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An upright stone that is contemporary with the death of the Patriot.
SAR stake marker.
Directions to Cemetery / Gravesite:
The cemetery is located on the north side of East Penn Street, just west of Muncy Exchange Road
Author: Storres Frederick Myers
The author has cross-posted this biography to the Patriots Find-a-Grave memorial.
Adam Bieber was born in Zweibrucken, Province of Alsace, Germany, on 7 July 1754, the son of Valentine Bieber. He was married in about 1782 to Magdalena Reber of Berks County, Pennsylvania. She was born on 11 October 1754 and died on 4 February 1813. Their known children were:
Catharina
Anna Maria "Mary"
John
Solomon
Margaret "Mary" Magdalena
In the book Annals of Buffalo Valley Pennsylvania, the author writes: "Christian Diehl (written Dale) lived on part of the Ewing tract, (now Colonel Slifer’s farm, near the iron bridge.) The late John Beeber told me that his father’s term of service was purchased by Mr. Diehl from the captain whose ship he came over in, and he helped Mr. Diehl clear that place in 1772, owned then by Ludwig Derr. Adam Beeber then returned to Philadelphia, and served five years in the army, after which he came up to Muncy, where he settled and died. Christian Diehl’s grandson, Captain Christian Dale, of Harris Township, Centre County, aged sixty-six, confirms the story, as a tradition of the family, in regard to Adam Beeber’s service with his grandfather."
Adam purchased land in Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, in 1784 but evidently did not move his family there (near the town of Muncy) before 1786 or 1787. After his wife's death, Adam was a widower for about 29 years. Adam and his two brothers, Nicholas and John, were among the organizers of Immanuel Lutheran Church near Muncy.
Later he moved to Buffalo Township, Union County, Pennsylvania, where he was residing when he was allowed pension on his application executed on 24 September 1832, aged seventy-eight years. His pension certificate No. 5551, was issued on 12 February 1833, at the rate of $24.99 per annum.
The Patriot died on 16 March 1842, aged 87 years, 8 months, and 9 days. His brothers, John and Nicholas are buried in the Immanuel Lutheran Church graveyard, and Adam and his wife are buried in the Old Hill Graveyard east of Muncy, Pennsylvania.
Sources:
Linn, John Blair, From Annals of Buffalo Valley, Pennsylvania, 1755-1855, Pennsylvania. Harrisburg: Lane S. Hart, 1877, page 49
Montgomery, Thomas Lynch, Pennsylvania Archives Sixth Series, Vol. I, Pennsylvania. Harrisburg: Harrisburg Publishing Company, 1906, page 457.
Revolutionary War Pension file S2067.
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