Frederick Bierer and Elizabeth Lafferty

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Husband Frederick Bierer ^{1 2 3 4}

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           Born: 27 Jul 1791 - Winsheim, Wurtemburg, Germany 1 2
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           Died: 7 Jun 1854 - near Greensburg, Westmoreland Co, PA 1 2
         Buried:  - German Cemetery, Greensburg, Westmoreland Co, PA

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         Father: John M. Bierer (      -      ) 2 4 5
         Mother: Barbara Müller (      -1843) 2

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Wife Elizabeth Lafferty ^{2 6}

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         Father: James Lafferty (      -      ) 2 6
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Children

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1 F Barbara M. Bierer ^{6 7 8 9}

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           Born:  - Westmoreland Co, PA
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         Spouse: Daniel Welty (1806-1874) 7 10

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2 M John L. Bierer ^{6 9}

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3 F Mary Bierer ^{6 9}

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4 M Frederick C. Bierer ^{6 9}

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5 F Elizabeth Bierer ^{6 9}

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6 F Bathsheba Bierer ^{6 9}

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7 M Ambrose Bierer ^{6 9}

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8 F Hannah Bierer ^{6 9}

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9 M Samuel W. Bierer ^{2 6 9}

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           Born: 30 Aug 1830 - Greensburg, Westmoreland Co, PA 2
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         Spouse: Emily E. Boice (      -      ) 2
           Marr: 12 Mar 1857 2

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10 M George E. Bierer ^{6 9}

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11 F Catharine Welty Bierer ^{4 11}

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           Born: 16 Sep 1834 4 9
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         Spouse: William Foster Gallagher (1826-Abt 1901) 4 11 12

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12 F Sarah Bierer ^{6 9}

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         Spouse: Did Not Marry

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General Notes: Husband - Frederick Bierer

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After his arrival at Greensburg, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, he worked for several years with his brother John in the butchering business. He then removed to Connellsville, where he was engaged in butchering for many years, and owned forty acres of land. He went to Pittsburgh in 1817, and became a partner with his brother Everhart in the butchering business, but removed to Greensburg again in 1823, where he conducted a butcher shop until 1831. In that year he went to Hannastown, where he owned a farm of one hundred and seventy-five acres, and was engaged in farming until his death. At his death he owned nearly five hundred acres of land, was considered one of the progressive farmers of the county, and always kept very fine stock. He was a strong democrat, belonged to the Masonic fraternity, and was a strict member of the Lutheran church, in which he had served as deacon and elder. He was a man of large stature.
He and his wife had twelve children, of whom eleven grew to maturity.

In the German graveyard in Greensburg there are few monuments. One to the Bierer family is about eight or nine feet high, and consists of base, pedestal, and a square pillar, which tapers towards the top. The pedestal and pillar are of marble. On one side of the shaft is the name Bierer, surrounded by a wreath of flowers. On one side of the square pedestal is the following epitaph: "Frederick Bierer, born at Winsheim, Kingdom of Würtemberg, Germany, July 27th, 1791; died June 7th, 1854, aged 62 years, 10 months, and 21 days."

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General Notes: Wife - Elizabeth Lafferty

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She died when ninety years of age.

1 George Dallas Albert, History of the County of Westmoreland, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: L. H. Everts & Co., 1882), Pg 513.

2 Samuel T. Wiley, Biographical and Historical Cyclopedia of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: John M. Gresham & Co., 1890.), Pg 52.

3 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. III (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 32, 52.

4 Fenwick Y. Hedley, Old and New Westmoreland, Vols. III & IV (New York, NY: The American Historical Society, Inc., 1918), Pg 117.

5 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. III (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 32.

6 Fenwick Y. Hedley, Old and New Westmoreland, Vols. III & IV (New York, NY: The American Historical Society, Inc., 1918), Pg 118.

7 A. J. Davis, History of Clarion County, Pennsylvania (Syracuse, NY: D. Mason & Co., 1887), BP 58.

8 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. II (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 467.

9 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. III (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 521.

10 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. II (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 102, 467.

11 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. III (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 520.

12 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. II (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 11.