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Hello Sylvia,
I have an Elisha Boucher who married Sarah INGLISH d/o Joshua and Sarah INGLISH of Campbell Co., TN. Do you think this may be the brother of your Thomas? Here is some info about Elisha and Sarah:
(2) Sarah2 ENGLISH, (Joshua1) was born 24 Jan 1794 in TN, and in TN, married Elisha BOUCHER who was born about 1771 in VA. Sarah died 18 May 1866 in Sampsel Twp, Livingston County, MO and was buried in Gibbons Cemetery, Sampsel Twp, Livingston County, MO. Elisha died 22 Oct 1858 in Sampsel Twp, Livingston County, MO and was buried in Gibbons Cemetery, Sampsel Twp, Livingston County, MO.
Children:
+ 4 i Catharine3 BOUCHER (p. 3) was born in 1815.
+ 3 ii Mary A. BOUCHER (p. 6) was born about 1816.
+ 7 iii Sarah BOUCHER (p. 11) was born 10 Sep 1819.
5 iv Elizabeth BOUCHER was born about 1820, and on 4 Sep 1836 in Ray County, MO, married Wiatt ELLIOTT. Elizabeth died before 1847 in before 10/23/47, MO. The Estate of Wiatt Elliott was the first one recorded in Livingston County after it was formed. Elisha Boucher (his father-in-law) was the administrator.
6 v Calestine BOUCHER married 2 Oct 1836 in Ray County, MO Newton MCCUISTION.
8 vi Joshua BOUCHER was born about 1820 in TN. Joshua died 21 Oct 1846 in Mexican War, Santa Fe, NM.
+ 9 vii John BOUCHER (p. 12) was born about 1822.
+ 10 viii Martha BOUCHER (p. 17) was born 5 Jun 1823.
+ 1241 ix Thomas English BOUCHER (p. 18) was born 15 Oct 1826.
11 x James BOUCHER was born about 1824 in Sampsel Twp, Livingston County, MO. James died 16 Jan 1847 in Santa Fe, NM.
13 xi Elisha J. BOUCHER was born about 1826, and on 1 Oct 1854 in Livingston County, MO, married Martha Jane SNEED. Elisha J. died 10 Aug 1861 in Livingston County, MO. Martha Jane died 7 May 1863 in Livingston County, MO.
Taken from the "History of Livingston County". On the 10th of August, 1861, a man named Elisha Boucher was killed by his brother-in-law, Thomas Snead, in what is now Sampsel township. Boucher had married Martha J. Snead, a sister of his slayer. Boucher was a rough character, and addicted to drink, and he and his wife did not live pleasantly together. On the evening of the tragedy he came home drunk and a quarrel between husband and wife resulted. Tom Snead was chopping wood for his sister, and when the altercation took place he ran up, knocked Boucher down and chopped off his head with the ax. Many persons believed that the killing was the result of a plot between Mrs. Boucher and her brother, and it is asserted that the woman held her husband by his coat while her brother assaulted him. It was war times then, and amid the excitement prevailing in the county no arrests were made. Snead left the country and joined the Confederate army, and was finally killed in one of Gen. Johnston's battles in Georgia, in 1864. A year or so after the killing of Boucher his widow married John McWilliams. May 7, 1863, Mr. McWilliams killed his wife and another of her brothers, named John Snead. The circumstances, as related by McWilliams and generally believed, were that for some time, and from certain evidences, McWilliams believed that his wife and her brother had designs on his life, and meant to kill him. He therefore always went armed and kept a close watch over himself. He said that his wife admitted to him that she had assisted in the murder of her former husband, Boucher, and that she had begun the quarrel with him in order to afford a pretext for putting him out of the way. Afterward McWilliams became afraid that he too would be "removed," and passed much of his time in apprehension and fear. On the evening of the day mentioned McWilliams said he returned home, and almost immediately his wife began a quarrel with him. They were standing in the door yard, when suddenly John Snead appeared on the scene, armed with an ax, and instantly Mrs. McWilliams caught her husband by the coat and held him, as, it is said, she caught and held Boucher on a former and similar occasion. Before Snead with his ax could reach him McWilliams drew his revolver and shot his wife, the ball taking effect in the nose near her right eye, killing her instantly. McWilliams now ran into the house, pursued by Snead. There was a desperate conflict. Snead dealt terrific and rapid blows at his brother-in-law, who, however, contrived to avoid every one of them. The floor was marked in many places with large and deep gashes, or ax-prints. All the time, however, McWilliams was using his pistol to the best advantage. He shot Snead once through the shoulder, but failed to bring him down. At last, dodging a blow, he sunk to the floor, and while in this position he fired the fatal shot. The ball struck Snead in the head, above the ear, ranged upward and came out near the center of the skull, splitting and shattering the skull and scattering the brains about the room. The latter tragedy occurred about one mile and a half east of where is now Sampsel Station. McWilliams at once made known what he had done, and told his story. There was some sort of investigation before Esq. R. B. Moss, and a coroner's inquest over the body of Mrs. McWilliams rendered a verdict that she had "come to her death by being shot in the side of the nose, near the right eye." Who fired the shot the jury did not say. Soon after McWilliams entered the Federal service, in which he continued during the remainder of the war, and was never arrested.
+ 14 xii William BOUCHER (p. 18) was born about 1828.
+ 15 xiii Andrew J. BOUCHER (p. 35) was born 12 May 1830.
+ 16 xiv Jane E. BOUCHER (p. 37) was born 4 Mar 1832.
17 xv Julia A. BOUCHER was born 20 Aug 1835 in Ray County, MO, and married William WHITAKER. Julia A. died 21 Jan 1907 in Livingston County, MO and was buried in Pleasant Ridge Cemetery, Sampsel Twp, Livingston County, MO. William died 17 Jul 1885 in Livingston County, MO.
Elisha Boucher Sr. who married Sarah INGLISH is mentioned in Sarah's father's will of 1828, but miss-spelled as "Elisha Butcher". There is a Joshua Butcher listed in the 1809 census of Madison Co. AL, along with Sarah's sister Hannah INGLISH's husband Reynolds MAY.
Maybe there is a connection here?
Lynda
Birdcottage@email.com
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