Samuel Bucher ^{1 2 3 4 5 6 7}

   FamilySearch ID: 9C6N-GTK.

  Noted events in his life were:

1. Census in 1850 in East Cocalico Twp., Lancaster, PA. ⁸ The 1850 Census in East Cocalico Township lists Samuel Bucher, farmer, 56, living with wife Mary, 50; Jesse, 24; Catherine, 21; John, 14; Sarah, 10; and Elizabeth, 6. Everyone was born in Pennsylvania. Samuel is wealthy; his farm is worth $20,000.

On the same census page a few lines later is the household of Samuel's son Reuben Bucher, farmer, 29 with his wife Catharine, 27; Henry, 1; brothers Jacob Bucher, 28 and Samuel, 22, and Elizabeth Lead, 20. Everyone was born in Pennsylvania.

2. Census in 1860 in East Cocalico Twp., Lancaster, PA. ⁹ The 1860 Census in East Cocalico Township lists three Buchers on three adjoining pages.

Jacob Bucher, farmer, 37, was living with wife Mary, 37; Jacob, 5; and Mary, 8 months old when the census was recorded on 16 Jun 1860. Jacob was wealthy with a farm worth $10,000 and possessions worth $1,200. Everyone was born in Pennsylvania.

Samuel Bucher, saw miller, 29, was living with wife Susana, 26; Samuel, 7; Amanda, 5; and Alfred, 4. Everyone was born in Pennsylvania. He owned no real estate and his possessions were worth $300.

The father of Jacob and Samuel above, Samuel Bucher, farmer, 66, was living with Mary, 62; Sarah, 20; and Elizabeth, 16. Everyone was born in Pennsylvania. His real estate is worth $15,000 and possessions $1,000.

Samuel married Elizabeth Lied. (Elizabeth Lied was born on 5 Jan 1800 in , , Pennsylvania, USA,^{5 10} died on 11 Apr 1832 in , Lancaster, PA ^{5 10} and was buried in Denver: Fairview (Bucher) Cemetery, Lancaster, PA ^{5 10}.)

Samuel next married Maria Mellinger, daughter of Samuel Mellinger and Catharina Spath. (Maria Mellinger was born on 1 Jan 1799 in , Lancaster, PA,^{2 11} died on 26 Jan 1871 in , Lancaster, PA ^{2 11} and was buried in West Cocalico Twp.: Mellinger Union Meeting House, Lancaster, PA ^{2 11}.)