Jacob Bucher
- Born: 30 Jan 1840, , Ashland, OH
- Marriage (1): Mary Clay Stalcup on 24 Dec 1865 1
- Died: 1925, Highland Twp., Greene, IN at age 85
- Buried: Highland Twp.: Bucher Cemetery, Greene, IN
FamilySearch ID: KZ44-JZ7.
Noted events in his life were:
1. Book: Green County Historical Society.
JACOB BUCHER, a resident of Highland Township, was born January 30, 1840, in Ashland County, Ohio. With his parents, John and Eda A. (Winkler) Bucher, who bore a family of ten children, he came to Greene County in 1857, and located in Highland Township, where he has ever since made his home. His schooling was somewhat limited, and alternated with months of hard labor upon a farm. On November 15, 1861, he enlisted in Company E, Fifty-ninth Regiment Indiana Volunteer Infantry, and served in the late war until its close, when he received an honorable discharge March 22, 1865. Mr. Bucher was actively engaged in the following battles: New Madrid, Corinth, Vicksburg, Chattanooga, Atlanta, and was on the march from there to Savannah thence to the battles of Beaufort and Wilmington. On December 24, 1865, he was united in wedlock to Mary C. Stalcup, and together they are the parents of eight children?George B., Arabella, John, Walter A. and Willard G. (deceased twins), Edward P., Jacob G. and Blanche. During most of his life, Mr. Bucher has followed farming, and with good success, as his large farm of 200 acres, well improved and cultivated, amply testifies. He is a Democrat in politics, and an upright, industrious citizen, whom to know is to respect and esteem.
Online at:
http://www.greenecountyhistoricalsociety.org/index.php?page=bios.
2. Census in 1860 in Highland Twp., Greene, IN. 2 The 1860 Census for Highland Township in Greene County has John Bucher, age 58, farmer, living with wife Edna Ann, 48; daughter Elizabeth, 21; sons Jacob, 19, John, 17, and Andrew ,11; and Mary E. age 6. The father was born in Pennsylvana, mother in Virginia, and all children in Ohio. John's home was valued at $1000 and possessions at $500.
3. Census in 1880 in Highland Twp., Greene, IN. 3 Jacob Bucher, farmer, 40, was living with wife Mary C., 36; George B., 13; Anabell, 11; Edward P., 5; and Jacob, 2. Also with them: George B. Stalcup, retired farmer, 66 and his wife Mary, 66. Jacob was born in Ohio, his father in Pennsylvania, and his mother in North Carolina. His wife and children were born in Indiana. Mary's father was born in Tennessee, mother in North Carolina.
4. Book: Biographical Memoirs of Greene County, Indiana, 1908. 1
Jacob Bucher
By Mrs. Hugh A. Owen
The history of the Bucher family, as far back as information can be obtained, begins with Henry Bucher, born 1775 and who lived to be seventy-six years old. He married Catharine Hickman, who was born in 1776 and lived eighty-eight years.
To Henry and Catharine (Hickman) Bucher were born Michael (1800-1883), John (1802-1883), Elizabeth (Danner) (1804-1884), Henry (1806-1884), David (1809-1898), Andrew (1812-1869). John Bucher, second son of Henry and Catharine Bucher, married Eda Ann Winkler. The earliest information obtainable in the history of this branch of the Bucher family is that of Lawrence Winkler and his wife, Fanny Payne. Lawrence Winkler was born near Morgantown, Burk county, North Carolina, January 15, 1771. He was married to Fanny Payne in the year 1795, who was born in Wayne county, Virginia, November 18, 1775. To this union were born the following children: Rebecca (Moller) (1795-1887), John (1799-1886), George (1801-1876), James (1804-1844), Lydia (Hudson) (1806-1878), Mary (1809-1826), Eda Ann (Bucher) (1812-1893), Jacob (1815-1890), Enoch (1819-1871). The average of this generation reached sixty-six years.
To John Bucher and Eda Ann (Winkler) Bucher were born Elizabeth (Crail) (1837 -----), Jacob (1840 -----), John B. (1842 -----), Andrew M. (1849 -----), Mary Ellen (Owen) (1854 -----). Not a death has occurred in a family of five children, the eldest aged seventy-one years, a remarkable thing to be able to say. The native state of this family of children is Ohio. The family moved from that state to Indiana in 1857 and settled at the old Bucher home near Liberty church in Highland township, Greene county.
Jacob Bucher, eldest son of John and Eda Ann Bucher, married Mary Clay Stalcup, December 24, 1865. The earliest record of this branch of the family is that of William Stalcup, the name of whose wife is not known. To them were born six sons; Peter, William, Isaac, Hon. John, Samuel and Eli. Isaac, the third son married Miss Osborn. To them were born twelve children, James, Alfred, Isaac, Benjamin, John L., Susan, Rebecca, Elizabeth, Nancy, Polly and Margaret. James, the eldest child, was born August 22, 1786. He married Margaret Marlin, born December 17, 1795, on the 6th day of September, 1812. James was of German descent and his wife was Scotch-Irish. She came across the ocean when seven years old and settled in North Carolina. They moved to Indiana at an early date and settled in Greene county. To them were born George B. (1814-1880), Catharine (Ballard) (1815-1897), Isaac (1818-1895), Elizabeth (Dixon) (1822-1869), Rebecca (Short) (1825-1861), William (1828-1888), Maria Louisa (Burnam) (1832-1864), Elvira Josephine (Andrews) (1835 -----).
George B., eldest son, was married to Mary Buckner, August 28, 1834. The earliest history of this branch of the Bucher family, is that of Edward Bucher (1784-1861) and his wife, Elizabeth (1788-1854). To them were born; Jeremiah, Mary, James, Nancy, Louisa and Jonathan.
To George B. Stalcup and Mary (Buckner) Stalcup were born; Nancy (1840-1845), Elizabeth (1842-1842), Margaret (1837-1844), Mary Clay (1844 -----), Edward (1850-1854), Louisa (1848-1850), and Josephine (1855 -----).
To Jacob Bucher and Mary Clay (Stalcup) Bucher were born eight children: George B. (1867 -----), Arabella (Owen) (1868 -----), John (1870-1872), Williard M. and Walter G. (1873-1873), Edward P. (1875 -----), Jacob Guy (1877 -----), Blanch May (Hays) (1883 -----). George B. married Thursia Heaton (1872-1900), in 1892. To them were born a daughter, Mabel H. (1895 -----). Arabella married Hugh A. Owen (1862 -----) in 1902. To them were born a son, George B. in 1905. Edward P. married Lola Newsom (1880 -----) in 1903. To them was born a daughter, Helen Frances, in 1906. Jacob Guy married Arle Owen (1881 -----) in 1905. To them was born a son, Jacob David, in 1907. Blanch May married Wilbur Hays (1882 -----) in 1904. To them a daughter, Mary Louise, was born in 1905.
Jacob Bucher enlisted in Company E, Fifty-ninth Indiana Volunteer Infantry, November 15, 1861, at the age of twenty-one. He was in the engagement at New Madrid, Missouri, and at Island No. 10, Shiloh, Corinth, Holly Springs, and Jackson, Mississippi. His regiment had the honor of planting the first United States flag on the state house at Jackson after the war begun. His brother, John B., was wounded in the battle at Jackson. The subject was also in the seige of Vicksburg and in all the battles in which his regiment was engaged. From this place he marched with his regiment to Chattanooga and Lookout Mountain, taking part in all these engagements. From there he went to Missionary Ridge and Atlanta, Georgia, later making the noted march to the sea, thence marched to Raleigh, North Carolina, and was relieved from duty at Wilmington, that state, which closed his active service of three years and five months. He was honorably discharged April 22, 1865, at Indianapolis, Indiana.
After the war he rented a farm for a number of years and finally bought it, living there until the present time (1908), in Highland township, Greene county, Indiana, where he is influential and highly respected by all.
Jacob married Mary Clay Stalcup, daughter of George B. Stalcup and Mary Buckner, on 24 Dec 1865.1 (Mary Clay Stalcup was born about 1844 in , Greene, IN 3.)
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