David Willard Bitner
b. 23 March 1860, d. 25 March 1918
- Family Background:
- Fairfield and Allied Families
David Willard Bitner was born on 23 March 1860 in Ohio.1,2 He married Hannah Juliann Cordrey, daughter of Francis Cordrey and Christiana Catharina Gramlich, on 5 January 1892 in Allen County, Indiana.3 He died on 25 March 1918 in Allen County, Indiana, at age 58.4,1 He was buried in Lindenwood Cemetery, Fort Wayne.5 
David Willard Bitner was a merchant.1

David Willard Bitner was a merchant.1
Additional Data
David W. and Hannah J. Bitner appeared on the 1 June 1900 Federal Census of Fort Wayne, Allen County, Indiana, enumerated 13 June 1900. Their children Corinne F. and Mildred E. were listed as living with them.2 

Children of David Willard Bitner and Hannah Juliann Cordrey
- Coreinne Frances Bitner2 b. 25 May 1896, d. a 1987
- Mildred Ernestine Bitner2 b. 11 Aug 1899, d. a 1987
Citations
- [S979] M.C. Heminger, comp., Complete Family Record of the Heminger and Cordrey Families (Akron, Ohio: Unpublished, 1940), 103.
- [S775] David W. Bitner household, 1900 U.S. Census, Allen County, Indiana, population schedule, Wayne twp., enumeration district (ED) 39, sheet 14A/154, dwelling 304, family 315; National Archives micropublication T623, roll 358.
- [S3] Allen County Marriage Book 19: 438, County Clerk's Office, Fort Wayne, Indiana.
- [S1110] David W. Bitner entry, Allen County Deaths, Board of Public Health, Fort Wayne, Indiana.
- [S770] David W. Bitner tombstone, Cordrey Plot, Lindenwood Cemetery, Fort Wayne, Allen County, Indiana; photographed by the writer in September 1987.