1852 Birth:3023 Birth date of 20 October 1852 taken from 1923 Auglaize County death certificate. Name given on death certificate as James Delmore Bitler.

1870 U.S. Census:1663
Auglaize County, Ohio (Union Township, Uniopolis)
Enumerated 15 July 1870
Mary A. Bitler •• 55, female, white, keeping house, real estate value $3,500, personal property value $1,057, born in Virginia, can't read or write
Samuel •• 26, male, white, farm laborer, personal property value $150, born in Ohio, eligible to vote
William •• 23, male, white, farm laborer, real estate value $1,800, personal property value $175, born in Ohio, eligible to vote
James D. •• 18, male, white, farm laborer, personal property value $100, born in Ohio, attended school within the year
Annie Rumer •• 22, female, domestic servant, born in Ohio
Wilford Rumer •• 1, male, white, at home, born in Ohio

1880 U.S. Census:2146
Auglaize County, Ohio (Union Township)
Enumerated 17 June 1880
Mary Bitler •• white, female, age 67, widowed, keeping house, cannot write, born in Virginia, father born in Virginia, mother born in Virginia
Samuel W. •• white, male, age 37, son, single, farmer, born in Ohio, father born in Pennsylvania, mother born in Virginia
James •• white, male, age 28, son, single, farmer, born in Ohio, father born in Pennsylvania, mother born in Virginia
Wilbert Rumer •• white, male, age 11, nephew, single, at school, attended school within the year, born in Ohio, father born in Virginia, mother born in Ohio

1923 Death Record:3023 James Delmore Bitler; date of death, 21 February 1923; place of death, Union Township, Auglaize County, Ohio; male, white, widower; date of birth, 20 October 1852; age at death, 70 years, 4 months, 1 day; retired; born in Union Township, Auglaize County, Ohio; father, Samuel Bitler, born in Pennsylvania; mother, Mary Rumer, born in Virginia; informant, Wilferd Rumer, Lima, R R #6; burial, Fairmont Cemetery, 23 February 1923.

1923 Tombstone:171, v. 1, bk. 2, p. 198. Fairmont Cemetery, Union Township, Auglaize County, Ohio.
James D. Bitler
1851-1923