DOB given as 7/3/1821

Stephen Bittner, son of Andreas, was born near Lyon Valley, Lehigh County, in 1819. He attended the common schools and for years was a teamster for Jacob Zimmerman, a merchant at Lyon Valley. Subsequently he conducted the grist and saw-mill above Jordan Valley. He built the present mills and drew his water supply from the big sand spring. The grist-mill was often operated during the night. His sons had charge of the new mill. He carried on milling for thirty years, selling the property with sixteen acres of land in 1871. He then bought a sixty-seven acre farm between Germansvifle and New Tripoli, conducting it for some years, then sold it and purchased a house near New Tripoli where he lived in retirement until his decease in 1898. Interment was at the Heidelberg Lutheran church of which he was a member. He was married to Rebecca, daughter of William and Elizabeth (Peter) Wuchter, Issue: William F.; Anna M. (Mrs. Frank Hollenbach); Elmira (Mrs. David G. Williams); Edwin W.; Phaon; Masseta (Mrs. Frank P. Heil), who died shortly after her marriage); James L. and Henry W.