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Salem Pioneer Cemetery ~ Nicholas Bier
~ part of the Marion County Pioneer Cemeteries of Oregon
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Nicholas Bier
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| LAST NAME: Bier
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FIRST NAME: Nicholas
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| TITLE: Mr.
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MILITARY: Civil War - Union; Indian Wars
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| BORN: 29 Nov 1839
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DIED: 15 Jan 1927
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BURIED: 18 Jan 1927
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OCCUPATION: Shoemaker
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| BIRTH PLACE: Pittsburgh, Alleghany, Pennsylvania
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| DEATH PLACE: Independence, Polk Co., Oregon
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OSBH (Polk County 1927) #4 - Nickolas Bier, male, widowed, b. 29 Nov 1839 in Pittsburg, Penn., d. 15 Jan 1927 in Independence, Oregon at the age of 87 y's 1 m 16 d's, name of father Casper Bier (b. Germany), interment IOOF 18 Jan, undertaker Webb & Clough, informant Leila G. Bier.
MARRIAGE - "Nicholas Bier & Lydia J. Churchill, m 28 July 1868 at house of Joseph Churchill; C. F. Deininger, M. G. Wit: Joseph & Lucy Churchill, A. B. Croaseman, R. A. Deininger #1071 pg 402"
1880 OR CENSUS - Nicholas, age 41, occupation shoemaker, b. Pennsylvania, is enumerated with wife Jane, age 32, b. Oregon, along with daugher Lena, age 6, b. Oregon, and son Chas., age 5, b. Oregon; 1926-7 Salem Directory lists Nicholas Bier at 307 N. Liberty St.
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Nicholas Bier died at the residence of his daughter, Mrs. Lena P. MacCarthy of Independence on Jan. 15, at the age of 87 years. He also leaves one sister, Mrs. Mary Noland of Des Moines, Iowa; a daughter-in-law, Mrs. Lella G. Beir of Salem; two grandsons.
Oregon Statesman 16 Jan 1927 5:6.
Funeral services for the late Nicholas Bier will be held today at 2 o'clock from the Webb funeral parlors with Rev. W. C. Kantner officiating. Burial will be in IOOF cemetery.
Oregon Statesman 18 Jan 1927 5:5.
NICHOLAS BIER SALEM PIONEER DEAD AT 87
Nicholas Bier, known as the oldest resident of Salem and who owned his home here at the corner of Liberty and Chemeketa streets over a period extending from 1866 until a few weeks ago, when he sold the property to Nelson brothers, passed away Saturday morning at Independence. Mr. Bier was a Civil war veteran and a member of the G.A.R. He also belonged to the Odd Fellows lodge. He was 87 years old at the time of his death.
He was born in Pittsburgh in 1839. He moved to the middle west at an early age, entering Missouri home guards as a volunteer when the Civil war broke out. He became a corporal in that unit. He completed his enlistment in 1862, was discharged and came to Oregon the following year, making the trip across the plains by ox team. He settled with a German colony at Aurora in April 1863. The following fall he entered the service against the Indians, who were making trouble at that time and served under Captain Wolf, well known Indian fighter. The campaign over, he returned to Aurora and remained there until 1864, when he went to Portland, engaging in the occupation of shoemaker there for a short time. Portland was then a mere village in comparison with the present size. Mr. Bier left Portland in 1866, going from there to eastern Oregon, then to Idaho, and then back to the Willamette valley, where he took up his abode in the home at Chemeketa and Liberty streets, where he was to live for over half a century. When he came to Salem he first worked on the Dan Durbin farm, eight miles east of the city, and later took a position with the John Gilbert Shoe company. He is survived by his daughter Mrs. Lena P., wife of D. P. McCarthy, a daughter-in-law, Leila G. Bier, two grandsons, Charles E. Bier and Eugene McCarthy, and a sister. The sister lives in Des Moines, Iowa. The others live in the vicinity of Independence. The Capital Journal, [no date or page} Nicholas Bier was born in Pittsburgh, Penn., on November 29, 1829, and passed away at Independence, Ore., on January 15, 1927. He served as a corporal in the Missouri home guards and received his discharge in 1862. In April 1862 he came to Oregon by ox team and settled near Aurora. During the fall of 1862 he served with Captain Wolfe. He remained at Aurora until 1864, when he came to Salem and purchased the property at the corner of Liberty and Chemeketa streets in 1866 and resided there until about December 15, 1926. In 1868 he was married to Lydia Jane Churchill, who preceded him in death in 1890. To this union two children were born; Charles Elmer Bier, who died in 1918 and Mrs. Donald MacCarthy of Independence. He also is survived by two grandchildren; Charles Elmer Bier and Eugene D. MacCarthy. Funeral services will be held at Webb’s funeral parlors on Tuesday, January 18. Interment will be in the IOOF cemetery.
Chapman Scrapbook p. 274
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INSCRIPTION:
Bier Nicholas
1839 - 1927
(shares marker with Lydia)
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OSBH (Polk County 1927) #4
Marion Co. Oregon Marriage Records, 1849-71, VoI, pg 69
1880 OR CENSUS (Marion Co., Salem Pct., FA #45)
1926-7 Salem Directory
S&H pg 20
Saucy marker photo
OS 16 Jan 1927 5:6
OS 18 Jan 1927 5:5.
CJ no date Chapman scrapbook
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SPACE: 1 SW S½
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LONGITUDE: N 44° 55.226'
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LATITUDE: W 123° 02.858'
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