Hello, Is anyone researching the Gocher family in Perry County? I find two Gocher families living close to Hardin H. Reeves family on the 1860 Perry County census. In household 1054 there is Leonard Gocher, age 24, farmer, born in Illinois with wife, Susannah, age 21. born in Illinois. They have a son, Allin, age 1. Hardin H. Reeves family is in household 1057. There is also, a Martha Gocher, age 45, born in TN, with several children living in household 1052. Hardin H. Reeves had a daughter, Rebecca, who married George Quincy Loman. She is listed as born in 1853. On her death certificate it list her mother's maiden name as Gotre. I have recently found out Rebecca told family she was adopted and was very sad in her later years because she could not find out about her people. I know this is a long shot, but could this Goucher/Gocher family be the same one Rebecca's son remembered as Gotre. He is the one who gave the information on her birth certificate. Perhaps it was how they pronounced it, or perhaps he had forgotten or did not know how to spell it when his mother died. I find this same Goucher family living by Hardin H. Reeves in 1850 in Perry County, Illinois. Does anyone have any information on them. Does anyone know if there were adoption records kept in the early 1850's. If my Rebecca was an adopted child, it appears to me the Reeves would have gotten the child from someone living close by. In the early 1850's families did not travel very far to do anything. All help or suggestions appreciated. Rebecca has been dead since 1913, she was my great-grandmother, but I would love to solve the puzzle about her people for her and for her descendants. Thanks, Flora