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Name: Samuel Wright BOUCHER
Sex: M
Birth: 28 Feb 1814 in Somerset Co, Pennsylvania ^b
Death: 6 Dec 1898 in Somerset Twp, Jackson Co, Illinois ^d

Parents:

Father:
John Henry BOUCHER Birth: 2 Dec 1785 in Albany Twp, Berks Co, Pennsylvania Death: 25 Jul 1858 in Somerset Co, Pennsylvania

Mother:

Elizabeth WRIGHT Birth: 11 Jun 1788 Death: 11 Dec 1876 in Somerset Co, Pennsylvania

Family:
Marriage:

Catherine ENOS on 15 Oct 1837 at Somerset Co, Pennsylvania .^m1
Catherine ENOS Birth: Abt 1819 in Pennsylvania

Children:

Maryanne BOUCHER Birth: 30 Dec 1838 in Jackson Co, Illinois Death: Jackson Co, Illinois
Arah Ann Rebecca BOUCHER Birth: 2 Jan 1840 in Somerset Twp, Jackson Co, Illinois Death: 18 Mar 1925 in Jackson Co, Illinois
Elvina BOUCHER Birth: 2 Mar 1844 in Somerset Twp, Jackson Co, Illinois Death: Jackson Co, Illinois
William Henry BOUCHER Birth: 2 Oct 1846 in Somerset Twp, Illinois Death: Southern Illinois
Elizabeth BOUCHER Birth: 10 Jun 1848 in Somerset Twp, Illinois Death: Before 1917
Catharine BOUCHER Birth: 23 Jun 1850 in Somerset Twp, Illinois
Jonathan BOUCHER Birth: 6 Aug 1851 in Somerset Twp, Illinois Death: 8 Mar 1885
Albert BOUCHER Birth: 12 Sep 1854 in Somerset Twp, Illinois Death: 1 Apr 1881
Emma Florence BOUCHER Birth: 7 Oct 1857 in Somerset Twp, Illinois
Alfaretta BOUCHER Birth: 17 Apr 1860 in Somerset Twp, Illinois

Bibliography

Census 1880, Illinois, Jackson Co, Somerset, ED36, p32. T9-214. Available at https://familysearch.org/search/film/005157433 image 691. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: 1880 IL Jackson Somerset ED36 32].
Burkhardt, Franklin A, The BOUCHER Family, Francis E Burkhardt Press, New York, 1917. Available at http://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/005712838 Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Burkhardt BOUCHER p[0-9f]*].
Jones, June, BOUCHER Family, private email, 12/9/2000. Author address: JonesJuneM at aol dot com. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: June Jones 12/9/2000].

Sources for birth and parent Information

date:: [Ref: Burkhardt BOUCHER p209]; age 66 in 1880 [Ref: 1880 IL Jackson Somerset ED36 32],
place:: [Ref: Burkhardt BOUCHER p206]; Pennsylvania [Ref: 1880 IL Jackson Somerset ED36 32],
parents:: [Ref: Burkhardt BOUCHER p206]

Sources for death Information

date:: [Ref: Burkhardt BOUCHER p209],
place:: [Ref: Burkhardt BOUCHER p209]

Sources with Information about marriage to Catherine ENOS

date:: [Ref: Burkhardt BOUCHER p209],
place:: [Ref: Burkhardt BOUCHER p209],
names:: Samuel BOUCHER & Catherine ___ [Ref: 1880 IL Jackson Somerset ED36 32],
child:: [Ref: Burkhardt BOUCHER p210, Burkhardt BOUCHER p211, Burkhardt BOUCHER p212, Burkhardt BOUCHER p213, Burkhardt BOUCHER p214, June Jones 12/9/2000]

Research Notes:
1838: moved to Jackson Co, IL [Ref: Burkhardt BOUCHER p209]

1840: purchased 160 acres of land in Somerset Twp, IL [Ref: Burkhardt BOUCHER p209]

1873: eight-foot vein of bituminous coal was discovered on the farm; mines subsequently yielded rich returns [Ref: Burkhardt BOUCHER p209]

1880: living in Somerset Twp, Jackson Co, Illinois, farmer. [WTM: Parents incorrectly shown as born in Germany] [Ref: 1880 IL Jackson Somerset ED36 32]

Pedigree of Samuel Wright BOUCHER
                   /-----Johan Daniel BOUCHER
          /-----Henry BOUCHER
         |        |                  /-----Hans Jacob DROG
         |        |         /-----Hans Diebolt DROG
         |         \-----Eva Catharina DROG
         |                 |                  /-----Velten REECH
         |                 |         /-----Hans Martin RECH
         |                 |        |         \-----Maria (REECH)
         |                  \-----Maria Barbara RECH
         |                          |                  /-----Velten CLAUSS
         |                          |         /-----Hans Christoph CLAUSS
         |                           \-----Catharina CLAUSS
         |                                   |         /-----Marx REECH
         |                                    \-----Maria REECH
/-----John Henry BOUCHER
|         \-----Anna Maria SCHUMACHER
Samuel Wright BOUCHER
\-----Elizabeth WRIGHT

Descendants of Samuel Wright BOUCHER

1. Samuel Wright BOUCHER m. Catherine ENOS

m. Catherine ENOS father: George ENOS mother: Catharine (ENOS)

2+ Maryanne BOUCHER m. Daniel KIMMEL

3+ Arah Ann Rebecca BOUCHER m. George Gebhart WILL

4+ Elvina BOUCHER m. Joseph IMHOFF

5+ William Henry BOUCHER m. Mary E HENSON

6 Elizabeth BOUCHER

7 Catharine BOUCHER

8+ Jonathan BOUCHER m. Harriet CASTEEL

9+ Albert BOUCHER m. Ida GRIFFITH

10+ Emma Florence BOUCHER m. Edward WHIPKEY

11+ Alfaretta BOUCHER m. Derrit J BRADLEY