Husband of Caroline E. Bucker (1831-1916).
There are names engraved on all 4 sides. You see the west facing side in the picture:
"JOHN BUCKER 1815 - 1897, CAROLINE E. His Wife 1831 - 1916, OTTO H. died Oct. 19, 1889 Æ. 21 Y'rs, 6 Mo's, 24 D.
On the next side:
"AMELIA, Died Aug. 21, 1851 Æ. 1 Year, 9 Mo's, 6 D. Buried at Cincinnati, O. EDWARD, Died June 24, 1863, Æ. 4 Mo's, 13 D. LYDIA, Died March 5, 1864 Æ. 1 Mo, 4 D. Buried at Indianapolis, IND. Children of John & C.E. Bucker."
The next side:
"Albert Stanford Bucker 1875 - 1950"
The final side:
"CHARLES, Died Dec 27, 1867 Æ. 2Y'rs, 2 Mo's. AUGUST, Died Feb. 23, 1870 Æ. 17 Y'rs, 4 Mo's, 23 D. JULIA, Died March 7, 1881 Æ. 20 Y'rs, 3 Mo's, 2 D. Children of John & C.E. Bucker."
A newer stone for John and Caroline is in the cemetery immediately after this old stone. It is shown on the next page of photographs and is inscribed:
BUCKER
Mother Father
Caroline E. John
1831 — 1916 1815 — 1897
The 1880 US Federal Census Record for Mooresville lists children:
William, George, Julia, Otto, Jennie and Albert.
It indicates that John was born in Hanover G. and that Caroline was born in Nadine. William and George were born in Ohio and the other children in Indiana. John's employment was Marble Works (making monuments like this one) and his sons William and George were Sculptors.
His obituary appeared in the Martinsville Republican on February 11, 1897 and is summaried below:
Born in Hanover, Germany, he came to American in 1839. On March 10, 1848, he married Catherine Lumbbert (Lubert in her record), in Cincinnati, Ohio. Nine years later, they moved to Indianapolis. They moved to Mooresville around 1874, and he opened the Mooresville Marble Works in a shop on East Main Street, across from the Post Office. Father of 13 children, five of whom were living when he died.
There are names engraved on all 4 sides. You see the west facing side in the picture:
"JOHN BUCKER 1815 - 1897, CAROLINE E. His Wife 1831 - 1916, OTTO H. died Oct. 19, 1889 Æ. 21 Y'rs, 6 Mo's, 24 D.
On the next side:
"AMELIA, Died Aug. 21, 1851 Æ. 1 Year, 9 Mo's, 6 D. Buried at Cincinnati, O. EDWARD, Died June 24, 1863, Æ. 4 Mo's, 13 D. LYDIA, Died March 5, 1864 Æ. 1 Mo, 4 D. Buried at Indianapolis, IND. Children of John & C.E. Bucker."
The next side:
"Albert Stanford Bucker 1875 - 1950"
The final side:
"CHARLES, Died Dec 27, 1867 Æ. 2Y'rs, 2 Mo's. AUGUST, Died Feb. 23, 1870 Æ. 17 Y'rs, 4 Mo's, 23 D. JULIA, Died March 7, 1881 Æ. 20 Y'rs, 3 Mo's, 2 D. Children of John & C.E. Bucker."
A newer stone for John and Caroline is in the cemetery immediately after this old stone. It is shown on the next page of photographs and is inscribed:
BUCKER
Mother Father
Caroline E. John
1831 — 1916 1815 — 1897
The 1880 US Federal Census Record for Mooresville lists children:
William, George, Julia, Otto, Jennie and Albert.
It indicates that John was born in Hanover G. and that Caroline was born in Nadine. William and George were born in Ohio and the other children in Indiana. John's employment was Marble Works (making monuments like this one) and his sons William and George were Sculptors.
His obituary appeared in the Martinsville Republican on February 11, 1897 and is summaried below:
Born in Hanover, Germany, he came to American in 1839. On March 10, 1848, he married Catherine Lumbbert (Lubert in her record), in Cincinnati, Ohio. Nine years later, they moved to Indianapolis. They moved to Mooresville around 1874, and he opened the Mooresville Marble Works in a shop on East Main Street, across from the Post Office. Father of 13 children, five of whom were living when he died.
Husband of Caroline E. Bucker (1831-1916).
There are names engraved on all 4 sides. You see the west facing side in the picture:
"JOHN BUCKER 1815 - 1897, CAROLINE E. His Wife 1831 - 1916, OTTO H. died Oct. 19, 1889 Æ. 21 Y'rs, 6 Mo's, 24 D.
On the next side:
"AMELIA, Died Aug. 21, 1851 Æ. 1 Year, 9 Mo's, 6 D. Buried at Cincinnati, O. EDWARD, Died June 24, 1863, Æ. 4 Mo's, 13 D. LYDIA, Died March 5, 1864 Æ. 1 Mo, 4 D. Buried at Indianapolis, IND. Children of John & C.E. Bucker."
The next side:
"Albert Stanford Bucker 1875 - 1950"
The final side:
"CHARLES, Died Dec 27, 1867 Æ. 2Y'rs, 2 Mo's. AUGUST, Died Feb. 23, 1870 Æ. 17 Y'rs, 4 Mo's, 23 D. JULIA, Died March 7, 1881 Æ. 20 Y'rs, 3 Mo's, 2 D. Children of John & C.E. Bucker."
A newer stone for John and Caroline is in the cemetery immediately after this old stone. It is shown on the next page of photographs and is inscribed:
BUCKER
Mother Father
Caroline E. John
1831 — 1916 1815 — 1897
The 1880 US Federal Census Record for Mooresville lists children:
William, George, Julia, Otto, Jennie and Albert.
It indicates that John was born in Hanover G. and that Caroline was born in Nadine. William and George were born in Ohio and the other children in Indiana. John's employment was Marble Works (making monuments like this one) and his sons William and George were Sculptors.
His obituary appeared in the Martinsville Republican on February 11, 1897 and is summaried below:
Born in Hanover, Germany, he came to American in 1839. On March 10, 1848, he married Catherine Lumbbert (Lubert in her record), in Cincinnati, Ohio. Nine years later, they moved to Indianapolis. They moved to Mooresville around 1874, and he opened the Mooresville Marble Works in a shop on East Main Street, across from the Post Office. Father of 13 children, five of whom were living when he died.
There are names engraved on all 4 sides. You see the west facing side in the picture:
"JOHN BUCKER 1815 - 1897, CAROLINE E. His Wife 1831 - 1916, OTTO H. died Oct. 19, 1889 Æ. 21 Y'rs, 6 Mo's, 24 D.
On the next side:
"AMELIA, Died Aug. 21, 1851 Æ. 1 Year, 9 Mo's, 6 D. Buried at Cincinnati, O. EDWARD, Died June 24, 1863, Æ. 4 Mo's, 13 D. LYDIA, Died March 5, 1864 Æ. 1 Mo, 4 D. Buried at Indianapolis, IND. Children of John & C.E. Bucker."
The next side:
"Albert Stanford Bucker 1875 - 1950"
The final side:
"CHARLES, Died Dec 27, 1867 Æ. 2Y'rs, 2 Mo's. AUGUST, Died Feb. 23, 1870 Æ. 17 Y'rs, 4 Mo's, 23 D. JULIA, Died March 7, 1881 Æ. 20 Y'rs, 3 Mo's, 2 D. Children of John & C.E. Bucker."
A newer stone for John and Caroline is in the cemetery immediately after this old stone. It is shown on the next page of photographs and is inscribed:
BUCKER
Mother Father
Caroline E. John
1831 — 1916 1815 — 1897
The 1880 US Federal Census Record for Mooresville lists children:
William, George, Julia, Otto, Jennie and Albert.
It indicates that John was born in Hanover G. and that Caroline was born in Nadine. William and George were born in Ohio and the other children in Indiana. John's employment was Marble Works (making monuments like this one) and his sons William and George were Sculptors.
His obituary appeared in the Martinsville Republican on February 11, 1897 and is summaried below:
Born in Hanover, Germany, he came to American in 1839. On March 10, 1848, he married Catherine Lumbbert (Lubert in her record), in Cincinnati, Ohio. Nine years later, they moved to Indianapolis. They moved to Mooresville around 1874, and he opened the Mooresville Marble Works in a shop on East Main Street, across from the Post Office. Father of 13 children, five of whom were living when he died.
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JOHN BUCKER
1815 — 1897
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