My Genealogy Hound

EDWARD W. WITTER, for a number of years a successful and responsible citizen of Good Hope, Hampden township, Cumberland county, was born in Adams county. Pa., Jan. 22, 1851, a son of George Witter, and grandson of Samuel Witter, The latter was the father of five children, but aside from that there appears to be no definite record of him.

George Witter was born in Adams county, and there received a common school education, and at the same time learned the trade of a tanner. He married Sarah Saultzgever, of Adams county, and eight children were born to them: Elizabeth married Benjamin Eicholtz, and lives at Oxford; George married Anna Miller, and lives at New Chester, Adams county; Samuel, who married Fannie Burtman is a merchant of Columbus, Ohio; David is deceased; Jacob, who married Barbara Cunrod, is retired and lives at Boiling Springs; Matilda married Joseph Palmer and lives near New Chester; Harry married Miss Mary Spong, and is employed by the Cumberland Valley railroad Company; Edward W, is our subject, Edward W. Witter, like his father, was educated in the public schools of Adams county. In 1871 he moved to Cumberland county, locating at Good Hope, and there learned the trade of a blacksmith, which he has followed for over thirty years. In the spring of 1904 he sold out and moved to Adams county. On Nov. 12, 1874, he was married to Miss Mary Ellen Wertz, a daughter of Solomon and Mary (Lininger) Wertz, and four children were born to them: Florence married William Adams, of Hampden township; George married Minnie Fake and lives near Fairview; Cora married Irvin Fishel, a miller of Hampden township, and they have one child, Chester; Effie is at home.

In sentiment Mr. Witter has been a life-long member of the Democratic party, but he casts his vote for the man he deems best fitted for the office in question. Having been industrious, hard-working and thrifty, he succeeded in his business, and gained the confidence and respect of his fellow townsmen during his long residence in Good Hope.