Biography

01/01/1823 - 03/28/1906

BIERER, John, a Representative from Fayette County; born, January 1, 1823 in Uniontown, Fayette County, Pa.; private, Company G, 37th Regiment, 8th Pennsylvania Volunteer Reserve (1861-1862, Civil War); first lieutenant, Company K, 178th Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry (1862-1863, Civil War); captain, Company H, 171st Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry (1863, Civil War); lawyer (1845-1880); owner, Uniontown Genius of Liberty (1855); elected as a Democrat to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives in 1857; not a candidate for reelection to the House (1858); proprietor, Clinton House, hotel, Uniontown; revenue assessor, Fayette County (1867-1872); elected, burgess, Uniontown (1 term); died, March 28, 1906 in Uniontown, Fayette County, Pennsylvania; interred, Oak Grove Cemetery, Uniontown, Fayette County, Pennsylvania.