Notes:

David and Magdalena were both doctors. They made their own medicine and helped with the delivery of babies.

David made a cradle that was used for his own children, and then it was given to a neighbor family and passed down among their children. All memory of the cradle had faded among the Bierlys when in 1941, about a hundred years after it had been built, one of David's great-granddaughters was asked if her family would like the cradle back. The answer was a grateful "yes."

Source: Letter written by great-granddaughter Joy (Fox) Mercer, April 18, 1974.

Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/46339213/david-bierly

Family/Spouse: Magdelena Shallenbarger. Magdelena was born on 14 Dec 1814 in Bern, Switzerland; died on 23 Jul 1888; was buried in Graham Cemetery, Wayne, Wood County, OH. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]