John B. Bucher
- Born: , , Aargau, CHE
- Marriage (1): Mary Ann Sutter
Noted events in his life were:
1. He immigrated on 24 Jun 1851 to New York, New York, NY. 1
2. Moved: 1852, Lockport, Niagara, NY. 1
3. Moved: 1859, Allegany, Cattaraugus, NY. 1
4. Book: Historical Gazetteer and Biographical Memorial of Cattaraugus County, NY, 1893. 1
John B. BUCHER, a weaver by trade, with his wife, Mary Ann SUTTER, and their two daughters and one son, emigrated to America in 1851, landing in New York city on June 24th. The family came from Ober Schneisingen, Canton Argan, Switzerland, where the son, William BUCHER, was born on July 19, 1839. The daughters' names were Helen and Lenna. The mother was a member of a prominent family in Switzerland. John BUCHER first settled near Buffalo, but soon moved to Transit, N. Y., and in 1852 located near Lockport. In 1853 he purchased a few acres of wild land in Amherst, Erie county, which he sold in March, 1859, and removed to Allegany, settling on the Four Mile, where the parents died at the age of seventy-seven years. William BUCHER's education was nearly all in German, which he judiciously combined with the practical knowledge he was forced to secure. Leaving home in April, 1858, he preceded the family to this town, where he worked by the month and finally purchased forty acres of land. By an accident he lost his right arm and then began peddling, but money was scarce and this proved unprofitable. In 1862 he secured a permit to enter the 154th Regiment and followed that organization through its campaigns, supplying the soldiers with tobacco, notions, etc. He returned home in June, 1865, and with the profits accumulated in the army he was enabled to pay for his farm. July 12, 1868, Mr. BUCHER married Mary KREIN, of Buffalo, and their children are William F., John P., Joseph A., Henry F., Christian A., George, Jacob, Albert, Mary A., Katie A., Clara E., and a daughter deceased. Mr. BUCHER is the owner of the celebrated Rock City in this town, a place fully described on a preceding page. He has always been a Republican in politics, but not an office-seeker.
John married Mary Ann Sutter.
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