Bell Bucher ¹

  Noted events in her life were:

1. Census in 1880 in Grant Twp., Hancock, WV. ¹ Several Bucher households were neighbors.

Washington Bucher, carpenter, 35, was living with wife Sarah, 31; John, works on farm, 10; Amanda, 9; Bell, 6, William, 4; and Florence, 2. Everyone was born in West Virginia except Sarah in Pennsylvania. Her father was from Ohio, her mother and Washington's mother from Pennsylvania. His father was born in Maryland.

Amanda Bucher, 65, was living with daughters Mary, 33; Emiline, 28, and Alice, 20. Amanda and her parents were born in Pennsylvania, her daughters in West Virginia.

Samuel Bucher, farmer, 30, was living with wife Ella, 27; Bertran, 6; Mary, 4; Lucy, 2, and John, 2 months. Everyone was born in West Virginia except Ella in Pennsylvania. Samuel and Ella's parents were from Pennsylvania.

2. Census in 1900 in Liverpool Twp., Columbiana, OH. ² Living at 502 Calcutta Rd.: Washington Buches [handwriting could be Bucher, but index in census as Buches], carpenter, 55, born Jan 1845, was married for 33 years to wife Sarah E., 50, Dec 1849. She had birthed 11 children, all alive in 1900. With them: Ellena?, pottery, 25, Jul 1874; William M., potter, 24, Mar 1876; Alice A., 19, Jul 1880; Edna E., 17, Aug 1882; Raymond, 15, Dec 1885; Samuel M., 13, ? 1887; Joseph, ? [page faded]; and Paul, 8, ? 1882. Washington, was born in West Virginia, his parents in Pennsylvania. Sarah was born in Pennsylvania, her parents in Ohio. Ellena, William and Alice were born in West Virginia, the other children in Ohio.