1836 Birth:171, v. 1, bk. 2, p. 261. Birth date of 26 September 1836 estimated from age at death (34 years, 7 months, 1 day) on tombstone in St. Johns Cemetery, Union Township, Auglaize County, Ohio.

1848 Marriage:31, p. 28. "In 1848 he married Susanna Coleman, who died in April, 1855. The following year he married Vastia Bailey, who died in 1871, leaving three children who still survive."

1859 Tombstone:171, v. 1, bk. 2, p. 261. St. Johns Cemetery, Union Township, Auglaize County, Ohio. Lester P. Bitler, d. Oct. 14, 1859, 2y 3m 16d [Note: Birth date would have been about 28 June 1857.]

1863 Tombstone:171, v. 1, bk. 2, p. 261. St. Johns Cemetery, Union Township, Auglaize County, Ohio. Ida Belle Bitler, d. Aug. 1, 1863, 5m 19d.

1870 U.S. Census:1666 Vastia enumerated in the household of her husband Samuel Bitler in Wapakoneta Village, Auglaize County, Ohio as a female, age 33, white, keeping house, born in Ohio, married

1871 Death Record:638, p. 16 (Vashta Bitler, Probate Court Death Records, v. 1, p. 26) Vashta Bitler, age 34 years, died 27 April 1871 in Wapakoneta. Cause of death: paralysis.

1871 Death Mention:290, v. 2 (Wapakoneta Currant, p. 8). Mrs. Vashti Bitler died April 27, 1871. w/o Capt. S. Bitler. Member of M. E. Church. Funeral at St. Johns, Ohio.

1871 Tombstone:171, v. 1, bk. 2, p. 261. St. Johns Cemetery, Union Township, Auglaize County, Ohio.
Vastia A. Bitler
wife of Samuel
d. April 27, 1871
34y 7m 1d