BIO:  Jonas M. Bortner, York County, PA

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History of York County, Pennsylvania.  John Gibson, Historical Editor.
Chicago: F. A. Battey Publishing Co., 1886.
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Part II, Biographical Sketches, Codorus Township, Pg 93

JONAS M. BORTNER, son of Michael and Catherine (Marckel) Bortner, 
of Shrewsbury Township, was born December 17, 1824, in Codorus 
Township.  He received the ordinary common school education 
available at that day, and was reared on the farm.  In February, 
1849, Mr. Bortner married Catherine Bortner, daughter of Jacob and 
Catherine (Garwick) Bortner, of Codorus Township.  This union has 
been blessed with eleven children:  Lewis, Adeline (deceased), 
Nathaniel, Richard, Amanda (deceased), Maria and Harris.  Mr. 
Bortner has been constable for eighteen years, and is one of the 
most popular and best known men in Codorus Township.  The mill now 
owned and operated by him was built in 1839, by Jacob Bortner, 
generally known as old Commissioner Bortner, and, except an 
interval of two years, this mill has been in the Bortner name ever 
since.  Mr. Bortner is a prominent member of the Reformed Church.

[Transcribers note:  Although it states 11 children were born, only 
seven were named.]