Jeremiah Bicher ^{2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9}

   Another name for Jeremiah was Jerre Bicher.¹³

   FamilySearch ID: 9C6N-PSZ.

  General Notes:

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  Burial Notes:

James K., Jeremiah, and Elizabeth Bicher are buried in Section G Row 3 Plots 43-45 in Muddy Creek Church Cemetery.

  Noted events in his life were:

1. Census in 1850 in Brecknock Twp., Lancaster, PA. ⁴ The 1850 Census for Brecknock Township lists Jacob Bicher, age 31, farmer. He is living with wife Sarah, 26; Jeremiah, 5; and Rebecca, 3. All were born in Pennsylvania.

2. Census in 1860 in Brecknock Twp., Lancaster, PA. ³ The 1860 Census for Brecknock Township recorded Jacob Bicher, farmer, 42, living with wife Sarah, 36; Jeremiah, 14; Rebecca, 12; Catherine 7; John, 5; Lydia, 3; and Susana, 1. Everyone was born in Pennsylvania.

3. Census in 1870 in Brecknock Twp., Lancaster, PA. ¹⁴ Jeremiah Bicher appears in the 1870 Census in Brecknock Township as a 22-year old farm laborer living on the farm owned by Samuel Keiffer, age 59 and his wife Susan, 58, and their daughter, Elizabeth, 17. Samuel's real estate was valued at $3500 and his personal estate $1486. The post office was Bowmansville.
Next door is the widow Elizabeth Keifer, 60, with her daughter Eliza, 25. Also in the home is Isaac Keifer, shoemaker, 66. Elizabeth's real estate was valued at $750 and personal estate $577.
[note: Jeremiah Bicher married Elizabeth Keiffer and her PA death certificiate states her father was Moses Kieffer and mother Elizabeth Lesher. Moses was the brother of Isaac Samuel and died in 1847. His wife is the widow Elizabeth and her daughter Eliza married Jeremiah soon after the 1870 census was recorded. ].

4. Census in 1880 in Brecknock Twp., Lancaster, PA. Charles Bicher, age 36, farmer, lived with wife Lizzie, 37; Mary Ann, 9, and James, 9.

5. Agricultural Census census in 1880 in Brecknock Twp., Lancaster, PA. ¹⁵ Charles Bicher, owner, has 30 tilled acres, 1 permanent meadows, 1 acre woodland forests, 18 acres unimproved land, valued at $2000. His farm machinery is valued at $200; livestock, $300; fences, $25; fertilizers, $25. Wages paid for farm labor, $25; weeks of hired labor, 6; estimated value of all farm production, $250. Acres of grass mown, 10; 10 tons of hay harvested. He had 3 horses, 2 milch cows, 5 other cattle, 2 calves dropped, 1 cattle slaughtered, 200 pounds butter, 4 swine, 20 poultry in the barnyard, and 100 dozen eggs produced. He produced 4 acres Indian corn, 100 bushels Indian corn, 4 acres of oats, 100 bushels of oats, 1/4 acre rye, 3 bushels rye, 4 acres wheat, 48 bushels wheat, 1/2 acre Irish potatoes, 50 bushels Irish potatoes, 1/4 acre with 15 apple trees. 5 cords of wood cut valued at $5.

6. Census in 1900 in Brecknock Twp., Lancaster, PA. ¹⁶ Jeremiah Bicher is listed in the 1900 Census for Brecknock Township as age 56, born in Feb 1844. This is a different date than reported on his tombstone record. The record states he was married for 29 years to his wife, Elizabeth, born Oct 1841. She had a total of two children and both were alive in 1900. Both are reported being in the household: James, born Jan 1871; and Mary born Jan 1871. Jeremiah is employed as a farmer.

7. Census in 1910 in Brecknock Twp., Lancaster, PA. ¹ Jermiah Bicher, age 6?, farmer, married 41 years to wife Elizabeth, 66, is living with his son James, 40; and daughter Mary, 40. Both children are single. Elizabeth had given birth to two children, both still living, and she only spoke German, while the others spoke English. Everyone and their parents were born in Pennsylvania.

8. In 1911 in Reamstown: Salem Lutheran Church, Lancaster, PA. ⁵ Jeremiah's burial in the church record book at Salem Lutheran Church reads:

Jeremiah Bicher, born February 25, 1845, died June 26, 1911 at Brecknock Township, buried June 29, 1911 at Muddy Creek Cemetery. Aged 66 years, 4 months, 1 day. Baptized on March 30, 1845. Confirmed by Rev. Wagner. Married to Elizabeth Kiefer. 2 children. Sickness, heart failure. Text: Ecclesiastes 9:12.

9. Death Certificate: Certificate 53424. Jeremiah Bicher., 26 Jun 1911, Brecknock Twp., Lancaster, PA. ¹⁰ Name: Jeremiah Bicher
Birthdate: 25 Feb 1845
Age 66 years 4 months 1 day
Married
Birthplace: Lancaster, Pa.
Occupation: farmer
Father: Jacob Bicher, Lancaster, Pa.
Mother: Sarah Reiter: Lancaster, Pa.
Date of death: 26 June 1911 3:30 a.m.
Cause of death: leandiar paralysis
Contributary: fatty heart
Signed: J. W. Royer M.D., Terre Hill
Informant: James Bicher, R.D. #1, Denver, Pa.
Burial: Muddy Creek Cemetery, 29 Jun 1911.
Undertaker: E. B. Messner, Bowmansville, Pa.

10. Obituary: Lancaster Daily Intelligencer on 26 Jun 1911 in Lancaster, Lancaster, PA. ¹⁷ Jeremiah Bicher, a well known resident, of Brecknock township, died this morning, after a long illness, from heart disease. He was 65 years old, a farmer and member of the Lutheran church. His wife, one sone, James, and a daughter, Lillie, survive.

11. Obituary: Lancaster Examiner: Death in Brecknock on 28 Jun 1911 in Lancaster, Lancaster, PA. ⁷ Jeremiah Bicher died at 4 o'clock on Monday at his home in Brecknock township. Deceased was about sixty-five years of age and death was due to heart trouble after an illness of several weeks. He was a farmer by occupation and was a member of the Lutheran church. His wife, a son, James, and a daughter, Lillie, both at home, and several brothers and sisters survive.

Jeremiah married Elizabeth Kiefer, daughter of Moses Kiefer and Elizabeth Lesher, in 1870.¹ (Elizabeth Kiefer was born on 9 Oct 1843 in Brecknock Twp., Lancaster, PA,^{2 18} died on 1 Aug 1918 in East Earl Twp., Lancaster, PA ¹⁸ and was buried on 5 Aug 1918 in East Cocalico Twp.: Muddy Creek Church Cemetery, Lancaster, PA ^{2 18 19}.)