Henry Bucher ^{1 2 3 4}

  Noted events in his life were:

1. Census in 1850 in Greene Twp., Mahoning, OH. ² Henry Bucher, farmer, 27, was living with wife Elizabeth, 31; Elizabeth, 14; Mary, 12; Susanna, 7; and Henry, 1. Henry was born in York. Co., PA; his wife and Susanna in Fayette Co., PA; and the other children in Mahoning Co., OH.

2. He appeared on the census in 1860 in East Lackawannock Twp., Mercer, PA. Following the death of Henry at age 39 in Ohio, his wife Elizabeth [nee Bixler] moves back to PA with her young children.
Booher, Elizabeth age 40 b PA seamstress
Henry age 11 b OH, Samuel age 9 b OH, Nancy age 7 b OH
Dwelling #1444 (next to Bishop Joseph Bixler & within 6 doors of
Daniel Booher age 35 b PA, Maria age 22, Henry age 5, Laura age 2)

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3. Moved: 1875, Lisbon, Linn, IA. ⁴

4. Census in 1880 in Lisbon, Linn, IA. ^{4 5} Henry Bucher, furniture dealer, 31, was living in the home of Sarah Runkle, 67, and her son, drug merchant William Runkle, 27, and daughter Kate Runkle, 25. Henry was born in Ohio, the others and everyone's parents in Pennsylvania.

5. Census in 1900 in Franklin Twp., Linn, IA. ^{3 4} Henry Bucher, furniture sales, 51, born Dec 1848, widowed, was living with son Howard D., 17, Jan 1883, and Ethel, 14, Jul 1885. Henry was born in Ohio, his parents in Pennsylvania. The children were born in Iowa.

6. Obituary: Herald of Truth on 20 Jun 1907. ^{1 4} Henry Bucher was born in Beaver Twp., Mahoning Co., Ohio, Dec. 9, 1848; died May 30, 1907; aged 58 Y., 5 M., 21 D. He was persuaded to submit to an operation for ulcers in the stomach and died on the operating table, under the hands of the surgeons, in Cedar Rapids, Ia. The remains were taken to Mt. Vernon, Ia., to the home of his daughter, Ethel Hill, the only surviving child. One son died when a few weeks old, and another son, Howard, died Jan. 21, 1906, in the hospital at Des Moines, Ia., also from the effects of an operation for appenticitis(sic), aged nearly 23 years. His wife died some sixteen years ago. One brother and four sisters survive, namely: Mary Burkholder of Nappanee, Ind., Elizabeth Witmer and Susan Shoup of New Springfield, and Nancy Martin of Columbiana, Ohio. Funeral services were conducted by Pre. Patterson, assisted by Pre. Pilgrim, in the United Brethren church in Lisbon, Ia., where he was engaged in the furniture and undertaking business for the past thirty years, during which time he buried the remains of over 800 persons in the cemetery about a mile from the city, where his mortal remains are now also resting beside his companion, waiting for the general resurrection and the life in the world to come. He was a faithful member of the United Brethren church, and we mourn not as others who have no hope. He was kind and tender-hearted, also faithful in the service of the Master. He never allowed the fire on the family altar to die out and just before giving himself into the hands of the surgeons he with his minister took the case to the Lord in prayer and told the surgeon, "I now give myself into your hands and into the hands of the Lord. I am prepared to die or recover as the Lord sees fit." May this solemn dispensation of God's providence redound to our every good, is my prayer.

7. Book: History of Linn County Iowa from its Earliest Settlement to the Present Time: Volume II, Biographical, 1911. ^{4 6}
Henry Bucher, contractor and builder, Lisbon; born in Ohio in 1848; came to this State in 1875. Has worked at his trade for eleven years.

Henry married Lizzie. (Lizzie died about 1891.)