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Henry, son of Henry and Maria Salome (Newhard)
Biery, was born at Longswamp on October 1, 1768. He
removed to Whitehall Township with his parents in
his youth and married March 5, 1799, Maria Catherine
Ruch, daughter of Lorenzo Ruch, and sister of
Brigadier General Peter Ruch, soldier of the War of
1812. Henry Biery and his younger brother,
Frederick Biery,
purchased on the 30th of July, 1801, from their
kinsman, Jacob Newhard, the old grist mill and saw
mill and one hundred acres of land at the confluence
of the Catasauqua Creek and the Lehigh River. On
January 20, 1806, Henry Biery sold his share in the
mill to his brother, and he later removed to Seneca
County, New York, where he purchased a large tract
of military lands. He soon established a business
center, first known as "Beary's Corners," but which
subsequently grew into Bearytown. Their grandson,
Colonel Charles Biery Gambee, was a soldier during
the Civil War. He was Colonel of the 55th Ohio
Volunteers, and was killed at the battle of Resaca,
Georgia, May 15, 1864, while in command of the
brigade repelling the assault of the Confederate
forces. Henry Biery died January 8, 1836; and his
widow, Catherine (Ruch) Biery passed away on January
22, 1863..
Children
of Henry Biery
Sarah, born November 11,
1799, died August 19, 1803.
Ann, born September 15, 1801,
married Benjamin Gambee, died September12, 1823.
Thomas, born July 31, 1803,
died February 19, 1837.
Catherine, born June 9, 1805,
married Samuel Gambee, died September 19, 1880.
Sarah (Salome), born December
29, 1807, married William Hoskins.
Deborah, born November 22,
1809, married George W. Bachman, died June 9, 1880.
William, born November 3,
1811, died August 5, 1893.
Hannah, born September 15,
1813, married William Deppen, died February 11,
1847.
Margaret, born October 4,
1816, married John Shoemaker, died October 1, 1882.
Charles, born March 12, 1820,
died January 8, 1875.
The above
information was taken from the History of the
Public Schools of Catasauqua, Pennsylvania, by
James B. Laux and Charles R. Horn, Published by the
Alumni Association of the Catasauqua High School,
1914. |