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John Baptist Wirtner

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John Baptist Wirtner

Birth
Germany
Death
24 Jun 1848 (aged 52–53)
Loretto, Cambria County, Pennsylvania, USA
Burial
Loretto, Cambria County, Pennsylvania, USA Add to Map
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John was married twice:
Married 1. Mary Rufina (Hertzog) Wirter (1813-1846) married Sept 6, 1836

Married 2. Catherine (Richter) Wirtner (1828-aft 1900) married Feb 1, 1847

He was the son of Nicholas Wirtner

John Wirtner, 1795, had a tannery. He was thrown from a horse and killed June 24, 1848, while on the road home from Loretto. He had been married by Prince Gallitzin on Sept 6, 1836, to Mary Rufina Herzog, 1813-1846, a daughter of Domenic Herzog of Loretto, Pa. Their children were: John Baptist, Sept. 2, 1837; Dominic, Aug. 9, 1839, died in 1840; Mary Rufina, July 5, 1840, died Dec 5, 1905, the wife of Peter Parrish, at Nicktown, Pa.; Mechtild, Oct 3, 1842, died 1850, at Carrolltown, Pa.; Nicolas, Oct 8, 1844, died Jan 4, 1922, at LaPorte, Ind. John Wirtner married his second wife, Miss Caroline Richter, Feb. 16, 1847. They had one child, Helen, March 3, 1848, died in June, 1919, as the wife of Valentine Lutringer, of Johnstown, Pa. Nicholas Wirtner, living at Carrolltown, enlisted in the army Oct. 4, 1862, Company G, One Hundred Seventy-first Pennsylvania Militia, for nine months, and was discharged Aug. 8, 1863. He reenlisted Feb. 29, 1864, in Company L. Third Division Heavy Artillery, for three years and was honorably discharged Nov. 9, 1865. John B. Wirtner was drafted, but when he arrived at Harrisburg the war was over.
John was married twice:
Married 1. Mary Rufina (Hertzog) Wirter (1813-1846) married Sept 6, 1836

Married 2. Catherine (Richter) Wirtner (1828-aft 1900) married Feb 1, 1847

He was the son of Nicholas Wirtner

John Wirtner, 1795, had a tannery. He was thrown from a horse and killed June 24, 1848, while on the road home from Loretto. He had been married by Prince Gallitzin on Sept 6, 1836, to Mary Rufina Herzog, 1813-1846, a daughter of Domenic Herzog of Loretto, Pa. Their children were: John Baptist, Sept. 2, 1837; Dominic, Aug. 9, 1839, died in 1840; Mary Rufina, July 5, 1840, died Dec 5, 1905, the wife of Peter Parrish, at Nicktown, Pa.; Mechtild, Oct 3, 1842, died 1850, at Carrolltown, Pa.; Nicolas, Oct 8, 1844, died Jan 4, 1922, at LaPorte, Ind. John Wirtner married his second wife, Miss Caroline Richter, Feb. 16, 1847. They had one child, Helen, March 3, 1848, died in June, 1919, as the wife of Valentine Lutringer, of Johnstown, Pa. Nicholas Wirtner, living at Carrolltown, enlisted in the army Oct. 4, 1862, Company G, One Hundred Seventy-first Pennsylvania Militia, for nine months, and was discharged Aug. 8, 1863. He reenlisted Feb. 29, 1864, in Company L. Third Division Heavy Artillery, for three years and was honorably discharged Nov. 9, 1865. John B. Wirtner was drafted, but when he arrived at Harrisburg the war was over.


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