J. Bittikoffer

    J. Bittikoffer, jeweler, is a native of Switzerland, where he learned his trade of watch maker and jeweler. He came to America in 1858, and settled in Crawford County, Ohio, where he remained about one year; thence to Fort Wayne, Indiana, where he was engaged at his trade until 1865, when he came to Kendallville, and soon after engaged in the jewelry business, to which he has since devoted his attention. Mr. Bittikoffer, in addition to carrying a fine stock of watches, clocks and jewelry, is a proficient workman in repairing, to which department he gives especial attention. He is a member of the Masonic Order, advanced to Knight Templar, and an enterprising, progressive citizen.

    Mr. Bittikoffer was married in 1864, in Fort Wayne, to Miss Katherina Wolf. they have six children -Fred O., Rosa, John, Lillei and Louie (twins), and Katherina.

Source: Counties of Whitley and Noble, Indiana. Historical and Biographical. Weston A. Goodspeed, Charles Blanchard, 1882, page 298.