BIO: Keefer W. MIERLY, Huntingdon County, PA

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Commemorative Biographical Encyclopedia of the Juniata Valley: 
Comprising the Counties of Huntingdon, Mifflin, Juniata and Perry, 
Pennsylvania, Containing Sketches of Prominent and Representative 
Citizens and Many of the Early Settlers.  Chambersburg, Pa.: J. M. 
Runk & Co., 1897, pages 256-257.
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  KEEFER W. MIERLY, farmer, Page, Cass township, Huntingdon county, was 
born July 24, 1846, in this township, son of Abraham and Mary 
(Greenland) Mierly. His grandfather, Michael Mierly, was born in 
Washington county, Md., of German ancestry. Coming to Huntingdon 
county, he settled in what was then known as Union township, and bought 
a farm of 247 acres. Later he bought another farm of 140 acres in Cass 
township. In his last days he removed to Cassville, and lived a retired 
life until his death. His wife was Miss Bumgardner, of Maryland, and 
his children these: Michael; Solomon; John; David; George; Abraham; 
Israel; Catharine; Mary; Elizabeth, and Rebecca. Mrs. Mierly died in 
Union township. He was a Whig, a member of the Lutheran church; he died 
at the home of his son, Solomon Mierly, in Cass township. His father, 
Abraham Mierly, was born in Trough Creek valley, Union township. He 
married Miss Mary Greenland, of Cass township. Their children were: 
Keefer W., the only one of the children now living: Michael; Ephraim; 
Lavina; and Nancy, who had married A. L. Smith. Mr. Mierly was a 
Democrat. He died in 1886; his wife in 1877. Both were members of the 
Baptist church.
  Keefer W. Mierly attended school in Cass township and began life on 
the farm. In Petersburg, Logan township, in 1869, he married Elizabeth, 
daughter of John Shoop, a farmer in Union township. They have these 
children: Loretta B.; and Emma M., a school teacher, who was educated 
at the Huntingdon County Normal School, and at Roaring Spring, Blair 
county, Pa. Mr. Mierly, a Democrat, has served for six years as school 
director. He also belongs to the Grange in Cass township.