Jonas Bitner
Jonas Bitner was born on July 26, 1824, in Lehigh County, Pennsylvania. He eventually moved to Ohio, and he married Lydia Hall. They had at least eight children: Amanda, born around 1851; Laura, born around 1854; Charles, born around 1856; John, born around 1859; Catherine, born around 1866; Cora, born around 1868; Edward, born around 1870; and Lillie, born around 1875. They lived in Wadsworth, Ohio, and Bitner worked as a weaver. By 1860, he owned $700 of real estate and $300 of personal property.
He enlisted in the Union army on August 20, 1862, and he mustered in as a private in Company I of the 103rd Ohio Infantry on September 15. The regiment took part in the Atlanta campaign and the Carolinas campaign. He mustered out on June 12, 1865.
He settled in Akron, Ohio, after the war, and he earned a living as a day laborer. By 1870, he owned $2,000 of real estate. He applied for a federal pension in August 1888 and eventually secured one. By the late 1800s, he was working as a molder. He suffered a “stroke of paralysis” in 1891, and his health never fully recovered. He died of paralysis in Akron on August 8, 1893.
DATABASE CONTENT
| (4557) | Bitner, Jonas | 1824-07-26 | 1893-08-08 |
- Conflict Side: Union
- Role: Soldier
- Rank in: Private
- Rank out: Private
- Rank highest: Private
- Gender: Male
- Race: White
Documents - Records: 1
- (12652) [writer] ~ Jonas Bitner to William Barton, 6 March 1863
People - Records: 1
- (4557) Bitner, Jonas is the [friend of] (4554) Barton, John C.
Places - Records: 2
Regiments - Records: 1
- (226) [enlisted] [I] ~ 103rd Ohio Infantry
Groups - Records: 1
- (6) [member/supporter] ~ Grand Army of the Republic
SOURCES
1860, 1870, and 1880 United States Federal Censuses, available from Ancestry.com; Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles, 1861-1865, available from Ancestry.com; General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934, available from Ancestry.com; The Akron (OH) Beacon Journal, 9 August 1893.
