Absalom Biery and Sophia C. Giering

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Husband Absalom Biery ¹

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            AKA: Absalom Beary 2
           Born: 13 Apr 1836 - near Allentown, Lehigh Co, PA 1
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           Died: 1913 - Rockland, Venango Co, PA 3
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         Father: Henry Biery (1800-1881) 4
         Mother: Esther Slater (1796-Abt 1883) 1

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       Marriage: 1858 - Pittsburgh, Allegheny Co, PA 3

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   Other Spouse: Nettie Miller (      -Abt 1892) 3 - 1892 3

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   Other Spouse: Unknown (      -      )

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Wife Sophia C. Giering ^{3 5}

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           Born: 1 Jun 1839 - Emaus, Lehigh Co, PA 3
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         Father: Lewis A. Giering (1808-1888) 3 5
         Mother: Louisa Knauss (      -1884) 3

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Children

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1 M Elmer L. Biery ³

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2 F Alice A. Biery ¹

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           Born: 21 May 1863 - Richland Twp, Venango Co, PA 1
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         Spouse: Alfred Francis Biery (1867-      ) 6

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3 M Herbert L. Biery ³

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4 M James E. Biery ³

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5 F Carrie E. Biery ³

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General Notes: Husband - Absalom Biery

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After completing his schooling he applied himself to master the woodworking business, and became an expert therein. He was frequently employed to complete the finer grades of woodwork for churches and fine houses, etc. When he was one year old his parents removed to a farm near Emlenton, Venango County, where they purchased a tract of six hundred acres of wild land, but which, in addition to its natural fertility, was underlaid with rich deposits of ore. On this farm he passed his boyhood and early life until he had reached his majority, and helped his father clear the land. He was one of a large family of children, three girls and eight boys. At that time they used to go to Pittsburgh to do their shopping and made a two day's trip of it, one day in and the next out. He married there and after his marriage he established himself on this mill property of his in-laws and carried on his trade of carpenter for a number of years, walking to Oil City and carrying his tools, a distance of eighteen miles. He later purchased a farm situated within four miles of Franklin, Pennsylvania, which afterwards produced oil. He then came to live with Mr. Biery, his son-in-law, remaining for a time, but was a third time married, after which he settled at Rockland, Pennsylvania, where his death occurred.

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General Notes: Wife - Sophia C. Giering

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She was born at Emaus, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania. She lived there until she was sixteen years of age, and then came with her parents to Venango County, where they settled about six miles from Emlenton, and became the owners of mill property.

1 Fenwick Y. Hedley, Old and New Westmoreland, Vols. III & IV (New York, NY: The American Historical Society, Inc., 1918), Pg 581.

2 —, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk, & Co., Publishers, 1890).

3 Fenwick Y. Hedley, Old and New Westmoreland, Vols. III & IV (New York, NY: The American Historical Society, Inc., 1918), Pg 582.

4 Fenwick Y. Hedley, Old and New Westmoreland, Vols. III & IV (New York, NY: The American Historical Society, Inc., 1918), Pg 431, 581.

5 —, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk, & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 1119.

6 Fenwick Y. Hedley, Old and New Westmoreland, Vols. III & IV (New York, NY: The American Historical Society, Inc., 1918), Pg 579.