George W. Bucher
(1816-1883)
Sarah Diemer
(1820-1889)
Daniel Kostenbauder
(1814-1881)
Frances Klingerman
(1815-1881)
John C. Bucher
(1840-1873)
Frances E. Kostenbauder
(1848-1918)
Charles E. Bucher
(1868-)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. Mary Elizabeth Munson

Charles E. Bucher 2 3

  • Born: 16 Sep 1868, Locust Twp., Columbia, PA 3
  • Marriage (1): Mary Elizabeth Munson on 29 Dec 1892 in , Columbia, PA 1 2

   FamilySearch ID: 2CT1-1PR.

  Noted events in his life were:

1. Census in 1870 in Locust Twp., Columbia, PA. 4 John Bucher, age 29, farmer, is living next door to his father, George. John is listed with wife Frances, 22; Charles E., 1; and his brother, James Bucher, 16.

George Bucher, age 53, farm laborer, is living with wife Sarah, 50; Lewis, 21, "without occupation"; George, 8; and son Ambrose, 6.

2. Census in 1910 in Franklin Twp., Columbia, PA. 5 The 1910 census recorded cousins George and Charles Bucher as neighbors.

George M. Bucher, farmer, 48, was living with wife Elizabeth, 39; Raymond L., farm laborer, 21; Roy H., farm laborer, 21; Jesse C., 20; Hazel A., 15; Dorothy R., 10; and J. Chester, 7. Also with them is a boarder, Francis M. Hower, single male, 35. Elizabeth had birthed 6 children by 1910, all living then.

Next door is Elizabeth's brother, William C. Berninger, carpenter, 34, and next to him is Charles E. Bucher, farmer, 41, with wife Mary E., 42; and daughters Helen, 15; Louise, 13; Frances, 10; and Mercy, 7. Mary had birthed 5 children, all alive in 1910.

3. Book: Historical and Biographical Annals of Columbia and Montour Counties, 1915. 3

Charles E. Bucher, a farmer of Franklin township, Columbia county, was born Sept. 16, 1868, son of John and Frances (Kostenbauder) Bucher.

George Bucher, his grandfather, married Sarah Deener, and among their children was John. John Bucher was a tailor, and lived at Sunbury, Pa. However, he was buried in the little graveyard at McIntyre, and his wife rests by his side.

Charles E. Bucher, son of John Bucher, grew up a farmer and worked as an agriculturist in different places. In 1894 he purchased from Christian Artley fifty-eight acres of land in Franklin township, which he has developed until it is a valuable property, devoted principally to garden truck, which he sells at the nearest market. For five years Mr. Bucher served as a school director, has been constable and is now a justice of the peace, in every walk of life displaying those excellent traits of character which have aided him in his successful career, industry, steadfastness, and thrift. He is a director of the Mutual Fire Insurance Company.

Mr. Bucher married Lizzie Munson, daughter of D.A. Munson, and the following children have been born of this marriage: Helen, Margaret, Louisa, Francis, and Mercy, all of whom are being educated in the State Normal School at Bloomsburg.

4. Occupation: farmer in 1915 in Franklin Twp., Columbia, PA. 3


Charles married Mary Elizabeth Munson, daughter of David A. Munson and Louisa Johnson, on 29 Dec 1892 in , Columbia, PA.1 2 (Mary Elizabeth Munson was born about 1868 in Franklin Twp., Luzerne, PA 5.)


Sources


1 Historical and biographical annals of Columbia and Montour Counties, Pennsylvania : containing a concise history of the two counties and a genealogical and biographical record of representative families : in two volumes, illustrated. (Chicago: J.H. Beers & Co., 1915, 1395 pgs.), Page 1123.

2 FamilySearch.org, Pennsylvania, County Marriages, 1885 - 1950, https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/VF9V-7Q7 Chas. E. Bucher and Lizzie Munson, 1892.

3 Historical and biographical annals of Columbia and Montour Counties, Pennsylvania : containing a concise history of the two counties and a genealogical and biographical record of representative families : in two volumes, illustrated. (Chicago: J.H. Beers & Co., 1915, 1395 pgs.), Page 1112.

4 1870 United States Census, Pennsylvania, Columbia County, Locust Township, Series: M593 Roll: 1329 Page: 269.

5 1910 United States Census, Year: 1910; Census Place: Franklin, Columbia, Pennsylvania; Roll: T624_1334; Page: 4A; Enumeration District: 0017; FHL microfilm: 1375347.



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