Charles F. Bucher ^{1 2 3 4 5 6}

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  Noted events in his life were:

1. Census in 1860 in Chillisquaque Twp., Northumberland, PA. ¹ Nicholas Bucher, age 54, farmer, is living with Eliza, 48; Sally, 28; Catherine, 18; and John, 30, farm hand. Nicholas' farm is valued at $5,000 and his possessions worth $800.

Living next door is his son, Samuel, 32, laborer; Rebecca, 25; William H., 1; Charles F., 2; and another son of Nicholas', Franklin, 25, a school teacher.

Everyone is born in Pennsylvania except Nicholas whose birthplace is listed as Germany. The post office is Milton.

2. Census in 1870 in Chillisquaque Twp., Northumberland, PA. ⁴ Nicholas Bucher, age 65, farmer, is living with Elizabeth, 69; and son John, 38, farm laborer, and daughter Sarah, 36. His farm is valued at $6,000 and his possessions $1,600.

Next door is Daniel Roder, apprentice in car factory, 28, with wife Catherine, 32. He has no real estate and possessions worth $150.

The next household is Nicholas' son Samuel Bucher, 44, farm laborer. He is living with Rebecca, 38; Charles, 13; William, 11; George, 9; David, 5; and Nicholas, 2. Samuel's real estate is worth $1,000 and possessions $250.

Everyone was born in Pennsylvania, except Nicholas who was born in Switzerland.

3. Census in 1880 in Chillisquaque Twp., Northumberland, PA. ² Charles Bucher, 23, black smith, is living with wife Anna, 23, and no children. Everyone and their parents were born in Pennsylvania.

4. Newspaper: The Sunbury Weekly, 10 Dec 1891, Sunbury, Northumberland, PA. ⁷ CHARLES BUCHER'S SAD END.
While Drunk is Run Over and Killed by the Cars.
Rum has scored another victory and the victim is Charles Bucher, a wellknown blacksmith. Yesterday evening he quit work at Shimer's shop in the vigor of manhood, and this morning his mangled remains are in the ice box at Imbody's undertaking establishment. Instead of going home after his day's work he came up town and met some companions, and before night he was sadly under the influence of liquor.
He had some trouble on the street and Officer Kyle went to him and told him if he didn't leave town he would lock him up. Bucher said he was ashamed of himself and promised to go home. The officer saw nothing more of him, but about ten o'clock discovered his horse and buggy hitched on the street and had them put away. The unfortunate man evidently wandered about town and finally laid down on the Reading track near the electric light station, and when the annex train was returning from West Milton, about eleven o'clock, he was run over and killed. His body was cut in two at the hips, and he was otherwise mangled. A coroner's jury was empanelled and a verdict rendered in accordance with the above facts and exonerating the railroad company from any blame in the matter. Buchor was a married man about thirty-five years of age and leaves a wife and several children. He resided near Pottsgrove. His remains were taken in charge by undertaker Imbody and prepared for burial. The deceased was a son of a sober, industrious farmer aud has several brothers who are excellent citizens. Rum cursed his life and brought him to an untimely grave. -- Wednesday's Standard.

5. Book: Genealogical & Biographical Annals of Northumberland County, 1911. ³
DRUMM. There are many representatives of the Drumm family in Lower Augusta township, Northumberland county, the posterity of Charles and Christiana Drumm, whose three surviving sons are all interested in farming in that section. A number of the family have been successful school teachers, notably John Drumm, one of the three brothers mentioned, who has taught there since 1880.

Charles Drumm was born in Dauphin county, Pa., and from the age of eleven years lived with the family of the late Dr. Peter Tryon, in Washington township, Northumberland county, remaining with them until some years after his marriage. He then moved to Uniontown, where he followed his trade of shoemaker for some years, after which he removed across the Mahantango mountains into Lykens Valley, in Dauphin county, where he lived until he entered the army during the Civil war. He served nine months, in Company I, 177th Regiment Pennsylvania Drafted Militia, and in 1866 he returned to Northumberland county, settling at Mile Run, in Lower Augusta township, where he occupied the property now owned by his son Jacob, remaining there until eight years before his death. He then purchased a house and lot at Asherton, this county, where he died April 25, 1897, aged seventy-three years, two months, seventeen days.

After the war he devoted all his time and energies to farming. He was an esteemed citizen of the locality, and active in the life of the Hollowing Run Lutheran Church, in Lower Augusta township, which he served for many years in the capacity of deacon, and also held the office of elder.

He married Christiana Beck, daughter of John Beck, a substantial citizen of Dauphin county, who also owned property in Uniontown; his wife was from Northampton county, Pa. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Drumm are buried at the Hollowing Run Lutheran Church. She died Nov. 27, 1906, aged eighty-one years, four days.

They were the parents of the following named children: Henry is mentioned below; a daughter, twin of Henry, died in infancy; Mary married Levi Conrad and (second) David Conrad, half-brothers; a son, twin of Mary, died in infancy; Charles. died June 9, 1910, aged fifty-six years, nine months, one day (he was a blacksmith in Augustaville and had a farm in Plum Creek); Louise married Emanuel Fox and (second) Jacob Knouse, of Kratzerville; John is mentioned below; Jacob E. is mentioned below; Annie married Charles Bucher and they live in Sunbury.

Through his mother, who was a Diehl, Charles Drumm was related to that early Pennsylvania family of the Mennonite faith, identified with Lehigh and Berks counties from Colonial days. In Northumberland county they lived south of Line Mountain.

6. Residence: in 1911 in Sunbury, Northumberland, PA. ³

Charles married Annie Belle Shultz. (Annie Belle Shultz was born on 1 Mar 1854,⁸ died on 15 Oct 1944 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA ⁸ and was buried on 18 Oct 1944 in Milton: Harmony Cemetery, Northumberland, PA ⁸.)