This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/FJE.2ACEB/101 Message Board Post: John W. Bittenger John W. Bittenger, one of the leading attorneys of the York County bar, is a descendant of old Pennsylvania ancestry. His great grandfather, Capt. Nicholas Bittenger, a native and resident of Adams County, was a soldier in the Revolutionary war. Upon his mother’s side, John Wierman, also a native and citizen of Adams County, was a wealthy farmer and, for a number of years, a justice of the peace. His grandparents were Joseph Bittenger, of Adams County, and Hon. Daniel Sheffer, a native of York County, who, in early life, was a physician. He became subsequently associate judge of Adams County, and in 1836 was elected to represent Adams and Franklin Counties in congress, attained distinction and became one of the leading political factors of his time in the State. The parents of our subject were Henry and Juliann (Sheffer) Bittenger, both natives of Adams County. The father is now a resident of Hanover. The mother died in 1837, leaving three children: Mrs. George C. B! arnitz, of Middletown, Ohio; Mrs. Reuben Young of Hanover, and the subject of this biography. Taken from the book, “History of York County, Illustrated 1886” by John Gibson, Historical Editor