John Abdiel Bortner
York Daily 22 Feb 1910
York Daily 22 Feb 1910
6 John Abdiel Bortner was born March 27, 1851 in South Codorus, York, Pennsylvania. He married Anna Mary Glatfelter on October 24, 1870. She was a daughter of farmer Isaac Glatfelter and Sarah Feiser and was born November 9, 1849 in Springfield, York, Pennsylvania.
John Abdiel Bortner was reared on the farm, and received his education at the public schools, then onto Millersville Normal School in 1870. He then engaged in mercantile business in Manheim for four years, and sold the "Domestic" Sewing Machine for one year. In 1876 he moved to East Prospect, built a slaughter house and engaged in the butchering business. He was elected justice of the peace in 1882. He served as constable two years, and then became school director in 1884.
John and Anna Mary raised 1 son.
1 Franklin Melancthon Bortner
John Abdiel Bortner was reared on the farm, and received his education at the public schools, then onto Millersville Normal School in 1870. He then engaged in mercantile business in Manheim for four years, and sold the "Domestic" Sewing Machine for one year. In 1876 he moved to East Prospect, built a slaughter house and engaged in the butchering business. He was elected justice of the peace in 1882. He served as constable two years, and then became school director in 1884.
John and Anna Mary raised 1 son.
1 Franklin Melancthon Bortner
1 Franklin Melancthon Bortner was born May 30, 1873 in York, York, Pennsylvania. He was a lawyer. He married Bertha Viola Crider on September 16, 1892. She was a daughter of publisher and book dealer Henry Martin Crider and Sadie Elizabeth Kauffman and was born June 19, 1873 in York, York, Pennsylvania. Franklin and Bertha moved their home to Los Angeles, California around 1920..
Franklin and Bertha raised one son.
1 Robert Franklin Bortner b. 1902 married Esther Anne Bergin b. 1901
1 Robert Phillip Bortner b. 1937 married Carol Ann Warner b. 1937
Franklin and Bertha raised one son.
1 Robert Franklin Bortner b. 1902 married Esther Anne Bergin b. 1901
1 Robert Phillip Bortner b. 1937 married Carol Ann Warner b. 1937
Franklin Melancthon Bortner
The Gazette 1 Jun 1907
The Gazette 1 Jun 1907
Biography of Franklin Melancthon Bortner
Taken from The History of York County Pennsylvania Volume 2 written by George Reeser Prowell published in 1907.
Taken from The History of York County Pennsylvania Volume 2 written by George Reeser Prowell published in 1907.
Franklin Melancthon Bortner
Gettysburg Times 9 Jan 1923
Gettysburg Times 9 Jan 1923