Jacob F. Bucher ^{2 3 4 5 6 7}

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  Noted events in his life were:

1. Census in 1850 in Straban Twp., Adams, PA. ² Jacob Bucher Jr., farmer, 47, was living with his children: Samuel, 24; Henry, 21; Elizabeth, 19; Jacob, 16; Maryan, 14; Jesse, 10. Jacob's farm was valued at $4,500.

The next home on the census page is Jacob's father, Jacob Bucher Sr., 77; and wife Elizabeth, 72. Everyone was born in Pennsylvania.

2. Census in 1860 in Mount Pleasant Twp., Adams, PA. ³ Jacob Bucher, farmer, 26, was living with wife Kate, 22, and daughter Florence, 10 months old when the census was recorded on 8 Jun 1860. Everyone was born in Pennsylvania. Jacob had no real esate; his personal estate was worth $700. The post office was New Oxford.

3. Census in 1870 in Mount Pleasant Twp., Adams, PA. ⁸ Jacob Bucher, farmer, 33, was living with wife Catharine, 30; Florence E., 11; Wiliam N., 8; Charles W., 7; Harriet G., 4; and Sarah F., 2. He has no real estate value, suggesting he is working someones land.

Next door is Jesse Bucher, day laborer, 29, and his wife Margaret, 22, with no children. She was born in Canada, everyone else was born in Pennsylvania. The post office is Granite Hill.

4. Census in 1880 in Straban Twp., Adams, PA. ⁹ Jacob Booker, farmer, 46, was living without his wife. The children with him: William N., 18; Charles W., 17; Harriet I., 14; Sarah A., 12; John L., 10; Mary V., 7; Horace E., 5; and Earnest V., 3. Everyone and their parents were born in Pennsylvania, except Mary was born in North Carolina.

Jacob married Mary Catharine Heltzel, daughter of Nicholas Heltzel and Mary Ann Knepley, on 12 Apr 1859 in York Springs: United Brethren in Christ, Adams, PA.¹ (Mary Catharine Heltzel was born on 10 Dec 1837 in , , OH,¹⁰ died on 2 Nov 1879 in , Adams, PA ^{9 11} and was buried in New Oxford: New Oxford Cemetery, Adams, PA ¹¹.)