Jacob Bucher
By Mrs. Hugh A. Owen.
The history of the Bucher family, as far back qs information
can be obtained, begins with Henry Bucher,
born 1775 and who lived to be seventy-six years old. He
married, Catharine Hickman, who was born in 1776 and
lived eighty-eight years.
To Henry and Catharine (Hickman) Bucher were
born Michael ( 1OO-1883), John (1802-1883), Elizabeth
(Danner) (1804-1884), Henry ( 1806-1884), David
(1809-1898), Andrew (1812-1869). John Bucher,
second son of Henry and Catharine Bucher, married Eda
Ann Winkler. The earliest information obtainable in the
history of this branch of the Bucher family is that of
Lawrence Winkler and his wife, Fanny Payne. Lawrence
Winkler was born near Morgantown, Burk county,
North Carolina, January 15, 1771. He was married to
Fanny Payne in the year 1795, who was born in Wayne
county, Virginia, November 18, 1775. To this union were
born the following children: Rebecca (Moller) ( 1793-
1887), John (1799-1886), George ( 18O1-1876), James
(1804-1844), Lydia (Hudsan) ( 1806-1878), Mary
( 1809-1826), Eda Ann (Bucher) (1812-1893), Jacob
(1815-1890), Enoch (1819-1871). The average of this
generation reached sixty-six years.
To John Bucher and Eda Ann (Winkler) Bucher
were born Elizabeth (Crail) 1837 -), Jacob (I840-
-), John B. ( 1842-), Andrew M. (1849 -),
Mary Ellen (Owen) (1854 -). Not a death has
(occurred in a family of five children, the eldest aged
seventy-one years, a remarkable thing to be able to say.
The native state of this family of children is Ohio. The
family moved from that state to Indiana in 1857 and
settled at the old Bucher home near Liberty church in
Highland township, Greene county.
Jacob Bucher, eldest son of John and Eda Ann Bucher,
married Mary Clay Stalcup, December 24, 1865. The
earliest record of this branch of the Bucher family is that
of William Stalcup, the name of whose wife is not known.
To them were born six sons; Peter, William, Isaac, Hon.
John, Samuel and Eli. Isaac, the third son married Miss
Osborn. To them were born twelve children, James, Alfred,
Isaac, Benjamin, John, L., Susan, Rebecca,
Elizabeth, Nancy, Polly and Margaret. James, the eldest
child, was born August 22, 1786. He married Margaret
Marlin, born December 17, 1795, on the 6th day
of September, 1812. James was of German descent and
his wife was Scotch-Irish. She came across the ocean
when seven years old and settled in North Carolina. They
moved to Indiana at an early date and settled in Greene
county. To them were born George B. ( 1814-1880),
Catharine (Ballard) (I815-1897), Isaac (1818-1895),
Elizabeth (Dixon) (1822-1869), Rebecca (Short) (1825-
1861), William ( 1828-1888), Maria Louisa (Burnam)
(1832-1864), Elvira Josephine (Andrews) (1835 -).
George B., eldest son, was married to Mary Buckner,
August 28, 1834. The earliest history of this branch of
the Bucher family, is that of Edward Bucher (1784-
1861) and his wife, Elizabeth (1788-1854). To them
were born: Jeremiah, Mary, James, Nancy, Louisa and
Jonathan.
To George B. Stalcup and Mary (Buckner) Stalcup
were born; Nancy (1840-1845), Elizabeth (1842-1842);
Margaret (1837-1844), Mary Clay (1844 -), Edward
(1830-1854), Louisa (1848-185), and Josephine
(1855-).
To Jacob Bucher and Mary Clay (Stalcup) Bucher
were born eight children: George B. (1867 -), Arabella
(Owen) (1868 -); John (1870-1872), Williard M,
and Walter G. (1873-1873), Edward P. (1875 -),
Jacob Guy (1877 -), Blanch May (Hays) ( 1883 -),
George B. married Thursia Heaton (1872-19oo), in 1892.
To them were born a daughter, Mabel H. ( 1895 -),
Arabella married Hugh A. Owen (1862 -) in 1902.
To them was born a son, George B. in 1903. Edward P.
married Lola Newsom (1880 -) in 1903. To them
was born a daughter, Helen Frances, in 1906. Jacob Guy
married Arle Owen (1881 -) in 1905. To them was
born a son, Jacob David, in 1907. Blanch May married
Wilbur Hays ( 1882 -) in 1903. To them a daughter,
Mary Louise, was born in 1905.
Jacob Bucher enlisted in Company E, Fifty-ninth
Indiana Volunteer Infantry, November 15, 1861, at the
age of twenty-one. He was in the engagement at New
Madrid, Missouri, and at Island No. 10, Shiloh, Corinth,
Holly Springs, and Jackson, Mississippi. His regiment
had the honor of planting the first United States flag on
the state house at Jackson after the war begun. His
brother, John B., was wounded in the battle at Jackson.
The subject was also in the siege of Vicksburg and in all
the battles in ivhich his regiment was engaged. From
this place he marched with his regiment to Chattanooga
and Lookout Mountain, taking part in all these engagements.
From there he went to Missionary Ridge and
Atlanta, Georgia, later making the noted march to the
sea, thence marched to Raleigh, North Carolina, and was
relieved from duty at Wilmington, that state, which closed
his active service of three years and five months. He.
was honorably discharged April 22, 1865, at Indianapolis,
Indiana.
After the war he rented a farm for a number of years
and finally bought it, living there until the present time
(1908), in Highland township, Greene county, Indiana,
where he is influential and highly respected by all.
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"Biographical Memoirs of Greene County, Ind. with Reminiscences of Pioneer Days", B.F. Bowen & Co., Indianapolis, IN, 1908,
Vol. 2 820-23
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