Rev. Allen Dohner Bucher ^{2 3 4 5 6 7}

   FamilySearch ID: 96D2-CQR.

  Noted events in his life were:

1. Occupation: minister in the German Baptist Brethren Church in South Annville Twp., Lebanon, PA. ²

2. Census in 1870 in S. Lebanon Twp., Lebanon, PA. ⁷ Christian Bucher, retail drygood merchant, 36, was living with wife Eliza, 37; Mohler, 10; Alice, 10; Allen, 8; Esther, 7; Clara, 5; and twins Ada and Amy, 3 months. Everyone was born in Pennsylvania. The post office was Shaefferstown.

3. Census in 1880 in Heidelberg Twp., Lebanon, PA. ⁹ Christian Bucher, minister, 46, was living with wife Eliza, 48; Mohler, laborer, 20; Alice, 20; Allen, laborer, 18; Esther, 17; Clara, 15; Ada, 10 and Annie, 10. Everyone and their parents were born in Pennsylvania.

4. Census in 1910 in South Annville Twp., Lebanon, PA. ¹ Living in South Annville in 1910 was Allen D. Bucher, farmer, 48, married for 24 years to with wife Mary, 45. She had given birth to nine children by 1910, eight were still living then. In their home in 1910: Clara, 21, single; Allen, farmer, 19, single; Sallie, 16, single; Christian, 12; George, 10; Henry, 6; and Esther, 5 months. Everyone and their parents were born in Pennsylvania.

5. Book: The Church of the Brethren (Bunkers) in Lebanon County, 1916. ¹⁰
The Annville Congregation had two houses, both brick, Annville and South Annville or Long's. Annville Congregation had a membership of 120, had four ministers - Eld. Alfred Gingrich, Eld. Henry Hollinger, Allen Bucher, and Jacob Gingrich ; two deacons - Jacob Heagy and John Henry Gingrich. They were organized into a congregation March 25, 1912. Alfred Gingrich was chosen elder in charge ; Jacob Heagy, secretary ; John Henry Gingrich, treasurer. Deacons elected since are Cyrus Winters, Jr., Harry Gingrich, and Simon Bucher, and Elmer Minnich has been called to the ministry.

6. Census in 1920 in South Annville Twp., Lebanon, PA. ⁵ Living in South Annville in 1920 was Allen D. Bucher, farmer, 58, with wife Mary, 54; Clara, 31; Sallie, 26; Christian, 22; George, 20; Henry, 15; and Esther, 10. Everyone and their parents were born in Pennsylvania.

Allen married Mary Gingrich, daughter of Henry Gingrich and Sally Bachman, in 1886.¹ (Mary Gingrich was born on 26 Feb 1865 in South Annville Twp., Lebanon, PA,^{4 5 11} died on 28 Jan 1949 in South Annville Twp., Lebanon, PA ⁴ and was buried in South Annville Twp.: South Annville Cemetery, Lebanon, PA ⁴.)