DARKE COUNTY OHIO - BIOS: BULCHER, JOSEPH JOHN (published 1900)
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A Biographical History of Darke County Ohio, published in
Chicago by the Lewis Publishing Company, 1900. p. 697-698


                JOSEPH JOHN BULCHER

     Darke county has a no more enterprising, energetic and
progressive business man than Joseph J. Bulcher, who now makes
his home on section 25, Patterson township.  He was born in
Shelby county, this state, two miles east of Versailles, November
26, 1854, and is a son of Francis Peter and Celestia (Foisinet)
Bulcher, who are now living a retired life on one of their three
farms.  The father was born in Alsace, France, July 1, 1822, and
in the fall of 1846 came to the new world, bringing with him his
wife and one child.  It was a long and tedious voyage from Havre
to New York, and by canal they proceeded to Buffalo, by lake to
Toledo, and by canal to Berlin, Ohio, where they arrived in the
woods.  By ox team they came to Wayne township, Darke county, and
the father purchased forty acres of land just over the line in
Shelby county, for which he paid three dollars per acre.  He
prospered in his new home and is today one of the most
substantial citizens of his community.  Of his twelve children,
eleven -- three sons and eight daughters -- grew to manhood or
womanhood, namely: Rosa, the widow of Julius Moyoto; Lucy, who
married August Henry and died in middle life; Cecil, who married
Frank Smith and died at the age of forty-eight years; Celina,
the wife of a Mr. Harrison; Joseph j., our subject; P. Elizabeth,
the wife of Joseph Alexander, of Wabash township; Mary, who
married Henry Couchot and died young; Frank P., a farmer of
Patterson township; John, who died unmarried at the age of
twenty-three years; Louisa, the wife of Constant Liette; and
Lizzie, the wife of Joseph Poly.
     Joseph J. Bulcher attended the common schools until thirteen
years of age, and by improving his talents in later life has
become a well informed man.  He remained under the parental roof
until twenty-four year of age, when he was married, October 8,
1878, to Miss Adaline M. Poly, who was born in Wayne township,
this county, October 10, 1860, and is a daughter of Frank and
Theresa (Dafoire) Poly, natives of France.  Mrs. Poly died at the
age of forty-eight years, leaving six children, who are still
living.  Thirteen children have been born to Mr. and Mrs.
Bulcher, but one son died in infancy, and Mary A., born in 1880,
died of a cancerous tumor at about the age of fourteen year.  The
names and dates of birth of the other children are as follows:
Peter F., March 29, 1881; Edward J., in 1882; Emma D., May 5,
1884; Anna Mary, March 27, 1886; Raymond L., May 17, 1888;
Theressa E., February 26, 1890; Stella Isabel, July 12, 1891;
Laurence J., September 8, 1893; Clarence Henry, February 7, 1
895; Agnes M., January 21, 1897; and Josephine, November 3, 1898.
They constitute a very bright and interesting family of which any
parents might well be proud.  From their German ancestry they
have inherited a talent for music and several play on musical
instruments of various kinds.
    Mr. Bulcher owns and cultivates a good farm of ninety-one
acres, on which he is engaged in general farming, but makes a
specialty of tobacco growing, having from seven to ten acres
devoted to that crop.  He also buys and sells tobacco, and deals
in tobacco boxes, buggies, wagons and surreys.  For several years
he engaged in merchandising and in the manufacture of lumber, and
is still interested in a saw-mill which brings him some revenue.
He is a wide-awake, energetic business man, and the success that
he has achieved in life is well merited.  As a Democrat, Mr.
Bulcher takes an Active interest in local politics and has served
as a delegate to many conventions.  He and his family are members
of the Catholic church, of which he is now the treasurer.