John Y. Bougher ^{1 2 3}

  Noted events in his life were:

1. He has conflicting birth information of Abt 1841 and Williams Twp., Northampton, PA. ^{1 4}

2. Census in 1850 in Williams Twp., Northampton, PA. ² James Bucher, laborer, 40, was with Sarah, 25; John, 11; Sarah C., 8; and Alonzo, 2. All were born in Pennsylvania. His real estate was worth $900.

3. Census in 1860 in Williams Twp., Northampton, PA. ¹ In Williams Township, post office Uhlersville was listed James Bougher, farmer, 40, with wife Sarah Ann, 36; John, laborer on farm, 19; Sarah Anne, servant, 17; Joseph, 9; Ellen, 7; Morris, 5, and Alonza J., 3. Everyone was born in Pennsylvania. His real estate was worth $4,500 and personal estate $700.

4. Military on 22 Sep 1862 in Easton, Northampton, PA: and enlisted in the Civil War. Bougher, John Y. - son of James and Sarah Y. Bougher. Born in Williams township, Northampton County, Sept. 20, 1840, died there Oct. 14, 1897. buried Riegelsville Cemetery. Engine runner. Enlisted at Easton, Sept. 22, 1862 as a private in Company F., 153rd Reg. Pa. Vol. Wounded at Chancellorsville, Va., May 2, 1863. Absent in hospital when his company was mustered out July 24, 1863.

5. Census in 1870 in Williams Twp., Northampton, PA. ⁴ John Bougher, boatman, 29, was living with wife Harriet, 22. They were born in Pennsylvania. He had no real estate and his personal estate was worth $400.

Nearby on the next page: James Bougher, farmer, 59, was living with wife Sarah, 47; Morrison, 16; Josephine, 16; Alonzo, 14; and Lizzie E., 7. All were born in Pennsylvania, except Sarah in New Jersey. James' home was worth $8,500 and personal estate $1,700.

His neighbor is Abraham Bougher, boatman, 45, who was with Elizabeth, 50; Nathaniel, boating, 17; Margaret Ann, 14. All were born in Pennsylvania. His home was valued at $1,200 and personal estate $500. The post office was Eason.

6. Census in 1880 in Williams Twp., Northampton, PA. ⁵ James Bougher, 67, was living with wife Sarah Y., 58; Morrison E., 24; Alonso J., 23; and Lizzie E., 17. Sarah and her parents were born in New Jersey, the others in Pennsylvania. James' parents were from Pennsylvania.

Next door is Abrm. Bougher, laborer, 56, and wife Elizabeth, 66. They and their parents were from Pennsylvania.

John Y. Bougher, engineer, 39, was living with wife Harriette, 29; and Laura, 8. They and their parents were from Pennsylvania.

Wm. Bougher, retired farmer, 88, was living with daughter Harriette, 51; and servant Mary B. Hoffman, 12. They and their parents were from Pennsylvania.

Sarah R. Bougher, 57, was with son George F., 17; Mary C., 15; and Henry Strauss, 22, and his wife Maria R. [need Bougher], 19. They and their parents were from Pennsylvania.

John married Harriet. (Harriet was born about 1848 in , , PA ⁴.)