st own , ▁which ▁is ▁now ▁called ▁Lawrence ville . ▁The ▁home ▁was ▁the ▁site ▁of ▁the ▁first ▁Saint ▁Margaret ▁Hospital . ▁ ▁Margaret ▁and ▁John ▁Sho en berger ▁lived ▁the ▁ideal ▁life ▁in ▁the ▁nin ete enth ▁century ; ▁however , ▁their ▁wealth ▁could ▁not ▁buy ▁good ▁health ▁and ▁children . ▁Their ▁great - ne p hew ▁and ▁great - nie ce ▁were ▁named ▁after ▁them ▁but ▁they ▁died ▁young . ▁Margaret ▁C ust ▁Bla ir ▁died ▁at ▁age ▁th ir teen ▁and ▁Thomas ▁Sho en berger ▁Bla ir ▁lived ▁from ▁ 1 8 4 8 ▁to ▁ 1 8 5 2 . ▁Also , ▁Margaret ' s ▁health ▁was ▁decl ining . ▁She ▁was ▁diagn osed ▁with ▁breast ▁cancer ▁in ▁the ▁ 1 8 7 0 s . ▁She ▁died ▁at ▁her ▁home ▁in ▁Lawrence ville ▁on ▁August ▁ 3 0 , ▁ 1 8 7 8 . ▁ ▁After ▁Margaret ▁died , ▁John ▁Sho en berger ▁moved ▁to ▁New ▁York ▁City . ▁He ▁sold ▁his ▁Lawrence ville ▁estate ▁to ▁Al leg hen y ▁C emetery . ▁In ▁New ▁York ▁City , ▁he ▁married ▁Alice ▁E . ▁Taylor . ▁John ▁Sho en berger ▁died ▁in ▁New ▁York ▁on ▁November ▁ 1 2 , ▁ 1 8 8 9 . ▁John ▁left ▁the ▁people ▁of ▁Pitts burgh ▁about ▁$ 1 0 ▁million ▁ ▁($ ▁million ▁today ), ▁along ▁with ▁more ▁than ▁ ▁of ▁land ▁to ▁build ▁and ▁maintain ▁a ▁hospital ▁to ▁imm ort al ize ▁his ▁first ▁wife . ▁It ▁shall ▁forever