Lived in the farmhouse, c. 1750 at 120 Race St.. east of Front that was purchased by August Hohl. This is said to be the oldest house in the Borough , p. 69. Owned much of the farmland that is now the Third Ward. Sold limestone from a quarry on his property to the Crane.

Jonas Biery was born January 28,1804, and received his education in the "neighborhood schools" at Biery's Port. He found employment in the various enterprises of his father until his marriage to Salome Kiechel, daughter of John Kiechel, where he went into business on his own account, for a time operating a lumber yard. He was one of the executors of his father's estate, the settlement of which took up much of his time. Like his father, Frederick Biery, he was a man of energy and enterprise. In 1849 he laid out Second Street into lots as far as his property extended, which was rapidly built up. He was the owner of the great limestone quarry operated by Frederick Eberhard, under lease for many years, on the site of which a great part of the establishment of the Davies & Thomas Company later stood. At a small royalty per ton, the quarry yielded him $40,000. He was one of the organizers of the Catasauqua and Fogelsville Railroad, and also one of the founders of the First National Bank of Catasauqua, which was organized September 9, 1857, as a "State Bank." He was one of its first directors, and remained on the board until his death in 1878. He was elected a school director of Hanover Township in 1841, and in 1844.
He was among the first officials elected on the incorporation of Catasauqua into a borough. He, with Morgan Emanuel, were chosen as Street Commissioners, a position to which he was reelected for many years.
Jonas Biery, though of an austere nature, was one of the kindliest of men, and generous to a degree. His readiness to oblige friends with financial aid cost him many thousands of dollars. He was an honorable man, a worthy son of his father, a good citizen, who had a deep contempt for self-seekers. He was a member of the Reformed Church, and a Republican in politics. During the war he was an ardent supporter of the government. He died on the 23rd of November, 1878, mourned by all who knew his worth as a friend and as a citizen.

Jonas lived in the farm house, now the residence of August Hohl on Race street and Railroad alley, and was engaged as a farmer. He owned and sold all the land upon which East Catasauqua came to be established, now included in the 3rd Ward. The quarry along the Catasauqua creek, where the Crane Iron Co. obtained all their lime-stone for the furnaces for years, netted him more than .$40,000 on a royalty of three cents a ton. A large part of the land along 2nd street, and also along Wood street, was sold by him into lots for buildings, though quite a number had previously been sold by his father.