The Alexander Bittinger family cemetery was located on the family farm along the Snaggy Mountain Forest Fire Tower access road off Snaggy Mountain Road north of Hutton, Garrett County, Maryland. In 1891 Alexander “Elic” Bittinger moved his family from Jennings, Garrett County, Maryland to land that his wife had purchased on Snaggy Mountain north of Hutton. By 1920 the family farm on Snaggy Mountain had been abandoned and the forest that once surrounded it has reclaimed the farm and cemetery. The cemetery was located about a 100 feet from the Bittinger home which stood about 50 feet from the road. The cemetery was originally enclosed by a wooden picket fence and the graves were marked by fieldstones imbedded on edge in the ground.
Cemetery burials:
Alexander “Elic” Bittinger (Sept. 28, 1851 - June 1, 1921).
Hannah Elizabeth (Engle) Bittinger (July 14, 1850 - March 30, 1927) wife of Alexander.
Elliott David Bittinger (March 2, 1878 - Feb. 8, 1901) son of Alexander and Hannah.
Daley Mason (no dates)(died about age 3 years) Grandson of Alexander and Hannah.
3 stillborn (unnamed) Mason children (no dates) Grandchildren of Alexander and Hannah.
Notes:
1. Both Alexander and Hannah Bittinger died at their son Alvin’s home in Morgantown, Monongalia County, West Virginia.
2. Elliott David Bittinger was an unmarried man working in Ronceverte, Greenbier County, West Virginia when he got sick and started for his parents
home on Snaggy Mountain in Garrett County, Maryland. He died on the train enroute home.
3. Sade Ellen (Bittinger) Mason and Edward Ruthvin Mason were the parents of all the Mason children buried in this cemetery. Son Daley was named for
Doctor Daley who delivered him (the name Daley maybe misspelled). All four of the Mason children died within a few years of 1900. Sade and Ed had no
other children.
