Janett: Here is what I have located on John Bier: Source: History of Erie County Ohio, by Lewis Cass Aldrich D Mason & Co Publichers, Syracuse, NY 1889 Page 599 William Lucal was born in Ellershausen, Dreis, Frankenberg, Kuhressen, Germany, Nov 11, 1805. He emigrated to America and settled in Juniata County, Pa, in 1840. He was married in 1845 to Katherine Leis, who was born in Germany. He then settled in Perkins, Erie County, OH in 1846, where he purchased his present home, consisting of twenty-five acres of land, for which he paid $500. It being all forest and brush, he, by industry and close economy, had it soon cleared and ready for cultivation. In those days they had no horses or farming implements, but oxen instead, to do the work. Fortune favored him and he soon had a comfortable home. William and Katherine had a family of seven children. Mary, the oldest was married December 20 1866 to JOHN BIER, who is of German birth. He served in the Civil War, and at its close received an honorable discharge. After the close of the war he became engaged in business as a contractor and builder. They have a family of nine children: Lula, Katie, Dora, George, Clara, Edith, Lizzie, Edna and Irma. The rest of the article continues on with the six other children of William and Katherine Lucal. --- [This E-mail scanned for viruses by LRBCG.COM, Inc.]