Notes for William Henry Harrison Bittick
In his military records, his date of death is listed as November 20, 21, 25 or 26, 1862.
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Census 1850: Jefferson Co, MO
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[see Other Documents: James Bittick Biographical Sketch]
An Illustrated Historical Atlas Map of Jefferson County, Missouri: Carefully Compiled from Personal Examinations and Surveys; Published by Brink, McDonough & CO. 1876
JAMES BITTICK
Among the first men to settle on Big River [Jefferson County, Missouri], was John Bittick, who was born in East Tennessee, emigrated to Missouri, and settled first on the Meramec River, in St. Louis County. While living there his time was occupied in making sugar [maple] and hunting - the usual pursuits of the early pioneers of the Meramec. He married Hannah McCourtney, who lived near St. Charles. His oldest child was James Bittick, who was born on the Meramec, in St. Louis County, December 20th, 1811. About the year 1816 the family moved over into Jefferson County, and settled on Big River, a little below the present town of Byrnesville, but on the opposite side. John Bittick afterward moved to various places, but always lived on Big River. He owned no land, and sustained himself and family mostly by hunting.
James Bittick was raised in the County. In 1831 he went to Wisconsin for the purpose of mining for lead. When the Black Hawk War broke out in 1832, he enlisted in the volunteer cavalry, served four months against the Indians, and was present at several important engagements. In 1834, he came back to Jefferson County, and in 1859 moved on his present farm in section sixteen, township forty-two, range three [S16, T. 42, R 3 - Meremac Township]. He has had three children, W.M. [Willis Marion] Bittick, John S.[John Sylvester], and William Henry Harrison Bittick. The two latter are deceased. William H. H. died in prison in St. Louis, having been made a prisoner after returning home from service in the Confederate (Price’s) Army. John S.[Sylvester] died in 1874. [added: Est. Filed for Probate 31 Oct. 1874]
W. M. Bittick [Willis Marion], the oldest son, and the only one now living, was born August thirtieth, 1836, on Big River, in Jefferson County. July 1873 he was married to Artemece Harness, the daughter of Jacob Harness. Mr. Bittick, [W. M.], served in Price’s command, on the Confederate side, during the late war. He enlisted in July, 1862. He was principally in Missouri and Arkansas. He was captured at Helena, Arkansas, July the fourth, 1863, and was a prisoner twenty-two months at Memphis and Alton, eighteen months of his imprisonment being at the latter place. He has since the war been farming, and following his trade of a blacksmith.
[This biography also appears in some Goodspeed histories and in Jefferson County, Missouri in Story & Pictures by Mary Joan Boyer, pub 1958, pages 150-151]
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Courtesy of Charles Nahlik:
Jefferson County, Missouri in Story & Pictures by Mary Joan Boyer, published 1958, p. 150-151
[For complete text of this article, see Other Documents: Jefferson County, Missouri in Story and Pictures]
...He [James Bittick] was the father of three children when this sketch was written--W. M. Bittick, John S., and William Henry Harrison Bittick. The two latter were deceased. William H. H. died in prison in St. Louis, having been made a prisoner after returning home from service in the Confederate (Price’s) Army. John S. died in 1874.
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[see Other Documents, Military Records]
William Henry Harrison Bittick Military Records
Item 1
(Confederate.)
B / /
W. H. Bittick
Appears on a
Report of Sick and Wounded
at Gratiot Street Prison Hospital, St. Louis, Mo.,
for November, 1862
Deaths:
Disease: Pneumonia
Date of death: Nov 20 [or 25?], 1862
Remarks: [blank]
Number of roll:
315
H. G. Taylor
Copyist.
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Courtesy of Mary Bittick Gallano:
Missouri's Union Provost Marshall Papers: 1861-1866
[Missouri Archives online index: http://www.sos.mo.gov/archives/provost]
Bittick, William H. Jefferson County Age, 21 - Dead, rest illegible 08/21/(1862?) Reel No. F-1138
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[See Other Documents, Military Records: Bittick-Civil War Prisoners, St. Louis, St. Louis Co, Missouri]
Ancestry.com database: Civil War Prisoner of War Records, 1861-1865, Confederate
Roll of Prisoners of War at Gratiot St. Prison, St. Louis, Mo
Recd Nov 1st to Nov 16th 1862
Name: John Bittick
Rank:Citizen
Regiment: Jefferson Co, Mo
Where Captured: Jefferson Co, Mo
When Captured: Aug 22, 1862
Remarks: Promise to Enroll in EMM Dec 6, 1862
Name: Wm H. Bittick
Rank:Citizen
Regiment: St. Louis Co, Mo
Where Captured: St. Louis Co, Mo
When Captured: Aug 15, 1862
Remarks: Died Nov 26, 1862
Name: Marion Bittick
Rank:Guer
Regiment: Boones
Where Captured: Jefferson Co, Mo
When Captured: Nov 10, 1862
Remarks: Myrtle St. Prison, Nov 18, 1862
Name: Wm Bittick
Rank:Guer
Regiment: Boones
Where Captured: Jefferson Co, Mo
When Captured: Nov 10, 1862
Remarks: Myrtle St. Prison, Nov 18, 1862
Name: Thos Bittick
Rank:Guer
Regiment: Boones
Where Captured: Jefferson Co, Mo
When Captured: Nov 10, 1862
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Ancestry.com database: Civil War Prisoner of War Records, 1861-1865, Confederate
William H. Bittick
Rank/Regiment: Citizen
Disease/Wound: Pneumonia
Date of Death: Nov 25, 1862
Place of Death: Gratiot St. Prison, St. Louis, Mo
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