1857 Caroline Kercher, daughter of Elizabeth Moyer and William Kercher, was born on 10 October, 1857 at Elkhart Twp, Elkhart County, Indiana. [1]
1875 Carrie Kercher and John W. Buzzard were married on November 4, 1875 at Elkhart County, Indiana. [2]
1907 Caroline Buzzard, widowed, daughter of William Kercher and Elizabeth Moyerm married John P. Stauffer on April 16, 1907 at Elkhart County, Indiana. [3]
1927 Caroline Kercher Buzzard died, at age 69, and was buried at Yellow Creek Brick Cemetery, Southwest, Elkhart County, Indiana. [4]
1927 An obituary for Caroline Buzzard reported [5]:
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.
[1] Indiana Marriages, 1780-1992, [FamilySearchRecord].
[2] Indiana Marriages, 1780-1992, [FamilySearchRecord].
[3] Indiana Marriages, 1780-1992, [FamilySearchRecord].
[4] Find A Grave Memorial 79895487, [FindAGrave].
[5] Newspaper, Wakarusa Tribune, February 6, 1927.