Christian
Bixler
III
Born in Lancaster County Pennsylvania, British Colonial America
Ancestors 
Son of Christian Bixler
and Rebecca Mary (Herbel) Bixler
Brother of
Henry Bixler
Husband of
Catharine (Opp) Bixler
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
[children unknown]
Died
at age 76
in Easton, Northampton County, Pennsylvania, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 31 Mar 2009
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Biography
He was born on 18 Jun 1763 in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania and his parents were Rebecca Mary (Herbel) and Christian Bixler, II.
Private Christian Bixler III served with Pennsylvania Militia during the American Revolution.
During the American Revolutionary War, he served from Robeson Twp, Berks County, Pennsylvania as a Private in 7th Company, 5th Battalion, under Captain Joseph Davis.
He purchased a piece of property in Easton, Pennsylvania, USA for 38 pounds and change from John Penn (son of William Penn).
At age 22, he became a jeweler and began making clocks there. He opened a jewelry store called "Bixler’s Jewelers" in Easton, Pennsylvania, USA in 1785 and made tall-case time pieces, and handcrafted 465 exquisite clocks between 1785 and 1812.
Christian Bixler, III married on 26 April 1789 to Catharine Opp.
He died on 29 Jan 1840 in Easton, Northampton County, Pennsylvania, USA and was buried there at Saint John's Lutheran Church Cemetery. [1]
Today his company bears the sign "America's Oldest Jewelers and Silversmiths" and now run by the founder's great-great-great-grandchildren, president Joyce Welken and brother Philip Bixler Mitman.
Sources
- ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #28257428 for Christian Bixler (1763-1840)
- "Compendium of American Genealogy" v2 p106 by Frederick A. Virkus & published in 1926 citing Lewis Clyde Bixler's Genealogy
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Categories: Jewelry and Clockmaking History | Pennsylvania, Entrepreneurs | Pennsylvania Militia, American Revolution
was Christian Bixlers great granddaughter and my brother is the proud owner of one of Christian's clocks. HUGH ARKINSON