OBIT: Samuel Allen BOUCHER, 1945, of interest in Somerset County, PA

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SAMUEL A. BOUCHER

  Dr. Samuel Allen Boucher, 84, delegate to the Maryland General Assembly, died 
Dec. 15th at his home in Barton, Md., after an illness of one week.
  Dr. Boucher was born June 8, 1861.  He was the son of Isah and Lucretia 
Compton Boucher and was born in Grantsville, Md.  He practiced medicine in 
Barton for 54 years after graduating from the Baltimore College of Physicians 
and Surgeons, now the University of Maryland Medical School.
  He was a member of the Allegany-Garrett County Medical Society; of Allegany 
Masonic Lodge, of Barton; Garfield Chapter, Royal Arch Masons, Lonaconing; 
Antioch Commandery, Knights Templar, Cumberland; Ali Ghan Temple of the Mystic 
Shrine, Cumberland, and was a patron of Barton Lodge of the Order of Eastern 
Star.
  Surviving are his wife, Lucretia (Wilson) Boucher and a brother, Dr. Charles 
Boucher, of New Kensington, Pa.
  Funeral services were conducted at his residence, Monday, Dec. 17, by Rev. 
Stanley Jewell, pastor of the Presbyterian Church, and Rev. L. J. Moore, pastor 
of the Methodist Church.  Members of Allegany Masonic Lodge of Barton served as 
pallbearers.  Antioch Commandery, Knights Templar, of Cumberland, acted as 
escort.  Interment was in Laurel Hill Cemetery, Moscow.
  Dr. Boucher was an uncle of Mrs. Myra Boucher Keller of Grantsville, who 
attended his funeral.

Meyersdale Republican, December 27, 1945