Married. Died due to diabetes. He was a physician. State of Michigan Wayne County 1889 death register.
"Kier, J. S., M. D., of Detroit, was born in Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, May, 1821; and is the son of William and Anna (Lyon) Kier. His grandfathers—natives of Scotland—were both engaged in the Revolutionary War, his maternal ancestor having distinguished himself at the battle of Cowpens. His father was a soldier in the War of 1812. He was extensive farmer, owning land in both Indiana and Armstrong counties. Mr. Kier attended the district schools until he was fifteen years of age. After teaching a year, he prepared for college at Elder Ridge Academy, in Indiana County; and graduated, taking the degree of A. B., at the Western University. He then began the study of medicine under Dr. Thomas Murray, attending his first course of lectures at the Ohio Medical College, and graduating at the Cleveland Medical College in 1854. The first ten years of his professional life were spent near his birthplace; he then removed to the southern part of Ohio; but, on account of the malarial fevers prevailing at the time, returned to his native State and settled near Pittsburgh. In 1865 Doctor Kier removed to the city of Detroit, where he has ever since resided. Having confined himself strictly to the duties of his profession, and never seeking political prominence of any kind, he has built up a large practice, gaining the confidence and esteem of his brother practitioners and of the community. He married, in 1846, Miss Martha Jane McBride, daughter of the Hon. Henry McBride, an extensive farmer and drover of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, and a member of the State Legislature for several terms. Doctor Kier has three sons,--Henry M., William F., and Jonas A.,--two of whom have adopted the profession of medicine. The oldest is practicing at Knight's Landing, California; the second at St. Louis, and the youngest is a druggist in Detroit. Doctor Kier has one brother,--the Rev. Samuel M. Kier,--who is a minister in the United Presbyterian Church. He has also a sister living in Ohio, the wife of John Armstrong, Esq. Doctor Kier, and the brother and sister above mentioned, are the survivors of a family of eight,--two sisters and three brothers having died. In his political views, Doctor Kier firmly adheres to the Democracy. He was ordained elder in the United Presbyterian Church of Saltsburg, Indiana County, Pennsylvania, twenty years ago." – Excerpt from "American Biographical History of Eminent and Self-Made Men, Michigan Volume," published by Western Biographical Publishing Co., Cincinnati, O., 1878.
"Kier, J. S., M. D., of Detroit, was born in Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, May, 1821; and is the son of William and Anna (Lyon) Kier. His grandfathers—natives of Scotland—were both engaged in the Revolutionary War, his maternal ancestor having distinguished himself at the battle of Cowpens. His father was a soldier in the War of 1812. He was extensive farmer, owning land in both Indiana and Armstrong counties. Mr. Kier attended the district schools until he was fifteen years of age. After teaching a year, he prepared for college at Elder Ridge Academy, in Indiana County; and graduated, taking the degree of A. B., at the Western University. He then began the study of medicine under Dr. Thomas Murray, attending his first course of lectures at the Ohio Medical College, and graduating at the Cleveland Medical College in 1854. The first ten years of his professional life were spent near his birthplace; he then removed to the southern part of Ohio; but, on account of the malarial fevers prevailing at the time, returned to his native State and settled near Pittsburgh. In 1865 Doctor Kier removed to the city of Detroit, where he has ever since resided. Having confined himself strictly to the duties of his profession, and never seeking political prominence of any kind, he has built up a large practice, gaining the confidence and esteem of his brother practitioners and of the community. He married, in 1846, Miss Martha Jane McBride, daughter of the Hon. Henry McBride, an extensive farmer and drover of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, and a member of the State Legislature for several terms. Doctor Kier has three sons,--Henry M., William F., and Jonas A.,--two of whom have adopted the profession of medicine. The oldest is practicing at Knight's Landing, California; the second at St. Louis, and the youngest is a druggist in Detroit. Doctor Kier has one brother,--the Rev. Samuel M. Kier,--who is a minister in the United Presbyterian Church. He has also a sister living in Ohio, the wife of John Armstrong, Esq. Doctor Kier, and the brother and sister above mentioned, are the survivors of a family of eight,--two sisters and three brothers having died. In his political views, Doctor Kier firmly adheres to the Democracy. He was ordained elder in the United Presbyterian Church of Saltsburg, Indiana County, Pennsylvania, twenty years ago." – Excerpt from "American Biographical History of Eminent and Self-Made Men, Michigan Volume," published by Western Biographical Publishing Co., Cincinnati, O., 1878.
Married. Died due to diabetes. He was a physician. State of Michigan Wayne County 1889 death register.
"Kier, J. S., M. D., of Detroit, was born in Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, May, 1821; and is the son of William and Anna (Lyon) Kier. His grandfathers—natives of Scotland—were both engaged in the Revolutionary War, his maternal ancestor having distinguished himself at the battle of Cowpens. His father was a soldier in the War of 1812. He was extensive farmer, owning land in both Indiana and Armstrong counties. Mr. Kier attended the district schools until he was fifteen years of age. After teaching a year, he prepared for college at Elder Ridge Academy, in Indiana County; and graduated, taking the degree of A. B., at the Western University. He then began the study of medicine under Dr. Thomas Murray, attending his first course of lectures at the Ohio Medical College, and graduating at the Cleveland Medical College in 1854. The first ten years of his professional life were spent near his birthplace; he then removed to the southern part of Ohio; but, on account of the malarial fevers prevailing at the time, returned to his native State and settled near Pittsburgh. In 1865 Doctor Kier removed to the city of Detroit, where he has ever since resided. Having confined himself strictly to the duties of his profession, and never seeking political prominence of any kind, he has built up a large practice, gaining the confidence and esteem of his brother practitioners and of the community. He married, in 1846, Miss Martha Jane McBride, daughter of the Hon. Henry McBride, an extensive farmer and drover of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, and a member of the State Legislature for several terms. Doctor Kier has three sons,--Henry M., William F., and Jonas A.,--two of whom have adopted the profession of medicine. The oldest is practicing at Knight's Landing, California; the second at St. Louis, and the youngest is a druggist in Detroit. Doctor Kier has one brother,--the Rev. Samuel M. Kier,--who is a minister in the United Presbyterian Church. He has also a sister living in Ohio, the wife of John Armstrong, Esq. Doctor Kier, and the brother and sister above mentioned, are the survivors of a family of eight,--two sisters and three brothers having died. In his political views, Doctor Kier firmly adheres to the Democracy. He was ordained elder in the United Presbyterian Church of Saltsburg, Indiana County, Pennsylvania, twenty years ago." – Excerpt from "American Biographical History of Eminent and Self-Made Men, Michigan Volume," published by Western Biographical Publishing Co., Cincinnati, O., 1878.
"Kier, J. S., M. D., of Detroit, was born in Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, May, 1821; and is the son of William and Anna (Lyon) Kier. His grandfathers—natives of Scotland—were both engaged in the Revolutionary War, his maternal ancestor having distinguished himself at the battle of Cowpens. His father was a soldier in the War of 1812. He was extensive farmer, owning land in both Indiana and Armstrong counties. Mr. Kier attended the district schools until he was fifteen years of age. After teaching a year, he prepared for college at Elder Ridge Academy, in Indiana County; and graduated, taking the degree of A. B., at the Western University. He then began the study of medicine under Dr. Thomas Murray, attending his first course of lectures at the Ohio Medical College, and graduating at the Cleveland Medical College in 1854. The first ten years of his professional life were spent near his birthplace; he then removed to the southern part of Ohio; but, on account of the malarial fevers prevailing at the time, returned to his native State and settled near Pittsburgh. In 1865 Doctor Kier removed to the city of Detroit, where he has ever since resided. Having confined himself strictly to the duties of his profession, and never seeking political prominence of any kind, he has built up a large practice, gaining the confidence and esteem of his brother practitioners and of the community. He married, in 1846, Miss Martha Jane McBride, daughter of the Hon. Henry McBride, an extensive farmer and drover of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, and a member of the State Legislature for several terms. Doctor Kier has three sons,--Henry M., William F., and Jonas A.,--two of whom have adopted the profession of medicine. The oldest is practicing at Knight's Landing, California; the second at St. Louis, and the youngest is a druggist in Detroit. Doctor Kier has one brother,--the Rev. Samuel M. Kier,--who is a minister in the United Presbyterian Church. He has also a sister living in Ohio, the wife of John Armstrong, Esq. Doctor Kier, and the brother and sister above mentioned, are the survivors of a family of eight,--two sisters and three brothers having died. In his political views, Doctor Kier firmly adheres to the Democracy. He was ordained elder in the United Presbyterian Church of Saltsburg, Indiana County, Pennsylvania, twenty years ago." – Excerpt from "American Biographical History of Eminent and Self-Made Men, Michigan Volume," published by Western Biographical Publishing Co., Cincinnati, O., 1878.
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