Joseph S. Gitt | |
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Born | Adams County, Pennsylvania | September 9, 1815
Died | January 22, 1901 New Oxford, Pennsylvania | (aged 85)
Burial place | Mount Olivet Cemetery |
Education | Gettysburg College |
Occupation(s) | Engineer, surveyor, newspaper publisher, politician |
Spouse |
Anna M Baughman (m. 1841) |
Children | 4 |
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Joseph S. Gitt (September 9, 1815 – January 22, 1901) was a self-taught civil engineer and politician from Pennsylvania. After an unsuccessful career as a newspaper publisher, Gitt went back into railroading, estimating that in his career, he had conducted 31 different railroad surveys for a total distance of over 300 miles in his career [1] Gitt either surveyed or engineered most of the railroads constructed in Frederick and Carroll county, Maryland and Adams county, Pennsylvania in the 1855-1885 period with the exception of the Civil War.