1844 Birth:1167 Birth date of 10 January 1844 and birth place of Franklin County, Ohio, taken from death certificate;

1870 U.S. Census:1663 Samuel enumerated in the household of his mother Mary A. Bitler in Union Township, Auglaize County, Ohio as a male, age 26, white, farm laborer, personal property value $150, born in Ohio, eligible to vote.

1880 U.S. Census:2146 Samuel enumerated in the household of his mother Mary Bitler in Union Township, Auglaize County, Ohio as a white, male, age 28, son, single, farmer, born in Ohio, father born in Pennsylvania, mother born in Virginia.

1909 Death Certificate:1167 Samuel H. Bitler; place of death, Auglaize County, Union Township; male; white; born January 10, 1844; age 65 years, 8 months, 14 days; born in Franklin County, Ohio; farmer; father, Samuel Bitler, born in Pennsylvania; maiden name of mother, Mary A. Rumer, born in Virginia; date of death, Oct. 24, 1909; cause of death, cerebral apoplexy.

1909 Tombstone:171, v. 1, bk. 2, p. 203. Fairmont Cemetery, Union Township, Auglaize County, Ohio.
Samuel W. Bitler
1844 - 1909