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WILLIAM H. BIERBAUGH, farmer, P. 0. London, a native of Madison County, Ohio, born June 4, 1846, is a son of
Christopher and Catherine Bierbaugh, he a native of Russia and she of Strasburg, France. They emigrated to America
when young and single. Mrs. Bierbaugh came in 1831 to her brother in Columbus; he came in 1841. They were married
in 1844, and settled in La Fayette, Madison County, and have resided in the county ever since, with the exception
of one year's residence in Iowa. In 1862, they located upon the place where they, with their son William now lives
and have since resided. They have now been residents of this county over forty years. They have had four children,
one only living - William H., our subject, who was born and grew to manhood in Madison County. He was married,
March 25, 1880, to Martha A. Headly, who was born in Pennsylvania, October 2, 1857, a daughter of James and Sarah
Headly, he a native of Greene County, Penn., born May 28, 1817, and his wife, Sarah Johnson, a native of Pennsylvania.
The grandparents, Elizabeth and Isaac Headly, were natives of New Jerseys. The great grandfather was Ephraim Headily,
who removed from New Jersey to Greene County, Penn., where he lived and died. Isaac Headly and wife spent their
likes and died in Greene County. They had three sons and six daughters. James, the second son of his father, grew
to manhood in his native State and married Sarah Johnson; they settled in Greene County, Penn., where they resided
till the fall of 1867, when they remaved to Ohio and settled in Licking County, and resided there till the fall
of 1872, when they came to Madison County and bought and located on the place where they now live. They have had
ten children, seven now survive - Nicholas I., Malinda (married David Lemley), Benson F., Lewis, Martha Ann. William
Henry and Credola. In 1862, the eldest son enlisted in the war of the rebellion in the Eighteenth Pennsylvania
Cavalry, and served three years to the close of the war. He was taken prisoner and suffered almost starvation in
Libby Prison, where he was kept for many weeks, but was finally exchanged, and then served in the army till the
close of the war, and returned home, having received but one slight wound in the arm from a stroke of a sabre by
one of the rebels. Mr. Headly and wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, to which they have belonged
for over forty years. Mr. Bierbaugh and wife have one child - Imo C., born January 14, 1881. He has devoted his
life to farming, except three years' clerkship in a store in London during the war. Mr. Bierbaugh has a good farm
of forty acres, with good improvements. He has served the township as Trustee for three terms, and is one of the
reliable and prosperous farmers of Deer Creek Township.
From:
History of Madison County, Ohio
Published by: W. H. Beers and Company
Chicago, Illinois
1883
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