Nicholas Bucher IV
(1755-1835)
Anna Baer
(1757-1799)
Henry Bucher
(1791-1868)
Elisabeth Baker
(1803-1872)
Henry Bucher
(1834-1890)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. Sarah Willet

Henry Bucher 1 2 3 4 5 6

  • Born: 6 Nov 1834, Mount Joy Twp., Adams, PA 1 2 3 4 6
  • Marriage (1): Sarah Willet
  • Died: 11 Feb 1890, Mount Joy Twp., Adams, PA at age 55 4 6
  • Buried: Gettysburg: Pine Bank Cemetery, Adams, PA 6

   FamilySearch ID: LYDZ-TSC.

  Noted events in his life were:

1. Census in 1850 in Mount Joy Twp., Adams, PA. 1 Henry Bucher, farmer, 49, was living with wife Maria; 47; Mary, 22; Henry, 15; Samuel, 11; Sarah, 8; and David 4. His farm was worth $1,800. Everyone was born in Pennsylvania. His neighbor was farmerJacob Baumgardner, 63.

2. Census in 1860 in Mount Joy Twp., Adams, PA. 3 Henry Bucher, farmer, 68, was living with wife Elisabeth, 56; Samuel, 22; Sally, 12; and David, 14. Next door is Henry Bucher, carpenter, 24; wife Sarah, 20, and Ellin, 1. The elder Henry's farm is worth $5,000 and personal estate $1,000; the younger Henry's real estate is $600 and possessions $150. Everyone was born in Pennsylvania. The post office was Two Taverns.

3. Census in 1870 in Mount Joy Twp., Adams, PA. 7 Henry Bucher, farmer, 35, was living with wife Sarah, 30; Ellen J., 11; Hamilton, 6; Franklin, 5; and Martha J., 2. He had no real estate value; his personal estate is worth $550.

Next door is Elizabeth Bucher, 67, with her daughter Sarah, 28; and Margaret Bender, 67. Everyone was born in Pennsylvania. The post office is Two Taverns.

4. Census in 1880 in Mount Joy Twp., Adams, PA. 8 Henry Bucher, 45, farmer, was living with wife Sarah, 42; Hamilton, 18; Franklin, 16; Jennie, 12; Alverta, 9; Catharine, 7; Annie, 5; and Amelia, 2. Everyone and their parents were born in Pennsylvania.

5. He signed a will on 15 Feb 1890 in Mount Joy Twp., Adams, PA. Will #6764 Mount Joy Twp., Adams Co., PA filed 15 Feb 1890.

6. Obituary: New Oxford Item on 21 Feb 1890 in Gettysburg, Adams, PA. 4 "Henry BUCHER died on February 11, in Mt. Joy twp., at the age of 55 years, 3 months, and 5 days."


Henry married Sarah Willet. (Sarah Willet was born on 18 Dec 1837 in Littlestown, Adams, PA,3 6 7 died on 7 Oct 1896 in Mount Joy Twp., Adams, PA 6 and was buried in Gettysburg: Pine Bank Cemetery, Adams, PA 6.)


Sources


1 1850 United States Census, Pennsylvania, Adams County, Mount Joy Township, Series: M432 Roll: 743 Page: 243.

2 FamilySearch.org, Illinois Deaths and Stillbirths, 1916-1947, https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/N34V-GXH death of Ellen Bucher Lefever, 22 Nov 1937.

3 1860 United States Census, Pennsylvania, Adams County, Mount Joy Township, Series: M653 Roll: 1057 Page: 449.

4 New Oxford Item (Gettysburg, Adams County, Pennsylvania), February 21, 1890.

5 Adams County, Pennsylvania Courthouse, Will #4414, R-144 pg. 359.

6 Jacob Mehrling Holdcraft, Names in Stone: 75,000 Cemetery Inscriptions from Frederick County, Maryland (Genealogical Publishing Com, 2002 - 1371 pages), Page 17.

7 1870 United States Census, Pennsylvania, Adams County, Mount Joy Township, Series: M593 Roll: 1289 Page: 285.

8 1880 United States Census, Pennsylvania, Adams County, Mount Joy Township, Family History Library Film 1255085, NA Film Number T9-1085, Page Number 238D.



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