Johan Henrich Bucher
(Abt 1747-)
Maria Barbara Schmidt
Henry Bucher
(1775-1851)
Catherine Rinehart
(1775-1864)
Michael Bucher
(1799-1883)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. Ann Mary Thorn

Michael Bucher 1 2 3 4 5

  • Born: 28 Oct 1799, , , Pennsylvania, USA 1 4
  • Marriage (1): Ann Mary Thorn on 17 Mar 1827 in , Wayne, OH
  • Died: 12 Apr 1883, Wayne Twp., Wayne, OH at age 83 1 4
  • Buried: Wooster: Salem Lutheran (Lehman's) Cemetery, Wayne, OH

   FamilySearch ID: 9SR4-K91.

  Noted events in his life were:

1. He was elected as township trustee in 1848 in Wayne Twp., Wayne, OH. 6

2. Census in 1850 in Wayne Twp., Wayne, OH. 3 Henry Bucher, age 75, farmer, is with Catherine, 75, and Elizabeth Danner [nee Bucher, Henry's daughter], 46.. All three were born in Pennsylvania. Henry's real estate is valued at $6,000.

On the same farm is the household of Michael Bucher, 51, farmer, and wife Mary, 48; Andrew, 23; Samuel, 18; Christina, 9; and William, 4. Michael and Mary were born in Pennsylvania, and the children in Ohio.

3. Census in 1860 in Wayne Twp., Wayne, OH. 2 Michael Bucher, age 62, farmer, is living with daughter Christiana, 19; and William, 14. His real estate is worth $10,000 and possessions $500. Michael was born in Pennsylvania, and his children in Ohio.

The next household is Michael's son, Andy Bucher, 31, farmer, who has no real estate [probably living with Michael] and whose possessions are worth $1,500. He is with wife Rosanne, 27; Mary, 4; and Hannah, 2. Everyone was born in Ohio except Roseanne from Pennsylvania. The post office is Wooster.

4. Census in 1870 in Wayne Twp., Wayne, OH. 7 Michael Bucher, retired farmer, 71, was living with daughter Anna C., 29. The next household is Andrew Bucher, farmer tenant, 42, with wife Rosanna, 37; Mary C., 14; Heane K., 11; and William, 6. Michael's real estate is worth $14,400 and Andrew's $2,500, indicating Michael is farming his father's land. Michael was born in Pennsylvania, everyone else in Ohio.


Michael married Ann Mary Thorn on 17 Mar 1827 in , Wayne, OH. (Ann Mary Thorn was born on 25 Jul 1802 in , , Pennsylvania, USA,3 died on 9 Sep 1859 in , Wayne, OH 8 and was buried in Wooster: Salem Lutheran (Lehman's) Cemetery, Wayne, OH.)

Sources

1 Biographical Memoirs of Greene County, Indiana with Reminiscences of Pioneer Days (B.F. Bowen & Co., Indianapolis, IN, 1908.).

2 1860 United States Census, Ohio, Wayne County, Wayne Township, Series: M653 Roll: 1050 Page: 157.

3 1850 United States Census, Ohio, Wayne County, Wayne Township, Series: M432 Roll: 740 Page: 296.

4 Bucher, Roger E., Records of Roger E. Bucher (616 Sunrise View Dr, Wooster, OH 44691).

5 History of Huntington County, Indiana (Brant & Fuller: Chicago. 1887 Clear Creek Township.), Pages 574-575.

6 Douglass, R., History of Wayne County, Ohio : from the days of the pioneers and first settlers to the present time (Indianapolis, Indiana, 1878, 887 pgs.), Page 713.

7 1870 United States Census, Ohio, Wayne County, Wayne Township, Series: M593 Roll: 1281 Page: 377.

8 Salem Lutheran Cemetery (Lehman's Cemetery), Wooster, Wayne County, Ohio (http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~ohwayne/cemetery/cemetery.htm).


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