Samuel Bucher ¹

  Noted events in his life were:

1. Census in 1840 in Shirley Twp., Huntingdon, PA. ² In Shirley Township in 1840 three related households are listed one after another:

Samuel Booher 's household:
Males (born)
Under 5 (1836-1840) = 1 son
20-29 (1811-1820) = 1 father Samuel
Females (born)
20-29 (1811-1820) = 1 mother
80-89 (1751-1760) = 1 grandmother

Barbara Booher's household:
Males (born)
10-14 (1826-1830) = 1 son
15-19 (1821-1825) = 1 son
20-29 (1811-1820) = 3 sons (John, Daniel, and ?)
Females (born)
15-19 (1821-1825) = 1 daughter
20-29 (1811-1820) = 1 daughter
50-59 (1781-1790) = 1 mother

Feby Booher is listed on the following line as a household, but curiously, no numbers for the household are filled in.

2. Census in 1850 in Shirley Twp., Huntingdon, PA. ¹ Samuel Bucher, farmer, 33, was with wife Mary, 33; Johnathan, 9; Joseph, 8; Franklin, 6; Samuel, 4; Arabella, 1. Also in the home: George Newman, laborer, 17; Mary A. Baird, 15. Samuel's real estate is worth $1,500.

Next door is John Bucher, farmer, 31, with Eliza, 22; Mary, 3; and Hezekiah, 2. Also, Barbara Bucher, 64; Daniel Bucher, house painter, 25; Samuel Bowen, laborer, 20; and Jane Kreig, 19. John's real estate is worth $1,500. Everyone was born in Pennsylvania.

Samuel married Mary. (Mary was born about 1817 in , , PA ¹.)