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J. F. PITZER, farmer, Section 1, P. O. Columbus, was born in Ohio, August 21, 1813, He began farming in 1829, and continued it sixteen years, and was then engaged in milling business for six years. He was in the Mexican war fifteen months, and after his return farmed two years, when, on account of weak eyes, he was compelled to retire from business thirteen years. He then went to Southern Illinois, and built a mill 80x184, three stories high, which he operated six years, and then farmed three years in Illinois. He came to Kansas in 1867, and settled near Columbus, being two years in cattle business. He then moved to Columbus and built houses to rent three years, and was then in drug business six years. He bought a farm for his son and stocked it with forty-two mules, two span of horses, three cows, eighty hogs, wagons, buggies and farm machinery, and bought his present home of forty acres in 1881. The farm of forty acres is run solely as a fruit farm. It contains 1,200 apple trees, 140 cherries, 120 plum, peaches and pears, grapes and all other fruits and berries. He was married to Miss Sarah Kite, of Ohio, in 1836. They have six children-Eveline, Elizabeth, Drucilla, Arvilla, Alldica and Anthony J.