Lillian Elisa C. M. Thiele ^{1 2}

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  Noted events in her life were:

1. She has conflicting birth information of On her Ohio death certificate her age is incorrectly reported as 43 years 11 months 4 days but her marriage certificate and 1880 census prove this wrong., 5 Feb 1883 and Cincinnati, Hamilton, OH. ⁷

2. Census in 1910 in Cincinnati, Hamilton, OH. ⁸ The 1910 census recorded renting at 2913 Jefferson Avenue: John E. Bicher, 28, living with wife Lillian, 28. They were born in Ohio as were John's parents. Lillian's parents were born in Germany. They were married for 3 years and had no children.

3. Newspaper: The Union County Journal: Widow Demands $40,000 From Logan County, 17 Dec 1914, Marysville, Union, OH, USA. ⁹ Widow Demands $40,000 From Logan County.
Bellefontaine -- The trial of the first of three damage suits against Logan county growing out of the accident in which two men were killed and a third badly 'injured when an automobile went into an open bridge on the Carlisle pike in September Of 1913, was begun Tuesday morning in common pleas court. Lillian Bicher, of Cincinnati, administratrix of the estate of her husband, John E. Bicher, is the plaintiff. She is asking $40,000 damages for the death of her husband. John E. Bicher, George Mantz and David Adams, all of Middletown, O., were en route, in an automobile, from Middletown to Indian Lake Park when early in the morning the automobile plunged into the opening where a bridge had been over Stony Creek, south of Bellefontaine. The bridge had been washed away by a flood and a temporary bridge at the side of the road was being used. Barriers had been erected across the roadway but plaintiffs allege that these were not across the roadway the morning of the accident. There was no warning light there, and plaintiffs will claim that they could not see the danger In the darkness. Bicher was instantly killed In the accident. Mantz was so badly injured that the died a few days later. Adams recovered from his injuries.

4. Newspaper: Marion Star: Supreme Court Reviews Bicher Case, 23 Dec 1916, Marion, Marion, Ohio, United States. ¹⁰ QUESTION ON ROADS IN SUPREME COURT
Matter of Repairing State Roads Is Submitted.
Columbus, Dec. 23. The supreme court today was asked to decide whether county commissioners are compelled to keep state roads in repair. This request was made by the Logan county commissioners, who asked the court to review a case in which the appellate court of that county allowed Lillian Bicher damages against the commissioners for the death of her husband. Bicher's automobile went over a state road barricade which had replaced a bridge washed away by the March, 1813, flood.

5. Newspaper: Lima Times Democrat: Lillian Bicher Awarded $3,500, 26 Mar 1917, Lima, Allen, OH. ^{6 11} LOGAN COUNTY FORCED TO SETTLE FOR A LIFE
BELLEFONTAINE, O., March 26 \emdash A verdict for $3,500 was awarded to Mrs. Lillian Bicher of Middletown, against Logan county, in common pleas court here for the death of her husband, John B. Bicher, who was killed here in 1913. Bicher's automobile plunged into $toney creek after a bridge had been washed out by the flood. George Mantz also of Middletown was killed in the same accident, and George Adams was injured.

6. Cause of Death: mitral insufficiency, 9 Jan 1927, Cincinnati, Hamilton, OH. ⁵

7. Residence: 2929 Glendora St., Cincinnati, OH on 9 Jan 1927 in Cincinnati, Hamilton, OH. ⁵

8. Obituary: Cincinnati Enquirer: obituary of Lillian E. Bicher on 11 Jan 1927 in Cincinnati, Hamilton, OH. ⁶ BICHER - Lillian E. Bicher (nee Thiele), beloved wife of the late John E. Bicher and sister of Mrs. Bertha Bicher and Harry Thiele, passed away Sunday, January 9, 1927, at 7:30 p.m. at her residence, 2929 Glendora av. Funeral Wednesday, January 12, at 1 p.m. from Wrassmann & Barfknect's funeral parlor, 1421-23 Main st. Friends invited.

Lillian married John Edwin Bicher, son of Edwin Samuel Bicher and Sarah Ann Ritt. (John Edwin Bicher was born on 12 May 1882 in , , OH,^{12 13 14} died on 26 Sep 1913 in Bellefontaine, Logan, OH ^{1 12 14 15 16} and was buried on 29 Sep 1913 in Cincinnati: Vine Street Hill Cemetery, Hamilton, OH ^{14 16}.)