John Youndt Bucher ^{2 3 4 5}

   FamilySearch ID: KZFH-NP4.

  Noted events in his life were:

1. Census in 1850 in West Earl Twp., Lancaster, PA. ³ Samuel Bucher, miller, 42, was with wife Leah, 42; Jesse, 13; Lydia Ann, 11; John, 10; Elizabeth, 8; Isaac, 6; and Henry, 3. Also in the home was Sarah Diffendorfer, 16; and John Gipe, miller, 20. Samuel has no real estate value listed; perhaps he was renting. Everyone was born in Pennsylvania.

2. Census in 1860 in Middlesex Twp., Cumberland, PA. ² Samuel Bucher, age 51, farmer, has land valued at $5,500 and possessions worth $2,500. He is living with Leah, 50; John, 20, farm laborer; Elizabeth, 18, domestic; Isaac, 16; Henry, 14; Jesse, 24, farm laborer; and Lydia, 22. The last two are marked for having been married within the year.
Everyone was born in Pennsylvania.

3. Census in 1870 in Middlesex Twp., Cumberland, PA. ⁴ John Y. Bucher, farmer, 30, was living with wife Mary, 32; son Adam, 3; and daughter Anna L., 2. Everyone was born in Pennsylvania. John's farm was worth $7,000, his possessions $1,000. The post office was New Kingston.

4. Census in 1880 in Middlesex Twp., Cumberland, PA. ⁶ John Y. Bucher, farmer, 40, was living with wife Mary A., 40; Adam L., 13; and Anna L., 12. Everyone and their parents were born in Pennsylvania.

5. Census in 1900 in Carlisle, Cumberland, PA. ¹ John Bucher, grocer, 60, born Feb 1840, was married for 32 years to wife Mary, 60, Jan 1840. She had birthed one child: Anna L., 29, Dec 1870. Everyone and their parents were born in Pennsylvania.

[Note: the census records she had one child; it appears from earlier census listings there were two, unless John had a first wife who is the mother of Adam.].

John married Mary A. Thomman about 1868.¹ (Mary A. Thomman was born in 1839 in , , PA,^{4 5} died in 1928 ⁵ and was buried in Silver Spring Twp.: Longsdorf Cemetery, Cumberland, PA ⁵.)