Samuel D. Bucher ^{1 2}

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  Noted events in his life were:

1. He has conflicting birth information of 1844 and Wayne Twp., Wayne, OH. ³

2. Census in 1850 in Chester Twp., Wayne, OH. ² Andrew Bucher, 38, was married to Elizabeth, 37; John, 10; and Samuel, 7. The parents were born in Pennsylvania, the children in Ohio. Andrew's real estate was worth $1,300.

3. Census in 1860 in Chester Twp., Wayne, OH. ³ Andrew Bucher, farmer, 48, was living with Elizabeth, 47; Samuel, 16; and Jacob, 6. The parents were born in Pennsylvania, the children in Ohio. His real estate was worth $3,000 and personal estate $500. The post office was Cedar Valley.

4. Book: Commerative Biographical Record of Wayne Co. Ohio, 1889. ⁴
S. D. Bucher, farmer, is a native of Wayne County, Ohio, born in Chester Township in 1843. Henry Bucher, the first of the family to settle in this county, was a native of Centre County, Penn., and in 1824 packed his worldly goods and his family into a big wagon, and started for Ohio. He located in Wayne Township, then a dense forest, making his wagon his dwelling-house until he could build a log cabin. He entered a quarter section of land, which is now owned by Mr. Booholtz, which he cleared and improved.

He married Catherine Rinehart, and to them were born five sons and one daughter. Andrew, one of the youngest of the family, was born in Centre County, Penn., and was a child when his parents came to Ohio. He was by trade a shoemaker, working at same many years, and later he engaged in farming, at the time of his death owning ninety-three and a half acres of good land.

He married Elizabeth Coy, and to them were born three sons: John, deceased; Jacob C., a physician, now of Chicago, Ill. and S. D. Mr. Bucher died in 1869, aged fifty-seven years, his wife surviving him at the advanced age of seventy-five.

S. D. Bucher was reared and educated in his native county, and since reaching manhood has devoted his attention to farming. He has been successful as an agriculturist, and now owns a good farm in Wayne Township. He is a progressive, public-spirited man, always giving his assistance to any enterprise that is of benefit to the county. He is popular with his fellow-townsmen, and has been elected by them to the offices of township trustee and school director. In politics he is a staunch supporter of the Democratic principles.

He was married in 1866 to Emeline Young, daughter of John Young. They have had a family of five children, four of whom are living: Harvey A., Andrew W., Lizzie Pearl and Mary Ellen.
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Samuel married Emeline Young, daughter of John Young and Unknown, in 1866.¹