BIOGRAPHIES: Luther Melville PITTENGER, Trempealeau, Trempealeau Co., WI

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Luther Melville Pittenger, newspaperman and real estate agent, was born on 
a homestead on Brice's Prairie, on the Black River, in La Crosse County, 
this state, March 7, 1859, son of Abraham and Lucy Rand (Barnes) Pittenger.  
He was reared in his native county, and there attended school until he was 
sixteen years of age.  Then he was brought to Trempealeau County by his 
parents, and studied two years in the Trempealeau high school.  For many 
years he devoted his life to farm pursuits.  Prominent in public affairs, 
he was chairman of the election board in his township for a long period, 
and was a delegate at various times to different Republican committee, also 
serving on various committees.  He helped to organize school district 13, 
and was an active factor in the building of the new schoolhouse.  In 1907, 
Mr. Pittenger moved to Trempealeau Village and has since been engaged in 
his present line of work.  His duties take him all over the county, and he 
has made many friends.  He has also largely increased the circulation of 
the La Crosse Daily Tribune, which he represents as solicitor and collector.  
His financial holdings include stock in the Citizens State Bank of 
Trempealeau.  His fraternal affiliation is with the Blue Lodge of the 
Masons.  Mr. Pittenger was married Nov. 25, 1880, by the Rev. David Wing, 
pastor of the Methodist Episcopal Church, at Trempealeau, to Adaline Harris, 
born at La Crosse, Nov. 1, 1862, daughter of Peter Harris of Trempealeau.  
This union has been blessed with five children:  Clinton H., Hattie E., 
Glenna May, Robert Lee and Jennie A.  Clinton H. was born Sept. 1, 1881, and 
is a stationary engineer, living at Trempealeau.  He married Edith Hess and 
has four children:  Martha, Wilhelmina, Luther and Virginia.  Hattie E. was 
born May 14, 1883,a nd married William Crosen, a barber of Trempealeau.  
Glenna May was born March 7, 1885, and married Lemuel Hare, Jr., who in 1915 
purchased the old Pittenger homestead.  They have three children:  Minerva, 
Lynn and Edna.  Robert Lee, born June 30, 1887, died July 19, 1901, at the 
age of 14 years; Jennie A. was born April 28, 1892, and is now Mrs. Abner 
Hess.  They live on a farm in Trempealeau County and have two children:  
Norman and Clyde.

--From the "History of Trempealeau County Wisconsin, 1917," pages 495 - 496