Mary Lillian Elgin ^{1 2}

  Noted events in her life were:

1. Census in 1900 in Woodland Twp., Fulton, IL. ³ The 1900 census recorded Samuel Bucher, farmer, 28, born Jun 1872, living with wife Mary, 23, Nov 1877; Fannie, 3, Jan 1897; Floyd, 2, Oct 1898; Bessie, 0, May 1900; and laborer Albert O'Donnel, 20, Mar 1880. Mary had been married for 6 years and given birth to 4 children, 3 alive in 1900. Everyone was born in Illinois except Samuel and his parents in Pennsylvania.

2. Census in 1920 in Woodland Twp., Fulton, IL. The 1930 census recorded Samuel G. Bucher, farmer, 47, living with wife Mary L., 42; Fannie L., 23; Harry A., 18; Elgin W., 16; Ralph G., 12; Clara M., 10; and Fern L., 8. Everyone was born in Illinois except Samuel G. in Pennsylvania.

Mary married Samuel Gibble Bucher, son of Rev. Cyrus S. Bucher and Leah Shenk Gibble. (Samuel Gibble Bucher was born in Jun 1872 in Heidelberg Twp., Lebanon, PA,⁴ died in 1937 ⁴ and was buried in Astoria: Woodland Cemetery, Fulton, IL ⁴.)