The son of Jacob & Frances "Fanny" (Smeltzer) Bitner, in 1850 he was living with his family in Lower Windsor Township, York County, Pennsylvania, but in 1859 moved to Marysville, Perry County, where he worked as a laborer. He stood 5' 9" tall and had dark hair and blue eyes.
A Civil War veteran, he served two terms of service:
1. Enlisted at the stated age of twenty-two in York August 9, 1862, mustered into federal service at Harrisburg August 11 as a private with Co. B, 130th Pennsylvania Infantry, and honorably discharged with his company May 21, 1863.
2. Enlisted at the stated age of twenty-two in Harrisburg August 5, 1864, mustered into federal service that day as a private with Co. K, 9th Pennsylvania Cavalry (92nd Pennsylvania), and honorably discharged with his company May 29, 1865, at Lexington, North Carolina.
He married Annie Rathfon July 24, 1867, and fathered Eugene (b. 12/13/67, d. 06/12/68). Annie died December 22, 1908, and he married widow Emma Catherine Wise, née Hoover, July 6, 1909, in Perry County. He served at term as president of the 130th Pennsylvania Regimental Association. He died from injuries sustained from a "fall down stairway causing brain injury" with "chronic myocarditis" a contributing factor.
A Civil War veteran, he served two terms of service:
1. Enlisted at the stated age of twenty-two in York August 9, 1862, mustered into federal service at Harrisburg August 11 as a private with Co. B, 130th Pennsylvania Infantry, and honorably discharged with his company May 21, 1863.
2. Enlisted at the stated age of twenty-two in Harrisburg August 5, 1864, mustered into federal service that day as a private with Co. K, 9th Pennsylvania Cavalry (92nd Pennsylvania), and honorably discharged with his company May 29, 1865, at Lexington, North Carolina.
He married Annie Rathfon July 24, 1867, and fathered Eugene (b. 12/13/67, d. 06/12/68). Annie died December 22, 1908, and he married widow Emma Catherine Wise, née Hoover, July 6, 1909, in Perry County. He served at term as president of the 130th Pennsylvania Regimental Association. He died from injuries sustained from a "fall down stairway causing brain injury" with "chronic myocarditis" a contributing factor.
The son of Jacob & Frances "Fanny" (Smeltzer) Bitner, in 1850 he was living with his family in Lower Windsor Township, York County, Pennsylvania, but in 1859 moved to Marysville, Perry County, where he worked as a laborer. He stood 5' 9" tall and had dark hair and blue eyes.
A Civil War veteran, he served two terms of service:
1. Enlisted at the stated age of twenty-two in York August 9, 1862, mustered into federal service at Harrisburg August 11 as a private with Co. B, 130th Pennsylvania Infantry, and honorably discharged with his company May 21, 1863.
2. Enlisted at the stated age of twenty-two in Harrisburg August 5, 1864, mustered into federal service that day as a private with Co. K, 9th Pennsylvania Cavalry (92nd Pennsylvania), and honorably discharged with his company May 29, 1865, at Lexington, North Carolina.
He married Annie Rathfon July 24, 1867, and fathered Eugene (b. 12/13/67, d. 06/12/68). Annie died December 22, 1908, and he married widow Emma Catherine Wise, née Hoover, July 6, 1909, in Perry County. He served at term as president of the 130th Pennsylvania Regimental Association. He died from injuries sustained from a "fall down stairway causing brain injury" with "chronic myocarditis" a contributing factor.
A Civil War veteran, he served two terms of service:
1. Enlisted at the stated age of twenty-two in York August 9, 1862, mustered into federal service at Harrisburg August 11 as a private with Co. B, 130th Pennsylvania Infantry, and honorably discharged with his company May 21, 1863.
2. Enlisted at the stated age of twenty-two in Harrisburg August 5, 1864, mustered into federal service that day as a private with Co. K, 9th Pennsylvania Cavalry (92nd Pennsylvania), and honorably discharged with his company May 29, 1865, at Lexington, North Carolina.
He married Annie Rathfon July 24, 1867, and fathered Eugene (b. 12/13/67, d. 06/12/68). Annie died December 22, 1908, and he married widow Emma Catherine Wise, née Hoover, July 6, 1909, in Perry County. He served at term as president of the 130th Pennsylvania Regimental Association. He died from injuries sustained from a "fall down stairway causing brain injury" with "chronic myocarditis" a contributing factor.
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