Andrew Bucher ^{1 2 3}

   Another name for Andrew was Andrew Buchert.⁶

   FamilySearch ID: KH1R-C98.

  General Notes:

The 1860 Census reports Andrew Bucher had a six-year-old son Andrew who would be born about 1854, but Genealogical & Biographical Annals of Northumberland County has a long biography about Andrew's son, Andrew L., born in 1861. It appears the first Andrew died before 1861, and, as was common at the time, if a child died young, the same name could be given to a later child.

  Noted events in his life were:

1. Census in 1850 in Jackson Twp., Northumberland, PA. ³ Andrew Bucher, age 27, farmer, is living with wife Elizabeth, 22; Mary, 1; Mary, 3 months. Everyone was born in Pennsylvania.

2. Census in 1860 in Washington Twp., Northumberland, PA. ⁷ Andrew Bucher, age 39, farmer, is living with Elizabeth, 35; Mary, 14; Sarah, 12; Amanda, 10; Elizabeth, 8; Andrew, 6. All were born in Pennsylvania. The post office is Rebuck.

3. Census in 1880 in Washington Twp., Northumberland, PA. ¹ Andrew Bucher, 59, farmer, is living with Elizabeth, 52; Sallie, 29, occupation milliner; Elizabeth A., 22; Andrew L., 20; and George F. Billman, 11, grandson, "with grandfather." Everyone and their parents were born in Pennsylvania.

4. He has conflicting death information of Apr 1894 and Washington Twp., Northumberland, PA. ⁵ Floyd's Northumberland Genealogies quotes his death as April 1894, but at age seventy-four years, four months, fourteen days, which would be 5 Apr 1897. Further research is needed to determine the correct date.

5. Book: Genealogical & Biographical Annals of Northumberland County, 1911. ⁵

ANDREW L. BUTCHER, who is farming his father's old homestead in Washington township, is a grandson of Dieter Bucher, the ancestor of a prominent branch of the Bucher family, many of whose members may be found in Northumberland county. One branch located in Lower Mahanoy township.

The Bucher family has long been settled in Pennsylvania, the homes of the earlier members being in Lancaster and Montgomery counties. Dieter Bucher was a native of Limerick township, Montgomery county, whence he came to the Mahantango Valley, in Northumberland county, purchasing two farms lying along the creek, from Uniontown to the county line. He never lived there any length of time, however, dying in his native district. His son Andrew lived upon one of these farms for some years, and his son-in-law David Lenker occupied the other, in later years purchasing Andrew Bucher's place and eventually owning both properties. Dieter Bucher was twice married, his first wife being a Ziegler, his second a Miss Shutt. To the first marriage were born three children: Mary, who married Frank Markley; Catharine, who married David Lenker; and Andrew. By the second wife he had two children: Ephraim and Louisa, the latter marrying Jonathan Eisenbrown, who is still living in Philadelphia, at an advanced age. Dieter Bucher had a sister, Lydia, who was the mother of Gov. John F. Hartranft, of Pennsylvania.

Andrew Bucher, son of Dieter, was born Nov. 22, 1822. He came from the Mahantango Valley to Washington township about 1852, settling at the Mahanoy (St. Peter's) Church, where he owned the eighty-five-acre farm now the property of his son Andrew L. Bucher.

He was a lifelong farmer and prospered in his work, about 1860 building what is now the west end of the dwelling on the farm, and in 1868 putting up the barn which is still in use. He was a useful and highly esteemed member of the community, serving as school director, tax collector and assessor, and he was a very active member of the Reformed congregation at St. Peter's Church, of which he was deacon, elder, trustee and treasurer. In political conviction he was a Republican.

He died in April, 1894, aged seventy- four years, four months, fourteen days, and is buried with his wife at Mahanoy. Her name was Elizabeth Lenker, and she was born Dec. 7, 1827, daughter of Michael Lenker, of Lower Mahanoy township; she died in September, 1888, aged sixty years, nine months, nine days. Mr. and Mrs. Bucher had five children: Mary married Isaac O. Billman; Sallie married Jacob Smith; Amanda married I. M. Wentzel; E. Alice died aged twenty-six years; Andrew L. was the only son.

Andrew married Elizabeth Lenker, daughter of Michael Lenker and Unknown. (Elizabeth Lenker was born on 7 Dec 1827 in , , Pennsylvania, USA,^{1 3 4 5} died on 16 Sep 1888 in Washington Twp., Northumberland, PA ^{4 5} and was buried in Red Cross: St. Peter's Lutheran Church, Northumberland, PA ⁴.)