Bio of Bricher, John (b.1835) Wabasha Co., MN
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This bio comes from "HISTORY OF WABASHA COUNTY" 1884.
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Bricher, John, (page 957), one of the numerous well-to-do farmers of 
Highland, is a native of Luxemburg, Germany, where he was born January 5, 
1835. His parents were Peter and Susan (Ley) Brucher (or Bricher), and 
John was their firstborn of a family of four girls and six boys. He 
received an education in the common branches. At the age of eighteen he 
bade farewell to his old home, and leaving his family and old associates 
behind, came to America. He did farm work near Aurora, Illinois, and in 
Dubuque county, Iowa, until the fall of 1855, when he came to Wabasha 
county, and pre-empted eighty acres on Sec. 35, in the township of 
Glasgow. In 1860, after having made many improvements on his pioneer farm, 
he sold it and bought eighty acres in section 2 in Highland, on which he 
now resides. His farm now consists of two hundred and forty-six acres, one 
hundred and thirty of which is in a fine state of cultivation. Mr. 
Bricher's residence is a large two-story brick house; it was erected at a 
cost of about $2,500, when building material was cheap in the summer of 
1879. Mr. Bricher's matrimonial life dates from May 18, 1861, when he 
espoused Mary Schearts, born in Bohemia in 1845. A large family of 
children have been born to this worthy couple: Lizzie, born June 20, 1862; 
Frank, May 2, 1864; Joseph, June 5, 1866; Elizabeth, April 13, 1868; John, 
August 13, 1870; Anna, April 3, 1873; Susan, November 8, 1875; Nicholas, 
March 3, 1878; Catherine, July 18, 1880; Christian, May 30, 1883. Joseph 
clerks in Brucher Bros'. store at Hammonds on the Zumbro, of which firm 
Mr. Bricher is a partner. The family are members of the Highland Catholic 
church. Mr. Bricher has taught school several terms, and has been township 
assessor for six years, and at present is a member of the board of 
supervisors.