Jesse Bucher ^{1 2 3 4 5}

  Noted events in his life were:

1. Census in 1850 in Straban Twp., Adams, PA. ³ 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 Straban Twp., Adams, PA. ⁶ Elizabeth Bucher, 81, living with the household of Jacob Bucher, farmer, 57; Samuel, 34, farmer; Elizabeth Bucher, 25, domestic; and son Jesse, 20, farm hand. Everyone was born in Pennsylvania. Jacob's farm was worth $3,500 and personal estate $730.

On the next census page, Henry Bucher, farmer, 31, was living with wife Elizabeth, 30 and daughter Mary C., 3. Henry's real estate was worth $3,000 and personal estate $378. Everyone was born in Pennsylvania. The post office is Hunterstown and Granite Hill.

3. Military on 16 Oct 1862 in , Adams, PA: Civil War. Drafted October 16, 1862, Company F, 165th Pennsylvania Infrantry. Deserted on 29 November, 1862 with his brother Jacob Bucher.

4. Census in 1870 in Mount Pleasant Twp., Adams, PA. ⁷ 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.

5. In 1872 Jesse fled to Canada to escape arrest for deserting the Union Army during the Civil War.

6. Census in 1891 in Stamford, Welland, ON, CAN. ⁸ The 1891 Canada Census recorded Jesse Bucher, age 50, born in the United States, widowed, living in Stamford sub-district within Welland District in Ontario.
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Jesse married Margaret Susannah Reilly, daughter of Phillip Riley and Elizabeth, on 22 Apr 1868 in , Welland, ON, CAN.¹ (Margaret Susannah Reilly was born about 1848 in Thorold, , ON, CAN ^{1 7}.)