Biographical Sketch (1923):34, v. 2, p. 530-532. "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:1990
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:501 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:502,500 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:2774
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:171, v. 1, bk. 2, p. 200. Fairmont Cemetery, Union Township, Auglaize County, Ohio.
Adam Focht
1787-1853