John W. Wierman and Nancy E. "Nannie" Myers

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Husband John W. Wierman ¹

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           Born: 4 May 1832 1
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           Died: Aft 1886
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         Father: Joseph Wierman (1795-1871) 1
         Mother: Susan Wierman (1805-1848) 1

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       Marriage: 1877 2

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Wife Nancy E. "Nannie" Myers ³

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           Born: 27 May 1850 2
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           Died: Aft 1886
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         Father: Cornelius Myers (1815-      ) 4
         Mother: Levina Brough (      -      ) 4

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Children

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1 F Maud L. Wierman ²

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           Born: 4 May 1881 2
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General Notes: Husband - John W. Wierman

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He was reared to and learned the milling business at the old stand of his father. At the age of twenty-seven he went wWest, and worked at the milling business near Sterling, Illinois, for two years. At the outbreak of the Rebellion he returned home, and in August, 1863, enlisted in Company C, Fifteenth Regiment Pensylvania Volunteer Cavalry, for three years. The regiment was mustered in at Carlisle and recruited as a body-guard for Gen. Buell, but as he was superseded, they were sent to Louisville, Kentucky. There the regiment was equipped and sent to Nashville, Tennessee, as escort or body guard for Gen. Rosecrans. Their first engagement was at the battle of Stone River, where they suffered severely. For meritorious conduct while on a scout, Mr. Wierman was made first duty sergeant and served in that capacity until mustered out June 11, 1865. He took part in the battles of Chickamauga, Strawberry Plains, siege of Knoxville, and was on a scout through Mississippi and Alabama; captured two pontoon trains of Gen. Hood and wagon trains, burning them all. In the spring of 1865 he started from Knoxville, Tennessee, to meet Sherman on his march, and engaged in an expedition to destroy the rebels' railroads. He, with a detachment, was sent on this errand, and while in the rear guard was taken sick, and stopped in a house to rest with a comrade. In the night the house was surrounded by rebels, and they were captured and detained at Statesville, North Carolina, until the close of the war, which lasted only three weeks longer. Besides the engagements mentioned, Mr. Wierman was in innumerable scouting expeditions.
He returned home after the war, and in 1866 rented his father's mill. In 1877, on the death of his father, he succeeded him in the business, and in 1880 became its owner by purchase. Mr. Wierman was a Republican, and served in various local offices, as school director, etc. He was a member of the Society of Friends.

1 —, History of Adams County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Warner, Beers & Co., 1886), Pg 465.

2 —, History of Adams County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Warner, Beers & Co., 1886), Pg 466.

3 —, History of Adams County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Warner, Beers & Co., 1886), Pg 466, 504.

4 —, History of Adams County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Warner, Beers & Co., 1886), Pg 504.