Dr. James M. Wittenmyer
Dr. James M. Wittenmyer, physician, was born December 1, 1848, in the thriving village of Buford, Highland County, Ohio. He is a son of Daniel G. and Rebecca Murphy Wittenmyer, and a grandson of Daniel W. Mittenmyer, who, with his wife Sarah, came from Pennsylvania in early days and settled in the village of Jacksonville, Adams County, where he was a well-known grocer and storekeeper for a number of years. He died in his seventy-seventh year.
Dr. Wittenmyer attended the Public schools at Buford, and after wards removed to Jacksonville with his parents in 1867. He taught school for a time and read medicine with Drs. John and J. W. Bunn, of Jacksonville, and in 1872-4, attended lectures at the Cincinnati College of Medicine and Surgery, where he graduated in the Spring of 1874. Returning to his home, after graduation, he formed a partnership with Dr. John Bunn, one of his preceptors at Jacksonville, and continued with him until 1879, when he took an office to himself. In 1885, he married Lizzie Graham, the accomplished daughter of John Graham, a prosperous farmer near Dunkinsville, and located at the new town of Peebles, near his former home, where he practiced his profession until elected Auditor of Adams County in 1893, when he removed to West Union. He was re-elected in 1896, and is the present Auditor of the county. He is a lifelong Democrat, and perhaps no man stands higher in the estimation of his party adherents than Dr. Wittenmyer. He has been a power in his party councils for years. In the Winter of 1898, his health failing he was compelled to give up the arduous duties of his office and seek relief on the coast of Florida, whence he has recently returned much invigorated, to the delight of his family and friends. He has a family of three bright sons, James G., Daniel L., and John E.
From "History of Adams County, Ohio from its Earliest Settlement to the Present Time" - by Nelson W. Evans and Emmons B. Stivers - West Union, Ohio - Published by E. B. Stivers - 1900