J. Henry Bicher ¹

   Other names for J. were J. H. Bicher and Henry Biecker.

   FamilySearch ID: GNBL-CQ4.

  Birth Notes:

His birth year is 1817 by the 1860 Census but 1822 by the 1870 and 1880 Census.

  Noted events in his life were:

1. He has conflicting birth information of Abt 1817 and , , PA. ²

2. He has conflicting birth information of Abt 1823 and , , PA.

3. Residence: in 1859 in Bloom Twp., Fairfield, OH. ³ Henry Bicher of Bloom Township was a witness to the Franklin County, Ohio will of Conrad Heyl.

Heyl, Conrad (D-196) Of Mifflin Twp.; signed Jan 7, 1845; codicil Apr. 10, 1858; proven July 27, 1859; mentions: nieces Anna Mitchell and Elizabeth Pilgrim; bro. Christian Heyl; nephew and godson, John Konrod Heyl; children of my deceased niece, Maria more, late of Illinois and Elizabeth Hymrod, wife of John Hymrod; nephews: Lawrence, Lewis, William E., George W. and Charles Heyl; niece Mary A. Henkel; nephew Christian Myer; nieces Catherine Lambert and Mary Kaemerer; nephew John Lambert; executor: nephew Lawrence Heyl; witness to will: Fernando C. Kelton and E. N. Stelzer, a clerk in the merchant establishment of Kelton, Bancroft and Co., and who was deceased at the time of proving will; witnesses to codicil: Henry Bicher and George Katzmyer. At time of proving, Henry Bicher was of Bloom Twp., Fairfield Co., Apr. 10, 1859.

4. Census in 1860 in Amanda Twp., Fairfield, OH. ⁴ J. H. Bicher, age 37, boot and shoe maker, is listed in the 1860 census in Amanda Township, Fairfield County, Ohio with real estate valued at $500 and possessions worth $200. Living with him is wife Elizabeth, 37; Eliza Bicher, 7; Charles Bicher, 1; and others we presume are Elizabeth's by a first marriage: Ezra Rockey, 14; Elvira Rockey, 12; Wilson Rockey, 9; Fred Rockey, 8. Everyone was born in Ohio, except J.H. who was born in Pennsylvania. The post office is Lancaster, Ohio.

5. Census in 1870 in Bloom Twp., Fairfield, OH. ² Henry Bicher, age 53, farm laborer, is living with wife Sarah, 47; Eliza, 16; and Lorenzo, 11. Also with them is John Rockey, 16, farm laborer. Everyone was born in Ohio except Henry in Pennsylvania. A neighbor is inlaw Abraham Courtright, 39. The post office is Lancaster.

6. Census in 1880 in Greencastle, Fairfield, OH. Henry Bicher, age 58, laborer, is living with wife Sarah A, 56; Eliza, 26; Lorenzo, 20; John H., grandson, 2 years. Everyone was born in Ohio except Henry in Pennsylvania. His parents and Sarah's parents are from Pennsylvania.

J. married Hannah Nickerson, daughter of Unknown and Lydia, on 19 Jul 1851 in , Franklin, OH. (Hannah Nickerson was born about 1827 in La Plata, Charles, MD ⁵.)

J. next married Sarah A. Weiser, daughter of Samuel Weiser and Margaret Hart, on 23 Aug 1858 in , Fairfield, OH. (Sarah A. Weiser was born on 6 Dec 1821 in , , OH ^{2 4}, christened on 31 Mar 1822 in Bloom Twp.: Betzer Union Church, Fairfield, OH ⁶ and died after Jun 1880.)