[196-19] MARY WAGENER DESHLER, b Nov. 29, 1788; d May 18, 1875; dau John Adam and Deborah (Wagener) Deshler [196-5]; m SAMUEL BITTENBENDER, b Oct. 31, 1786; d Aug. 19, 1849; s Conrad B. and Elizabeth (Barnet) Bittenbender. Samuel Bittenbender was a hotel proprietor in Easton, Pa.; he is buried on the David W. Deshler plot, Easton Cem.
Children (6): [196-80] 1. Elizabeth, 6 May 19, 1811; d Nov. 17, 1875; m ————— Martin or —--———_Johnson:
Sponsors in baptism for Elizabeth were Conrad and Elizabeth Bittenbender. Records show that Conrad Bittenbender on July 9, 1776, volunteered for service in the Revolutionary Army, and saw considerable service.
“Mrs. Mary Bittenbender died yesterday afternoon at the residence of her son-in-law, William H. Lawall. She was born in Allentown when that now thriving city was only a village of a few dozen
homes, and married at an early age the late Samuel Bittenbender, at different times proprietor of the American, Farmers and Mechanics, and Spring Garden Hotels. She leaves a son and three daughters.” [Easton Express, May 19, 1875.|
[Much of the data regarding this family was supplied by S. Theodore Bittenbender of Boston, Mass., from the family Bible of S. N. Bittenbender.]|
Parents’ family: [196-5] Deborah Wagener and John Adam Deshler