Dr. John Otto Witman, M.D. and Caroline Orth

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Husband Dr. John Otto Witman, M.D. ^{1 2 3 4}

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           Born: 11 Jan 1802 - Reading, Berks Co, PA 3 4
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           Died: 12 Apr 1884 - Halifax, Dauphin Co, PA 4
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         Father: Benjamin Witman (1774-1856) 1 3 4
         Mother: Margaret Otto (1777-1838/1843) 1 3 4 5

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       Marriage: 17 Apr 1828 3 4

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Wife Caroline Orth ^{2 3 4}

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           Born: 1812 - Harrisburg, Dauphin Co, PA 2
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           Died: 10 Jan 1848 - Harrisburg, Dauphin Co, PA 2 3 4
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         Father: Christian Henry Orth (1773-1816) 6 7 8 9
         Mother: Rebecca Rahm (1773-1842/1843) 6 10

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Children

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1 M Dr. Henry Orth Witman, M.D. ^{11 12}

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           Born: 22 Jan 1830 - Harrisburg, Dauphin Co, PA 12
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           Died: 13 Feb 1892 - Washington, D. C. 12
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         Spouse: Frederica Krause (      -      ) 12
           Marr: 11 Oct 1866 12

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2 M Luther Reily Witman ¹¹

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3 M Edward Lawrence Witman ¹¹

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4 F Rebecca Catharine Witman ¹¹

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         Spouse: Robert H. Moffitt, D.D.S. (      -      ) 11

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General Notes: Husband - Dr. John Otto Witman, M.D.

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He was educated at private schools and the Reading Academy. He was a clerk in the surveyor general's office under Gabriel Hiester, during Governor Shulze's administration; studied medicine under Dr. Luther Reily, attended lectures at University of Pennsylvania in 1826-27; was physician to the Dauphin county almshouse in 1827-28; received the honorary degree of M. D. from the University of Maryland in 1843; commenced the practice of medicine in Harrisburg in 1827, and continued till 1832, when he removed to Gratz, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, where he practiced till 1837, when he returned to Harrisburg and associated himself with Doctors Luther Reily and E. L. Orth, which continued until 1840; then removed to Halifax, Dauphin County, where he continued in an active and extensive practice till the fall of 1870, when bodily infirmity compelled him to relinquish all except office work.

1 Wm. H. Egle, Historical Register: Notes and Queries, Historical and Genealogical (Harrisburg, PA: Lane S. Hart, Publisher, 1884), Pg 76.

2 William Henry Egle, History of the County of Lebanon in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: Everts & Peck, 1883), Pg 249.

3 William Henry Egle, History of the County of Dauphin in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: Everts & Peck, 1883), Pg 604.

4 —, Commemorative Biographical Encyclopedia of Dauphin County, Pennsylvania (Chambersburg, PA: J. M. Runk & Company, Publishers, 1896), Pg 356.

5 Morton L. Montgomery, History of Berks County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: Everts, Peck & Richards, 1886), Pg 593.

6 William Henry Egle, History of the County of Lebanon in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: Everts & Peck, 1883), Pg 248.

7 William Henry Egle, History of the County of Dauphin in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: Everts & Peck, 1883), Pg 523, 530.

8 —, Commemorative Biographical Encyclopedia of Dauphin County, Pennsylvania (Chambersburg, PA: J. M. Runk & Company, Publishers, 1896), Pg 200, 370.

9 William Henry Egle, Historical Register: Notes and Queries, Historical and Genealogical (Harrisburg, PA: Harrisburg Publishing Company, 1894), Pg 384.

10 —, Commemorative Biographical Encyclopedia of Dauphin County, Pennsylvania (Chambersburg, PA: J. M. Runk & Company, Publishers, 1896), Pg 200, 371.

11 William Henry Egle, History of the County of Dauphin in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: Everts & Peck, 1883), Pg 605.

12 —, Commemorative Biographical Encyclopedia of Dauphin County, Pennsylvania (Chambersburg, PA: J. M. Runk & Company, Publishers, 1896), Pg 358.