Bittner, Michael (1843-1910)

BITTNER

Posted By: Joyce Hickman (email)
Date: 9/25/2008 at 14:40:36

Michael Bittner
Sep 29, 1843 - Nov 28, 1910

(From the 1883 History of Pottawattamie County, Iowa, by J. H. Keatley, p.173, Minden Twp.)
M. Bittner, farmer, P. O. Neola, was born in Bohemia, Austria, September 29, 1843. He is the son of Mike and Anna (Nagelschmidt) Bittner, both natives of Bohemia, Austria. His father was a farmer, born in 1816, and died in the old country in 1879. The mother of our subject was born in 1822, and died in the place of her birth in 1863. They had three children - two boys and one girl - of whom our subject is the only one living. He began life as a farmer. In February, 1867, he was married to Theresa Baumgarten, born in Bohemia, Austria, in 1843. She is the daughter of Casper and Catherina (Bochm) Baumgarten. Mr. and Mrs. Bittner have nine children - Francis, Anna, Elizabeth, Theresa, Wenzel, Mary, Joseph, Franzeska and Johan. Our subject came to Minden Township in 1875, and, in August of that year, purchased eighty acres of land at $11 per acre, afterward disposing of forty acres at the same price. He made a subsequent purchase of forty acres at $12 per acre, and, a little later another forty acres at $10 per acre. He now has 100 acres in good cultivation, and he engages in general farming. He is a member of the Catholic Church, and, in politics, is an Independent.