Newton Co., IN Biography


Newton County, Washington Township.  From A History of Warren, Benton, 
Jasper & Newton Counties,1883.

   ZECHARIAH SPITLER was born in Shenandoah County, Virginia, March 18, 
1817, and is the third of five children born to Abraham and Mary 
(Rosenberger) Spitler, both natives of Shenandoah County, Virginia.
The parents were born in 1787 and 1786 respectively, and were married
in 1811.  The father was a magistrate in his native county about thirty
years.  He died in 1864; his widow in 1880.  Both were members of the 
Baptist Church.
   Zechariah Spitler received a good English education, in 1838 came
to Newton County.  He was for two years Deputy Sheriff of the territory
comprising Newton, Jasper and Benton Counties.  He owns nearly 600 acres
of cultivated land; has a beautiful residence, and has been very
successful in business.
   He was the first Circuit Court Clerk in Newton County.  He is a
member of the Masonic fraternity, and is a Democrat with strong 
Greenback tendencies.
   Mr. Spitler was married, in 1842, to Miss Sallie Rider, a native of 
York County, Pennsylvania.  They have had eight children, seven of whom
are living--Daniel, Mann, William, Henry, John R. (who died in 1864, 
aged eleven years), Zechariah, George M. and Joseph W.  Mrs. Spitler
came from Ohio to Newton County, Indiana, in 1836, and is one of the
oldest residents of the county.  Mr. Spitler is now sixty-six years of
age, and has never been confined a single day to his bed on account
of sickness. 

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