The Wise Family Research Page has been updated and hopefully I've done away with the errors you previously encountered. I've added a photo album site and I plan to add biographies and obits in the near future. Some of the surnames found there are: ARMENTROUT BENNETT BERRY BEVINS BITNER BLACK BLEVENS BLEVINS BOETTNER BOYNTON BRERETON COFFEY DE NOBLET ELROD ERMENTRAUDT ERSKINE FAGAN FANE FERGUSON FERRILL GOBBLE GOBLE GRAY HAZELWOOD HEADY HECKART HEIDLEBACH HEIDLEBAUGH HERCHE INGLIS KEYES LASLEY LATCHFORD MACGREGOR MACPHERSON MARSHALL MATTOCKS MAXEDON MCCABE MCCALL MCCARTNEY MCCARTY MCCLAIN MCCLURE MCCLUSKEY MCCONNELL MCCOY MCCRACKEN MCCREA MCCUEN MCCUTCHEON MCDONALD MCGAUGHEY MCGAUGHTY MCGAUGHY MCGEE MCGHGHY MCLAUGHLIN MCMILLEN MOCK NEIDIGH NEU NOBETT NOBLET NOBLETT NOBLETTS NOBLITT NUCCOL NUCHOLLS NUCKOLLS OWEN OWENS PERRY PULASKI SANDS SLATTEN SLY STOFFER STOUFFER STOUT THACKER THATCHER TROSTLE TRUE TULL TURNBULL TUTTLE VAN CLEEF VANDEVEER VINING VON DER AU WATERFALL WHITSETT WICKER WILKERSON and.......WISE (of course) and many, many, many more... Happy Hunting, Frank W. Wise [mailto:[email protected]] ICQ #8931206 Researching WISE, BLEVENS, BITNER, LASLEY, SANDS, NOBLETT, GRAY My wife, Nancy's lines are: STOFFER, WEBBER, BOYNTON, OWEN, LUTHY, FAGAN Sylvester J. Wise where are you? =================================== Visit our WISE family website at http://geocities.com/heartland/fields/4363/ Frank's Photo Albums: http://members2.clubphoto.com/frank170540/ Distant Cousin Genealogy: http://distantcousin.com

There is a Henry mentioned in the 1887 Portrait and Biographical Album of Coles County (p. 422) as a deceased son of Wm III. According to the tombstone of Henry BITNER who is in the St. Omer Cemetery, he died 7-19-1861 @ 47yrs 7mos 9days. That would place is birth at 22 Dec 1813 which is out of the range of him possibly being Wm III's Henry. This is even too early to be Wm. Jr's & Catherine McCONNEL's Henry. He would have to have 1) been a son of Susannah ORRIS, or 2) an unrelated BITNER. I know that Wm. III came to IL in 1846, Henry would have been 32 at the time and probably married and established in his own household. He doesn't appear in the 1850 Coles Co. census, so didn't migrate with Wm III. Henry BETNER appears in the 1860 census, a farmer 45 yrs old, with real estate worth $750 and personal estate of $200. There are no others listed in his household. There must be a will or probate records which would establish his connection. Does anyone have a piece of this puzzle? Happy Hunting, Frank W. Wise [mailto:[email protected]] Researching WISE, BLEVENS, BITNER, LASLEY, SANDS, NOBLETT, GRAY My wife, Nancy's lines are: STOFFER, WEBBER, BOYNTON, OWEN, LUTHY, FAGAN Sylvester J. Wise where are you? =================================== Visit our WISE family website at http://geocities.com/heartland/fields/4363/ Distant Cousin Genealogy: http://distantcousin.com ICQ #8931206

I'm looking for information regarding William BITNER Sr. who may have emigrated to PA from Heidelberg, Ger. He was a joiner/master carpenter. I've included three generations of his descendants. If you can make a connection, please write back. Descendants of William Bitner, Sr. 1 William Bitner, Sr. 1760 - 1794 b: Abt. 1760 . +Catherine ........ 2 [1] William Bitner, Jr. 1776 - 1846 b: Bet. 1776 and 1780 in Tyrone Twp, Perry County, Pennsylvania ............ +[2] Susannah Orris 1776 - 1822 b: Abt. 1776 in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania ................... 3 [3] Eleanor Bitner ................... 3 [4] William Bitner III 1794 - 1851 b: Abt. 1794 in Saville Twp, Perry County, Pennsylvania ....................... +[5] Rebecca Trostle 1806 - 1887 b: 22 June 1806 in Saville Twp, Perry County, Pennsylvania ................... 3 [6] Adam Bitner 1797 - 1859 b: 1797 in Tyrone Twp, Perry County, Pennsylvania ....................... +[7] Sarah Yohn ................... 3 [8] Rebecca Bitner 1802 - b: Bef. 1802 in Tyrone Twp, Perry County, Pennsylvania ....................... +[9] William Fisher ................... 3 [10] Susannah Bitner 1803 - 1888 b: 25 December 1803 in Tyrone Twp, Perry County, Pennsylvania ....................... +[11] John G. Albright ................... 3 [12] Nicholas Bitner 1805 - 1850 b: 1805 in Tyrone Twp, Perry County, Pennsylvania ....................... +[13] Mary ................... 3 [14] Mary Jane Bitner 1808 - 1882 b: 1808 ....................... +[15] Samuel Perry ................... 3 [16] Catherine Bitner 1810 - b: 1810 in Tyrone Twp, Perry County, Pennsylvania ....................... +[17] Samuel Chestnut ................... 3 [18] Simon Bitner 1811 - b: 1811 in Tyrone Twp, Perry County, Pennsylvania ................... 3 [19] Martha Bitner 1817 - 1902 b: February 1817 in Tyrone Twp, Perry County, Pennsylvania ....................... +[20] John Mattocks ................... 3 [21] Hannah Bitner 1819 - b: Bef. 1819 in Tyrone Twp, Perry County, Pennsylvania ....................... +[22] William Kooney ................... 3 [23] Elizabeth Bitner 1823 - b: 1823 in Saville Twp, Perry Co., Pennsylvania ....................... +[24] Joseph Weaver ................... 3 [25] Nancy Bitner 1825 - b: Bef. 1825 in Saville Twp, Perry Co., Pennsylvania ........ *2nd Wife of [1] William Bitner, Jr.: ............ +[26] Catherine McConnell ................... 3 [27] Eleazer Bitner 1830 - b: 1830 in Saville Twp, Perry Co., Pennsylvania ....................... +[28] Hannah Latchford ................... 3 [29] John Bitner 1833 - b: 1833 in Saville Twp, Perry Co., Pennsylvania ....................... +[30] Elizabeth Christ ................... *2nd Wife of [29] John Bitner: ....................... +[31] Catharina Von der Au ................... 3 [32] Henry Bitner 1828 - b: Bef. 1828 ........ 2 [33] Nicholas Bitner 1774 - 1846 b: Bef. 1774 ........ 2 [34] Jonathan Bitner 1778 - b: Bef. 1778 ........ 2 [35] John Bitner 1780 - b: Bef. 1780 ........ 2 [36] Hannah Bitner 1782 - b: Bef. 1782 ............ +[37] George Fisher ........ 2 [38] Catharina Bitner 1786 - b: Bef. 1786 ............ +[39] Henry Yohn ........ 2 Margaretta Bitner 1784 - b: Bef. 1784 ............ +Unknown Henderson ........ 2 [1] William Bitner, Jr. 1776 - 1846 b: Bet. 1776 and 1780 in Tyrone Twp, Perry County, Pennsylvania ............ +[2] Susannah Orris 1776 - 1822 b: Abt. 1776 in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania ................... 3 [3] Eleanor Bitner ................... 3 [4] William Bitner III 1794 - 1851 b: Abt. 1794 in Saville Twp, Perry County, Pennsylvania ....................... +[5] Rebecca Trostle 1806 - 1887 b: 22 June 1806 in Saville Twp, Perry County, Pennsylvania ................... 3 [6] Adam Bitner 1797 - 1859 b: 1797 in Tyrone Twp, Perry County, Pennsylvania ....................... +[7] Sarah Yohn ................... 3 [8] Rebecca Bitner 1802 - b: Bef. 1802 in Tyrone Twp, Perry County, Pennsylvania ....................... +[9] William Fisher ................... 3 [10] Susannah Bitner 1803 - 1888 b: 25 December 1803 in Tyrone Twp, Perry County, Pennsylvania ....................... +[11] John G. Albright ................... 3 [12] Nicholas Bitner 1805 - 1850 b: 1805 in Tyrone Twp, Perry County, Pennsylvania ....................... +[13] Mary ................... 3 [14] Mary Jane Bitner 1808 - 1882 b: 1808 ....................... +[15] Samuel Perry ................... 3 [16] Catherine Bitner 1810 - b: 1810 in Tyrone Twp, Perry County, Pennsylvania ....................... +[17] Samuel Chestnut ................... 3 [18] Simon Bitner 1811 - b: 1811 in Tyrone Twp, Perry County, Pennsylvania ................... 3 [19] Martha Bitner 1817 - 1902 b: February 1817 in Tyrone Twp, Perry County, Pennsylvania ....................... +[20] John Mattocks ................... 3 [21] Hannah Bitner 1819 - b: Bef. 1819 in Tyrone Twp, Perry County, Pennsylvania ....................... +[22] William Kooney ................... 3 [23] Elizabeth Bitner 1823 - b: 1823 in Saville Twp, Perry Co., Pennsylvania ....................... +[24] Joseph Weaver ................... 3 [25] Nancy Bitner 1825 - b: Bef. 1825 in Saville Twp, Perry Co., Pennsylvania ........ *2nd Wife of [1] William Bitner, Jr.: ............ +[26] Catherine McConnell ................... 3 [27] Eleazer Bitner 1830 - b: 1830 in Saville Twp, Perry Co., Pennsylvania ....................... +[28] Hannah Latchford ................... 3 [29] John Bitner 1833 - b: 1833 in Saville Twp, Perry Co., Pennsylvania ....................... +[30] Elizabeth Christ ................... *2nd Wife of [29] John Bitner: ....................... +[31] Catharina Von der Au ................... 3 [32] Henry Bitner 1828 - b: Bef. 1828 ........ 2 [33] Nicholas Bitner 1774 - 1846 b: Bef. 1774 ........ 2 [34] Jonathan Bitner 1778 - b: Bef. 1778 ........ 2 [35] John Bitner 1780 - b: Bef. 1780 ........ 2 [36] Hannah Bitner 1782 - b: Bef. 1782 ............ +[37] George Fisher ........ 2 [38] Catharina Bitner 1786 - b: Bef. 1786 ............ +[39] Henry Yohn Happy Hunting, Frank W. Wise [mailto:[email protected]] Researching WISE, BLEVENS, BITNER, LASLEY, SANDS, NOBLETT, GRAY My wife, Nancy's lines are: STOFFER, WEBBER, BOYNTON, OWEN, LUTHY, FAGAN Sylvester J. Wise where are you? =================================== Visit our WISE family website at http://geocities.com/heartland/fields/4363/ Distant Cousin Genealogy: http://distantcousin.com ICQ #8931206