Abraham Bucher
(1763-1840)
Sarah Heinlein
(1770-1852)
Abram Edinger
(Abt 1770-)
Frances
(Abt 1775-)
Samuel Bougher
(1801-1872)
Catherine Edinger
(1805-1854)
Michael S. Bougher
(1833-1914)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. Sarah Anne Jacoby

2. Sarah E. Wolfinger
3. Elizabeth

Michael S. Bougher 2 3

  • Born: 25 Jul 1833, Williams Twp., Northampton, PA 2 3
  • Christened: 19 Apr 1834, Easton: St. John's Lutheran Church, Northampton, PA 4
  • Marriage (1): Sarah Anne Jacoby
  • Marriage (2): Sarah E. Wolfinger
  • Marriage (3): Elizabeth about 1876 1
  • Died: 6 Mar 1914, Northampton Twp., Burlington, NJ at age 80 2
  • Buried: Mount Holly: Mount Holly Cemetery, Burlington, NJ 2

   Another name for Michael was Michael Beecher.4

   FamilySearch ID: KCD5-TDH.

  Burial Notes:

Buried in section D1.

  Noted events in his life were:

1. He has conflicting birth information of 26 Jul 1833 and , Northampton, PA. 4 The baptism records at St John´s Lutheran Church, Easton, Northampton County recorded his birthdate as 26 July 1833.

The record is computerized in the index as surname Beecher but examination of the handwriting shows the two e's may in fact be a u.

2. Military on 7 Oct 1862 in Williams Twp., Northampton, PA: in the Civil War in 153rd PA Infantry Company F. Corporel Michael Bougher was captured at Chancellorsville. Confined in Libby Prison. His biography:
BOUGHER, Michael - Born about 1834, died Mar. 6, 1914 aged 80 years. Buried at Mount Holly, NJ. Occupation in early life was boatman. Enlisted at Easton Sept. 22, 1862 as a Corporal in Company F, 153d Reg. Pa. Vol. Mustered out with his company, July 24, 1863.
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3. Military on 11 Oct 1862: Promoted to Corporal, One Hundred and Fifth-Third Regiment, Company F. 5 Michael Bougher, promoted to Corporal, October 11th, 1862; mustered out with company.

4. Census in 1880 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA. 3 Michael Bougher, occupation steam boating, 47, was living with wife Lizzie, 24; Mira, 3; and cousin Rebecca Eddinger, 20, servant. Michael and his mother were born in New Jersey, his father in Pennsylvania. The three others were born in Pennsylvania. Lizzie's parents were from Germany. Rebecca's father was from New Jersey and mother from Pennsylvania.

5. Census in 1910 in Northampton Twp., Burlington, NJ. 1 Michael Bougher, superintendent sand company, 76, married 3 times, was married for 34 years to wife Elizabeth, 53. It was her first marriage. She had birthed 2 children, 1 alive in 1910: Myra, 32, single. Michael was born in New Jersey, his parents in Pennsylvania. Daughter Myra and Elizabeth were born in Pennsylvania, her parents in Germany.


Michael married Sarah Anne Jacoby. (Sarah Anne Jacoby was born on 6 Feb 1838 and died on 3 May 1857.)


Michael next married Sarah E. Wolfinger. (Sarah E. Wolfinger was born on 25 Feb 1838 6 and died on 13 Jun 1872 6.)


Michael next married Elizabeth about 1876.1 (Elizabeth was born in 1856 in , , Pennsylvania, USA,1 2 3 died in 1935 2 and was buried in Mount Holly: Mount Holly Cemetery, Burlington, NJ 2.)


Sources


1 1910 United States Census, New Jersey, Burlington County, Northampton Township Ward 1, Series: T624 Roll: 871 Page: 199.

2 Mount Holly Cemetery, Mount Holly, Burlington County, New Jersey (http://www.interment.net/data/us/nj/burlington/mtholly/holly_babo.htm).

3 1880 United States Census, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia County, Philadelphia, Family History Library Film 1255177, NA Film Number T9-1177, Page 89A.

4 Pennsylvania, Church and Town Records, 1708-1985 (Ancestry.com. Original data: Historic Pennsylvania Church and Town Records. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Historical Society of Pennsylvania.), http://search.ancestry.com/iexec?htx=View&r=an&dbid=2451&iid=40162_264252-00197&fn=Michael&ln=Beecher&st=r&ssrc=&pid=1224768.

5 Davis, History of Northampton Co, PA (1877.), Part IV, Page 131.

6 Saint John Reformed Church of Riegelsville, PA showing the development and growth of the congregation from its organization in 1849 to Jan. 1, 1911. (Eschenbach Printing Co. Easton, PA 1911.), Page 126.



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