Mary Ann Bicher ^{1 2 3 4 5 6}

   Another name for Mary was Lillie Bicher.⁸

   FamilySearch ID: 9C6N-PDF.

  Noted events in her life were:

1. Census in 1880 in Brecknock Twp., Lancaster, PA. Charles Bicher, age 36, farmer, lived with wife Lizzie, 37; Mary Ann, 9, and James, 9.

2. Census in 1900 in Brecknock Twp., Lancaster, PA. ¹ Jeremiah Bicher is listed in the 1900 Census for Brecknock Township as age 56, born in Feb 1844. This is a different date than reported on his tombstone record. The record states he was married for 29 years to his wife, Elizabeth, born Oct 1841. She had a total of two children and both were alive in 1900. Both are reported being in the household: James, born Jan 1871; and Mary born Jan 1871. Jeremiah is employed as a farmer.

3. Census in 1910 in Brecknock Twp., Lancaster, PA. ⁹ Jermiah Bicher, age 6?, farmer, married 41 years to wife Elizabeth, 66, is living with his son James, 40; and daughter Mary, 40. Both children are single. Elizabeth had given birth to two children, both still living, and she only spoke German, while the others spoke English. Everyone and their parents were born in Pennsylvania.

4. Residence: on 1 Aug 1918 in Adamstown, Lancaster, PA. ⁶

5. Census in 1920 in Brecknock Twp., Lancaster, PA. ¹⁰ James Bicher, 48, was living with his sister, Mary, 48.

6. Census in 1920 in East Earl Twp., Lancaster, PA. ¹¹ The 1920 census recorded James Bicher, owner of a farm, 48, single, living with his twin sister, Mary, 48. They and their parents were born in Pennsylvania.
Living next door is Mary Bryan nee Bicher, a relative? age 57, with her husband Samuel W. Bryan, 67.

7. Residence: On her brother James' death certificate Mary listed her address as: c/o H.F. Stevens, R #1, Lancaster Co. Pa. on 6 Jun 1925 in , Lancaster, PA.

8. Census in 1930 in Brecknock Twp., Lancaster, PA. ¹² Mary Bicher, 59, servant, was living as the only other person in the household of Nathaniel Pannabecher, 49.

9. Newspaper: Lancaster New Era: County Couple, 60 & 53, Visit City First Time, 24 Apr 1934, Lancaster, Lancaster, PA. ¹³ -----
County Couple, 60 & 53, Visit City First Time
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(photo of Mary Bicher and Nathaniel Pennabecker)
Photo Caption: Nathaniel Pannebecker, fifty-three and Mary Bickel, sixty, both of Brecknock township, as they stopped in Penn Square on their first visit to Lancaster city, although both were born in the county
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A rushing city sped rapidly past the eyes of two Brecknock township residents as they visited Lancaster for the first time in their lives this morning.
It was just one wonder after another. First, the fast traffic. Next, the Griest skyscraper. Then, the police traffic tower in Penn Square. And after that many other things too numerous to mention.
Nathaniel Pannebecker, fifty-three, and his housekeeper, Mary Bickel, sixty, Denver R. D., have rarely been a stone's throw from their farm during the past ten years. They kept track of things from the newspapers but otherwise Lancaster was as much a mystery as Siam.

Says Lancaster "Some Place"

"It's sure some place," Pannebecker said, shoving his plow-worn hands deep into overall pockets. "I was at Womelsdorf once, but that was the nearest I ever came to a city like this. "What's that thing?" He pointed to the traffic tower.
"That's the policeman's tower," said Sam Lazarowitz, Penn Square newsboy, and always willing to help a traveler. "Hey there, Rosey, put your head out."
Policeman Ross Brubaker obediently put his head out the window and waved. Pannebecker grinned as though be had just been greeted by a Prime Minister. His companion, although apparently thrilled, didn't say a word.
The Penn Square fraternity, which includes newsmen, dispatchers, policemen and persons waiting for a street car were quick to sense that interesting persons were in their midst and were soon firing questions.
"Wha'd you come to town for?" some one asked.
"About tobacco business" Pannebecker replied. "We had a hard time finding the post office, but we found it. It's a nice place all right."
Asked about the farm situation, the Brecknock resident said he wasn't raising tobacco this year and that as long as it suited the government to pay him for raising nothing, it was all right with him. He thinks farmers are entitled to $1.50 on milk, though. and asked if the questioner didn't think so too.

Likes Roosevelt

"What do you think of Roosevelt?" was next.
"He's all right" was the reply. with a rising inflection. "If only people would listen a little better. Don't you think so?"
"What do you think of the Griest building?"
Pannebecker looked blank. "That building over there," the interviewer pointed out.
"Oh, that's a skyscraper, all right" he replied. "There's nothing like that in Denver."
"Who are the biggest people up your way?"
That was a tough one, but he finally named Agnus Coover, the Justice, and Howard Holtman, the produce dealer.
When the conversation turned to politics, the visitor was right there with the goods. "It's soon big times, I guess. Electing a governor" he said. He wouldn't predict who the governor would be, however.

Has a "Flivver"
Pannebecker revealed that his own income is derived from his farm, which he inherited from his father. He has about 130 chickens, and some cows and horses.
"I've got a flivver," he said as the Ephrata - New Holland - Adamstown trolley car approached, "but I don't want to try driving it in the city. The street car ride is pretty nice, anyway."
Then, as he and his companion boarded the car they waved farewell to their new friends -- Sam Lazarowitz, Harry Marshall, Harry Prowser, Ross Brubaker, Grant Supplee and all the others.

10. Newspaper: Pittsburg Post-Gazette: Leave Farm First Time In 10 Years, 25 Apr 1934, Pittsburgh, Allegheny, PA. ¹⁴ -----
LEAVE FARM FIRST TIME IN 10 YEARS
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Farmer and Housekeeper Also Pay First Visit to City.
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LANCASTER, Pa., April 24 (AP) -- Nathaniel Pennebecker, 60, and his housekeeper, Mary Bickel, 53, left their farm for the first time in 10 years today to pay the first visit in their lifetime to Lancaster.
Newsboys escorted them through the city, where they gazed with awe on traffic towers, twinkling electric signs and store display windows.
They came to collect some money from the Government for their tobacco crop.

11. Census in 1940 in Brecknock Twp., Lancaster, PA. ¹⁵ The 1940 census recorded owning a $2000 house: Nathaniel Pennypacker, farmer, 59, living with housekeeper Mary Pennypacker, 70. They were born in Pennsylvania and lived in the same home in 1935.

12. Residence: R1, Denver, PA on 27 Apr 1942 in Denver, Lancaster, PA. ⁴

13. Cause of Death: broncho pneumonia, carcinoma of uterus, 1 Nov 1944, Denver, Lancaster, PA. ²

14. Obituary: Lancaster New Era: obituary of Mrs. Nathaniel Pannabecker on 1 Nov 1944 in Lancaster, Lancaster, PA. ⁷ -----
MRS. NATHANIEL PANNABECKER
Mrs. Mary Bicker [sic] Pannabecker, seventy-four, wife of Nathaniel Pannabecker, died at her home, Stone Hill, Denver R1, at 6:30 o'clock this morning after a brief illness. She was a daughter of the late Jerre and Eliza Kieffer Bicker. Her husband is the only survivor.

15. Residence: R. D. 1, Denver, PA on 1 Nov 1944 in Denver, Lancaster, PA. ²

Mary married Nathaniel K. Pannabecker, son of Beneville R. Pannabecker and Catharine Kindt. (Nathaniel K. Pannabecker was born on 25 Dec 1880 in Denver, Lancaster, PA ^{4 5 16 17}, christened on 5 Oct 1882 in East Cocalico Twp.: Muddy Creek Lutheran Church, Lancaster, PA,¹⁸ died on 23 Apr 1961 in Lancaster, Lancaster, PA ^{5 19} and was buried on 26 Apr 1961 in East Cocalico Twp.: Muddy Creek Church Cemetery, Lancaster, PA ⁵.)