1857 Caroline Kercher, daughter of Elizabeth Moyer and William Kercher, was born on October 10 in Elkhart Twp, Elkhart County, Indiana. [1]
1875 Carrie Kercher and John W. Buzzard were married on November 4, 1875 at Elkhart County, Indiana. [2] [3]
1880 John Buzzard (age 30, born in Indiana, married) lived in Harrison Twp, Elkhart County, Indiana, in a household with Carline Buzzard (22), Anna Buzzard (3), and Walter Buzzard (1). John Buzzard's parents were both born in Pennsylvania. John Buzzard was a farmer. [4]
1902 John Weldy Buzzard, married, spouse of Caroline Buzzard, died on February 14, at age 52 in Wakarusa Twp, Elkhart County, Indiana. He was born on February 13, 1850 in Harrison Tp Elkhart Colorado, son of John Buzzard and Anna Buzzard. [5] [6]
1907 Caroline Buzzard, widowed, daughter of William Kercher and Elizabeth Moyer, married John P. Stauffer on April 16 at Elkhart County, Indiana. [7] [8]
1927 Caroline Kercher Buzzard died, at age 69, and was buried at Yellow Creek Brick Cemetery, Southwest, Elkhart County, Indiana. [9] [10]
1927 An obituary for Caroline Buzzard reported [11] [12]:
Mrs Caroline Buzzard, 69, mother of Mrs Walter Sykes of Elkhart, died at 10:30 p m Sunday at the home of her son, Walter Buzzard, in South Bend.
Mrs Buzzard, who was born in Elkhart county, Oct 10, 1857, was the daughter of Wm and Elizabeth Kercher. She was the widow of John W Buzzard of Wakarusa, who died here Feb 14, 1900.
Surviving Mrs Buzzard are five children, Walter Buzzard of South Bend, Anna Buzzard of Long Beach, Calif, Mrs Carl E Nelson of Hammond, Ind, Florence Buzzard of Chicago, and Mrs Sykes of Elkhart; also two sisters Mrs Samuel Croop of Goshen and Mrs Samuel Smith of Newton, Kansas.
1934 John P Stauffer, spouse of Caroline Buzzard, died on November 16 in Hammond, Lake County, Indiana. He was born on January 15, 1848 in Galion, Crawford County, Ohio, son of Jacob Stauffer and Anna Stauffer. [13] [14]
[1] Indiana Marriages, 1780-1992, [FamilySearchRecord].
[2] Indiana Marriages, 1780-1992, [FamilySearchRecord].
[3] Indiana, U.S., Select Marriages Index, 1748-1993, [AncestryRecord].
[4] United States Federal Census, 1880, [AncestryImage], [AncestryRecord].
[5] Indiana, U.S., Death Certificates, 1899-2011, [AncestryImage], [AncestryRecord].
[6] Find A Grave Memorial at Ancestry.com, [AncestryRecord].
[7] Indiana Marriages, 1780-1992, [FamilySearchRecord].
[8] Indiana, Marriage Certificates, 1960-2005, [AncestryRecord].
[9] Find A Grave Memorial 79895487, [FindAGrave].
[10] Find A Grave Memorial at Ancestry.com, [AncestryRecord].
[11] Newspaper, Wakarusa Tribune, February 6, 1927.
[12] U.S., Newspapers.com Obituary Index, 1800s-current, [AncestryRecord].
[13] Find A Grave Memorial at Ancestry.com, [AncestryRecord].
[14] Indiana, U.S., Death Certificates, 1899-2011, [AncestryImage], [AncestryRecord].