1829 Birthplace: Assumed to be Union Township, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania based on the family’s location in that county during the 1820 to 1830 time period. William and Rebecca are believed to have moved to Franklin County about 1832 and Auglaize (then Allen) County in 1834.

1840 U.S. Census:397 Christian enumerated in the household of his father William Bitler as a male, age 10 to 15.

1850 U.S. Census:398 Christian enumerated in the household of his father William Bitler in Clay Township, Auglaize County, Ohio as a male, age 20, farmer, born in Pennsylvania, in school within the year.

1866 Death of son William:171, v. 1, bk. 2, p. 266. St. Johns Cemetery, Union Township, Auglaize County, Ohio. William Bitler, s/o C. & M. A. Bitler, d. Sept. 27, 1866, 21m.

1866 Clay Township Treasurer:27, p. 717. Christian Bitler served as treasurer of Clay Township, Auglaize County 1866 to 1867 and again from 1872 to 1877.

1880 U.S. Census:2138
Ohio, Auglaize County, Clay Township
Enumerated June 1880
Christian Bitler •• white, male, age 49, married, farmer, born in Pennsylvania, father born in Pennsylvania, mother born in Pennsylvania
Mary A. •• white, female, age 46, wife, married, keeping house, born in Ohio, father born in Kentucky, mother born in Kentucky
Clement C. •• white, male, age 17, son, single, farm laborer, attended school within the year, born in Ohio, father born in Pennsylvania, mother born in Ohio
Samuel Baughman •• white, male, age 11, nephew, single, at school, attended school within the year, born in Ohio, father born in Ohio, mother born in Pennsylvania << Assume Samuel was the son of William Baughman (d. 1874) and Mary Bitler Baughman (d. 1879), a sister of Christian Bitler.
Household of Charles Bitler, age 21, and his wife Dille, age 19, was immediately adjacent. Assume Charles to be a son of Christian.

Death after 1899:290, v. 1, p. 35 (Auglaize County Democrat, 18 July 1889, "St. Johns News") Obituary of father William Bitler mentions a son "Christopher of Colorado."