Adam Franklin Bucher
(1836-1935)
Susann Elizabeth Settle
(1839-1900)
Henry Deardorff
(1818-1894)
Clara E. Weikert
(1837-1864)
George B. McClellan Bucher
(1863-1941)
Sarah Catherine E. Deardorff
(1864-1927)
Owen Herbert Bucher
(1907-1985)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. Mildred Jane Riggeal

Owen Herbert Bucher 1 2 3

  • Born: 19 May 1907, Cashtown, Adams, PA 1 2 3
  • Marriage (1): Mildred Jane Riggeal on 25 May 1942
  • Died: 23 Sep 1985, Cashtown, Adams, PA at age 78 1 2
  • Buried: McKnightstown: Flohr's Lutheran Church, Adams, PA 1

   Another name for Owen was Odie.

   FamilySearch ID: L4SK-23B.

  Noted events in his life were:

1. He was employed in Cashtown, Adams, PA. He was involved in farming and was a fruit grower in the Cashtown area most of his life.

2. Organizations: Cashtown, Adams, PA. He was a life member and chief for 20 years of the Cashtown Fire Company.

3. He has conflicting birth information of 7 May 1907 and , Adams, PA. 1

4. Census in 1920 in Franklin Twp., Adams, PA. 4 Living on Scotts School road was George M. Bucher, farmer, 51, married to wife Sarah C., 55. Living with them: Curtis G., 33; Clarence A., 18; Harry E., 16; Owen H., 12; and John C, 11. Everyone and their parents were born in Pennsylvania.

5. He served in the military in Mar 1942. Owen was a veteran of World War II, Headquarter and Hz. Co. C. W. S. 2nd thg. stationed first at New Cumberland, Pa. where he was sent to Edgewood Arsnel Md., then to Camp Seibert, Alabama. Drafted March, 1942. Discharged September, 1943. Serial No. 33159976, serving in the US Army.


Owen married Mildred Jane Riggeal, daughter of William Riggeal and Gertrude Lauver, on 25 May 1942. (Mildred Jane Riggeal was born on 31 Dec 1905 in Orrtanna, Adams, PA,1 2 5 died on 16 Jan 2004 in Gettysburg, Adams, PA 1 2 5 and was buried in McKnightstown: Flohr's Lutheran Church, Adams, PA 1 2.)


Sources


1 Flohrs Lutheran Church Cemetery, McKnightstown, Adams County, Pennsylvania.

2 The Republican Compiler, Gettysburg, PA, Oct 25, 1831 Edition.

3 Weikert, Edward L., History of the Weikert family from 1735-1930 (Harrisburg, Pa.: Telegraph Press, c1930, 360 pgs.), Page 50.

4 1920 United States Census, Pennsylvania, Adams County, Franklin Township, Series: T625 Roll: 1507 Page: 27.

5 Gettysburg Times (Gettysburg, PA), 17 Jan 2004, Obituary of Mildred Bucher.



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