Charles Beirly and Mary M. Moyer

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Husband Charles Beirly ¹

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            AKA: Charles Bierly 2
           Born: 18 Apr 1840 - Rebersburg, Centre Co, PA 3
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         Father: Melchoir Bierly (1815-1894) 2 4
         Mother: Catharine Gephart (1811-      ) 2 3

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       Marriage: 12 Mar 1876 3

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   Other Spouse: Amelia Snook (      -1874) 3 - 10 Sep 1865 - Brush Valley, Centre Co, PA 3

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Wife Mary M. Moyer ³

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           Born: 12 May 1845 - Penn's Valley, Centre Co, PA 3
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         Father: Elias Moyer (      -1864) 3
         Mother: Susan Young (      -      ) 3

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Children

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1 M Lowell S. Beirly ⁵

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2 F Orpha C. Beirly ⁵

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General Notes: Husband - Charles Beirly

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Rebersburg, Centre Co, PA

He was a member of a pioneer family of Brush Valley, Centre County, Pennsylvania. The name is properly spelled Bierly, but at the time of his enlistment it was placed on the army rolls as Beirly, and he thereafter adhered to that form. At the age of twenty-two, in obedience to his country's call, he enlisted, August 22, 1862, at Rebersburg, Centre County, PA, in Company A, 148th P. V. I. After a short stay at Camp Curtin, Harrisburg, for equipment and drill, the new recruits went to the front, their first experience in battle being at Chancellorsville. Mr. Beirly took part in the other engage­ments of his regiment until he was wounded in the evening of the second day at Gettysburg while he was crossing the stone fence. He was removed from the field in an ambulance, and spent nine months in a hospital in Philadelphia. Nothing daunted by this experience, he deter­mined to remain in the service, but being inca­pacitated for active work in the field he was transferred to the Invalid Corps, and for some time was on guard duty in New York City. Later he was detailed for hospital work at Wash­ington, and he did not leave the service until the war was ended, being mustered out June 26, 1865.

He attended the schools of his day at Rebersburg. He had some difficulty in committing his lessons to memory, but was an apt scholar in some respects. He began to learn the blackmith's trade when he was twelve years old, and when not in school he was to be found in his father's shop, where there was always plenty of business, several men being constantly employed. After his return from the army he resumed work at his trade. He married and they began housekeeping in Rebers­burg, and Mr. Beirly became a partner in his fa­ther's business, which they continued until they moved to a farm in 1874. He rented the place at first from his father, and in Novem­ber, 1893, acquired the title. The farm contained 106 acres. He also owned a home in Rebersburg and a small tract of mountain land.
Politically, he was a Republican, but while he was a stanch member of the party he was no office seeker. He and his wife were prominent members of the Lutheran Church, and he held the office of deacon. Socially he belonged to W. W. Beirly Post, G. A. R., at Millheim, of which he was one of the organizers.

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General Notes: Wife - Mary M. Moyer

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When she was ten years old her father removed the family to Boone County, Iowa. She was reared there, and taught a subscription school when but seventeen years old. Her father died and soon afterward she returned with some of her family to Pennsylvania.

1 Editor, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clearfield, Jefferson and Clarion. (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 325.

2 Editor, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clinton, Union and Snyder. (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 594.

3 Editor, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clearfield, Jefferson and Clarion. (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 326.

4 Editor, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clearfield, Jefferson and Clarion. (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 236, 243, 326.

5 Editor, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clearfield, Jefferson and Clarion. (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 327.