Joseph W. Bucher ^{1 2 3 4 5 6}

  Noted events in his life were:

• Census, 1850, Penn Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA. ³ Two Bucher families lived side by side on this census page:

Jonas Bucher, farmer, 67, was with wife Susanna, 62. His real estate was valued at $3,0000.

Joseph Bucher, farmer, 30, was with wife Catherine, 28; Franny, 8; Christian, 5; Joseph, 2; Susanna, 3 months. Also in the home was Barbara Schenk, 21.

Everyone was born in Pennsylvania.

• Census, 1860, Warwick Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA. ⁴ Jonas Bucher, occupation "gentleman", 77, was living with Susanna, 74. His real estate was worth $1,800 and possessions $250. At the same property was the household of Joseph Bucher, farmer, 40, and his wife Catherine, 37; Fanny, 18; Christian, 15; Joseph, 12; Susanna, 10; and Jacob, 7. Joseph's real estate was worth $12,000 and possessions $2,000. Everyone was born in Pennsylvania. The Brubakers and Reists were neighbors. The post office was Lititz.

• Census, 1870, Warwick Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA. ⁸ Joseph Bucher, farmer, 50, was living with Catharine, 48; Jacob, 17; Susan, 20; Henry, 8; Catharine, 6; and Barbara, 4. Also living with them: domestic servants Barbara Shank, 41, and Isaac Carpenter, 19. Everyone was born in Pennsylvania. The post office was Rothsville. Joseph's real estate was valued at $25,000, one of the richest in Lancaster County, and his possessions worth $2,000.

• Obituary: Herald of Truth, 1 Mar 1894. ⁵ BUCHER.-On the 3d of Feb., 1894, near Litiz, Lancaster Co., Pa., Joseph Bucher, aged 73 years, 8 months and 13 days. He was confined to bed eight days, without any pain, from a touch of paralysis at the heart and tongue. He was a faithful member in the Mennonite church for over fifty two years. He leaves an aged bereaved widow, four sons and four daughters, thirty-nine grandchildren and twenty two great grandchildren to mourn his departure, but still with a good hope to meet him in that happy home with Jesus. His remains were taken to the burial ground at Hess' meeting house on the 7th, where a very great number of friends and neighbors assembled to sympathize with the bereaved, and show their love and respect. Funeral services were conducted by B. Lehman, Bish. J.N. Brubaker and Bish. M. Rutt. Text, Psa. 37:37.
"Farewell, my wife so dear, farewell,
Adieu, farewell to thee;
Children and grandchildren, all,
Farewell, farewell, to you.
Our father is gone and we are left,
The loss of him to mourn;
But we may hope to meet with him,
With Christ before God's throne."

Joseph married Anna Shenk. (Anna Shenk was born on 27 Jan 1820 in , , Pennsylvania, USA,³ died on 1 Mar 1842 in , Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA and was buried in Warwick Township: Bomberger's Burial Ground, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA.)

Joseph next married Catherine Risser. (Catherine Risser was born on 17 Sep 1821 in Elizabeth Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA,^{4 7} died on 22 Aug 1901 ⁷ and was buried in Warwick Township: Hess Mennonite Cemetery, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA.)