Anthony Bierly and Anna Maria Warner

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Husband Anthony Bierly ^{1 2}

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            AKA: Nicholas Beerly 3
           Born: Abt 1743
     Christened: 
           Died: 7 Apr 1825 2
         Buried:  - Lutheran and Reformed Cemetery, Rebersburg, Centre Co, PA

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         Father: Melchoir Bierly (      -      ) 1 4
         Mother: 

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Wife Anna Maria Warner ⁵

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           Born: 15 Nov 1752 5
     Christened: 
           Died: 3 Apr 1844 5
         Buried:  - Lutheran and Reformed Cemetery, Rebersburg, Centre Co, PA

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Children

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1 F Margaret Bierly ⁶

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           Died:  - Venango Co, PA
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         Spouse: John Phillips (      -      ) 5

         Spouse: Peter Greninger (      -      ) 5

         Spouse: [Unk] Carter (      -      ) 5

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2 M Nicholas Bierly ^{6 7}

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            AKA: Nicholas Beerly 3
           Born: Abt 1775 - Pennsylvania
     Christened: 
           Died: 25 Jul 1848 - Brush Valley, Centre Co, PA 8
         Buried:  - Lutheran and Reformed Cemetery, Rebersburg, Centre Co, PA

         Spouse: Lucy A. Buchtel (Abt 1778-1851) 8

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3 F Elizabeth "Lizzie" Bierly ⁶

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         Spouse: Peter Berry (      -      ) 6

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4 F Catherine Bierly ⁶

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         Spouse: Did Not Marry

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5 M John Bierly ^{1 6}

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           Born: 8 Feb 1779 - Northumberland Co, PA 6
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           Died: 1870 - Sugar Valley, near Tylersville, Clinton Co, PA 6
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         Spouse: Mary Catherine Berry (      -      ) 1 6

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6 F Sarah Bierly ⁶

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         Spouse: Henry Greninger (      -      ) 6

         Spouse: George Lesh (      -      ) 6

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7 F Eva Bierly ⁶

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         Spouse: Michael Ketner (      -      ) 6

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8 F Rosina Bierly ⁶

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           Born: 
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           Died:  - Miles Twp, Centre Co, PA
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         Spouse: Christian Gramley (      -      ) 6

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9 F Barbara Bierly ⁶

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           Born: 
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           Died:  - Sugar Valley, Centre Co, PA
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         Spouse: Frederick Womeldorf (      -      ) 6

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10 F Anna Bierly ⁶

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           Born: 
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           Died:  - Sugar Valley, Centre Co, PA
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         Spouse: Philip Glantz (      -      ) 6

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11 M Anthony Bierly, Jr. ^{1 2}

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           Born: 8 Sep 1787 5
     Christened: 
           Died: 18 Jul 1857 - Brush Valley, Centre Co, PA 6
         Buried:  - Rebersburg, Centre Co, PA

         Spouse: Maria Kratzer (1793-1860) 6
           Marr: 1814 5

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12 F Mary Bierly ⁶

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           Born: 
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           Died:  - Brush Valley, Centre Co, PA
         Buried:  - Rebersburg, Centre Co, PA

         Spouse: Michael Kahl (      -      ) 5

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General Notes: Husband - Anthony Bierly

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He was a man of note in his day, possessing an unusually keen intellect and forceful character. He was versed in the ancient science of Astrology, and practiced it for a time at Guy. In 1791, probably in the spring, he came to Brush Valley, Centre County, Pennsylvania, and settled with his family on a tract of 300 acres, which was leased from Col. Samuel Miles. Mr. Bierly and his son Nicholas, had come to the place in the fall previous to clear a portion of it and plant grain for the next summer's harvest. About half an acre had already been cleared by Mr. Strawbridge, who had also built a hut there.
During the Revolutionary war Anthony Bierly while living on the Mohantango served in the militia, but it is not known what engagements he took part in. On one or two occasions he, with other parties, followed Indians who had murdered white families. When he brought his family to Centre County he came through Brush Valley Narrows, over the road which Col. Samuel Miles had opened but a short time before, and it is said that Mr. Bierly was the first man who traveled over it in a vehicle. He took an active part in the development and improvement of his locality, and was especially interested in the village of Rebersburg, which was established on his tract of land.

He was the progenitor of all the Bierlys in Sugar Valley, Clinton County, and Brush Valley, Centre County, Pennsylvania. He came from the region of the Mahantango, near McKee's Half Falls (now in Snyder County), in 1791 or '92, and leased from Col. Samuel Miles a tract of 300 acres of land a short distance north of the present site of Rebersburg. Tradition says that he was the first man to travel over the Brush Valley Narrows with a team after the completion of the road there, and a tedious journey it was, according to all accounts, the way being extremely rough, and for lack of other accommodations the party was compelled to camp out at night. On arrival at their destination a log cabin was constructed, and the work of subduing the wilderness and creating a home was begun. Anthony Bierly became a leader among the pioneers of the locality, and his foresight and public spirit deserve recognition at this day. He was one of the leading men in the building, in 1804, of the first church in Rebersburg.

1 John Blair Linn, History of Centre and Clinton Counties, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott & Co., 1883), Pg 179.

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

3 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clearfield, Jefferson and Clarion. (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 313.

4 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clearfield, Jefferson and Clarion. (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 235, 243.

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

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

7 John Blair Linn, History of Centre and Clinton Counties, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott & Co., 1883), Pg 180.

8 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clearfield, Jefferson and Clarion. (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 244.