John Bleacher Jr. ^{1 2}

  Noted events in his life were:

1. Census in 1850 in Martic Twp., Lancaster, PA. ³ The 1850 census recorded John Bleacher Jr., 23, living with wife Catharine, 20; son Samuel, 10 months when the census was recorded 1 Oct. 1850, and son Simon, 3. Everyone was born in Pennsylvania.

2. Census in 1860 in Drumore Twp., Lancaster, PA. ⁴ The 1860 census recorded Jacob Bleecher, farm laborer, 34, with wife Catharine, 30; Saml., 11; Benj., 6; Jacob, 4; Amanda, 1. Everyone was born in Pennsylvania. The post office was Chestnut Level.

3. Census in 1870 in Providence Twp., Lancaster County, PA. ¹ In the 1870 Census in Smithville, John Bleacher, 44, farm laborer, was living with: Catherine, 29; Samuel M., 20, farm laborer; Jacob H., 14, farm laborer; Adam, 12; Peter W., 9; John A., 6; and Ann E, 3. Everyone was born in Pennsylvania.

John married Catherine. (Catherine was born in 1830 in , , PA,⁵ died in 1898 in Peach Bottom, Lancaster, PA ⁵ and was buried in Peach Bottom: Mount Zion United Methodist Cemetery, Lancaster, PA ⁵.)