San Joaquin County Biographies


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SAMUEL BITTNER.
 
        The life history of Samuel Bittner furnishes a splendid example of what 
may be accomplished through determined purpose, laudable ambition and 
well-directed efforts. He was born near Lehr, McIntosh County, N. D., on March 
1, 1892. He is the third son in a family of six children of John and Margaret 
(Meyer) Bittner. John Bittner migrated from his home near Odessa, Russia, to 
North Dakota, where he became a large farmer and land owner. His first wife died 
there and he was married a second time. In 1903 he came to Lodi and purchased 
150 acres, which he improved to orchard and vineyard. He died in 1921.
        Samuel Bittner began his education in the schools of North Dakota, and 
after his family came to California, in 1903, he attended the Alpine school near 
Lodi. He helped in the hard work of the farm, and remained with his parents 
until he was twenty-one years old. He then returned to Lehr, N. D., where he 
worked for wages for a time, later renting 320 acres of grain land, which he 
farmed for six years. He then sold his equipment and returned to San Joaquin 
County, where he purchased fifteen acres in vineyard near the Alpine school. At 
the death of his father, he received eighteen acres as his portion of the 
estate, making a total of thirty-three acres; he also leases thirty acres in 
vineyard from his brother and sister. His vineyard is irrigated by a six-inch 
pump driven by a fifteen horsepower motor.
        On December 12, 1916, in Lehr, N. D., Mr. Bittner was united in marriage 
with Miss Caroline Meyer, a daughter of Henry and Eva (Fry) Meyer, and a native 
of Russia, who came to North Dakota when she was four years old, and there 
received her education. They are the parents of two sons, Raymond, deceased, and 
Le Roy. Mr. Bittner and family are active members of the Evangelical Church of 
Victor, and were liberal contributors when funds were raised for a new building. 
He is a Republican in politics.
 
History of San Joaquin County, California � Los Angeles, Historic Record Co., 
1923
p 1211         
Transcribed by Kathy Sedler.