FREDERICK G. BIERER. There is ample evidence that in the case of this
popular and representative citizen of Murphysboro, the judicial center of
Jackson county, no application can be made of the scriptural aphorism that
"a prophet is not without honor save in his own country," from the fact that
he has gained secure place as one of the representative members of the bar
of his native city and county and that he is held in popular confidence and
regard of the highest order. He is a son of the late honored Dr. Frederick
C. Bierer, to whom a memorial is dedicated in another portion of this work,
so that further mention of the family history is not demanded in the present
connection.
Frederick Griffith Bierer was born in Murphysboro on the
first of June, 1875, and he is indebted to the public schools of his native
town for his early education, which included the curriculum of the high
school. As a youth he was associated to a greater or less extent with the
mercantile business with which his father was connected, and finally he
entered the St. Louis Law School, which is the law department of Washington
University in the city of St. Louis. In this institution he completed the
prescribed course and was graduated as a member of the class of 1900, duly
receiving his degree of Bachelor of Laws. He was admitted to the bar of his
native state in October of the same year, and commenced the practice of his
profession in Murphysboro, where his success has been on a parity with his
recognized ability. He has built up a substantial general practice, and is
known as an able trial lawyer and a wise counsellor. He has served two terms
as city attorney, and in this office made an admirable record. Mr. Bierer is
essentially progressive and public spirited, and his interest in all that
concerns his native city is of the most insistent and loyal order. He is a
member of the directorate of the Citizens State and Savings Bank, of which
he was one of the organizers. He is attorney for the Illinois Building and
Loan Association, as well as of the Murphysboro Park District, and is a
director of the Jackson County Fair Association. His political allegiance is
given to the Republican party, and he takes an active interest in the
furtherance of its cause. He and his wife are zealous members of the First
Lutheran church of Murphysboro, in which church he is an elder, as well as
superintendent of its Sunday-school. He is affiliated with the local
organization of the Modern Woodmen of America, of the Knights of Pythias and
the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, of which last named
organization he is past exalted ruler.
On June 1, 1910, was
solemnized the marriage of Mr. Bierer to Miss Nellie S. Peirson, daughter of
John J. and Anna K. Peirson of Murphysboro, where Mr. Peirson is a prominent
representative of the real-estate and insurance business. Mr. and Mrs.
Bierer are popular factors in connection with the social activities of their
home city, and their residence is a recognized center of hospitality. They
have one son, Frederick Peirson Bierer.
Extracted from 1912 A History of Southern Illinois, volume 2, pages 663-664.