Benjamin F. Brier

    Benjamin F. Brier, farmer and stock-raiser, is the twelfth of the thirteen children of Isaac and Mary (West) Brier; the former a native of Pennsylvania, the latter of North Carolina, and of Scotch and Welsh descent. Benjamin was born in Pine Township, Warren County, Indiana, May 28, 1834. His father emigrated to Ohio, when a young man, where he married and followed agricultural pursuits. About 1831, he moved to Pine Township, Warren County, Indiana, where he entered 320 acres, of which he made a farm and a home until his death, November, 1852.

    Benjamin F. Brier, after the death of his father, farmed on and managed the home farm for two years, when he purchased land in Prairie Township, afterward 180 in this township (J.Q. Adams), and in 1882, he bought the farm on which he now lives; he owns in totality 621 acres, mostly well improved.

    He was married, April 18, 1858, to Ellen Jones, of Warren County, Indiana, which union was blessed with thirteen children, of which number five boys and five girls are living. Mr. Brier is a member of the Masonic Fraternity; he is also a Republican.

Source: Counties of Warren, Benton, Jasper and Newton, Indiana. Historical and Biographical. F.A. Battey & Co., 1883.