1860 U.S. Census:3107
LaGrange County, Indiana (Clay Township)
Enumerated 25 July 1860
Samuel Boocher •• 28, male, farm laborer, $45 value of personal estate, born in Ohio
Susanna •• 28, female, born in Ohio, cannot read or write
James •• 6, male

1870 U.S. Census:1442 James enumerated in the household of his stepfather Cyrus Ames in Clay Township, Lagrange County, Indiana, as James W. Booher, male, age 16, white, farm laborer, born in Ohio.

1880 U.S. Census:2116 James enumerated in the household of his mother Susan Ames in Clay Township, Lagrange County, Indiana as a white male, age 25, single, day laborer, born in Ohio, father born in Ohio, mother born in Ohio.

1900 U.S. Census:3103
Midland County, Michigan (Warren Township)
Enumerated 22 June 1900
James W. Bucher (i.e. Booher) •• head of household, white male, married, born May 1856, age 46, married 19 years, born in Ohio, father born in Ohio, mother born in Pennsylvania, farmer, can read, can write, can speak English
Sarrah •• wife, white female, born February 1866, age 34, married 19 years, mother of 3 children, 2 still living, born in Ohio, father born in Ohio, mother born in Pennsylvania, can read, can write, can speak English
Marry •• daughter, white female, born August 1880, age 9, single, born in Indiana, mother born in Ohio, father born in Ohio
Nelley •• daughter, white female, born July 1887, age 2, single, born in Michigan, father born in Ohio, mother born in Ohio
Household immediately adjacent is step-brother Charles Ames3102
Charles Ames •• head of household, white male, born April 1868, age 32, married less than a year, no children, born in Indiana, father born in New York, mother born in Pennsylvania, day laborer, can read, can write, can speak English
Nellie M •• wife, white female, born October 1872, age 27, married less than a year, mother of 1 child, 1 still living, born in Pennsylvania, father born in England, mother born in Pennsylvania, can read, can write, can speak English

1928 Lansing, Michigan, City Directory:3104, p. 233
Booher, James W (Sarah E) retired, Holmes Road
Booher, Samuel N, works Reo, Holmes Road

Descendant Information

James Norman Booher,1896, v. 1, p. 101-105. age 29, enlisted for service in World War I from Lagrange County, Indiana on 5 June 1917.