{"id":395,"date":"2020-04-18T14:52:21","date_gmt":"2020-04-18T14:52:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/redbankvhs.org\/?p=395"},"modified":"2020-04-21T18:35:56","modified_gmt":"2020-04-21T18:35:56","slug":"margaret-aaron","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/redbankvhs.org\/margaret-aaron\/","title":{"rendered":"Margaret Aaron"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);background-position: center center;background-repeat: no-repeat;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;margin-bottom: 0px;margin-top: 0px;border-width: 0px 0px 0px 0px;border-color:#e2e2e2;border-style:solid;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-one-full fusion-column-first fusion-column-last\" style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:20px;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\" style=\"background-position:left top;background-repeat:no-repeat;-webkit-background-size:cover;-moz-background-size:cover;-o-background-size:cover;background-size:cover;padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px;\"><style type=\"text\/css\"><\/style><div class=\"fusion-title title fusion-title-1 fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-one\" style=\"margin-top:10px;margin-bottom:15px;\"><h1 class=\"title-heading-left\" style=\"margin:0;\">Margaret Aaron<\/h1><div class=\"title-sep-container\"><div class=\"title-sep sep-double sep-solid\" style=\"border-color:#e2e2e2;\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-1 fusion_builder_column_1_3 1_3 fusion-one-third fusion-column-first\" style=\"width:33.333333333333%;width:calc(33.333333333333% - ( ( 4% ) * 0.33333333333333 ) );margin-right: 4%;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:20px;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\" style=\"background-position:left top;background-repeat:no-repeat;-webkit-background-size:cover;-moz-background-size:cover;-o-background-size:cover;background-size:cover;padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px;\"><div class=\"imageframe-align-center\"><span class=\" fusion-imageframe imageframe-none imageframe-1 hover-type-none\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"195\" height=\"300\" title=\"Margaret Aaron 1\" src=\"https:\/\/redbankvhs.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Margaret-Aaron-1-195x300.png\" class=\"img-responsive wp-image-397\" srcset=\"https:\/\/redbankvhs.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Margaret-Aaron-1-200x308.png 200w, https:\/\/redbankvhs.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Margaret-Aaron-1.png 285w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 195px\" \/><\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-sep-clear\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-separator fusion-full-width-sep\" style=\"margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;width:100%;\"><div class=\"fusion-separator-border sep-double\" style=\"border-color:#e2e2e2;border-top-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px;\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-sep-clear\"><\/div><div class=\"imageframe-align-center\"><span class=\" fusion-imageframe imageframe-none imageframe-2 hover-type-none\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"242\" height=\"300\" title=\"Margaret Aaron 2\" src=\"https:\/\/redbankvhs.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Margaret-Aaron-2-242x300.png\" class=\"img-responsive wp-image-398\" srcset=\"https:\/\/redbankvhs.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Margaret-Aaron-2-200x248.png 200w, https:\/\/redbankvhs.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Margaret-Aaron-2.png 280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 242px\" \/><\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-2 fusion_builder_column_2_3 2_3 fusion-two-third fusion-column-last\" style=\"width:66.666666666667%;width:calc(66.666666666667% - ( ( 4% ) * 0.66666666666667 ) );margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:20px;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\" style=\"background-position:left top;background-repeat:no-repeat;-webkit-background-size:cover;-moz-background-size:cover;-o-background-size:cover;background-size:cover;padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px;\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\" style=\"transform:translate3d(0,0,0);\"><p>Margaret (Ruffner) Aaron<\/p>\n<p>Margaret (Ruffner) Aaron, was born December 4, 1799 near Greensburg, Westmoreland County, a daughter of John Christian and Margaret (Kuhn) Ruffner.\u00a0 Her father was a farmer and she grew up on the farm learning the value of family loyalty and sharing in the labors of operating the farm.<\/p>\n<p>On July 12, 1822, at the age of seventeen, she married George Aaron, also of near Greensburg.\u00a0 George was born September 9, 1801, a son of Thomas Soloman and Elizabeth (Reinsel) Aaron.<\/p>\n<p>Four years after they were married, Margaret, George and four of their children moved from Westmoreland County\u00a0to what is now known as Limestone Township in Clarion County, not far from Crates.\u00a0 Upon arrival, they had no shelter.\u00a0 They camped out several days while George constructed a small log cabin.\u00a0 That cabin was their only domicile for over twenty years in which they raised their family of twelve children, namely; Margaret (1824-1900), John Patrick (1828-1899), Gorge Washington (1830-1879) and Mary Jane (1831-1870), all of whom moved from Westmoreland to Clarion County with the parents.\u00a0 Sylvester (1834-1899), Lucinda Jane (1836-1870, twins Daniel (1837-1841) and David (1837-1886), Francis Frank (1840-1869), John Charles (1842-1903), Sarah Ann (1845-1915) and Sybilla Tybitha (1847-1919) all of whom were born in the small log cabin in Limestone Township.<\/p>\n<p>Mrs. Margaret Aaron was an unusually strong young woman who rendered valuable assistance to her husband erecting the crude log cabin while also taking care of her children and seeing the meals were prepared.\u00a0 She could be found each day felling the trees and dragging the logs to the site of the cabin.<\/p>\n<p>On a cold winter night, shortly after the cabin was constructed, George went to the woods to get some firewood for the fireplace.\u00a0 During his absence, a black bear somehow found its way into the cabin which had two small rooms.\u00a0 Margaret was seated in the rear room caring for the children.\u00a0 Upon hearing a peculiar sound coming from the door in other room, she peered over the small partition which was about five feet high and saw the bear coming in the door.\u00a0 Her first motherly instinct was the safety of her children.\u00a0 She placed them on the bed and reached for the gun propped in the corner of the room.\u00a0 The gun was always loaded.\u00a0 He creeped over to the partition, leveled the gun and pulled the trigger.\u00a0 The charge went off and her aim was accurate and the bear reeled and fell dead to the floor.<\/p>\n<p>Another interesting incident was an encounter with two men who were burglars.\u00a0 George and Margaret saved up several hundred dollars through the years through economical living.\u00a0 One night while sleeping, they were awakened by a noise in the front room.\u00a0 They arose from their bed and discovered two masked men entering their room.\u00a0 In an instant, George was up and caught one of the men by the throat and threw him on the floor.\u00a0 In so doing, George also fell on the floor and quickly the other man grabbed him by the arms and was about to strike him on the head, Margaret threw her weight against the burglar sending him sprawling to the floor.\u00a0 The first burglar was about to get up and Margaret knocked him down again.\u00a0 The two, seeing they bit off more than they could chew quickly got up and ran out the door never to return to the Aaron house again.<\/p>\n<p>George died in 1882 and Margaret continued living as best she could in the cabin until she could no longer take care of herself before moving in with her youngest daughter, Sybilla Tybitha Burgoon, who lived in Allegheny County.\u00a0\u00a0 For 88 years, Margaret enjoyed smoking her pipe.\u00a0 Two years before her death she became blind and deaf.\u00a0 She was able to sit in a chair and continued to have a regular appetite.\u00a0 At the age of 100, Margaret died on April 19, 1899 and is buried in the Crates Cemetery beside George.\u00a0 They were members of the Crates Catholic Church.<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-2 nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);background-position: center center;background-repeat: 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Township near Crates.\" title=\"Margaret Aaron 3\" src=\"https:\/\/redbankvhs.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Margaret-Aaron-3.png\" class=\"img-responsive wp-image-399\" srcset=\"https:\/\/redbankvhs.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Margaret-Aaron-3-200x114.png 200w, https:\/\/redbankvhs.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Margaret-Aaron-3-400x228.png 400w, https:\/\/redbankvhs.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Margaret-Aaron-3-600x343.png 600w, https:\/\/redbankvhs.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Margaret-Aaron-3-800x457.png 800w, https:\/\/redbankvhs.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Margaret-Aaron-3.png 886w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 886px\" \/><\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-2\" style=\"transform:translate3d(0,0,0);\"><p style=\"text-align: center;\">The arrow points to George and Margaret\u2019s home in Limestone Township near Crates.<\/p>\n<\/div><div 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