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Belgians in the Civil War

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BELGIANS IN AMERICA:    Biographies of Belgian settlers  

JOHN J. BIEBER, farmer, P.O. Pott’s Grove, was born in the Muncy Valley, Lycoming Co., Penn., December 4, 1855, son of George and Charlotte (Shipman) Bieber. Nicholas Bieber, great-grandfather of our subject, came to America from Belgium, and located in Lycoming County, Penn. John Bieber, the grandfather, was also born in Belgium, and came with his father to the Muncy Valley. George Bieber, father of John, Jr., was born in Wolf Township, Lycoming Co., Penn., and was married in Moreland Township, same county, to Miss Charlotte Shipman, a native of Lyoming County, and daughter of Jacob and Catharine (Brittain) Shipman, natives of New Jersey, the former now living in Lycoming County at the age of eighty-nine years, the oldest inhabitant in his township; latter deceased. Mr. and Mrs. George Bieber were the parents of seven children, of whom John J. is the fourth in order of age. Our subject spent his early life in Wolf Township, Lycoming County, from there, removed to Muncy Creek Township, Lycoming County, and in 1884 came to his present location in this township. His mother’s great-grandfather, John Malachi Shamp, a native of England, was stolen from his home in his boyhood days. The subject of this sketch was married in this county, February 13, 1883, to Miss Mary L. Murray, daughter of William and Jane Murray. Mr. and Mrs. Bieber are the parents of one child, Amy Shipman. Mr. Bieber is a member of the Lutheran Church, Mrs. Bieber of the Presbyterian Church. He has 120 acres of land being the old Murray farm. He taught school four terms in Lycoming County, and is now secretary of the school board of Liberty Township.

 Sources : Battle, J.H., History of Columbia and Montour Counties, 1887