John Buchen ^{2 3 4}

   Another name for John was John Bucher.^{1 5 6}

   FamilySearch ID: LZFZ-V9H.

  General Notes:

John Buchen born 1807 may be the brother of Jacob Buchen born 1803. ¹

  Noted events in his life were:

1. Occupation: Blacksmith in 1830 in , Lancaster, PA. ²

2. Census in 1850 in West Earl Twp., Lancaster, PA. ⁷ The 1850 census recorded John Bucher, blackmsith, 43, living with wife Anne, 41; Elizabeth, 15; Fanny, 12; Martin, 10; Lavina, 9; Jacob, 7; Abraham, 5; Christian, 2. Also living in the home is Enoch Fassnacht, 23, and Henry Weidler, 18. Everyone was born in Pennsylvania. John's estate was valued at $2500.

3. Census in 1860 in West Earl Twp., Lancaster, PA. ⁴ John Buchen, farmer, 53, was living with wife Anna, 49; Lavina, 18; Martin, 20; Abraham, 14; Christian, 12; and Catherine, 10. Everyone was born in Pennsylvania. His farm was worth $3,000 and personal estate $1,100. The post office was West Earl.

4. Census in 1870 in West Earl Twp., Lancaster, PA. ³ John Buchen, black smith, 65, was living with wife Annie, 59; Abraham, black smith, 23; and Christian, black smith, 21. Everyone was born in Pennsylvania. His farm was worth $8,000 and personal estate $1,700. The post office was West Earl.

5. Census in 1880 in West Earl Twp., Lancaster, PA. ⁸ The 1880 census recorded John Buchen, 73, married to wife Anna, 69. He was a retired blacksmith. He was born in Pennsylvania but his father and mother were born in Germany. Anna's parents were Pennsylvanians.

John married Anna Nancy Landis, daughter of Jacob Landis and Elizabeth Kaufman, on 23 Dec 1834 in , Lancaster, PA.^{1 2} (Anna Nancy Landis was born on 13 Nov 1810 in Landis Valley, Lancaster, PA,^{1 2 5 9} died on 23 Jun 1888 in , Lancaster, PA ^{2 5 9} and was buried in Brownstown: Brownstown Evangelical Cemetery, Lancaster, PA ^{5 9}.)