David Wilt and Martha Bitner

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Husband David Wilt ¹

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           Born: 31 Aug 1828 - Somerset Co, PA 1
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         Father: Michael Wilt (      -      ) 2
         Mother: Susannah Baker (Abt 1806-1850) 2

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       Marriage: 17 Feb 1

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Wife Martha Bitner ¹

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         Father: Daniel Bitner (      -      ) 1
         Mother: Rachel Ambrose (      -      ) 1

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Children

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1 M Reuben Alexander Wilt ¹

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         Spouse: Louise Griffith (      -      ) 1

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2 F Laura Bell Wilt ¹

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3 F Emma Rachel Wilt ¹

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           Born: 13 Aug 1866 - Ligonier, Westmoreland Co, PA 1
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         Spouse: James Ralston Love, Jr. (1858-      ) 3
           Marr: 23 Mar 1892 - Ligonier, Westmoreland Co, PA 1

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4 F Carrie Elizabeth Wilt ¹

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5 M Harry Grant Wilt ¹

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         Spouse: Ella Rouch (      -      ) 2

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6 M Frank Marker Wilt ²

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         Spouse: Jennie Miller (      -      ) 2

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7 M Charles Wesley Wilt ²

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8 M Walter Watkins Wilt ²

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General Notes: Husband - David Wilt

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He was about seventeen years of age when his family left Somerset County, Pennsylvania, and came to Ligonier, Westmoreland County. As a youth he worked for his father on the latter's farm in Somerset County, but later became the driver of the stage coach between Pittsburgh and Chambersburg. This task continued to occupy him for many years, but he eventually retired and entered the wagon-making business at Ligonier, where he had a shop of his own.
He was a staunch Republican in politics, and held many important offices in the region. He was for four years county commissioner, county auditor for five years, mercantile appraiser two years, judge of elections for twenty-five years and continued to hold this office up to the last election before his death. He was a prominent Mason and was past master of Ligonier Lodge, No. 331, Free and Accepted Masons. In his religious belief Mr. Wilt was a Methodist and attended the Methodist Episcopal church at Ligonier. He was a prominent member of the congregation, and was a trustee of the church and a teacher in the Sunday school. After his retirement from active life he was elected teacher emeritus by the church.

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Notes: Marriage

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The source gives the year of their marriage as 1841, but this seems unlikely.

1 Fenwick Y. Hedley, Old and New Westmoreland, Vols. III & IV (New York, NY: The American Historical Society, Inc., 1918), Pg 957.

2 Fenwick Y. Hedley, Old and New Westmoreland, Vols. III & IV (New York, NY: The American Historical Society, Inc., 1918), Pg 958.

3 Fenwick Y. Hedley, Old and New Westmoreland, Vols. III & IV (New York, NY: The American Historical Society, Inc., 1918), Pg 955.