Biographies For Muscatine County Iowa 1889

Source: Portrait and Biographical Album, Muscatine County, Iowa, 1889, page 209
HERMAN R. BIERMAN, proprietor of the Jersey Dairy, and a resident on section 13, Bloomington Township, was born in Hanover, Germany, in 1849 and was the third in a family of four children. His parents were Chris and Regina Bierman, who were also natives of Hanover, and who, accompanied by their children emigrated to this country in 1858, locating in Muscatine, where the father was employed in a mill until his death, which occurred in 1873, at the age of seventy-one years. His wife still survives him, and resides in Muscatine, where three sons of the family, Chris, Henry and August, all married, are living.

When only nine years of age Herman left his native land and came with his parents to Muscatine. He received a liberal education in the graded schools of the city, and afterward learned the blacksmith's trade, at which he worked for four years. In 1871 he was united in marriage with Anna Hinckle, a native of Muscatine, where their union was celebrated, and a daughter of Constantine and Elizabeth Hinckle. Her parents were born in Germany, but emigrated to America, locating first in Ohio, and from there coming to Iowa, where they still make their home in Muscatine County, the father working at his trade of cabinet-making. Three children grace the union of Mr. and Mrs. Bierman: Eddie, Charley, and Gertie, who are all at home attending school in the Locust Grove District.

After his marriage Mr. Bierman took up his residence in Muscatine, where for about two years he was employed in a sawmill. He next embarked in the grocery business, continuing in that line for two years, when he sold out and removed to the farm which continues to be his home. After carrying on general farming for a time he turned his attention to the dairy business, and by fair dealing and an earnest desire ro please his customers, has built up a good trade. He keeps on hand twenty milch cows of the Jersey breed, and his establishment is known as the Jersey Dairy. Mr. Bierman is not an active politician, preferring to give his entire attention to his business, but casts his ballot with the Republican party, Socially, he is a member of the A.O.U.W., of Muscatine.

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