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JOHN HENRY BITTER, classed with the successful farmers of Hall County, has lived on his present place for twenty-three years, hence is widely known in his neighborhood, where apparently he can claim friendship with every one. That is a pretty fair test of character.

John H. Bitter was born in Germany, February 17, 1866. His parents were Deidrick and Margaret Bitter, both of whom were born in Germany, where the mother died at the age of forty-five years. After that the father and his children came to the United States and later settled in Whiteside County, Illinois, where he lived to be seventy-two years old. John Henry Bitter was sixteen years old when he accompanied his father to the United States and he had already had school training. He remained in Whiteside County, Illinois, until 1889, when he came to Nebraska, and in 1896 settled on the farm he has operated since. He has one hundred and twenty acres here which he rents, and carries on general farming and raises a good grade of cattle, hogs and chickens. He is careful and systematic, makes use of first class farm machinery, keeps up improvements and is unusually prosperous.

In Hall County, on September 18, 1895, Mr. Bitter married Miss Mina Olthoff, who was born in Hall County, and they have had three children: An infant that died; Bertha, a popular teacher in the public schools; and Mary, attending the high school at Doniphan. Mr. Bitter and his family are members of the Lutheran church. For a number of years he has been a school director. In fraternal matters he belongs to the Modern Woodmen of America, and Mrs. Bitter is a member of the Royal Neighbors.

Transcribed by Larry Coates

History of Hall County
by Buechler, Barr, & Stough (Published 1920)
Transcribed by Larry Coates