BIO: Robert S. Witmer, Cumberland County, PA

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History of Cumberland and Adams Counties, Pennsylvania.
Containing History of the Counties, Their Townships, Towns, Villages, 
Schools, Churches, Industries, Etc.; Portraits of Early Settlers and 
Prominent Men; Biographies; History of Pennsylvania; Statistical and 
Miscellaneous Matter, Etc., Etc.  Illustrated.  Chicago: Warner, Beers 
& Co., 1886.
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                                PART II.

             HISTORY OF CUMBERLAND COUNTY. PENNSYLVANIA.

                               CHAPTER L. 

                           MIDDLESEX TOWNSHIP. 

500  BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES:

  ROBERT S. WITMER, farmer, P. O. Carlisle, was born near Shippensburg, 
Cumberland County, Penn., December 9, 1850, and is a son of Jacob and 
Hannah (Senseman) Witmer, natives of Cumberland County, Penn., and of 
German descent.  His grandfather Joseph was born in Lancaster County, 
but came to Cumberland County when a boy, and was one of the early 
settlers of the county.  He settled near Middlesex Station, where he 
lived until his death, in abut 1854.  He was a farmer, and owned a 
large tract of land.  Jacob, subject's father, was born on the 
homestead in 1814; was a farmer, and a consistent member of the 
Lutheran Church.  He died, in 1874, on the farm now occupied by Robert 
S.  Our subject was reared on a farm, and remained with his father 
until his death.  Mr. Witmer is one of the substantial and successful 
farmers of the county.  He owns 163 acres of good land.  His mother is 
now in her sixty-eighth year, is yet living, and resides with him.  She 
is a consistent member of the Lutheran Church.  Mr. Witmer is a member 
of the I. O. O. F. Lodge, No. 91, Carlisle.  He is a prominent man, 
intelligent and enterprising; politically he is a Republican.