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- "Timeline of James Landon "Landon" Bier.
Landon Born: 11 Jun 1882: Landon Bier is born in Baltimore, Baltimore, Maryland, United States to Charles Henry Bier (1861-1890) and Clara Virginia (Landon) Bier (1862-1927).
Wife Born: 07 Dec 1829: Future wife, Emma Mary Sauber, is born in Wheeling, Ohio, West Virginia, United States to John G. Sauber (1829-1908) and Margaret "Maggie" (Roth) Sauber (1829-1912).
Death: 05 May 1884: E. Elizabeth (Harrison) Landon, Grandmother
Birth: 20 May 1884: Brother Charles Harry Bier
Birth: 13 Nov 1885: Edgar H. Bier brother
Census: 02 Jun 1890: The Census was mostly destroyed by fire. The remaining parts from Washington DC (roll 2) do not show the family.
Birth: 12 SEP 1890: Cousin Lemuel Kennerly Taylor
Death: 26 Nov 1890: Father Charles Henry "Harry" Bier
Birth: 1892: cousin Sarah. E. Taylor
Wife Born: 06 May 1894: Future wife, Edna Elizabeth Chapline is born in Wheeling, Ohio, West Virginia, United States to Wilbur Cross Chapline (1872-1951) and Maude May (Nixon) Chapline (1877-1962).
YMCA: 26 May 1899, Race. Won.
Census: 02 Jun 1900: Landon B Taylor so of C M Taylor, listed as his mother. C M Taylor is Sarah Elizabeth (Landon) Taylor, sister of Clara Virginia Landon, Landon's mother. Clay, Wheeling, Ohio, West Virginia, United States.
Directory: 1903
Directory: 1904
Marriage: 26 July 1904: Emma M. Sauber
Directory: 1905
Death: 1905: Brother Edgar dies
Birth: 13 Jun 1905: Virginia Edgar Bier, daughter
Directory: 1907
Death: 25 Dec 1908: Father in law, John G. Sauber
Directory: 1909
Census: 1910
Directory: 1911
Death: 16 Mar 1912: Mother in law, Margaret (Roth) Sauber
Directory: 1915
Cyclist Event: 1916
Cyclist Event: 1916
Directory: 1917
War Effort: 1917
Cyclist Event: 1917
World Record: 1917
New Bike: 1917
Accident: 1917
Purchase: 1917: Fish Market
Cycle Event: 1917
News Article: 1917
Death: 1918: Wife Emma
Draft: 12 Sep 1918: WWI Registration
Directory: 1919
News Article: 1919: Purse Napper
Cycle Event: 1919
Married: 28 Jul 1919: Edna Elizabeth Chapline
Census: 1920
Death: Paternal grandmother in law, Elizabeth Ortha (Walters) Chapline
Vacation: 1920: Pic of Grandma and Grandpa
Birth: 01 Aug 1920: Elizabeth Marie Bier
Directory: 1921
Passport: 1921: For Virginia Edgar Bier, daughter
News: 1921: Article about Virginia China trip
News: 1921: Fish market fire
Birth: 17 Feb 1922: Son Landon Bier, Jr
Birth: 18 Nov 1923: daughter Mina Clarke Bier, twin
Birth: 18 Nov 1923: Son Morgan Clarke Bier, twin
Directory: 1924
Birth: 03 Feb 1926: Wilma Clara Bier, daughter
Marriage: 17 Sep 1926: daughter Virginia marries Harold Andrus Jaynes
Diary: 20 Apr 1927 to 30 May 1927: Landon Bier - China
Death: 13 Sept 1927: Mother Clara Virginia Landon
Directory: 1928
Birth: 29 Jul 1928: daughter Carol Sarah Landon
Birth: 23 Sep 1928: granddaughter Phyllis Louis Jaynes
Census: 1930
Directory: 1932
Directory: 1934
Birth: 10 Mar 1934: daughter Alice
Birth: 28 May 1935: grandson Richard A Jaynes
Birth: 21 Jan 1937: daughter Mary Martha Bier
Death: 1938: GAunt Sarah Elizabeth (Landon) Taylor, wife of CN Taylor
Death: 18 Aug 1939: Brother In law, Andrew Sauber
Residence: 1940
Census: 1940
Marriage: 16 Jun 1940: Daughter Mina to Lee Clarence Doty
Birth: 06 Aug 1941: Grandson Lee Thomas Doty
Draft: 27 Apr 1942: WWII Registration card
Birth: 18 Jan 1943: Grandson Parker James Doty
Marriage: 03 Mar 1944: daughter Elizabeth Marie married Paul Curtis Boger
Marriage: 08 Apr 1944: son James Jr marries Alice Treventh Edwards
Anniversary: 18 Jul 1944: Married to Edna 25 years
Death: 25 Dec 1946: Sister in Law, Lena (Sauber) Piel
Birth: 01 Jun 1947: Grandson Paul Curtis Boger, Jr.
Marriage: granddaughter Phyllis Louise Jaynes and Charles Edward Underhill
Birth: 06 Jan 1948: Great grandson Charles Underhill Jr
Marriage: 01 May 1948: Wilma Clara, daughter, marries Gordon Darrell Harless
Marriage: 07 May 1948: daughter, Carol Sarah marries Alvin Roy Jobes
Birth: 19 Oct 1948: grandson Eugene Frederick Boger
Birth: 19 Apr 1949: granddaughter Jacquelyn Lee Harless
Marriage: 02 Jul 1949: son Morgan to Hope Elaine Burgess
Birth: 18 Oct 1949: Barbara Doty, granddaughter
Census: 1950
Death: Brother Charles
Marriage: daughter Mary Martha Bier to William Wallace Jones, jr.
Birth: 11 Jul 1955: grandson, William Wallace III
Birth: 20 Jan 1956: granddaughter, Barbara Harless
Birth: 02 Mar 1956: grandson, William Carl Bruhn
Birth: 21 Jun 1957: grandson Morgan Clarke Bier Jr.
Death: 22 Jun 1957: grandson Morgan Clarke Bier Jr.
Birth: 20 Nov 1957: James J. Underhill, great grandson
Birth: 10 Jan 1958: Bruce Phillip Doty, grandson
Birth: 25 Jan 1958: Bethann M. Boger, granddaughter
Birth: 06 May 1958: James Jones, grandson
Birth: 06 Nov 1958: granddaughter Cynthia Diane Bruhn
Birth: 09 Dec 1958: grandson Edward Alan Jobes
Birth: 08 Apr 1959: grankid Rebecca Jo Bier born
Death: 17 APR 1959: Cousin Lemuel Kennerly Taylor
Marriage: 25 Jul 1959: Grandson Richard A. Jaynes and Sarah H. Humphrey
Census: 1960
Birth: 21 Jul 2960: Grandson Mark Eugene Bruhn
Birth: 21 Mar 1961: Diane Jones granddaughter
Birth: 01 May 1961: grandchild Robert Landon Jobes
Death: 07 Jan 1962: Mother in law, Maude May (Nixon) Chapline
Death: 06 Mar 1962: James Landon Bier, Sr.
79 years, 8 months, 23 days
Funeral Services: Kepner
Burial: Greenwood
* Note: Insert into almost any time period ... and Wheeling flooded.
*Add sons war info, departure, return dates"
Rough Draft - Kellie Sue (Sapp) Sapp King
- Family Bible
Notes included in the Family Bible of Virginia Lee Bier Sapp include a list of relatives who were not able to make it to some or all parts of the services and/or burial of Landon Bier. It will appear as it was written by the author.
Paul B., Gene B., Jackie H., Gedy H. Edna H., Bobbie H., Uncle D.H., Aunt Mina and Family
- "Since Landon worked in China for a time, I thought the following story was of interest.
ANYONE FOR CHOW? by Paul J. Burns, PJBurns@prodigy.net
My great-uncle, Justin Jerome Burns, was an engineer in China in 1902-04, helping to build a railroad fro m Canton to Shanghai. Justin, who was born in Watertown, New York in 1870, wa s one of the 13 children of an Irish immigrant, served in the Spanish-American War, and was the first of our family to receive a college education. Having s urvived the war and the many dangers of China (including an encounter with the Boxers) he returned to the USA only to catch typhoid fever and die in 1905. Some years ago, I borrowed his handwritten diaries from a second cousin and ty ped them out. I found them fascinating, not only for the descriptions of his o wn activities but also for his observations of the life around him. Take his comments on "The Food of the Cantonese," for example. Justin said that the are a around Canton was subtropical and humid. One would expect to encounter snake s and rodents, but these were quite rare. He soon learned that these were much sought-after culinary delicacies, and their numbers were kept down by profess ional catchers. While the rats were either eaten by the country people or drie d to be sold in the city markets, the snakes were captured alive, their lips w ere sewn together, and they wound up in cages in front of restaurants to provi de the arriving customers with the pleasure of selecting their dinner (much as we sometimes do with lobsters). Justin and his fellow foreigners lived on hou se boats attended by Chinese servants. He said the Chinese attendants often brought cute puppies aboard which they called "Chows," similar to the dogs he knew back home as "Esquimaux," but black or reddish-brown. Justin soon learned t hat these were not considered pets but food, and they were eaten when about n ine or ten months old. The engineers sometimes purchased these pups to raise as pets, but they always disappeared, usually in conjunction with a feast giv en by one of the cooks for his friends. Justin also learned that cats were not immune. One day a servant brought a scrawny kitten aboard, which Justin playe d with and soon thought of as his personal pet. One day, however, the cook had several relatives to lunch, and Justin discovered that the kitten had been the "piece de resistance." Later, when he became better acquainted with Canton, he discovered that while some restaurants featured snakes, others featured do gs and cats displayed the same way, caged in front to provide the patrons with a selection. Justin's comments led me to wonder if that is where the word "chow," which is slang for food, came from. When I was in the Marine Corps more than forty years ago, we never called food anything but chow. Did our old Chin a hands bring the term back with them? Is, or was, that the chief ingredient of Chow Mein? Speaking for myself, I prefer not to know the Chinese words for rat, snake, or cat, or there may be nothing left for me to order but fried noodles."
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1882 - 1962 (79 years)
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Virginia Edgar Bier Jaynes, b. 13 Jun 1905, Wheeling, Ohio County, West Virginia, United States 
