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235. Catharine Wittman BITTING45,47,48 was born on 24 Jan 1869. She died on 8 Feb 1905 in Pottstown, PA. She was buried in Pottstown Cemetery, Pottstown, PA. Know as Kate.

Catharine Wittman BITTING and John Harrison PRUTZMAN were married about 1886 in New Hanover Lutheran Church, Montgomery Co., PA. John Harrison PRUTZMAN45,47,48,54,55 (son of Isiah PRUTZMAN and Elizabeth EISENHAUER) was born on 10 Nov 1864 in Pottstown, PA. He died on 20 May 1918 in Pottstown, PA. He was buried in Pottstown Cemetery, Pottstown, PA. John was known as "Uncle Bob". He was reported to be a wagon driver for the Reading Breweries, hauling beer from Reading to Pottstown, PA. He lived his last years in a one room shack on N. Evans Street, near Wilson Street, Pottstown, PA. His obit confirms his residence but makes no mention of his occupation. Only his first wife Kate is mentioned; if he married Emily Buck, he was apparantly divorced before he died. John died in the Pottstown Hospital from diabetes and he was mentioned as the last of eight children of Isaac and Elizabeth Prutzman to die. His age was given as 53-6-10 so we can calculate his birth date as 10 November. He was buried in the Pottstown Cemetery on 23 May. The funeral service was conducted at the home of Lucinda Boyer, 227 Beech Street. Catharine Wittman BITTING and John Harrison PRUTZMAN had the following children:

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Harry Edward PRUTZMAN Sr..

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Leroy Harrison PRUTZMAN.