Rev. John Conrad Bucher Sr.
(1730-1780)
Maria Magdalena Hoch
(1742-1819)
John Jacob Mytinger
(1750-1793)
Elizabeth Mattieu
John Conrad Bucher Jr.
(1775-1852)
Hannah Mytinger
(1780-1863)
George Conrad Bucher
(1821-1868)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. Susan Scott

George Conrad Bucher 1 2 3 4 5

  • Born: 15 Nov 1821, Alexandria, Huntingdon, PA 1 2 3 4 5
  • Marriage (1): Susan Scott on 9 Dec 1845 1 2
  • Died: 3 Feb 1868, Alexandria, Huntingdon, PA at age 46 1 2 4

   FamilySearch ID: KCL3-971.

  Death Notes:

George died young when a sleigh got out of control on Crider's Hill and hit an iron bridge crossing the Juaniata River, on the road between Alexandria and Petersburg.

  Noted events in his life were:

1. Census in 1850 in Alexandria, Huntingdon, PA. 6 [In 1850 this census taker only recorded initials rather than given names.]
G. C. Bucher, merchant, age 28, is married to S. Bucher, 28. Living with them is son J. Bucher, 3; daughter H. Bucher, 3 months old when the census was taken on 13 Aug 1850; and E. Engle, 28. Everyone was born in Pennsylvania.

2. Census in 1860 in Alexandria, Huntingdon, PA. 3 Hannah Bucher, age 80, is living with daughter Eliza, 54. Hannah's estate is valued at $15,000 for possessions with no real estate, and Eliza's at $4000 for possessions plus $8000 in real estate. Also living with them is Caroline Hatfield, 46; Charles Hatfield, 18, student; and Susan Isenburg, 23, domestic.

Next door is presumed to be Hannah's son, George C. Bucher, age 38, merchant. His estate is valued at $6,400 in real estate and $3,500 in possessions. With him is wife Susan, 37; John, 13; Hannah, 10; Amie, 8; Eliza, 6; Mary, 4; and George, 1.


George married Susan Scott, daughter of Honorable John Scott and Agnes Irvine, on 9 Dec 1845.1 2 (Susan Scott was born on 14 Aug 1822 in Alexandria, Huntingdon, PA 1 2 3 4 and died on 16 Apr 1887 in Alexandria, Huntingdon, PA 1 2 4.)


Sources


1 Egle, William Henry, Pennsylvania Genealogies, Mainly Scotch Irish And German (1896, 798 pp.
Reprinted Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Company, 1969. Online via Google Book Search.), Page 136.

2 Daughters of the American Revolution Lineage Books (Online register at www.dar.org), 1973 Application 579043 for Jean Phillips Harshberger descendant of Rev. John Conrad Bucher.

3 1860 United States Census, Pennsylvania, Huntingdon County, Alexandria Boro, Series: M653 Roll: 1115 Page: 2.

4 National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution, Application of John Bucher Bidwell.

5 Egle, William Henry, Pennsylvania Genealogies, Mainly Scotch Irish And German (1896, 798 pp.
Reprinted Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Company, 1969. Online via Google Book Search.), Page 126.

6 1850 United States Census, Pennsylvania, Huntington County, Alexandria, Series: M432 Roll: 784 Page: 24.



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