Joseph S. Gitt | |
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| Born | September 9, 1815 Adams County, Pennsylvania |
| Died | January 22, 1901 (aged 85) New Oxford, Pennsylvania |
| 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.
- ^ "Gitt Autobiographical article". Gettysburg Compiler (Gettysburg, Pennsylvania). June 26, 1900. Retrieved May 6, 2013 – via Ancestry.com.