Henry Pittenger Biography  Hancock County, WV
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Copied from " History of the Panhandle, being Historical Collections of the 
Counties of Ohio, Brooke, Marshall and Hancock, West Virginia".  
Compiled and Written by:
J.H. Newton,  G.G. Nichols, and A.G. Sprankle
Published by:
J.A. Caldwell, 1879, Wheeling, W. VA.

                Biographical Sketches of Hancock County:

Henry Pittenger:

birth occurred near Fairview, April 4, 1807.  He lived with his father 
until he arrived at the age of nineteen years.  In 1821 he migrated to 
Richland County, Ohio. and learned the blacksmithing business, serving an 
apprenticeship of two years, then came back to Virginia.  In 1828, in the 
latter part of the year, he returned to his father's house and erected a 
blacksmith shop, and engaged in his occupation for two years.  In the mean 
time, he was married to Miss Eliza Abraham, of Steubenville.  In 1830 he 
removed to Jefferson County, two miles north of Steubenville, where he 
carried on his trade.  In 1835 he removed to within two miles of Richmond, in the same county, and remained there until 1858, then sold out and came 
back near Fairview, where he purchased the Hugh Pugh farm and engaged in 
farming, which vocation he has followed ever since.  His farm contains one
hundred acres, all improved.  He is the father of three children.  He is a 
member of the Fairview Presbyterian Church.  His grandfather, Henry, was one 
of the first elders in said church.  He settled in now, Hancock, when the 
Indians were numerous and when they were scalping the whites, and committing 
all sorts of depredations.  In those days he had to go with many of the 
settlers to block-houses, for safety during the night.