Mary Polly Paʻaʻāina

At a young age, she was chosen to attend the Chiefs' Children's School (later renamed Royal School) taught by the American missionary Amos Starr Cooke and his wife, Juliette Montague Cooke, alongside her half-sister Queen Emma of Hawaii and fourteen of her royal cousins.

Her hānai parents were lower-ranking aliʻi and her foster father also served as kahu (caretaker) to Princess Victoria Kamāmalu.

She was taught reading, spelling, penmanship, arithmetic, geometry, algebra, physics, geography, history, bookkeeping, singing and English composition by the missionary couple.

The older group consisted of Moses Kekūāiwa, Lot Kapuāiwa, Alexander Liholiho, William Charles Lunalilo, Jane Loeau, Bernice Pauahi, Abigail Maheha and Elizabeth Kekaʻaniau who had attended the school since 1839.

Due to her late attendance, Mary Paʻaʻāina was placed in the youngest class together with Victoria Kamāmalu, Lydia Kamakaʻeha (Liliʻuokalani), and John William Pitt Kīnaʻu.

"Dearest Mary thou hast left us, Here thy loss we deeply feel, But ‘tis God who hath bereft us, He can all our sorrow heal.

[21][22][23][24] By her first marriage, Mary Griswold had a daughter named Edith G. Albert (1872–1948), who married William Buchanan (1865–1940) and resided in California.

No children are mentioned in Buchanan's 1948 obituary in The San Franciscio Examiner or in any United States Census records between 1900 and 1940.