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Name |
Bitzer, Jacob |
Born |
16 Jan 1865 |
Birthplace |
Wurtemburg, Germany |
Deceased |
1946 |
Deceased where |
Arlington |
Father |
Bitzer, Johannes |
Mother |
Beck, Dorothea |
Titles & honors |
Alternative delegate to Republican National Convention 1912 On November 3, 1914 Bitzer was elected a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives representing the twenty seventh Middlesex District, Bitzer received 1,372 in a three way race that included fellow Arlington Resident Cyrus Edwin Dallin; James F. McCarthy of Lexington, Massachusetts. Bitzer served in the legislature from 1915 to 1919. During the 1917 legislative session Bitzer was a member of the Committee on Public Institutions, and the Committee on Ways and Means. |
Education |
Cutter School |
Notes |
Apprenticeship at Welch & Griffiths Then worked at Theodore Schwamb firm, along with his brother. He was a unitarian and a republican. He was a town meeting member for most of his adult life, sometimes as moderator, and was elected selectman several times. His wife, Miriam MacNeil, was originally his housekeeper. |
Spouse |
Miriam MacNeil, Marian Rolf |
Children |
Estelle M. Bitzer (with Miriam) Alfred Howard Bitzer (with Marian Rolf) (note: Family Ties exhibit claims that Alfred was born to Miriam, and does not mention Marian) |
