumstances.

Mr. Buchanan enlisted to serve his country during the late rebellion and served in Co. K, 134th Ohio, until the close of the war, when he was honorably discharged.

The deceased was a charter member of Sycamore lodge, F. and A. M., of this city, and proved faithful to his obligations up to the hour of his death. We are told that he served five consecutive years as Worshipful Master in his lodge, performing his duties in a creditable, fearless, and satisfactory manner and was always at his post.

In 1878 he united with the Universalist church to which he clung until the last.

Bro. Buchanan had been in poor health for the past ten years, being unable to visit town very often, and had only been confined to his bed a few weeks prior to his death, which resulted from a complication of chronic diseases.

Besides his own immediate family, the deceased leaves one brother and three sisters to mourn his departure.

The funeral was held at the home Thursday afternoon, conducted by Rev. G. W. Foltz and Sycamore lodge, and his remains followed to Woodlawn cemetery by the largest funeral cortege seen in this vicinity, which is stronger than any language that we could pen of the esteem in which this man was held in the community. He was not only a good man but a popular man, loved and respected by all who knew him, and in his death the widow loses a kind and affectionate husband, the children a loving and indulgent father, the lodge a worthy brother, and the community an honored and respected citizen.

Among the relatives who came from abroad to attend the funeral were Mr. and Mrs. Sleeter, of Shelby county, sister of the deceased; Mrs. Miller, of Buffalo, N. Y., his niece; J. F. Applegate and wife, of Sidney; James Fish and wife, of Sidney; and Thomas Fish, of Troy; and Mrs. Daniel Dishong and daughter, of Toledo.