Marian Cheney Bidwell Bucher ^{1 2}

   Other names for Marian were Irene Marian Bucher ³ and Marian Bucher.⁴

  Burial Notes:

Her tombstone is in Section 6B of Decatur Cemetery and reads:
Marian C. Bucher
July 26, 1883 - July 20, 1958

  Noted events in her life were:

1. Census in 1900 in Decatur, DeKalb, GA. ⁴ John C. Booker, 52, born Jan 1848, was married for 19 years to wife Marion, 41, born Feb 1859. She had given birth by 1900 to one child: Marion, 16, born Jul 1883, single. Also in the home is Agnes Bidwell, mother-in-law, 63, born Nov 1836, widow, who had birthed four children by 1900, two of whom were still living. The home also has a black servant: Winnie Griffin, 35, born May 1865, single.

John C. and his parents were born in Pennsylvania; Marion and her parents in New York; and daughter Marion was born in Georgia. John's occupation is florist. He owned the home.

The preceding household is Carrie Bidwell, 34, widow, born Jun 1866, living with her daughter Agnes, 9, born Oct 1870, and son Everett, 7, born Jul 1892. Carrie and her parents were born in Pennsylvania. The children were born in Georgia, their deceased father in Pennsylvania. Carrie has no occupation.

2. Occupation: secretary at the Presbyterian Church from 1919 to 1943 in Decatur, DeKalb, GA. ¹