When John R Bitner was born on 27 August 1826, in Lancaster, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States, his father, Abraham Bitner, was 35 and his mother, Elizabeth Porter, was 27. He married Fianna Wiedler on 26 April 1852. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 3 daughters. He died on 29 August 1897, in Lancaster, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States, at the age of 71, and was buried in Lancaster Cemetery, Lancaster, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States.
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Being a second spiritual and religious awakening, like the First Great Awakening, many Churches began to spring up from other denominations. Many people began to rapidly join the Baptist and Methodist congregations. Many converts to these religions believed that the Awakening was the precursor of a new millennial age.
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U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
German and Jewish (Ashkenazic): variant of Büttner (see Buettner ) and Bittner .
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