Notes:

The Kuecherer family has a deep and direct history with the Society of Separatists of Zoar.

Augustus was part of the prominent Zoar Separatist family associated with the historic 1835 A. Kuecherer Residence.

He was living in Zoar during the critical time when members were transitioning from a shared-property commune to an open capitalist economy, and was acting as the post-communal merchant, following Charles Ehlers.

*Zoar Ohio was settled in 1817 by German religious dissenters. German Separatists left southeastern Germany to escape persecution for their religious beliefs. The Separatists thought that the church should be simple, and they emphasized a mystical and direct relationship with God. In 1819, they organized a self-sufficient society—the Society of Separatists of Zoar—which operated in Tuscarawas County until 1898 when the group disbanded. The Zoarites of Tuscarawas County were among the many communal groups that rejected capitalist society. Citing private property as a source of discontent and jealousy, they held all property in common. In 1898, the few remaining members of the community divided the assets and disbanded.*