| Sophia Fiddler
(Abt 1825-1886) |
Sophia Fiddler 1 2 3 4
FamilySearch ID: 9N6J-T4K. Noted events in her life were: 1. She has conflicting birth information of Abt 1832. 5 The 1880 census reported her age was 48. 2. Census in 1860 in Franklin Twp., Richland, OH. 2 Peter Bucher, farmer, 59, was living with wife Sophia, seamstress, 35; Joseph P., farmer, 21; Samuel L., 7; Albert F., 5; Lydia C., 4; and Adeline, 1. The parents were born in Pennsylvania, eveyone else in Ohio. His real estate was worth $8,000 and personal estate $1,800. The post office was Mansfield - Ganges. 3. Census in 1870 in Pleasant Twp., Van Wert, OH. 3 Peter Bucher, farmer, 69, was living with Sophia, 45; Samuel L., farm laborer, 17; Albert F., 14; Lydia C., 13; Adelaine, 11; Oliver, 9; Alice, 7; and Ida, 5. The children were born in Ohio, and Peter and Sophia in Pennsylvania. His real estate was worth $4,000 and personal estate $700. The post office was Van Wert. 4. Census in 1880 in Pleasant Twp., Van Wert, OH. 5 Peter Bucher, retired farmer, 79, was living with Sophia, 48; daughter Ida, 16; and Alice, 17. Peter and Sophia were born in Pennsylvania, Ida and Alice in Ohio. Everyone's parents were born in Pennsylvania. Sophia married Peter Bucher, son of John Casper Bucher and Ann Maria Elizabeth Plank, on 10 Nov 1851 in , Richland, OH.1 (Peter Bucher was born on 3 Jul 1801 in , Dauphin, PA 4 6 7 8, christened in Linglestown: Wenrich Church, Dauphin, PA 7 and died on 24 Jul 1880 in Pleasant Twp., Van Wert, OH 4 9.) |
1 Ohio Marriages, 1803-1900 (Subscription database on www.Ancestry.com, a compilation of marriage records from counties in Ohio.).
2 1860 United States Census, Ohio, Richland County, Franklin Township, Series: M653 Roll: 1029 Page: 366.
3 1870 United States Census, Ohio, Van Wert County, Pleasant Township, Series: M593 Roll: 1275 Page: 314.
4 A Portrait and biographical record of Allen and Van Wert Counties, Ohio : containing biographical sketches of many prominent and representative citizens : together with biographies and portraits of all the presidents of the United States, and biographies of the governors of Ohio. (Chicago: A.W. Bowen & Co., 1896, 1458 pgs.), Page 560, 565.
5 1880 United States Census, Ohio, Van Wert County, Pleasant Township, Family History Library Film 1255073, NA Film Number T9-1073, Page 323B.
6 Long, William Gabriel, History of the Long Family of Pennsylvania (1930.).
7 Nevin Moyer and Earle W. Lingle, Records of Wenrich's Reformed Church (now St. Thomas United Church of Christ), Lower Paxton Township. Cemetery Records; Baptisms, 1791-1938. (Dauphin County Church Records, Vol. 8. Repository: Pennsylvania State Library, Genealogy Room, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.), Email from Wenrich Church, Kathie Gifford, 9 Nov 2005.
8 Long, William Gabriel, History of the Long Family of Pennsylvania (1930.), Page 111.
9 Eisenhart, Willis W., Abott-Adlum-Green Families (1957. Copy obtained from Dauphin County Historical Society.), Page 30.
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