Henry Bucher ^{1 2}

  General Notes:

Notes on the research papers at the Historical Society of Pennsylvania, following Henry Bucher's name, say "son of John Bucher?"

  Burial Notes:

Tombstone reads: Henry Bucher, Senr. Died Feb. 3, 1824. Aged 59 years, 9 months, 17 days.

  Noted events in his life were:

• Fact, 16 Oct 1778, , Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, USA. ⁴ John Bucher and Henry Bucher signed a citizen's petition regarding an election dispute.

• Military Service: Ensign, 3rd Company, 1st Battalion, Northumberland County Militia, 29 Apr 1782, , Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, USA. ^{2 5}

• Tax List, 1786, Augusta Township, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, USA. ⁶ On the state tax list of single men in Augusta Township in Northumberland County is Henry Bucher, paying 10 pounds; and John Bucher, 10 pounds.

• Tax List, 1788, Augusta Township, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, USA. ⁷ From History of Northumberland County published in 1891: The following is a list of taxables in 1788 in Augusta township, which then included the present territory of Upper and Lower Augusta, Rockefeller, Little Mahanoy, Sunbury, and a small part of Cameron and Zerbe: Daniel Aurand, John Alward, John Adlum, John Buyers, Alexander Bell, Paul Baldy, Adam Balt, James Burke, Christian Betz, Peter Betz, Henry Bartsher, Aaron Baker, John Black, James Black, Henry Bucher, John Black, Jacob Conrad, Peter Coldron, Uriah Clark, Robert Coldion, John Clingman, Nicholas Canfleld, Henry Crooks, Duncan Cameron, John Crouse, Henry Douty, William Dewart, John Dome, John Dixon, Bernard Eyregood, John Erter, Lawrence Eichinger, Martin Epley, Jasper Ewing, Leonard Epley, George Fink, George Frick, William Goodhart, Adam Gilger, Alexander Grant, Jacob Gass, Joseph Gray, Widow Gough, William Gray, Christopher Gettig, Christian Gettig, Henry Goodhart, Widow Geiger, Andrew Grove, Charles Gobin, Thomas Grant, Ludwig Gass, Lewis Giberson, Nicholas Gail, Thomas Giberson, John Gettig, Alexander Grant, John Harrison, George Harrison, George Hall, Widow Hall, Sebastian Hites, John Holloway, Daniel Hurley, Jacob Heberling, Widow Haas, William Hoagland, Samuel Hahn, Stephen Hurst, Thomas Hamilton, Samuel Jones, George Keyser, George Kleber, Dewalt Kuntz, Philip Kennedy, Peter Kerlin, Martin Kendig, Jacob Kiehl, Laurence Keene, John Kiehl, Michael Long, Cornelius Lamerson, Widow Loy, John Long, Joseph Lorentz, John Lyon, Christian Lupp, Henry Lebo, William Lacock, John Ludwig, Samuel Lyon, William Maclay, Samuel Moodie, George McMahan, David Melick, Adam Miller, John Melick, Jacob Mertz, David Mertz, Jacob Mertz, Nicholas Mantz, Samuel McLaughlin, David Mend, William McAdams, Widow McKinney, Robert McBride, Angus McClout, James McWilliams, Frederick Meyer, Leonard Merts, Marcus Ponteous, Jacob Prisinger, Benjamin Patterson, William Plunket, John Rewald, Widow Ray, Bernard Renn, Nicholas Rousher, Conrad Reitzel, Widow Reely, Zachariah Robins, Adam Renn, John Riehm, Jacob Rubenthal, William Reeser, Isaac Richardson, George Schwarm, James Silverwood, Christian Shissler, Peter Smith, Nicholas Shenfield, Augustus Stoner, Samuel Schenck, Casper Snyder, Charles Smith, Joseph Thompson, Henry Vanderslice, Peter Weiser, Jacob Welsh, John Wiggins, John Weitzel, Daniel Witmer, John Wolf, Michael Witel, Martin Withington, John Witmer, Joseph Wallis, William Wilson, John Watson, William Wilson, John Wiggins, Robert Wilson, Jonas Yocum, Jacob Young, John Young, Jacob Yoner, George Zimmerman, Christopher Zimmerman.

• Census, 1790, , Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, USA. ⁸ Henry Bucher is recorded in the 1790 Census in Northumberland with 1 male over 16, 1 male under 16, and 2 females.

• Occupation: supervisor of Augusta Township, 1791, Augusta Township, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, USA. ⁹

• Occupation: contractor doing hauling for the construction of the new county courthouse, 1794, Sunbury, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, USA. ¹⁰

• Military Service, 28 Feb 1794, , Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, USA. ¹¹ Captain Henry Bucher, Fifth Company, Sixth Regiment, Northumberland County Militia, Lieutenant Colonel Frederick Lazarus.

• Military Service, 15 Apr 1794, , Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, USA. ¹² Captain Henry Bucher, Fifth Company, Sixth Regiment, Northumberland County Militia, Lieutenant Colonel Frederick Lazarus.

• Census, 1800, Sunbury, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, USA. ¹³ In 1800 Henry Bucher appears in the Sunbury census with:
Males (born)
Under 10 (1791-1800) = 1 son
10-15 (1785-1790) = 1 son
26-44 (1756-1774) = 1 father Henry
Females (born)
Under 10 (1791-1800) = 2 daughters
10-15 (1785-1790) = 1 daughter
26-44 (1756-1774) = 1 wife

• Occupation: Chief Burgess of Sunbury, 1803, Sunbury, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, USA. ¹⁴

• Tax List, 1807, Sunbury, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, USA. ¹⁵ The tax list for Sunbury in 1807 lists the owners of structures including:
Walnut Street.- Log house, owned by Martin Epley and occupied by Christian Bower, carpenter; log house and old barn, owned and occupied by Henry Bucher, farmer; log house and stable, owned and occupied by Jacob Conrad...

Epley is likely related to Henry Bucher's wife, Catherine Epley.

• Census, 1810, Sunbury, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, USA. ¹⁶ Males (born)
Under 10 (1801-1810) = 2 sons
10-15 (1795-1800) = 1 son
45 & over (<=1765) = 1 father Henry
Females (born)
10-15 (1795-1800) = 1 daughter
26-44 (1766-1784) = 1 wife

• Land, 1824, , Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, USA. ² A deed of partition in 1824 mentions his children: Elizabeth, Henry, Mary, and Francis.

• Will, 1824, , Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, USA. ² Will Book 2, page 465.

• Book: Genealogical & Biographical Annals of Northumberland County, 1911. ¹ John, Henry and Dietrich Bucher came to Pennsylvania from Switzerland, Dietrich establishing an iron furnace near Reading, Berks county, John and Henry locating at Sunbury, Northumberland county. Henry Bucher, who was the grandfather of John Weiser Bucher, was born April 16, 1764, in Switzerland, was a farmer by occupation, and resided at what is now the southwest corner of Walnut and Third streets, owning much land in Sunbury, nearly all that part of the borough between the Susquehanna river and Shamokin creek, from the mouth of the latter to Spruce street. He was the first to put this land under cultivation.

He married Catharine Epley, who was born Jan. 24, 1768, and died at Sunbury Aug. 17, 1847. Mr. Butcher died at Sunbury Feb. 3, 1824. Their children were: Henry; Elizabeth, who married George Weiser, a tanner; Mary, who married Jacob Leisenring; Francis; George, who was a soldier in the war of 1812; and John. Of this family, Henry lived and died in Sunbury; he had a hotel on Front street, and operated the ferry for some years.

Henry married Catherine Epley, daughter of Martin Epley and Eva Bard. (Catherine Epley was born on 24 Jan 1768 in Augusta Township, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, USA,^{1 2} died on 17 Aug 1847 in Sunbury, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, USA ^{1 2} and was buried in Sunbury: Lower Cemetery, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, USA ^{2 3}.)