This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Bittinger Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/FJE.2ACEB/95 Message Board Post: George Washington Bittenger was born in Pennsylvania on 5/13/1829. His first wife's full name seems to have been Kate Shuyler Van Buren, and the couple may have had no children. His second wife was Sarah J. Pestana, though some sources give her name as Sarah J. Pistana. Their children included George Eisendraht Bittinger and Edward P. Bittinger. George W. Bittinger moved to Chicago, Illinois. Later he lived in Leadville, Colorado.