Jacob Bucher 1 2 3 4
- Born: 2 Jul 1781, Colebrook Twp., Berks, PA 2 3 4 5
- Christened: 8 Aug 1781, New Hanover Twp.: Falkner Swamp Reformed Church, Montgomery, PA 2 4
- Marriage (1): Christine Jane Eisenhower about 1804 in , , PA
- Died: 25 Aug 1849, Post Creek, Chemung, NY at age 68 5
- Buried: Catlin Twp.: Post Creek Cemetery, Chemung, NY 5
FamilySearch ID: KJ4R-11T.
Noted events in his life were:
1. Newspaper: Oracle of Dauphin, 4 Nov 1799, Harrisburg, Dauphin, PA. 6 Married last Tuesday a week, in this town, Mr. Jacob Bucher, to the young, beautiful and accomplished Miss Jane Eisenhauer, both of Paxton township.
2. Evidence: Deed of Mortgage, Jacob Bucher and Wife to John Bucher, 10 Oct 1817, Lower Paxton Twp., Dauphin, PA. This indenture made this Tenth day of October in the Year of Our Lord One Thousand Eight Hundred and Seventeen 1817--Between Jacob Bucher and Jane his wife of Elmira in the County of Tioga and State of New York of the first part and John Bucher of Lower Paxton Township County of Dauphin and Commonwealth of Pennsylvania of the Second part Witnesseth that the said party of the first part for an in consideration of the sum of One Hundred Dollars Current Money of the United States to them in hand paid by the Said party of the Second part at or before the ensealing and delivery of these presents...
Signed: Jacob Bucher
Jane Bucher (with an X)
In presents of: George Bucher.
3. Book: History of Chemung County, 1892. 7
Catlin was taken from the town of Catherine, and organized April 16, 1823, about seven years after the initial settlement. The first town meeting was held at the house of Uzal Dickerson, May 13, 1823. Horace Tupper was elected supervisor; George Lewis, town clerk.
Early settlers of the town were John Martin, Aaron Davenport, Benjamin Cure, Charles King, Erastus Beard, Jacob King, Horace Tupper, Edward Beebe, Abel N. Sweet, Andrew Phineas, William Rowley, Darius Wood, Dennison Herrick, Jacob Bucher, James T. Smith, Benjamin Lewis, William Haynes, Uzal Dickerson, Peter Ostrander, John P. Cornell, Orange Hubbell, Ebenezer Close, Elder Thomas Sheardown, William Locey, Alanson Owen, Jeduthan King, David Johnson, Mathias Backer, Jonathan Woodruff, Benjamin Cure, Jr., James Wheeler, Stephen Munn, John L. Kimball, Washington Savory, Abram Kimball, Willis Savory, Elijah Shoemaker, Alanson G. Evarts, Lucius Tracy, Claudius Townshend, William Masters, De Witt C. Talmage, William Teeter, Johnson Carter, Samuel Sterling, Abram Primmer, Lewis Thompson, Timothy Wheat, Seth Rice.
Capt. John Martin, a soldier in the War of 1812, settled in the southwest part of the town about 1816. After making improvements for a few years he sold his property to Charles King. Aaron Davenport and Benjamin Cure came a year or two later and settled near Martin. They also removed from the town some years later. Horace Tupper, Erastus Beard, Edward Beebe, and Darius Wood settled in 1820. Horace Tupper settled upon the farm long owned by William J. Carter. Andrew Phineas and William Rowley settled in the valley of Post Creek in the same year. Abel N. Sweet and Dennison Herrick from Connecticut came in 1821. Sweet settled upon the farm occupied by his son, the late Dennis Sweet. James L. Smith settled upon the farm afterward owned by his sons Philip and Sanford in 1823.
Jacob Bucher located in the valley of Post Creek in 1824. He had a large family. Samuel, one of his sons, afterward owned the farm where Jacob Bucher settled. Benjamin Lewis, Uzal Dickerson, and John P. Cornell settled about this time. William Haynes settled farther up the creek than Jacob Bucher and afterward sold to Thomas Kniffin. Peter Ostrander settled on Reeser's Hill not far from 1825, but soon located at Post Creek. Orange Hubbell built the first house north of James L. Smith, near Catlin Center, on the middle road. About 1827 or 1828 William Locey, Ebenezer Close, the Rev. Thomas Sheardown, Alanson Owen, Jeduthan King, Miles Gregg, and David Clemens located on the middle road. In 1828 David Johnson settled in Johnson Hollow, where he built a frame house. In 1832 Mathias Backer purchased where Jonathan Woodruff had settled in the previous year.
The early settlers of Catlin were not daunted by hardships, but labored bravely to establish homes and secure fortunes in a wilderness country. The original dwellings were built of logs, but the activities of progressive industry soon gave them homes of modern architecture. John Martin built the first log house in 1816. A log schoolhouse was built in 1820 on Martin's Hill. Eunice Bartram was the first teacher.
The first road was laid out in 1823 and extended from Martin's Hill to Post Creek. Horace Tupper built a furnace on his farm about 1825 and James L. Smith furnished the charcoal for the fuel. DeWitt Talmage built an ashery in 1826. Stephen Munn erected the frame for a gristmill at Post Creek about the same time, but it was never completed.
Jacob Bucher built the first tavern on Post Creek and occupied it for several years. John Ostrander, who was probably the first carpenter in the town, built the first grist-mill in 1827; it was afterward owned by William G. Northrup. A saw-mill was also erected on the creek above the gristmill in the same year by James Wheeler. John Ostrander built a blacksmith shop for Jacob Harmon, first blacksmith at Post Creek, in 1837. The first marriage in town was that of Benjamin Cure, Jr., and Miss Betsey Doty in 1826. The first recorded death was that of Horace Tupper in 1827.
Jacob married Christine Jane Eisenhower, daughter of Hans Peter Eisenhauer and Ann Dissinger, about 1804 in , , PA. (Christine Jane Eisenhower was born on 11 Jan 1783 in , Lebanon, PA,5 8 died on 25 Mar 1860 in Post Creek, Chemung, NY 5 and was buried in Catlin Twp.: Post Creek Cemetery, Chemung, NY 5.)
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