Miriam Adlum Bucher ^{1 2 3 4 5 6 7}

  Noted events in her life were:

1. Issue: her only child was a daughter. ²

2. She has conflicting birth information of Abt 1876 and Lewisburg, Union, PA. ³

3. Census in 1880 in Lewisburg, Union, PA. ⁴ Joseph C. Bucher, judge of court of common pleas, 44, was living with wife Mary E., 41; John W., 12; Casper Bucher, 8; Abbot Bucher, 4; Miriam A. Bucher, 1. also with them are three servants: Mary Weaver, 26; Jane E. Price, 16; and John Wilson, 19. Everyone and their parents are born in Pennsylvania.

4. Census in 1900 in Lewisburg, Union, PA. ⁵ Owning the home at 222 Market St. was Joseph C. Bucher, lawyer, 64, born Jan 1836, who was living with wife Mary E., 38, born Oct 1843. They had been married 38 years and she had birthed 6 children, 4 still living in 1900. With them: John W., teller in bank, 32, Jun 1867, single; Casper J. Bucher, law student, 28, Mar 1872, single; Abbot G., 24, Mar 1876, single; and Miriam A. Bucher, 21, Feb 1879, single. Also with them are three servants. Everyone and their parents were born in Pennsylvania, except Joseph was born in Maryland.

5. Obituary: The Daily Item: Mrs. Chamberlin, Milton, Aunt Of Mrs. W. Scranton on 26 Jan 1965 in Sunbury, Northumberland, PA. ⁶ Miriam Bucher Chamberlin, 85, of 615 Broadway, Milton, Pennsylvania, widow of prominent Milton attorney Harry W. Chamberlin, and aunt of Pennsylvania Governor William W. Scranton's wife, died at approximately 8 a.m. today at Evangelical Community Hospital, Lewisburg. She had been hospitalized for several days but had been in declining health for some time.
Born in Lewisburg on February 24, 1879, Mrs. Chamberlin was the daughter of the late Joseph C. and Mary Walls Bucher. She was the last surviving member of her immediate family. Her daughter, Mary Walls Chamberlin, predeceased her in April 1964.
A devoted member of the First Presbyterian Church of Milton, Mrs. Chamberlin attended Lewisburg High School and Bucknell University. She resided in Milton for her entire married life. Her husband, Attorney Chamberlin, died in November 1934 as a result of an automobile accident.
She is survived by a nephew, Abbot G. Bucher; a cousin, Attorney Merrill W. Linn, both of Lewisburg; and a niece, Anna Bucher Watson, wife of General Watson, of Hawaii.
Services will be held Friday 2 p.m. at the John H. Shaw Funeral Home, Milton. The Reverend Philip R. Jones of the Milton Presbyterian Church will officiate. Interment will be in the family plot at Milton Cemetery. There will be no visitation.

Miriam married Harry Watson Chamberlin, son of William B. Chamberlain and Margaret Sanderson Lawson, on 29 Oct 1903 in Lewisburg, Union, Pennsylvania, United States.¹ (Harry Watson Chamberlin was born on 29 Aug 1872 in Milton, Northumberland, PA,^{1 9} died on 23 Nov 1934 in Harrisburg, Dauphin, PA ⁹ and was buried in Milton, Northumberland, PA ⁹.)