Western Pennsylvania Genealogy
Compiled by Douglas H. Lusher


Family Group Record



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David Boucher and Mrs. Sarah Stahl




Husband David Boucher 1 2 3

           Born: 12 Nov 1789 - Hamburg, Earl Twp, Berks Co, PA 1 2 3
     Christened: 
           Died: 12 Apr 1868 4 5 6
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         Father: Henry Boucher (1759-1834) 1 2
         Mother: Mary Shoemaker (1762/1762-1840) 1 2 3


       Marriage: 11 Nov 1844 1 5 6

   Other Spouse: Mary Eve Friedline (1794-1842) 1 2 3 - 19 May 1814 1 2 3



Wife Mrs. Sarah Stahl 1 5 6

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           Died: Mar 1887 4 5 6
         Buried: 


Children
1 M Charles Wesley Boucher 4 5 6

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           Died: 
         Buried: 



2 M Lucius Chapman Boucher 4 5 6

           Born: 
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           Died: Bef 1918
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3 F Emma Boucher 4 5 6

           Born: 
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           Died: 
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         Spouse: John Wood (      -Bef 1918) 4 5 6


4 F Anna Boucher 4 5 6

           Born: 
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           Died: Aft 1906
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Morgan Beam (      -Bef 1918) 4 5 6



General Notes: Husband - David Boucher


He was born in Hamburg, Berks County, Pennsylvania, and when twelve years old came with his parents to Somerset County. He was bred a farmer, and acquired land in Turkeyfoot township.
In 1833 he removed from Somerset County to Ligonier, Westmoreland County, purchased lands near that place from William Ross, and became a very successful farmer. He was a man of deep convictions, and manifested great earnestness in any cause which enlisted his attention. In politics he was a Whig, and later a Republican. He was most noted, however, in church work, being a Methodist of the old style, and vigorous in supporting his church and in upholding its principles.

Of his sons with his first wife, Hiram, alone, remained in Ligonier valley, the rest, with one exception, Simon, having gone to California to search for gold shortly after its discovery.

Though speaking with a pronounced German accent, he was fluent in the use of the English language, which many of his acquaintances styled "using big words," but those who knew him best say that he used them correctly.

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Sources


1 Samuel T. Wiley, Biographical and Historical Cyclopedia of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: John M. Gresham & Co., 1890.), Pg 531.

2 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. II (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 8.

3 Fenwick Y. Hedley, Old and New Westmoreland, Vols. III & IV (New York, NY: The American Historical Society, Inc., 1918), Pg 283.

4 Samuel T. Wiley, Biographical and Historical Cyclopedia of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: John M. Gresham & Co., 1890.), Pg 532.

5 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. II (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 9.

6 Fenwick Y. Hedley, Old and New Westmoreland, Vols. III & IV (New York, NY: The American Historical Society, Inc., 1918), Pg 284.


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