A Cyclopaedia of Female Biography/Davidson, Margaret Miller
DAVIDSON, MARGARET MILLER,
Sister of Lucretia, was also the daughter of Dr. Davidson, of Plattsburg, New York. She was born in 1823, and though her health was always extremely delicate, she early devoted herself to study and literary pursuits. In 1838, her father removed to Saratoga, where she died on the 25th. of November of the same year, in her sixteenth year. She was distinguished, as well as her sister, for remarkable precocity of genius, and her poems would he creditable to much more experienced writers. In personal appearance and character she was lovely and estimable. The particular bias of her mind towards poetry was, probably, induced, certainly fostered, by the example of her sister. Margaret was but two years old when Lucretia died, yet the sad event was never effaced from her mind. This impression was deepened as she grew older and listened to the story of her lovely and gifted sister, who had been a star of hope in her humble home. Often, when Mrs. Davidson, the mother, was relating what Lucretia had said and done, little Margaret would exclaim, "Oh, I Mill try to fill her place; teach me to be like her!" And she was like her, both in the precocity of her genius and in her early death.