GEORGE A. BITTENBANNER
is one of the few remaining pioneer business men of the town. He is a
native of Columbia County, Penn., born November 28, 1815, and a son of
Conrad and Sarah (Blank) Bittenbanner, natives of Northampton County,
who were married and lived in Columbia County. They came to this county
in the spring of 1826, and located in Delaware Township. They had at
that time four children: George A., David, Esther and Conrad.
Three were born after coming, viz.: Jacob, Sarah (deceased) and Mary
Ann, wife of Hon. J. C. Brown, of the Advance Argus. In 1832 the
parents moved into Greenville, where the father kept hotel several
years. He then went back to agricultural pursuits, and both he and wife
died on the farm now occupied by Mr. Brown. George A. grew to manhood
in Mercer County, and in 1839 was married to. Miss Louisa
McDonald, who is the mother of two
Source: History of Mercer County, 1888, pages 777-778
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