Biography of Francois Beuchat, page 557.  History of De Kalb County, 
Indiana.  Inter-State Publishing Company, Chicago, 1885

Francois Beuchat, farmer and stock-raiser, is a native of Switzerland, 
born Nov. 7, 1830, a son of Barnard and Mary Ann Beuchat.  His youth was 
spent on his father’s small farm, and when fifteen years of age he went to 
work in an iron foundry, and was thus employed two years.  He then engaged 
in farming till the spring of 1851, when his father and five sons came to 
the United States, his mother having died a short time before.  They located 
in Stark County, Ohio, where his father bought a small farm, and made it his 
home the remainder of his life.  He was born in 1792, and died in 1871.  
Francois Beuchat remained in Stark County till the spring of 1866, when he 
came to De Kalb County, Ind., and bought forty acres of land in Fairfield 
Township, twenty acres of which was partially cleared.  He went to work to 
improve his farm, and has added to it from time to time, till he now owns 
eighty-two acres of improved land.  He was married Sept. 20, 1825, to Mary 
Smith, a native of Berks County, Pa., born Sept. 1, 1825, daughter of John 
and Maria Smith.  To them have been born five children, three of whom are 
living---Maria E., William Henry, and Lois M.  Peter John and Lewis E. are 
deceased.  Politically Mr. Beuchat affiliates with the Democratic party.

Submitted by:
Arlene Goodwin
Auburn, Indiana
Agoodwin@ctlnet.com