Person Sheet


Name Adam FOCHT
Birth 16 May 1787, Whitehall Township, Northampton County, Pennsylvania1046,1047
Death 12 Aug 1853, Union Township, Auglaize County, Ohio1046,1047 Age: 66
Burial Fairmont Cemetery, Union Township, Auglaize County, Ohio1045
Father John George FOCHT (1755-~1831)
Mother Barbara BEAVER
Spouses
1 Susanna FURRY1044
Birth 12 Jan 1791, Pennsylvania1044
Death 1862, Auglaize County, Ohio1045
Burial Fairmont Cemetery, Union Township, Auglaize County, Ohio1045
Marriage 2 Jan 1810, Union Township, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania1048
Children Matilda (1810-1884)
Samuel (1812-1895)
Daniel (1813-1895)
Louis (1817-1892)
Adam (~1819-1881)
Mary (1822-1888)
John (1824-1895)
William (1827-1909)
Susannah (1829-)
Carl (Died as Child) (1831-)
Jacob (1835-)
Notes for Adam FOCHT

Biographical Sketch (1923):3349 "Adam Focht was also a Pennsylvanian, who in 1836 came to Ohio and settled on a woodland tract which he had acquired in section 14 of Union township, which then was included within the confines of Allen County, Auglaize County not having been organized until twelve years later. Adam Focht had ten children: Samuel, Daniel, Lewis, Adam, John, William, Jacob, Susan, Mary, and Matilda, and the Focht connection of this line in the present generation is an extensive one. He established his home on that woodland tract, with the aid of his sons developed a good farm there, and there spent his last days, his death occurring in 1853."

1820 U.S. Census:3150
Pennsylvania, Schuylkill County, Union Township
Head of Family••Adam Focht
Males under 10••4 << Samuel, age 8; Daniel, age 6; Lewis, age 4; Adam, newborn
Males 26-45••1 << Adam
Females 10-16••1 << Matilda, age 10
Females 26-45••1 << Susanna, about age 30
One person engaged in agriculture.

1836 Land Purchase:1240 Daniel Bitler Sr. and his wife Elisabeth, who signed with her mark, both of Allen County, sold land in Allen County to Adam Focht of Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania on October 15, 1836 for $325.

1836 Land Purchase:1241,1242 Daniel Bitler Sr. and his wife Elizabeth, who signed with her mark, both of Allen County, sold two parcels of land in Allen County to Adam Focht of Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania on October 15, 1836 for $500 and $150.

1850 U.S. Census:1049
Auglaize County, Ohio (Union Township)
Enumerated 30 July 1850
Adam Focht••63, male, farmer, real property $6,400, born in Pennsylvania
Susan••59, female, born in Pennsylvania
Jacob••15, male, born in Pennsylvania
Sons Daniel, age 36, and John, age 26, were enumerated nearby with two intervening households.

1853 Tombstone:1045 Fairmont Cemetery, Union Township, Auglaize County, Ohio.
Adam Focht
1787-1853
Last Modified 1 Dec 2004 Created 11 May 2006 with Reunion 8 for Macintosh

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