George Horter Bucher and Rebecca Pool

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Husband George Horter Bucher ¹

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           Born: 15 Jun 1797 - Harrisburg, Dauphin Co, PA 1
     Christened: 
           Died: 27 Nov 1884 - Mechanicsburg, Cumberland Co, PA
         Buried:  - Chestnut Hill Cemetery, near Mechanicsburg, Cumberland Co, PA

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         Father: Hon. John Jacob Bucher (1764-1827) 2
         Mother: Susanna Margaret Horter (1774-1838) 3

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       Marriage: 15 Oct 1822 4

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   Other Spouse: Hannah Hough (1811-      ) 1

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Wife Rebecca Pool ¹

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           Born: 
     Christened: 
           Died: 19 Jun 1829 4
         Buried: 

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Children

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• They had no children.

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General Notes: Husband - George Horter Bucher

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He was educated in the Latin schools of the borough and in the Harrisburg academy. In early life he was engaged in merchandising. In 1836, he removed to Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, locating near Hogestown. He soon became one of the men of mark of the valley, and quite prominent in public affairs. He represented Cumberland County in the State Senate during the years 1863, '64, and '65. After that period he led a retired life at Mechanicsburg, honored and respected by his fellow-citizens; and died there, of paralysis, on Thanksgiving Day, November, 27, 1884, in his eighty-eighth year.

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General Notes: Wife - Rebecca Pool

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from Harrisburg, Dauphin Co, PA

1 William Henry Egle, M.D., M.A., Pennsylvania Genealogies; Chiefly Scotch-Irish and German (Harrisburg, PA: Harrisburg Publishing Co., 1896), Pg 125.

2 William Henry Egle, M.D., M.A., Pennsylvania Genealogies; Chiefly Scotch-Irish and German (Harrisburg, PA: Harrisburg Publishing Co., 1896), Pg 124.

3 William Henry Egle, Historical Register: Notes and Queries, Historical and Genealogical (Harrisburg, PA: Harrisburg Publishing Company, 1894), Pg 348.

4 William Henry Egle, M.D., M.A., Pennsylvania Genealogies; Chiefly Scotch-Irish and German (Harrisburg, PA: Harrisburg Publishing Co., 1896), Pg 127.