Rev. Jonas Franklin Bucher Jr ^{2 3 4 5}

   Another name for Jonas was Frank Bucher.

   FamilySearch ID: GCK9-Q89.

  Noted events in his life were:

1. Occupation: minister. Rev. Jonas Franklin Bucher, a German Reformed minister, served as a missionary in China, where some of his children were born.

2. Census in 1880 in Milton, Northumberland, PA. ⁸ In the North Ward of Milton, Jonas F. Bucher, blacksmith, age 46, was living with wife Adeline, 38; Lizzie, 14; Mary, 12; Clara, 10; John N., 8; Jennie M., 5; and Jonas F., 2. They and their parents were born in Pennsylvania.

3. Newspaper: Miltonian, 11 May 1906, Milton, Northumberland, PA. ⁹ On Wednesday last Misses Lizzie and Mary Bucher went to Lancaster to witness the graduation of their brother, Frank, at the Franklin & Marshal Theogical Seminary. They were accompanied by Mrs. William Anspach and Mrs. Hull Knauer, also of St. John's Reformed Church, this place. The young man who takes order has always been a close and worthy student, and has provided for himself an eight year mission to China and he has the good wishes not only of the local congregation but of the church at large, as well as the people of the town.

4. Newspaper: The Daily News, 16 May 1906, Mount Carmel, Northumberland, PA. ¹⁰ Bucher Going to China
Rev. J. Frank Bucher, of Milton, is under appointment by the foreign mission board of the Reformed church to go to China next August to engage in the educational work of the denomination in that country.

5. Newspaper: Miltonian, 25 May 1906, Milton, Northumberland, PA. ¹¹ Miss Olive Miller will be married in July to Mr. J. Frank Bucher, of MIlton, who will go to China as a missionary. Shamokin will thus have another tie with the Orient, Rev. Fischer's daughter, Mrs. Kane, being at present there, and REv. C. B. Schneder's brother being a missionary to Japan -- Shamokin "Dispatch".

6. Newspaper: Sunbury American, 20 Jul 1906, Sunbury, Northumberland, PA. ¹ SHAMOKIN WEDDING The culmination of a pretty romance was reached at Shamokin on Thursday when Miss Olive May Miller and Rev. J. Frank Bucher, of Milton, were married, at the home of the bride's mother, Mrs. Martha Miller. Rev O. B. Schneider, of St. John's Reformed church, officiated. After a short visit to Milton the newly married couple will leave for. San Fran01500, from where they will sail for China, where Mr.
Bucher has been appointed a missionary of the Reformed church.
Miss Miller is a daughter of the late Francis Miller and is a graduate of the Shamobin High school. Rev. Bucher was recently graduated from the Reformed Theological Seminary, at Lancaster. Several years ago, while the local pastor was on his vacation, Rev. Bucher served as pastor at Shamokin, and it was at this time that he met and fell in love with Miss Miller.

7. Residence: on 27 Apr 1907 in Yochow, , Hunan, CHN. ¹²

8. Residence: on 9 Feb 1909 in Yochow, , Hunan, CHN. ¹³

9. Census in 1910 in Shamokin, Northumberland, Pennsylvania, United States of America. ¹⁴ The 1910 census recorded owning a home at 6 East Sunbury Street: Martha Miller, music teacher, 51, living with son Claude, 16; son Roland, 13; daughter Ruth, 13; son-in-law Frank Bucher, minister in church, 31, with Martha's daughter Olive, 27; daughters Adaline W. Bucher, 2 and Martha Bucher, 1. Everyone and their parents were born in Pennsylvania, except Adaline and Martha Bucher who were born in China.

10. Residence: on 27 Jul 1912 in Chenzhou , Hunan, CHN. ¹⁵

11. Residence: on 26 Jul 1914 in Chenzhou , Hunan, CHN. ¹⁶

12. Residence: on 19 Jan 1918 in Chenzhou , Hunan, CHN. ¹⁷

13. Residence: on 17 Jan 1921 in Chenzhou , Hunan, CHN. ¹⁸

14. S.S. President McKinley sailing from Shanghai China 26 Jun 1927 arriving Seattle WA 10 Jul 1927 on 10 Jul 1927 in Seattle, King, WA. ¹⁹ Bucher J Frank age 48 born Milton PA 6/17/78
Bucher Olive M age 44 born Shamokin PA 3/6/83
Bucher Olive M age 15 born Shamokin PA 3/9/11
Bucher Jonas F age 13 born Kuling China 7/27/12
Bucher Mary V age 11 born Kuling China 6/26/14
Bucher Emma E. age 8 born Schchonfu China 1/19/18
Bucher John R age 2 born Schchonfu China 10/6/23.

15. Newspaper: Intelligencer Journal, 10 May 1941, Lancaster, Lancaster, PA. ²⁰ (photo of Rev. Bucher)
REV. JONAS FRANKLIN BUCHER
F. & M. WILL CONFER HONORARY DEGREES ON 8 MEN JUNE 4
MINISTERS TO BE CITED Franklin and Marshall college will confer eight honorary degrees at the 154th annual Commencement exercises June 4.
MINISTERS TO BE CITED
Four ministers of the Reformed and Evangelical church will receive the honorary degree of Doctor of Divinity: The Rev.
Jonas Franklin Bucher, missionary to China and now living in this city; the Rev. Ralph Ellis Hartman, minister of Grace Church Frederick, Maryland; the Rev. Paul Tobias Stonesifer, minister of Zion church at Chambersburg, Pa.; and the Rev. Ralph Stanley Weiler, minister of Grace church at Jeannette, Pa. The degrees will be conferred by Dr. H. M. J. Klein, professor of history and acting president of the college since the death of President John A. Schaeffer.

16. Newspaper: Intelligencer Journal, 27 Sep 1941, Lancaster, Lancaster, PA. ²¹ MISSIONARY
(photo of Rev. Bucher)
REV. JONAS FRANKLIN BUCHER, a missionary home on furlough from China, who will speak at the Sunday evening service in Salem Evangelical and Reformed Church, Hellers.

17. Residence: 142 Buffalo Ave., Egg Harbor, NJ on 3 Aug 1947 in Egg Harbor City, Atlantic, NJ.

18. Obituary: Lancaster Intelligencer Journal on 4 Aug 1947 in Lancaster, Lancaster, PA. ²² DR. J. F. BUCHER, 69, DIES AT N. J. HOME: NOTED MISSIONARY
Former Lancaster Resident Spent 35 Years In China Mission Fields
Dr. J. Frank Bucher, sixty-nine, Egg Harbor, N. J., a retired missionary of the Evangelical and Reformed Church, and a former resident of this city, died at his home at 3:45 p. m.
Sunday, after a lengthy illness.
Dr. Bucher spent 35 years in the mission fields of China and was honored for his work when Franklin and Marshall College gave him the degree of Doctor of Divinity in 1941, a year after his return from China.
Born in Milton, Pa., the son of the late J. Frank and Adeline Wolf Bucher, Dr. Bucher attended Franklin and Marshall Academy and graduated from Franklin and Marshall College in 1903 and the Theological and Reformed Seminary in 1906. He received his Master's Degree from Columbia University when returned from
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China on a furlough.
TAUGHT CHINESE SCHOOLS
While serving in China. Dr. Bucher taught at the Lakeside School, Yochow, Hunan Province, and later at the Eastview Boy's School, Yuanling, Hunan Province.
Dr. Bucher is survived by his wife, Olive Miller Bucher, and the following children: Adeline, wife of Alan Werner, Corning, N. Y.: Martha, at home; Olive, wife of Stanley C. Weidman, Sinking Springs; Emeline, wife of Rev. Louis Ewald, Egg Harbor, N. J.; J. Frank, III, Eugene, Oregon; and Rev. John R. Bucher, Hyndman, Pa. Five grandchildren; a sister, Margaret Jane Bucher, Milton; and a brother, Fred Bucher, Warren, Ohio, also survive.

19. Obituary: Press of Atlantic City on 5 Aug 1947 in Atlantic City, Atlantic, NJ. ²³ Rev. J. F. Bucher, Ex-Missionary
Egg Harbor Clergyman
Authority on China
EGG HARBOR CITY, Aug. 4 - The Rev. J. Frank Bucher, prominent clergyman of the Evangelical and Reformed Church, died at his home, 142 Buffalo av., Sunday. He was born in Milton, Pa., June 17, 1878, and was known as an authority on China, having spent 35 years of his life there as a missionary and in charge of educational endeavors.
The Rev. Mr. Bucher served as principal East View schools in Yuanling. Many of his pupils are now prominent in Chinese education and government circles, including Major Ming Sen Li, who recently attended the American Medical Society convention in Atlantic City and visited his old teacher during the conclave.
The Rev. Mr. Bucher is survived by his wife, Olive Miller Bucher; two sons, J. Frank, of Eugene, Ore., and the Rev. John H.. of Hyndman, Pa.; four daughters, Mrs. Alan Werner, of Corning, N. Y.; Miss Martha Bucher, of Egg Harbor; Mrs. Stanley Weidman, of Sinking Spring, Pa., and Mrs. Louis Ewald of Egg Harbor; 6 grandchildren, a brother, Fred, of Warren, Oh., and a sister, Jennie, of Milton, Pa.
Funeral services will be held from St. Johns Reformed Church, this city, at 10 A. M. Thursday. Interment will be in Greenwood Cemetery, Lancaster, Pa. There will be a viewing at the church from 7 to 9 on Wednesday evening. Funeral arrangements being handled by the Robert C. Atwood funeral home.
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20. Obituary: Shamokin News on 5 Aug 1947 in Shamokin, Northumberland, Pennsylvania, United States of America. ⁶ Rev. J. F. Bucher, Former Missionary And Pastor, Dies
Rev. J. Frank Bucher, D. D., 69, former assistant pastor of St. John Reformed Church and retired missionary, died yesterday in Egg Harbor, N. J., after a lingering illness. Death was attributed to a complication.
Rev. Bucher, who was born in Milton, was graduated from Franklin & Marshall College and the Theological Seminary connected with that school. He attended Columbia University, also. During his school career, Rev. Bucher served as an assistant pastor to Dr. C. B. Schneder in St. John Reformed Church. He also preached in Reformed churches in Fairview and Brady.
After he was ordained in 1906, Rev. Bucher married Miss Olive M. Miller, Shamokin, and later that year left for China, where he served as a missionary. He and his wife were stationed there when the Japanese invaded China, but they refused to leave. The missionary and his wife escaped from the Japanese in 1941, and after returning to United States, Rev. Bucher was given a charge in Woodstock, Va. He served there until he was forced into retirement because ill health.
Surviving are his wife and six children, Mrs. Adeline Werner, Corning, N. Y.; Miss Martha Bucher, New Jersey; Mrs. Olive Weidman, Sinking Springs; Mrs. Louis Ewald, Egg Harbor, N. J.; J. Frank Bucher, Jr., Oregon, and Rev. John R. Bucher, Maryland. A sister, Miss Jennie Bucher, Milton, survives, also.
Funeral services will be Thursday morning at 10:00 in Egg Harbor. Burial will be in Lancaster.

Jonas married Olive May Miller, daughter of Francis Adam Miller and Martha Jane Adams, on 12 Jul 1906 in Shamokin, Northumberland, PA.¹ (Olive May Miller was born on 9 Mar 1883 in Shamokin, Northumberland, Pennsylvania, United States of America,^{24 25} died on 25 Jan 1986 in Coopersburg, Lehigh, PA ^{24 25} and was buried in Lancaster: Greenwood Cemetery, Lancaster, PA ²⁵.)