John A. Bucher ^{1 2 3}

  Birth Notes:

The 1860 census lists his age as 28, making his birth year about 1832.

  Noted events in his life were:

• Alt. Birth, Abt 1822, , , Pennsylvania, USA. ³

• Alt. Birth, Abt 1831, , Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, USA. ¹

• Census, 1850, Sunbury, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, USA. ¹ John Bucher, 19, blacksmith, is living without other Buchers in the household of George Zimmer, 54, blacksmith, so it certainly appears John is his apprentice. John was born in Pennsylvania.

• Census, 1860, Sunbury, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, USA. ⁴ John Bucher, 28, blacksmith, is living with Henry Bucher, 5; Elizabeth Crum, 19, domestic; and Elizabeth Bucher, 68, presumed to be his mother. John has no real estate and his possessions are worth $140. Everyone was born in Pennsylvania.

• Census, 1870, Sunbury, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, USA. ⁵ John Bucher, 35, clerk in planning mill, is living with Elwood F., 9; and John, 8. Also in the home is Mary Black, 35, housekeeper. John's real estate is valued at $1,200 and his possessions worth $1,000. Everyone was born in Pennsylvania. Next door is neighbor Jacob Martz, 53, significant in that John Bucher's mother was Elizabeth Martz.

• Census, 1880, Sunbury, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, USA. ³ Working as a blacksmith, John A. Bucher, 58, who is listed as a nephew, is living in the household headed by Benj. F. Krohn, 68, laborer, and his daughter Catherine L., 34, and sons Benjamin F., 14, and Samuel H., 12. Everyone and their parents were born in Pennsylvania.

Benjamin Krohn married Harriet Bucher (1820-1878).