Person Sheet


Name Adam FOCHT 
Birth abt 2 Oct 1819, Union Township, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania899
Death 15 Feb 1881, Union Township, Auglaize County, Ohio899,3146
Burial Fairmont Cemetery, Union Township, Auglaize County, Ohio899
Father Adam FOCHT (1787-1853)
Mother Susanna FURRY (1791-1862)
Spouses
1 Ursula Jane BAILEY
Birth 2 Nov 1826, West Virginia3147,3148
Death 9 Oct 1904, Union Township, Auglaize County, Ohio3147 Age: 77
Burial Fairmont Cemetery, Union Township, Auglaize County, Ohio3147
Marriage 6 Mar 1842, Allen County, Ohio3149
Children Oliver Perry (1854-1907)
Josephine (1860-1928)
Notes for Adam FOCHT

1819 Birth:899,3150 Birth date of 2 October 1819 estimated based on age at death (61 years, 4 months, 13 days) on tombstone in Fairmont Cemetery, Union Township, Auglaize Cemetery, Ohio. Birth place presumed to be Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, based on the enumeration of Adam's parents in that location in 1820.

1842 Marriage:3149 Adam Focht married Ursula Jane Bailey on 6 March 1842 in Allen County, Ohio.

1850 U.S. Census:3151
Auglaize County, Ohio (Union Township)
Enumerated 12 August 1850
Adam Focht Jr.••30, male, farmer, real estate value $1,000, born in Pennsylvania
Jane••23, female, born in Virginia
Demaris••8, male, born in Ohio, attended school within the year
Olive••5, female, born in Ohio, attended school within the year
Comfort••4, female, born in Ohio
Clarissa••1, female, born in Ohio
Jacob Hamilton••21, male, laborer, born in Ohio

1860 U.S. Census:3152
Auglaize County, Ohio (Union Township, Post Office: Uniopolis)
Enumerated 14 July 1880
Adam Focht••41, male, farmer, real estate value $3,600, personal property value $800
Ursula••38, female, born in Virginia
Demaris••17, male, born in Ohio, attended school within the year
Olive••15, female, born in Ohio, attended school within the year
Comfort••13, male, born in Ohio, attended school within the year
Clarissa••11, female, born in Ohio, attended school within the year
Stephen D.••9, male, born in Ohio, attended school within the year
Oliver••5, male, born in Ohio, attended school within the year
Josephine••2 months, female, born in Ohio
John Rook••20, male, (laborer), born in Ohio, attended school within the year

1870 U.S. Census:2386
Auglaize County, Ohio (Union Township, Uniopolis Post Office)
Enumerated 4 or 5 August 1870
Adam Focht••50, male, white, farmer, $6,500 real estate value, $1,090 personal property value, born in Pennsylvania, eligible to vote
Arsula J.••43, female, white, keeping house, born in Virginia
Steven D.••19, male, white, farm laborer, born in Ohio, attended school within the year
Oliver P.••15, male, white, farm laborer, born in Ohio, attended school within the year
Josephine••10, female, white, born in Ohio, attended school within the year, cannot write

1880 U.S. Census:3153
Auglaize County, Ohio (Union Township)
Enumerated 7-8 June 1880
Adam Focht••white, male, 60, married, farmer, born in Pennsylvania, father born in Pennsylvania, mother born in Pennsylvania
Ursula••white, female, 54, wife, married, keeping house, born in Virginia, father born in Virginia, mother born in Virginia
Josephine••white, female, 20, daughter, single, born in Ohio, father born in Pennsylvania, mother born in Virginia
Jacob Webber••white, male, 26, servant, single, farm laborer, cannot read or write, born in Wurtemberg, father born in Wurtemberg, mother born in Wurtemberg

1881 Obituary:3154 Adam Focht Sr. died Feb. 15, 1881 in Union Township. Pioneer citizen of our county. Buried in Justice cemetery (Fairmount) in Union Twp.

1881 Tombstone:899 Fairmont Cemetery, Union Township, Auglaize Cemetery, Ohio.
Adam Focht
d. Feb. 15, 1881
61y 4m 13d
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