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THE ZAHNISERS 
 
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 A HISTORY OF THE FAMILY IN AMERICA. 
 
 BY 
 
 KATE M. ZAHNISER 
 
 AND 
 
 CHARLES REED ZAHNISER 
 
 ILLUSTRATED 
 
 MERCER, PA.: 
 
 Kate M. Zahniser, Publisher. 
 
 1906 
 
Wti/i a co7isdousness of its many defects, but with a 
 hope that despite them all it may serve to k7iit more closely 
 the ties of kinship-love throughout the family, this book is 
 respectfully dedicated to the memory of the Zahnisers gone 
 on before. 
 
 Kate M. Zahniser, 
 
 Charles Reed Zahniser. 
 August JO, ipo6. 
 
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REVOLUTIONARY WAR RECORD 
 
 OF 
 
 MATHIAS ZAHNISER, L 
 
 (It will be remembered that the name was spelled "Zahneisen" 
 when the family came to America and for some fifty years 
 thereafter. This spelling is still retained by the family in 
 Germany.) 
 
 Pennsylvania Archives, 5th Series, Vol. 7, page 836, 6th Co., 8th 
 Battalion, Lancaster County Militia, John Miller, Captain, Col. 
 James Ross, Commander, carries the name "Mathias Stonizen", 
 apparently misspelling for Zahneisen. On page 858 is a muster 
 roll of Capt. John Miller, 6th Co., 8th Bat., 1 782, in which the 
 name appears "Mathias Q?aneson". 
 
 "Mathias Zahneisen" signed the "Oath of Allegiance", at 
 Lancaster. The Tax List of Lancaster Borough during the War of 
 the Revolution contains the name "Math's Zaneisen, joiner" (i. e., 
 carpenter, known to have been the trade of Mathias Zahneisen). 
 Capt. Miller's company was partially recruited in Lancaster Bor- 
 ough. 
 
 TTie above record, together with that in "The Zahnisers" (copy 
 in Congressional Library) was accepted by the Daughters of the 
 American Revolution in the case of Mabel Zahniser Clayton, who 
 was thereupon enrolled as a member under National Number 
 235199. Other applicants for such membership should refer to 
 the correspondence and records on file in connection with this 
 number in the national office at Washington. 
 
 1927. 
 
TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
 
 PAGE 
 
 INTRODUCTION 7 
 
 PART ONE— 
 
 I — Origin of The Family 19 
 
 II — The Settlement in America 3^ 
 
 in— The Old Homestead 43 
 
 IV— The Third Generation 53 
 
 V — Social Position and Characteri'stics 7' 
 
 PART TWO— 
 
 I — Descendants of Matthias (2) 87 
 
 II — Descendants of Michael 121 
 
 III — Descendants of Valentine (2) i45 
 
 IV — Descendants of William I57 
 
 V — Descendants of Jacob 169 
 
 VI — Descendants of David I77 
 
 VII— Descendants of Mary (McCracken) 189 
 
 VIII— Tree of Earlier Generations I94 
 
 INDEXES— 
 
 I— Zahnisers, Male I97 
 
 II — Zahnisers, Female 200 
 
 III — Descendants of Other Names, Male 202 
 
 IV — Descendants of Other Names, Female 207 
 
SPAHR A RITSCHER, PuiHTERi 
 
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Thk Old HoMitSTKAn 
 (reproduced) 
 
Valentino Zahneisen of Moersheim, Germany 
 
I 
 
INTRODUCTORY. 
 
The Zahniser Family includes at this writing 
 1,432 people, the mass of whom reside in Pennsyl- 
 vania and the majority in Mercer County. They are 
 the descendants of a German boy who with his mother 
 arrived in America in 1753. 
 
 For more than a quarter of a century there has 
 been a demand for a history of the Connection. This 
 has lately become much more urgent as the fourth 
 generation was seen to be rapidly dying otT and with 
 them much valuable information would naturally be 
 lost. The first efforts towards a comprehensive record 
 were made by Jacob Zahniser of Jackson Township, 
 Mercer County, who died in 1891. For a score of 
 
8 THE ZAHNISERS 
 
 years he had been gathering statistics and recording 
 facts relating to the early history, many of which he 
 had obtained from his grandmother, the wife of the 
 original Matthias. The manuscripts he left have been 
 of incalculable value in the preparation of this volume 
 which has drawn more largely from them than from 
 any other single source. 
 
 In 1902 the present compilers began the task of 
 securing a complete family record and putting it into 
 shape for publication. The manuscripts mentioned 
 above were found to contain a mass of material, but 
 it was in no condition for publication so that it be- 
 came necessary to work it over entirely in the new. 
 As much additional data had to be secured, the first 
 efforts were directed to this task. Blanks were sent 
 out through the entire Connection to be filled with 
 data for the Record of the Family. At the same time, 
 steps were taken to find some trace of our ancestors 
 in Germany and locate the relatives still living there. 
 
INTRODUCTORY 9 
 
 This last undertaking, which, at the time, seemed 
 likely to be most difficult, proved unexpectedly suc- 
 cessful. The tradition in the family here was that our 
 ancestor was the son of Valentine Zahneisen who 
 married a certain Juliana Clemens and lived in a 
 village near the city of Landau till 1753 when they 
 sailed for America. Working on this basis, cor- 
 respondence was opened with the Royal States At- 
 torney at Landau which resulted in discovering the 
 record of our ancestor's marriage and locating the 
 families from which both he and his wife sprang. A 
 letter was then addressed to "The Oldest Person 
 named Zahneisen Living in Moersheim" to which the 
 following reply — written of course in German — was 
 received : 
 
 Moersheim, Sept. 18, 1902. 
 
 Most Esteemed Uncle : 
 
 In reply to the note of June 12, I will communicate 
 to you the following in so far as I am acquainted with 
 the facts in this matter. My name is Valentin Zahneisen, 
 
lo THE ZAHNISERS 
 
 63 years old, a master-baker in Moersheim near Landau, 
 Palatinate ; also born there. The brother of my father, 
 Valentin Zahneisen, emigrated to America in the begin- 
 ning of the nineteenth century. He was unmarried. Of 
 a Juliana Clemens, to whom you referred in your note, 
 nothing is known here. Moersheim is one-half hour from 
 Ilbesheim and one hour from Leinsweiler. 
 
 This is what I am able to communicate to you in 
 this matter. Should you have need of more particulars, 
 please let me know. I am ready any time to give you 
 gladly any information possible. 
 
 With greatest respect signs, 
 
 Valentin Zahneisen. 
 
 Thus after a separation of l5o years, the two 
 branches of the family again came into touch with each 
 other. Further correspondence followed and, in 1904, 
 Rev. U. W. McMillan visited Landau and secured much 
 valuable material including several photographs and 
 establishing many things which had previously been 
 only surmised. 
 
 The compilers have also been in touch with some 
 of the best streams of tradition in the family. These 
 
INTRODUCTORY ii 
 
 have been used along with the sources mentioned 
 above. The task of selecting and adjusting such a 
 mass of material, much of it fragmentary and some- 
 times contradictory, can be appreciated by those only 
 who have been engaged in similar effort. It is regret- 
 able that these records are still so incomplete. The 
 statistics concerning some of the older generations 
 had not been kept and some small branches of the 
 family cannot be located. More trying than either of 
 these misfortuntes has been the fact that some of the 
 Connection to whom blanks were repeatedly sent have 
 neglected to return them. Others have re- 
 turned the blanks but partially filled out. All the 
 material secured has been faithfully used so that the 
 compilers feel that they can disclaim all responsibility 
 for important omissions. Of course not everything 
 furnished has been printed ; many incidents have been 
 omitted and biographies have been cut down so as 
 to observe a fair proportion and to keep within the 
 
12 THE ZAHNISERIS 
 
 necessary limits of the book. Nothing, however, of 
 real historical worth has been intentionally omitted. 
 Doubtless some mistakes will be found; they are in- 
 evitable in a work of this kind. Great care has been 
 used, however, to make them as few as possible, the 
 proofs being- read again and again in search of errors. 
 
 Among the most potent of the agencies that have 
 been operative in preserving the family traditions and 
 conserving the family spirit have been the annual re- 
 unions. The first of these was held in 1875 at the Old 
 Homestead then owned by ''Capt. James" Zahniser 
 who, with Jacob son of Michael had been most in- 
 strumental in bringing it about. After a few years 
 it became the custom to alternate the place of meeting 
 between Jeiferson Township and the vicinity of the 
 original settlement. This arrangement continued till 
 1905, since which time they have been held at Mercer 
 which is centrally located and easily accessible by rail. 
 Unfortunately no record of these reunions has been 
 
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Monument to THii Axckstors 
 
 OF THK FAMITA' 
 
INTRODUCTORY 13 
 
 kept and we are thus deprived of what might have 
 been a valuable source for this work. 
 
 In addition to the persons mentioned above, 
 special gratitude is due to Prof. Maurice E. Wright 
 for translating documents. 
 
 Throughout the book, frequent mention will be 
 found of places incompletely located. In all cases, 
 Counties and Post Offices are in Pennsylvania unless 
 otherwise stated and Townships mentioned are in 
 Mercer County. In designating the various genera- 
 tions, Valentin Zahnisen and his wife are accounted 
 the First, those following being denoted as Second, 
 Third, etc., in order. 
 
PART ONE. 
 
"We must learn again to value our domestic tradi- 
 tions, A pious care has preserved certain monuments 
 of the past. So antique dress, provincial dialects, old 
 folk songs have found appreciative hands to gather them 
 up before they should disappear from the earth. What 
 a good deed to guard these crumbs of a great past, these 
 vestige's of the souls of our ancestors ! Let us do the 
 same for our family traditions, save and guard as much 
 as possible of the patriarchal, whatever it's form." 
 
 Charles Wagner. 
 
ORIGIN OF THE FAMILY. 
 
CHAPTER I. 
 
 Nestled in the heart of a beautiful valley not far 
 from the upper Rhine in Highland Germany, is the 
 city of Landau. The entire region is historic; thirty 
 miles to the north-east is Worms where Luther faced 
 the frenzied powers of Rome; at about the same 
 distance a little more to the east is Heidelberg the 
 nursery of German Calvinism and where, still earlier, 
 Jerome the companion of Huss nailed his theses to 
 the church door; Landau itself figured in the religious 
 conflicts of every century from the fifteenth. In the 
 Thirty Years War it was taken eight times by Swedes, 
 Spaniards, Imperialists and French, and to the present 
 day it continues a stronghold of Protestantism. 
 
20 THE ZAHNISERS 
 
 At a distance of some two miles a little south and 
 east of Landau are two villages called Ilbesheim and 
 Moersheim. Of these the tlrst has two or three hun- 
 dred inhabitants, and the second about six hundred. 
 Two miles farther east is another village called Billig- 
 sheim. Landau itself contains some ten thousand 
 people. 
 
 It was from this group of villages that the 
 Zahnisers came. A century and a half have elapsed 
 since our ancestors bade farewell to the Fatherland, 
 but in those regions there is so little change that one 
 can look on conditions there today and with little 
 difficulty imagine what they were in the middle of the 
 eighteenth century. 
 
 The country surrounding Landau, is surpassing- 
 ly beautiful and fertile and is proudly called by its 
 inhabitants, "The Pearl of Germany." In the midst 
 of the valley flows the little Queich and on either side 
 the low-rolling hills are covered with patches of grain 
 
ORIGIN OF THE FAMILY 21 
 
 and vegettables a rod or two wide presenting some- 
 what the appearance of a huge crazy-patch quilt. The 
 people live in little villages grouped here and there, for 
 land is so scarce and valuable that they have no room 
 for fences and farm residences such as are common 
 in America. The farmers own but a small strip of 
 land each and this they cut up into little sections which 
 they cultivate as an American would a garden. In 
 the villages, the houses are built entirely of stone or 
 brick and are almost as compactly placed as in our 
 great cities. In most cases, the stable is joined to 
 the house or stands but a few feet from the back door. 
 The streets are narrow and are paved with Belgian 
 Blocks. Most of the houses are very old, some of 
 them having been in constant use for over four hun- 
 dred years. 
 
 The people are a sturdy and thrifty class who 
 live in a simple and, to an American, a somewhat 
 primitive way. For use on their lands, they have no 
 
22 THE ZAHNISERS 
 
 horses nor even oxen but use cows for hauling and 
 plowing- and that without even a yoke. Broad leather 
 bands are placed around the animal's horns and con- 
 nected with great chains which are attached to the 
 cumbersome wagons. The women folk work much 
 in the fields and are constantly to be seen driving the 
 teams of cows or following along with bundles of 
 grain, perhaps, on their heads. Domestic habits are 
 as simple as those of outdoor life. One of the chief 
 products of the region is wine which the people use 
 quite freely. Their wines, however, are light and 
 seem comparatively harmless. Drunkenness is not 
 prevalent as in England and America. There is noth- 
 ing of the feverish rush so characteristic of American 
 life, but much more of sociability and neighborly 
 cheer. 
 
 According to the tradition preserved in this coun- 
 try, the family sprang from a certain Valentine 
 Zahneisen, as the name was spelled at first in America, 
 
ORIGIN OF THE FAMILY 23 
 
 who married Juliana Clemens and lived in a village 
 near Landau. Two sons had been born when, in 1 753, 
 Valentine's health failed, and, by advise of his phy- 
 sician, they sailed for America. Our researches in 
 Germany have not only verified this tradition, but 
 have pretty conclusively determined that Moersheim 
 was the village in which our ancestors resided. We 
 have found people bearing the name, some of whom 
 reside at Moersheim and the remainder at Billigsheim. 
 Those at the latter place, however, seem to have gone 
 originally from Moersheim. By courtesy of the Royal 
 States Attorney at Landau, we secured transcripts of 
 the records at Moersheim and at Ilbesheim. In those of 
 the former place, the name Zahneisen occurs frequent- 
 ly during the last two centuries. The given name 
 Valentine does not occur, however, prior to 1800 and 
 then never in connection with Juliana Clemens. The 
 frequency of the names Valentine and Michael in the 
 later records indicate a common origin for that family 
 
24 THE ZAHNISERS 
 
 and our own in which these names have always been 
 favorites. hi the records at llbesheim, the name 
 Zahneisen does not occur at all, but there are two 
 entries one of which states that Valentin Zahnmeister 
 and Juliana Clemens were married, September 24, 
 1743, which is just ten years prior to the time when 
 our tradition says that two children had been born and 
 the family sailed for America. The other entry is on 
 the preceding- page of the same book and states that 
 Valentin Zahneis and Juliana Clemens stood up as 
 sponsors at the christening of a child. Inasmuch as it 
 was customary then for betrothed couples to be 
 selected as sponsors at the christening of children of 
 their friends, and since neither Zahnmeister nor 
 Zahneis occurs elsewhere in the records it seems prob- 
 able that the parties in both cases are the same. The 
 probability that both forms are misspellings of the 
 name Zahneisen is increased to a practical certainty by 
 the fact that both entries are made in French hand- 
 
ORIGIN OF THE FAMILY 25 
 
 writing. When one remembers the dilificulties of 
 modern American officials with the spelling of foreign 
 names, it is very easy to see how a French scribe 
 could make the errors. At Ilbesheim the Clemens 
 family still resides. It seems highly probable, there- 
 fore, that Valentine was one of the Zahneisens at 
 Moersheim and that Juliana's home was at Ilbesheim. 
 At the latter place they were married and then took 
 up their residence at Moersheim. The suggestion that 
 the original form of the name was Zahnmeister which 
 was transformed into Zahneisen is rendered untenable 
 by the fact that the former name is nowhere else 
 found while the latter appears frequently in the Moer- 
 sheim records prior to 1743. 
 
 The name Zahneisen (or Zahneissen by an older 
 spelling) means "Tooth-iron", that is, an iron instru- 
 ment for use on the teeth such as forceps or other tools 
 of the dentist. Zahniser is an American transforma- 
 tion and of course meaningless. 
 
26 THE ZAHNISERS 
 
 The present Zahneisen family in Germany con- 
 sists of only about a dozen persons. Valentin Zahnei- 
 sen, the leading member of the family, is a retired 
 master-baker and resides at Moersheim. He has two 
 sisters, Elizabeth and Barbara and each of them has 
 one child. He also has one brother, Konrad, living 
 in Billigsheim who has three children. There is also 
 a cousin of Valentin, Michael, living in Billigsheim, 
 and Valentin himself has one daughter, married and 
 two sons, one of them married and living in Landau. 
 From this it is evident that the prospects for the con- 
 tinuation of the name in the Fatherland are not very 
 bright. The family is said to be one of the most pros- 
 perous and respected in the community. Valentin is 
 himself a genial character and now lives a life of com- 
 parative leisure. His picture occurs elsewhere in this 
 volume. 
 
 One fact of considerable interest lately discovered 
 is that another member of the family likewise named 
 
ORIGIN OF THE FAMILY 27 
 
 Valentin and an uncle of the Valentin now living in 
 Moersheim emigrated to America in 1805. This is 
 the party mentioned in the letter from Valentin 
 Zahniesen quoted in the Introduction and whom he 
 apparently mistook for our ancestor. This man was 
 twenty to twenty-five years old when he emigrated, 
 and was unmarried. Nothing is known as to where 
 he located or whether he afterwards married and left 
 descendants. In case he did so, it is scarcely likely 
 that his name would take the same form in anglicising 
 as ours. From this reason the task of locating this 
 branch of the family seems well nigh hopeless. 
 
 Of the Clemens family from which our maternal 
 ancestor came, but little is known. The family is of 
 Swiss origin however, and the fact that Juliana was 
 a member of the Reformed Church along with the 
 other fact that Landau lies on the route from Switzer- 
 land, the cradle of Calvinism to Heidelberg, its centre 
 in Germany, suggests that the family may have been 
 
28 THE ZAHNISER'S 
 
 one of those that migrated for conscience sake. In 
 the days of religious bigotry, it frequently happened 
 that those who were unwilling to sacrifice their religious 
 convictions found safety in moving to another coun- 
 try. Such seems a probable explanation of the settle- 
 ment of the Clemens family in Ilbesheim. The 
 Zahneisens now living in Germany are all Lutherans, 
 there being no other Protestant churches in the villages 
 where they reside. 
 
 This much, then, we know of the origin of the 
 Zahnisers. Their ancestors came from one of the 
 choicest parts of Europe and out of that upper middle 
 class which is everywhere the most stable element in 
 society. The sturdy Teutonic stock which gave to 
 the world a Luther and a Melangthan, and the free 
 Swiss blood that stirred in a William Tell, united to 
 produce the Zahnisers. 
 
THE SETTLEMENT IN AMERICA. 
 
CHAPTER II. 
 
 It often happens that the things we undertake 
 for our betterment bring us rather disaster. The sea- 
 voyage on which Valentine Zahneisen entered for the 
 improvement of his health, proved a long and rough 
 one and before it ended both Valentine and his young- 
 er son died and were buried at sea. Juliana and her 
 older son, now four years old, landed in Philadelphia 
 probably in the Fall of 1753. A widow with a small 
 child, alone in a strange land among people of strange 
 customs and a strange language, it is no wonder that 
 Juliana was homesick and discouraged. She often 
 declared that if she could have walked back to Ger- 
 many she would have returned at once. The hard- 
 ships and dangers of her first voyage that had cost her 
 
32 THE ZAHNISER6 
 
 the death of a husband and a son, however, deterred 
 
 her from undertaking another. 
 
 It seems that she was not without a fair supply 
 of money and by this means she succeeded in reaching 
 a German settlement in Lancaster County where she 
 seems to have had friends and which probably had 
 been Valentine's destination when they left Germany. 
 Here she resided till 1790. Some time during that 
 period she married a certain Henry Stout but was again 
 left a widow. There were no children by this mar- 
 riage. 
 
 Juliana's son, who landed with her in Philadel- 
 phia, was named Matthias. As he grew to manhood 
 in Lancaster County, he learned the carpenter's trade. 
 About the year 1774 he married Mary Lint, daughter 
 of Michael Lint, with whom he lived in Lancaster till 
 1790. During his residence in Lancaster, his sons 
 Matthias (2), Michael, John, Valentine and William 
 were born. 
 
THE SETTLEMENT IN AMERICA 33 
 
 The Revolutionary War occured during this 
 period and the Zahneisens, or Zahnisers as they now 
 came to be called, were not without a share in its hard- 
 ships. Matthias' mother spun flax and carried 
 the cloth to Philadelphia where she received for 
 it $36 in Continental Currency. - Shortly afterwards 
 this money was repudiated, but she still preserved her 
 
 hard-earned savings and most of it is still in the family, 
 valued by those who possess it far above what it was 
 originally worth. Matthias had some $600 of this 
 money at the time of his death. Matthias was a 
 soldier in the Revolutionary War, but we do not know 
 in what organization or for how long a period. This 
 residence in Lancaster County is the most baffling 
 period in the Family history. There are no other 
 sources, apparently, than the traditions handed down 
 from Matthias and his mother. These, however, are 
 probably very reliable since other traditions received 
 
34 THE ZAHNISERS 
 
 in the same way and later compared with other sources, 
 
 have invariably been found correct. 
 
 In 1790, Matthias moved with his family, includ- 
 ing his mother, to Allegheny County and settled on a 
 farm, though Matthias himself still worked at his trade 
 and left the bulk of the farming to be done by the 
 boys. In 1796 he sold this farm to Frederick Stoner 
 by whose grandson, Whitmore Stoner, it is now oc- 
 cupied. The farm lies in Penn Township east of 
 Pittsburg and south of the Allegheny river and about 
 one and a half miles south-west of the old town of 
 Unity. The Mount Hope Cemetery is on the farm 
 and a few rods west of it is the old stone house in 
 which Matthias probably lived. The western end of the 
 structure carries a stone tablet stating that it was built 
 in 1812, but the eastern part is the original dwelling 
 and is very much older. The older part is virtually a 
 three-storied affair and built directly over a large 
 spring. The first story was used as a cellar and milk- 
 
THE SETTLEMENT IN AMERICA 35 
 
 house and the upper stories as a dwelling. The sur- 
 face of the ground is rough, steep and full of rocks, 
 in marked contrast to that found in Mercer County 
 where the family next located. During Matthias' 
 residence here, his sons Jacob and David and his 
 daughter Mary were born. 
 
 At the time when Matthias sold his farm in Alle- 
 gheny County, the section of the state north of the 
 Ohio and west of the Allegheny river had just been 
 opened for settlement. The land had been purchased 
 from the Indians in 1789 but they refused to vacate 
 till General Wayne in the decisive battle of Fallen 
 Timbers in 1794, convinced them that contracts are 
 made to be kept and that the land was no longer theirs. 
 The Indians now lowered their wigwams and silently 
 retired westward, leaving the region open for white 
 settlers. The Legislature had in the meanwhile ar- 
 ranged to sell the land. Settlers were required to clear, 
 fence and cultivate at least two acres for every hundred 
 
36 THE ZAHNISERIS ; 
 
 they desired to purchase and to build a house in which i 
 
 they were to reside or cause others to reside for a i 
 
 period of five years. At the end of that time they i 
 
 were permitted to purchase the land at the rate of $20 : 
 
 for each hundred acres. The first man to settle in \ 
 
 Mercer County in accordance with this arrangement \ 
 
 was Benjamin Stokely who located three miles north- ; 
 
 i 
 east of the present town of Mercer. This is the only | 
 
 white family definitely known to have been in the ! 
 
 County when the Zahnisers came, though it is possible I 
 
 that the Roberts family was already located in Sugar \ 
 
 Grove Township. 
 
 Mercer County lies within the region formerly ; 
 covered with glacial ice. Ages ago, great glaciers ; 
 hundreds of feet deep and many miles wide crept down ! 
 over the entire region. By this agency the hills were ' 
 cut down and the valleys filled with debris. The re- 
 sult is that there are no abrupt hills and few places 
 where the rock is exposed. The surface is gently 
 
Katk M. Zahniskr, 
 
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 Rev. Charles Rked Zahniser, 
 
 PAGE 138 
 
 Jacob Zahniser and Wife 
 
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THE SETTLEMENT IN AMERICA 37 
 
 rolling and covered with glacial drift in some places 
 more than a hundred feet deep. This drift is com- 
 posed of various substances and contains many bould- 
 ers and smaller stones locally known as "Nigger-heads" 
 which have been carried here by the glaciers from 
 regions farther north, and with which the young 
 Zahnisers became acquainted in their first efforts at 
 plowing, though often to the woe of shins and ribs. 
 The soil produced by the glacial drift is fertile and the 
 early settlers found it covered with forests of very large 
 trees, mostly poplar, chestnut and oak. 
 
 When Matthias Zahniser sold his farm in Alle- 
 gheny County in 1796, he and his three oldest sons 
 sought out a new location in the territory just opened. 
 Going on the theory that the land which produced 
 the larges trees would produce the best crops, he 
 selected a place in what is now Lake Township, eight 
 miles north-east of Mercer. Here they built a cabin, 
 cleared five acres of land and planted an orchard. The 
 
38 THE ZAHNISERS 
 
 place selected was some eighty rods north of the loca- 
 tion now occupied by the home of J. Ira Zahniser. A 
 portion of the old orchard is still standing. 
 
 With the coming of Winter, Matthias returned to 
 Allegheny County but the three sons remained in the 
 Wilderness with a few head of cattle which they fed 
 chiefly on browse. Doubtless they would have re- 
 turned with their father had it not been for the danger 
 of thereby losing their claim to the land. By an un- 
 written law, universally observed among the settlers, 
 if a claim was left without a person on it and without 
 a fire in the cabin, it was considered abandoned and a 
 new settlement could be made on it by any person 
 who might choose to enter the vacant cabin. 
 
 When the Spring of 1797 opened, Matthias 
 moved the remainder of his family from Allegheny 
 County and settled on a tract immediately east of that 
 which had been occupied during the preceding Summer 
 and which now passed into the hands of his son 
 
THE SETTLEMENT IN AMERICA 39 
 
 Michael. The oldest son, Matthias (2), settled the 
 tract immediately south of his father's and John settled 
 the one east of Matthias (2). Each of these tracts 
 contained upwards of two hundred acres and was ob- 
 tained in accordance with the settlement statute ex- 
 plained above. Much of this land is still occupied 
 by descendants of Matthias, scores of whom live in the 
 surrounding community. 
 
THE OLD HOMESTEAD. 
 
CHAPTER III. 
 
 The place where Matthias Zahniser settled with 
 his family in 1 797 is located on the Mercer and Stone- 
 boro road a half-mile south of the Bethany Church and 
 is now owned by W. W. Park. The house stood by 
 the roadside a hundred feet or so south of the present 
 dwelling. A few rods back of the house was a spring 
 over which a good-sized spring-house was built, the 
 upper story of which was used by Matthias as a car- 
 penter shop. The house was large and built of 
 smoothly hewn logs with closely notched and dove- 
 tailed corners. It was a two-story structure, the 
 second floor of which was little more than a loft and 
 was used by the younger members of the family as 
 sleeping quarters. There was but one room on the 
 
44 THE ZAHNISERS 
 
 first floor, the door opening in the centre of the south 
 side. From the uncovered joists overhead, hung 
 smoked sausages, dried beef, seed corn and dried fruits 
 and vegetables of various kinds. At the eastern end 
 was a huge stone chimney with the usual open fire- 
 place. Adjoining the western end of the house was a 
 smaller addition which they called the "stove room" 
 from the fact that it contained a real stove, a rare 
 thing in the community then. This stove was a huge 
 ten-lid affair and the pride of the home for many years, 
 hi thise stove-room Matthias and Mary spent most of 
 their time during the later years of their lives and it 
 was here their grand children loved to visit them, al- 
 ways sure of some simple present, very often of nuts. 
 On a table in this room lay the old German Bible that 
 Juliana had brought from Germany and that is still 
 preserved, being at present the property of M. M. 
 Zahniser of Stoneboro. Here were also the other big 
 German books at which the little grandsons looked 
 
Ranch of Matthias Zahxiser 
 
 PAGE lOI 
 
THE OLD HOMESTEAD 45 
 
 with wonder and awe. Just north of the house were 
 the peach, cherry and apple trees and the currant 
 bushes all red in autumn v/ith their luscious fruit. 
 South of the house was the garden, and west of the 
 spring-house was the big apple tree which bore an 
 abundance of little apples just suited to the taste of 
 the little grandsons. 
 
 The state of society in this region then, was re- 
 freshingly simple. Most of the families were large 
 and the people were notable for their longevity. Habits 
 were usually such as conduce to good health. There 
 was none of the frenzied rush after sudden wealth that 
 is sapping so much of the strength and manhood of 
 later generations. Content with nature's wants 
 supplied and the few luxuries the times could alTord, 
 the pioneers lived together in genuine friendship and 
 equality and resulting joy. All strove to promote one 
 another's interests. The log-rolling, the husking, the 
 cabin-raising, were times of real enjoyment when to 
 
46 THE ZAHNISERIS 
 
 the pleasures of social intercourse was added the joy 
 of doing' another a service. Castes were unknown. 
 Common hardships and common needs stirred a com- 
 munity of feeling and interest. The milk of human 
 kindness flowed free. It is doubtful whether modern 
 life with all its advantages, atfords the real happiness 
 enjoyed in those days or conduces more to the develop- 
 ment of clean worthy character. 
 
 Full of the spirit of their times, the people who 
 dwelt in the Old Homestead were its chief attraction. 
 Here was Juliana the wife of the original Valentine, 
 who lived with her son Matthias after the death of her 
 second husband, Henry Stout, till her own death in 
 1801 at the age of 84. Her life had been one of many 
 troubles and sorrows. To all the trials of frontier life 
 in a land where even the language was strange, had 
 been added the early death of two husbands and one 
 of her two sons. Her early years in Lancaster County 
 must have been ones of many sorrows which a kindly 
 
THE OLD HOMESTEAD 47 
 
 darkness hides from our view. During her last year 
 of life, she was almost helpless as a result of a stroke 
 of paralysis. Yet through all her troubles, she was 
 characterized by sturdy fortitude and Christian 
 resignation. She was a woman of deep piety and a 
 consistent member of the Reformed Church. In her 
 declining years when deprived of the public means of 
 grace, she spent much time in reading her old Ger- 
 man Bible and in prayer so that her presence seemed 
 to sanctify the home her son was establishing and her 
 life has become a benediction on her numerous descen- 
 dants. 
 
 The early years of the nineteenth century were 
 ones of great happiness for Matthias and Mary Lint. 
 After years of toil and privation, they were now 
 possessed of a competence and able to live in com- 
 parative leisure. He still worked somewhat at his 
 trade, but the heavier labor of the farm was taken by 
 his sons. Both he and his wife had enjoyed some 
 
^ THE ZAHNISERS 
 
 education in German and derived much delight from 
 their few German volumes, especially from the old 
 Bible. Both were devoutly religious and members of 
 the German Reformed Church. After locating in 
 Mercer County where there was then no organization 
 of that denomination, they attended the Presbyterian 
 Church when opportunity was aiforded. One of the 
 marked features in the life of the Old Homestead, was 
 the regular family prayers always conducted in Ger- 
 man. Matthias would read a passage from the old 
 Bible and then, with the aid of a prayer-book, lead his 
 family to the throne of grace. It is such scenes as 
 this that explain the high moral principles and devo- 
 tion to duty that characterized his children. Matthias 
 himself was somewhat superstitious and a believer in 
 ghosts and witches as were most people of his day. 
 His chief characteristics were strict honesty and 
 straight-forwardness. He abhorred dishonesty and 
 deception of every kind and always spoke his thoughts 
 
THE OLD HOMESTEAD 49 
 
 very plainly — a characteristic which he has transmitted 
 to many of his descendants. 
 
 After a quarter of a century of this happy life in 
 their Mercer County home, came a few years of sor- 
 rows for Matthias and Mary Lint. In 1825 their only 
 daughter died, leaving four small children; in I826 the 
 Old Homestead was destroyed by fire and in 1827 
 Mary Lint was stricken with paralysis and never 
 walked again. By a strange coincidence, each of these 
 events occured on the 1 7th of March. After the Old 
 Homestead was destroyed, both Matthias and Mary 
 Lint seemed lost in the world. It was the home to 
 which they had looked forward in earlier life and into 
 which they had put their best years and their best ef- 
 forts. When it had been destroyed, it seemed that a 
 part of themselves was lost and no place was home. 
 In 1829 Mary Lint died at the age of 75. Matthias, 
 lonely and discontented, his mind weakened by the in- 
 firmities of age, lingered on till April 28, 1833, when 
 
50 THE ZAHNISERS 
 
 he died after one day's sickness, aged 84. He was 
 buried near his wife and his mother in the old Zahniser 
 Graveyard in Jackson Township. 
 
 Such lives as these are an inspiration to honest and 
 simple living. The places these people were called 
 to fill in the world were not large, but they were filled 
 exceeding full. Their numerous descendants will do 
 themselves honor to emulate the industry, charity and 
 fidelity to right of those whose presence adorned the 
 Old Homestead. 
 
THE THIRD GENERATION. 
 
CHAPTER IV. 
 
 Matthias and Mary Lint Zahniser were the par- 
 ents of thirteen children, eight of whom grew to 
 maturity and seven of whom left descendants. 
 Matthias (2), Michael, John, Valentine and William 
 were horn in Lancaster County; Jacob, David and 
 Mary, in Allegheny County, and Adam, who died in 
 infancy, in Mercer County. In addition to these, 
 there was a daughter Susan who died at the age of 
 three years, and a son Jacob and two others who died 
 in infancy, but the dates and places of their births and 
 deaths are unknown. 
 
 Matthias (2), the oldest son of Matthias (1) 
 and Mary Lint, was born in 1775. When a boy of 
 
54 THE ZAHNISERS ' 
 
 fourteen, he was afflicted with white swelling and ! 
 underwent an operation by which a section of bone ] 
 six inches long was removed from his leg, effecting a 
 complete cure. In 1 795 he worked with the surveyors 
 who were opening up the new territory west of the 
 Allegheny River. It is probable that what he saw 
 of the land then led his father to sell in Allegheny 
 County and seek a location in the new territory. In 
 1797 he settled the tract of land immediately south 
 of his father's, his cabin being erected near the present 
 residence of Jacob M. Zahniser in Jackson Township. 
 In 1800 he married Dorothy Fry, daughter of John 
 M. Fry. In 1807 he sold his farm to Gabriel Car- 
 penter and removed to Jefferson Township where he 
 bought and improved two hundred acres of land on 
 which he resided till his death in l85o. His descend- 
 ants have become the largest branch of the family, the 
 most of them still residing in the community where he 
 located at that time. His wife, Dorothy Fry, was 
 
THE THIRD GENERATION 55 
 
 born in Westmoreland County in 1783, but at the time 
 of her marriage was residing in Coolspring Town- 
 ship. In her later life, she remained peculiarly at- 
 tached to the customs and fashions of the time of her 
 girlhood. Her death occurred in 1875. Both she and 
 her husband were people of devout religious life. For 
 some years they were members of the First Presby- 
 terian Church in Mercer from which they transferred 
 their membership to the Unity Presbyterian Church 
 where he became an elder. In later life they united 
 with the Methodist Church at Charleston where they 
 were faithful and honored members till their death. 
 They were the parents of eleven children, the records 
 of whom will be found in a succeeding chapter. 
 
 Michael, the second son of Matthias ( 1 ) and 
 Mary Lint, was born September 20, 1 717. When the 
 family settled in Mercer County, he took the tract on 
 which he with his father and brothers had located the 
 preceding year. In the Fall of 1802 or 1803, he went 
 
56 THE ZAHNISERS 
 
 to Lancaster County where he spent the Winter with 
 his mothers' relatives. In the Spring he returned and 
 continued to improve his farm. On April 29, 1 806, 
 he married Mary Mourer and the remainder of their 
 lives were spent on the land on which he had first 
 settled and which has never since passed out of the 
 family. He never engaged in any other business than 
 that of his farm. By industry and economy, he was 
 so successful that he was able to start each of his 
 sons in life with two hundred acres of land. His 
 education was rather limited and entirely in German. 
 During the War of 1812 he served his country in two 
 enlistments, being located each time at Erie. About 
 the year 18 19 he united with the Coolspring Presby- 
 terian Church of which he was a prominent member 
 till his death, being selected for the eldership a number 
 of times but always declining to serve. He was a man 
 of robust health till l85o when he suffered an attack 
 of pleurisy from which he never fully recovered. In 
 
THE THIRD GENERATION 57 
 
 April, 1852, he was stricken with paralysis and died 
 as a result of a second stroke in June following. Mary 
 Mourer, his wife, was born near Hagerstown, Mary- 
 land, June 16, 1784. Most of her youth was spent 
 in Franklin County, Pa. In 1804 she came with her 
 father's family to Mercer where she resided till her 
 marriage. She v/as a woman of robust health, having 
 reached the age of 92 when her death occurred Nov- 
 ember 8, 1876. She was a member of the Presby- 
 terion Church and along with her husband enjoyed the 
 confidence and esteem of all who knew them. The 
 records of their six children occur elsewhere in this 
 volume. 
 
 John, the third son of Matthias (1) and Mary 
 Lint, was born in 1779 and died in Mercer County in 
 1 800. Little is knov/n of his life in addition to what 
 has already been narrated. He was buried on the 
 tract of land he had settled immediately east of that 
 of his brother Matthias, being the first person buried in 
 
58 THE ZAHNISERS 
 
 what has come to be known as "The Old Zahniser 
 Graveyard." Here were buried also his grandmother, 
 his father, mother, most of his brothers and many 
 other members of the family from later generations. 
 About 1890 a monument was erected here in memory 
 of the ancestors of the family. 
 
 Valentine, another son of Matthias (1) and 
 Mary Lint, was born in 1782. He received a slight 
 education and resided with his parents till the death 
 of his brother John in 1800 when he completed the 
 settlement begun by his brother and obtained the 
 property. Here he spent the remainder of his life. 
 In June, 1806, he married Elizabeth White, daughter 
 of John White. She was born in Fayette County and 
 came to Mercer County in 1803. She became the 
 mother of nine children, the records of whom occur 
 elsewhere in this volume. Valentine was an in- 
 dustrious and fairly successful farmer. He took an 
 active interest in politics, being a Democrat till the or- 
 
THE THIRD GENERATION 59 
 
 ganization of the Republican party when he united 
 with it. His death occurred March 22, 1866, preceded 
 by that of his wife who died March 17, 1856. 
 
 William, son of Matthias (l) and Mary Lint, 
 was born 1789 in Lancaster County. In his early life 
 he received sufficient education to become a school 
 teacher in which profession he continued successfully 
 for several years, working on the farm during the 
 summer and teaching in the winter. During the War 
 of 1812, he was a soldier in the American army in 
 which he was a lieutenant, his division being located 
 at Erie, Pa. Among the heirlooms of the family is a 
 walking stick, the head of which is composed of wood 
 taken from Commodore Perry's famous ship 'The 
 Lawrence" and which William brought with him when 
 he returned from the war. This relic is now in the 
 possession of Samuel S. Zahniser. In 1814 he mar- 
 ried Eleanor Stotler who like himself had been born 
 in Lancaster County but had removed with her parents 
 
6o THE ZAHNISERS 
 
 in early childhood to Allegheny County where they 
 settled in the community in which the Zahnisers were 
 then living, and where many descendants of her family 
 still reside. Until about 1823 William and his wife 
 resided with his parents on the Old Homestead. He 
 then settled a tract of land a mile southwest of his 
 father's where he resided till his death. This property 
 then passed into the hands of his son Michael and is 
 now the home of George W. Harrison. 
 
 Jacob, son of Matthias ( l ) and Mary Lint, was 
 born October 23, 1792. He received a fair common- 
 school education and learned the blacksmith's trade 
 at which he worked a few years along with his brother 
 David. In I8l5 he became a clerk in the store of 
 G. & A. Wright in Mercer, afterwards holding a similar 
 position in Vernon, Ohio. In 1820, he returned to 
 Mercer and opened a store of his own where he con- 
 tinued till his death which occured January 22, 1852. 
 He was married December 3, l8l6, to Catherine 
 
THE THIRD GENERATION 6i 
 
 Wright and was the father of six children whose 
 records occur in a succeeding chapter. His wife was 
 born in Shippensburg, Pa., June 25, 1789, and died 
 April 2, 1861, at Clarion, Pa., where she had gone to 
 reside with her daughter, Margaret, wife of Rev. James 
 Montgomery. By honest and straight-forward deal- 
 ing, Jacob secured the confidence of the public and 
 was successful in business. He was a member of the 
 First Presbyterian Church of Mercer in which he was 
 for years an elder and superintendent of the Sunday 
 School. A man of clean and noble life, he enjoyed 
 the respect of all who knew him. 
 
 David, son of Matthias ( l ) and Mary Lint, was 
 born April 19, 1795. When sixteen years of age he 
 went to Franklin County where he learned the black- 
 smiths' trade. In 1 81 5, he returned and opened a shop 
 on his father's farm where he continued till 1818 when 
 he moved to Mercer. In 18 19 he bought a hundred 
 acres of woodland from his father and built a home 
 
62 THE ZAHNISER'S 
 
 and a shop a few rods south of the Bethany Church 
 where the house in which David, son of Michael, spent 
 his last years now stands. In 1821 he sold this prop- | 
 erty to his brother William and removed to his father's 
 farm which he afterwards inherited, and where he lived 
 till 1854 when he sold it to W. W. Pool and bought ' 
 the farm now owned by his son, D. R. P. Zahniser. j 
 
 At this place he farmed and kept a tavern till his death, i 
 
 I 
 October 14, 1874. David was twice married. His ) 
 
 first wife was Anna Coulson whom he married March ' 
 
 1 
 
 18, I8l8 and who became the mother of nine children ; 
 whose records occur elsewhere in this volume. She 
 
 died June 20, 1850, and in 1852 he married Catherine ' 
 
 I 
 
 Thompson who died in 1855. He was a member of 
 
 the Presbyterian Church till 1 845 when he transferred i 
 
 his membership to the Cumberland Presbyterian ! 
 
 Church. ' 
 
 Mary, the only daughter of Matthias (1) and 
 Mary Lint who grew to maturity, was born in 1797, 
 
THE THIRD GENERATION 63 
 
 just a short time before the family moved to Mercer 
 County. She was married April 1, 1817 to Joshua 
 McCracken with whom she lived on a farm near New 
 Vernon till her death, March 17, 1825. She was the 
 mother of four children whose records appear else- 
 where in this history. In her earlier life she had been 
 the pet of the household at the old home and the 
 cherished friend of her little nephews who even as old 
 men, never tired of recounting the graces of "Aunt 
 Polly." 
 
 The following incidents will illustrate the condi- 
 tions of life in those early times : 
 
 During the winter of 1796-97, the two sons of 
 Matthias ( 1 ) who were staying in the cabin built the 
 preceding summer worked in the timber during the 
 day, leaving a fire in the cabin to hold their claim. 
 One evening they returned to find that the cabin had 
 taken fire and been entirely consumed, even their coats 
 
64 THE ZAHNISERlS 
 
 being burned and leaving them nothing but their axes 
 and guns which they had with them. There were no 
 neighbors and night was coming on. Under the cir- 
 cumstances there was but one thing to do so, shoulder- 
 ing their guns they set out for Allegheny County and 
 walked the entire distance to their father's home, 
 some seventy miles. Gathering a new set of supplies 
 they soon returned to their claim and built a new cabin, 
 of course camping out despite the winter weather till 
 their new home was completed. 
 
 At another time during the same winter when a 
 heavy storm was raging, an Indian walked into their 
 cabin. He had lost his way and the customs of both 
 Indians and frontiersmen entitled him to their pro- 
 tection and care till the weather should clear so that 
 he could see the North Star which was to be his guide 
 in finding his way home. As long as he was their 
 guest they were perfectly safe, even though he might 
 come from a tribe intensely hostile. There was never 
 
THE THIRD GENERATION 65 
 
 any trouble in the region with hostile Indians, how- 
 ever, after the time when the Zahnisers settled. 
 
 One of the hunting stories the men of that genera- 
 tion were fond of telling recounts how William killed 
 a bear. This occurred when he was yet a lad not full 
 grown. With another boy and a small dog he was in 
 the timber some distance from his home when they 
 accosted a bear. The other boy was dispatched for 
 a gun while young William and the dog engaged to 
 hold the bear's attention till he should return. This 
 bruin seems not to have appreciated, the nipping and 
 yelping of the dog especially aggravating him. The 
 bear would rush at the dog with wide open mouth 
 and the latter was having a hard time keeping out of 
 the way. At length William became alarmed for the 
 dog and siezing his walking stick, his only weapon 
 he deftly thrust it down the throat of the open-mouth- 
 ed bear and managed in this way to kill it. When the 
 other boy returned he was surprised to find bruin al- 
 
66 THE ZAHNISERS 
 
 ready death with the tell-tale stick protruding from his 
 mouth. William afterwards became quite a Nimrod, 
 at one time shooting a deer through the head in total 
 darkness and when he had nothing to guide his aim 
 but the animal's movements in the bushes, but among 
 all their exploits there was no deed of prowess or 
 hunting skill of which the family was so proud as 
 that of William killing the bear. 
 
 On one occasion, Michael was aroused at night by 
 the sound of his pigs squealing in their pen. Gonig 
 out to investigate, he found a huge bear helping him- 
 self to a mess of young pork. The bear was frightened 
 away and in the morning was tracked to where he had 
 taken refuge in a hollow tree. As soon as the ax 
 was applied to the tree, bruin came out to give battle 
 but a bullet settled the controversy before he was en- 
 tirely out of his hole. Farmers in those days were 
 often robbed of their pork in this manner though they 
 were not always able to secure bear-steak instead. 
 
 ) 
 
THE THIRD GENERATION 67 
 
 At another time, Michael's wife reached into a 
 hollow log for eggs from a hen's nest. Something bit 
 her which she took to be a setting hen but which she 
 soon found was a rattle snake which had eaten the 
 eggs. There was no physician within many miles so, 
 in lack of other help, an old Indian squaw living in 
 the neighborhood was sent for who came and sucked 
 the poison from the wound. The treatment proved 
 entirely successful and, as the squaw did not swallow 
 any of the poison it did her no injury. Probably none 
 of Mary's descendants would care to take the part of 
 the squaw in similar treatment, yet if the squaw had 
 not done so, it is probable that none of those descend- 
 ants would ever have been born. 
 
 Small game of all kinds was abundant and con- 
 stituted a large element in the regular food supply. It 
 was an ordinary thing for the women of that genera- 
 tion to send one of the boys out in the morning with 
 his rifle to shoe half a dozen grey squirrels for break- 
 
68 THE ZAHNISERS 
 
 fast. Salt was very precious as what they obtained 
 had to be carried on horseback from Erie or Pitts- 
 burg. Cane-sugar was rare, but each farmer had a 
 maple sugar grove in which a supply was make every 
 spring for the ensuing year. Tropical fruits were not 
 to be thought of. Rice was one of the luxuries of the 
 time, but so expensive that when a mother cooked a 
 mess of it for a family of six or eight, it was customary 
 to mould it in a tea-cup. To people accustomed to 
 all the conveniences of modern life, such conditions 
 seem almost beyond endurance. Yet it is noticeable 
 that the longest lived generation in the family was 
 composed of the children raised in these homes. Out- 
 door life with an abundance of hard work but very 
 little of either worry or hurry, these are the things 
 that make possible a ripe old age and these were the 
 things that characterized the lives of the children of 
 Matthias and Mary Lint. 
 
WlI.IJAM Z vHNISl K 
 
 I'AGK 170 
 
 Rev. Gi o W Zahnisfr 
 
 PAGI-. 171 
 
 Charles M. Zahniser 
 
 PAGE 17^ 
 
 MiCHAEr, Zahniser 
 
 PAGB 172 
 
SOCIAL POSITION AND CHARACTERISTICS 
 OF THE FAMILY. 
 
CHAPTER V. 
 One of the most difficult tasks of the historian is 
 to so combine a mass of facts as to make a correct 
 composite picture. Patient research and the use of 
 good judgment in adjusting incomplete and, some- 
 times, contradictory sources will ordinarily suffice for 
 securing a reliable description of an individual or a 
 narrative of his life, but to combine a number of such 
 results so as to give a correct idea of a period or a 
 proper conception of a group, requires the use of a 
 historical imagination and a delicacy of judgment that 
 are hard to command. Nowhere is this difficulty more 
 pronounced than in the work of him who writes the 
 history of a family. It is comparatively easy to 
 describe the personal appearance of some particular 
 
72 THE ZAHNISERS 
 
 Zahniser and tell what position he held in life, but to 
 name the distinctive characteristics of a typical Zahn- 
 iser and to give to the entire family it's proper place 
 in society, is a task vastly more ditficult. Yet with- 
 out such a composite picture, this history would be 
 incomplete. No single reader will be interested in 
 the records of all the individuals whose names appear 
 in the latter part of this volume, but nearly everyone 
 is interested in the things about the family as a whole, 
 which this chapter will attempt to describe. The 
 substance of what follows is based on the records to 
 be found in this volume and on what has been obtained 
 by personal contact and conversation with large num- 
 bers of the family. 
 
 In the choice of occupations, the Zahnisers have 
 always shown a preference for agriculture. Many 
 have learned various trades, but they were usually such 
 as could be carried on in the country and in connec- 
 tion with farming. We have always been and still 
 
SOCIAL POSITION, ETC. 73 
 
 are a distinctively country folk who love to keep in 
 close contact with nature. Those who have entered 
 city life have uusually done so as business or pro- 
 fessional men. The family has contributed almost 
 nothing to the proletariat class which constitutes so 
 large and so perplexing an element in the cities and 
 larger towns. At the present time, the vast majority 
 of the family reside on their own farms. Of the 
 remainder the greater number have entered merchan- 
 tile pursuits, chiefly in country towns. Not less than 
 100 have at various times been connected with 
 grocery, dry-goods and similar stores, four have be- 
 come bankers, a few have become speculators and pro- 
 moters, several have been traveling salesmen and a 
 few have become hotel-keepers and real-estate brok- 
 rs. Among the trades, the preference has been given 
 to the building trades, carpentering especially and to 
 those of the blacksmith and the machinist. The 
 Zahnisers have always enjoyed a reputation of being 
 
74 THE ZAHNISERS 
 
 handy with tools. Most of the older men possessed 
 considerable mechanical skill and were able to turn a 
 deft hand to any kind of work on wood or iron that 
 might be needed on the farm. 
 
 hi the professions, the Zahnisers have shown a 
 special preference for teaching. From the third 
 generation downward, the family has been almost con- 
 stantly represented in the teacher's chair, scores of the 
 connection having spent more or less time in educa- 
 tional work. Of these some have risen to some 
 eminence among whom may be mentioned Rev. Geo. 
 W. Zahniser, Rev. Ira M. Condit and Prof M. E. Hess. 
 Until within the last few years, the ministry had re- 
 ceived only two men from the family, George W. 
 Zahniser (deceased) and Ira M. Condit, both of the 
 Presbyterian Church in which the latter has for many 
 years been a missionary among the Chinese. Of late 
 years a number of others have given their lives to this 
 work, among whom special mention should be made 
 
SOCIAL POSITION, ETC. 75 
 
 of the family of H. M. Zahniser, five of whose sons 
 are now preaching in the Free Methodist Church. 
 Others who have entered the sacred calling are, 
 Charles Reed Zahniser of the Cumberland Presbyter- 
 ian Church, William J. Snyder of the Presbyterian 
 Church and Walter R. Fruit of the Methodist Epis- 
 copal Church. In the practice of law, the family has 
 been represented by Frank J. Young (deceased), Wil- 
 liam P. Mcllwain and Howard A. Couse. Claude I. 
 Cannon and Lamont B. Smith are physicians. 
 
 The family has always been intensely patriotic. 
 The original Matthias took part in the Revolutionary 
 War and two of his sons in that of 1812. During 
 the Civil War, more than a score were in the Federal 
 Army. Of these a number were officers and others 
 were distinguished for bravery. The party affiliations 
 of the family have been chiefly divided between the 
 Republican and Democratic parties with a preponder- 
 ance in favor of the former party in the ration of about 
 
76 THE ZAHNISERS 
 
 two to one. A few have been affiliated with the 
 Prohibitionists. As a rule, the Zahnisers have been 
 rather strict party-men, but whenever one of their own 
 number has been a candidate, he has received prac- 
 tically the entire vote of the family. On one such 
 occasion when a Zahniser was the candidate of the 
 minority party and was elected largely through the 
 support of his relatives, it was remarked by an op- 
 ponent that 'There are three parties in this county 
 now, the Republicans, the Democrats and the Zahn- 
 isers!" There can scarce be a stronger evidence of 
 the clannishness of the family that is shown in the 
 way their faithfulness to one another has overcome 
 fidelity to political party. 
 
 The Zahnisers as a class have been devoted to 
 the church. All have been Protestants, and nearly 
 all aifiliated with Presbyterian and Methodist bodies, 
 prevailingly the former. Of those who were not 
 professing Christians, nearly all have been in sym- 
 
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SOCIAL POSITION, ETC. ^y 
 
 pathy with the church and fairly regular attendants. 
 Among- the Presbyterian bodies, about an equal num- 
 ber are to be found in the Northern and the Cumber- 
 land branches with a few in the United Presbyterian 
 church. The family has been especially active in 
 Sunday School work. 
 
 In general, it may be said that the Zahnisers are 
 included in the great middle class of society. None 
 of us have ever possessed great wealth, but none have 
 died in the poor house; none of us have became fa- 
 mous for our great worth, but none have become 
 notorious for our excelling baseness; none of us have 
 held high positions of trust in the nation, the army or 
 in commercial affairs, but none have been imprisoned 
 in penitentiary or work-house; none of us have im- 
 pressed the world with our surpassing wisdom or 
 genius, but among us illiteracy and idiocy have been 
 almost unknown. If Lincoln was right when he said, 
 "The Lord loves the common people, He must do so 
 
78 THE ZAHNISERS \ 
 
 i 
 
 or He would not have made so many," the Zahnisers | 
 
 I 
 
 can surely feel confident of a large share of Divine j 
 
 favor ! 5 
 
 1 
 
 The distinctive characteristics that mark a man j 
 
 as a Zahniser, are partly physical, partly mental. Both ] 
 
 are much more easily recognised than described, hi \ 
 
 physical appearance, there are two distinct types j 
 
 prominent in the family. Of these it is impossible • 
 
 to tell which is original. Probably one was contributed . 
 
 by an early maternal ancestor, either Juliana Clemens ] 
 
 or Mary Lint, but is it impossible to tell which type j 
 
 since we have no photographs or descriptions of any i 
 
 persons of the first two generations. Both types have \ 
 
 been persistent and are still quite prominent in the j 
 
 family despite the large infusion of other blood by 
 
 marriage. This persistence of the original types shows j 
 
 the remarkable vitality of the original stock. j 
 
 Of the two types mentioned, the more common j 
 
 one is of a tall, angular build of body well illustrated ; 
 
SOCIAL POSITION, ETC. 79 
 
 in the cases of David, son of Michael, John L., and 
 James, son of Valentine. Many of the men of this 
 type have measured six feet, some of them being of 
 almost giant build. They have usually been thin in 
 flesh and 'raw-boned, but of great strength and endur- 
 ance. Their hardihood was phenomenal, many of 
 them living to be more than four score years old and 
 yet, despite the fact that they exposed themselves to 
 all kinds of weather, never knowing a day of sick- 
 ness. The hair was prevailingly black and of luxuri- 
 ous growth, ofttimes keeping it's color till the ad- 
 vanced years of life. Baldness was exceptional. The 
 face was broad, the cheek bones prominent, the eye- 
 brows protruding, the nose large and straight, the 
 forehead broad but not above the average height, the 
 jaw and chin strong and firm, the temples hollow, 
 the beard coarse and dark, the eyes grey or brown, the 
 cheeks red, this color being often carired up to old 
 age. This type was the most common till the sixth 
 
8o THE ZAHNISERS 
 
 generation with which pronounced cases of it are much 
 more rare. 
 
 The other type is of a shorter, sturdier build, 
 though not corpulent, the bones are smaller and the 
 contour of the body is much more regular. This type 
 is to be seen in Andrew Jackson Zahniser, and Mrs. 
 Sarah (Zihniser) Ball. A resemblance to this type 
 is to be seen in Valentin Zahneisen of Moercheim, Ger- 
 many, which suggests that this was possibly the 
 original Zahniser type. Other features in which this 
 type differs from that described above are, fuller 
 cheeks, higher forehead and facial features less pro- 
 nounced. The general expression is more firm, not 
 quite so kindly, and the ruddy glow extends over more 
 of the face, hi other regards they resemble each 
 other. 
 
 In mental characteristics, the two types diifer in 
 that the first is more aggressive, more impulsive, the 
 second is more conservative, more phlegmatic. The 
 
SOCIAL POSITION, ETC. 8i 
 
 characteristics common to both are, a strong will and 
 firm adherance to a purpose which attempts to ride 
 over all obstacles, decided opinions which are readily 
 and emphatically expressed, a high sense of honor, 
 unswerving devotion to principle whether moral, 
 patriotic or religious, and a deep-seated loyalty to the 
 family that resembles the famed clannishness of the 
 Scotch. 
 
 Of course it is not to be contended for a moment 
 that the family has been without faults. Let it be 
 frankly confessed that some have in moments of 
 temptation done things for which it took years of 
 clean living to atone; others have become involved 
 in circumstances that have brought on both them- 
 selves and others trouble and loss; others have been 
 deficient in industry, in ambition, in self-control. In 
 some cases, the very virtues of the family have been 
 turned a-wrong so that firmness became contrariness 
 and frankness became harsh. Still the record of the 
 
82 THE ZAHNISERS 
 
 family as a whole has been remarkably good and the 
 examples of our ancestors we will do well to emulate. 
 No one need be ashamed he is a Zahniser. 
 
PART TWO. 
 
"The years between have taught some sweet, some 
 bitter lessons : none wiser than this, to spend in all things 
 else but of old friends to be most miserly." 
 
 Emerson. 
 
DESCENDANTS OF MATTHIAS. 
 
NOTE — In the following records, the names have 
 been grouped according to families. To each of the 
 Third Generation is given a chapter and to each of the 
 Fourth, a numbered section. The Fifth Generation is 
 indicated by the names being in heavy faced type, and 
 the Sixth by paragraphs. Thus in Chapter I, are the 
 descendants of Matthias (2). His children are indicated 
 as I John, 2 Matthias, 3 Michael, etc. The children of 
 I John, are indicated as Levina, Dorothy, Levi, etc. The 
 children of Levina, Anna, Fruit R., etc., are given a 
 paragraph each. Later generations are recorded in the 
 same paragraphs with their ancestors of the Sixth. In 
 cases where there are several of one generation without 
 descendants, they are grouped in a single paragraph, to 
 save space. Parantheses following names give dates of 
 birth and death. Following are the abbreviations used: 
 b — born, m — married, d — died. 
 
CHAPTER I. 
 
 (b. 1775, d. 1850) m. 1800 Dorothy Fry (b. 1783,(1. 1875). 
 
 I. JOHN (b. 1801, d. 1869) m. 1826, Mary A. Bernard (b. 
 1806, d. 1882). He was born in Jackson Town- 
 ship and moved with his father in 1807 to Jef- 
 ferson Township. At the time of his marraige he 
 settled a tract of 100 acres of land northwest of 
 Mt. Washington Cemetery, Jefferson Township, 
 where he resided till 1836 when he erected a new 
 home on another tract of 100 acres he had pur- 
 chased south of his former site. By honesty, in- 
 dustry and surpassing economy he was able to 
 distribute 600 acres of land among his children. 
 His integrity was respected by every one and in all 
 his life he was never party to a lawsuit. He and 
 his wife were devoted members of the Methodist 
 Church. In politics he was a Republican. Follow- 
 ing are his children: 
 
 Levina (b. 1827, d. 1892) m. 1864 Cornelius Shafer 
 (d. 1892) with whom she lived on a farm in 
 Jefferson Township, their deaths being sepa- 
 rated by only 10 days. Both were earnest 
 
88 THE ZAHNISERS 
 
 members of the Free Methodist Church. Her 
 children are : 
 
 Anna M. m. 1885 Rev. John D. Rhodes 
 of the Free Methodist Church. Resides at 
 Jefiferson, Ohio. She is the mother of the 
 following children : Oren L., Etta M., Le- 
 vina Belle, Henry E., Anna Blanche, Bessie, 
 Clyde, Vivien Albert. 
 
 Fruit R. (b. 1867) m. 1891 Blanche Wells, is 
 a teacher by profession and lives in Burling- 
 ton, Wash. His children are lona Belle, 
 Lewis Wells, Albert Curtis. 
 
 Albert M. who resides on the family homestead. 
 
 Lauretta (d. 1880). 
 
 Dorothy died in childhood. 
 
 Levi (b. 1832, d. 1867) m. 1861 Mary E. King (d. 
 1878). He was a farmer and resided near his 
 father's homestead. In politics he was a Re- 
 publican and he and his wife were members 
 of the Methodist Church. His children are: 
 
 Emma, a nurse with headquarters at Gowanda, 
 N. Y. 
 
 R. King (b. 1865) m. 1891 Mrs. Anna (Zahn- 
 iser) Forker (d. 1897), m. 1898 Josie E. 
 Wooster. He w-as educated in Allegheny 
 College and taught school for a number 
 of years. Later he located in Pittsburg and 
 
DESCENDANTS OF MATTHIAS 89 
 
 engaged in railroading. He now resides on 
 a small farm near Pitcairn, Pa., and is em- 
 ployed in the railroad offices of the P. R. 
 R. His children by his first marriage are: 
 Mary E., Robert R., Marion E. (d. 1896), 
 infant (d. 1897); by his second marriage: 
 Elsie J., Theodore V. 
 
 Elizabeth (b. 1834, d. 1898) m. 1858 Richard Fruit 
 (d. 1890). Mr. Fruit was a farmer and re- 
 sided in Jefferson Township, where he owned 
 800 acres of land. He was also an extensive 
 drover and operator of flouring and lumber 
 mills. He was a Republican and was appoint- 
 ed sheriff in 1874 to fill an unexpired term and 
 was elected for the succeeding term. After 
 his death his wife moved to Fredonia, Pa., 
 where she remained till her death. Both were 
 members of the Methodist Church. Their 
 children are : 
 
 Robert (b. i860) m. 1881 Lena Mattocks. Is 
 an agent and resides at Mercer, Pa. He 
 has three children, Nellie (d. 1901), Charley, 
 and Carl. 
 
 Ella M. (b. 1862, d. 1902) m. 1890 E. S. Cousins, 
 a carpenter. The following are her chil- 
 dren and reside with their father at Red- 
 lands, Cal. : Corrinna Clare, Chauncey B., 
 Elizabeth (d. 1902). 
 
90 
 
 THE ZAHNISER'S 
 
 Margaret INI., m. 1884 David W. Bastress, a 
 government employee with whom she re- 
 sides at Washington, D. C. 
 
 Caroline, a teacher in New Castle Public 
 Schools. 
 
 Jennie, m. 1895 Edward Rodgers. Resides near 
 Fredonia, Pa. 
 
 Walter (b. 1874) m. 1900 Mae S. Conant. He 
 has been graduated from Fredonia Institute, 
 Mount Union College and Boston Uni- 
 versity, and is a minister in the M. E. 
 Church located at Houghton, Mich. Is the 
 father of one child, Richard Conant. 
 
 Amos (b. 1837. d. 1906) m. 1861 Hannah Blackstone. 
 They began housekeeping in a log cabin on the 
 farm of 160 acres where they now live. They 
 soon discarded the cabin for a commodious 
 dwelling which they occupied till his death. He 
 was Republican and has held numerous town- 
 ship ofifices and along with his family was a 
 member of the Methodist Chuch. Six children 
 have been born in the home, of whom the eld- 
 est, Nannie A., died in childhood. The others 
 are : 
 
 John Elmer, who resides with his parents. 
 
 Lizzie M. (b. 1869) m. 1893 Victor L. Ealy, a 
 farmer residing near the old home. His 
 
DESCENDANTS OF MATTHIAS 91 
 
 children are, Floyd R., Randall and Wal- 
 lace Leroy. 
 
 Frank W. m. 1900 Anna Gertrude Anderson. 
 He is a farmer and resides in Coolspring 
 Township. His children are Edson R. and 
 Mary Helen. 
 
 T. Marvin, m. 1899 Effie Weller. He is a farmer 
 and resides near the old homestead. 
 
 Mont. R. m. 1899 Anna Dick. He is a farmer 
 and resides near the old homestead. Has 
 two children, Harold Findley and Kenneth 
 Clair. 
 
 John A. (b. 1838) m. 1865 Henrietta Inman. For 
 some years he lived on a farm in Jefferson 
 Township, which he sold and removed to 
 Grove City, where he now resides. He and 
 his wife are members of the Methodist 
 Church. His children are : 
 
 R. Maurice (b. 1866) m. 1893 Mina Knox. He 
 was educataed in Grove City College and 
 resides at Greenville, N. C, where he is 
 engaged as an advertizing designer. His 
 children are Chandler D. and Henrietta A. 
 
 R. Edwin (b. 18..) m. Anna Robach. Was 
 educated in Grove City College where he 
 graduated in 1891. For a number of years 
 he taught in the public schools. At present 
 
92 THE ZAHNISERS 
 
 he resides at Karns City, Pa., where he is 
 a bookkeeper. 
 
 Ernest R. m. 1902 Olive Baker. Was educated 
 in Grove City College and is a teacher in 
 the public schools of Karns City, Pa. His 
 one child is named Lois. 
 
 Mary A. (b. 1840) m. 1865 J. H. Moore (d. 1866), 
 m. 1868 John Christ (d. 1884), m. 1884 Ammon 
 Broadbent (d. 1895). Along with her first 
 husband, she located at Orangeville, Ohio, but 
 he died within a year of their marriage, leav- 
 ing one child, Etta, who also died in 1869. 
 She then married John Christ and lived on a 
 farm in Crawford County one year, when 
 they moved to a farm in East Lakawamack 
 Township. Four children resulted from this 
 marriage, the second of whom died in infancy; 
 the following are the other children : 
 
 Simeon E. resides with his mother on the farm 
 where his father lived. 
 
 Emma B. (b. 1873, d. 1895) i''"'- 1893 Claude 
 Cozad. 
 
 Ross H. m. 1895 Alice Garner. He is a farmer 
 and resides near the old homestead. His 
 children are Ruth and Le Roy. 
 
 John Christ had children also by a former mar- 
 riage with Sophrona Zahniser. Mary A.'s 
 third husband operated a woolen mill near 
 
DESCENDANTS OF MATTHIAS 93 
 
 Big Bend, Pa., where she resided till his 
 death when she returned to the Christ home- 
 stead, where she now lives with her son 
 Simeon. She is a member of the Methodist 
 Church. 
 
 Josiah (b. 1841) m. 1868 ]Mary J. Broadbent. By 
 occupation he is a farmer and resides on the 
 farm where he was born. He was educated 
 in the common schools and is a prominent and 
 influential man in the community where he 
 resides. He is a Republican and with his wife 
 is an active member of the Methodist Church. 
 Following are his children : 
 
 Ammon (b. 1869, d. 1903) m. 1893 Crissie R. 
 Home. He was a farmer and resided near 
 Transfer, Pa. He had one child, Donald 
 Leroy. 
 
 Willis H. (b. 1877) m. 1902 Maud Wooster. Is a 
 shovel maker and resides at Beaver Falls. 
 He has one child, Williard C. 
 
 Ella M., Ida J. and Charles Herbert at home. W. 
 Verne is a student in Grove City College. 
 
 II. MATTHIAS (b. 1804, d. 1882) m. Elizabeth 
 Jennings. He was a farmer and resided on the 
 farm in JefTerson Township, now occupied by his 
 son, Ephraim. Following are his children: 
 
94 THE ZAHNISERIS 
 
 Samuel (d. igo6) unmarried, resided with Ephraim 
 at the old home. 
 
 John (b. 1827, d. 1906) m. 1847 Anna Cozard (d. 
 I90'2). After a short residence at New Wil- 
 mington and Sharon he located on a farm 
 near Neshaunack where he remained 19 years. 
 In 1900 he moved to Charleston where he re- 
 sided till the death of his wife, since which 
 time he has lived among his children whose 
 records follow. 
 
 Mary Elizabeth (b. 1847) i^""- 1870 John A. 
 Stewart, a blacksmith, residing near 
 Charleston. Her children are Charles (b. 
 1871) and Edmond (b. 1876) and two others 
 who died in childhood. Charles was mar- 
 ried in 1895 to Rose McQuiston and Ed- 
 mund in 1899 to Ida Stewart. Both have 
 children, Earl, son of Charles, having the 
 distinction of being the first of the eighth 
 generation in America as his father's had 
 been of the seventh. Edmond's children are 
 Lawrence and Paul. Both Charles and Ed- 
 mond are blacksmiths and reside near their 
 boyhood home. 
 
 Albert P. (b. 1851, d. 1883) m. 1873 Lucinda 
 . McCallen. He was a farmer living in Hick- 
 ory Township. His oldest son is Frank, 
 who married (1900) Mabel Thompson and is 
 
DESCENDANTS OF MATTHIAS 95 
 
 a painter. The second is James Elmer who 
 married (1900) Edna Mealy and has one 
 child, Russel M. He is a machinist in 
 Akron, Ohio. The third son is Mont. S., a 
 carpenter. There are two daughters : Mar- 
 garet A., who married (1902) Ralph T. Fer- 
 guson and has one daughter, Dorothy Grace, 
 and Jennie E. who married (1897) William 
 Hassel and is the mother of four children: 
 Clarence L., Victor, William M. and Eva 
 G. (d 1905). 
 
 Olive (b. 1855) m. 1873 James Robins (d. 1876), 
 m. 1882 W. H. Linder. Resides near Sharon. 
 By her first marriaee she has two children: 
 Margaret, married Wm. Fry 1894 and re- 
 sides in Philadelphia ; she is the mother of 
 three children : Pearl Margaret, William 
 James and Earl Zahniser. Pearl, the sec- 
 ond daughter, married Wm. Murphy 1895, 
 and resides in Sharon. By her second mar- 
 riage Olive also has two children : Loi's mar- 
 ried M. L. Roberts in 1905, and Earl, at 
 home. 
 
 Mary A. (b. i8^7) m. 1877 T. W. McClain a 
 printer with whom she resides at Mercer. 
 She is the mother of the following children : 
 Alice C. (b. 1879) who married (1903) M. J. 
 Calderwood, a printer with whom she re- 
 sides at Mercer. ; Mary E., Sarah, Thomas, 
 
96 THE ZAHXISERIS 
 
 and Robert are still at home. Two others, 
 John Z. and Anna died in early life. 
 
 Louie, the youngest child of John, is a gradu- 
 ate nurse and practicing in Sharon, Pa. 
 
 Lucinda died young. 
 
 Matthias (4) died in young manhood. 
 
 William (b. 1830, d. 1894) m. 1870 Leah Bortz. Dur- 
 ing the Civil War he was a soldier (Co. D. 
 169 P. v.). Following are his children: 
 
 Mary E. (d. 1902) m. 1894 J. M. Burgess. 
 
 Robt. H. (b. 1874) a farmer residing on his 
 father's farm in Jefferson Township. 
 
 Sophrona, married 1867 John Christ, whose record 
 occurs along with that of his second wife, 
 Mary A. Zahniser. Saphrona was tl"^ mother 
 of three children : 
 
 Anna who married Geo. Anderson of Greenville, 
 and was the mother of two children, Goldie 
 and Edward. 
 
 Onie, married, lives in Sharon, and Edward 
 died in childhood. 
 
 Mary A. (b. 1839) m. 1857 Andrew J. Walker (b. 
 1835), a farmer with whom she resides near 
 Sharon. Ten children were born of whom one, 
 Elizabeth, died in girlhood. The others are: 
 
 Robert. 
 
DESCENDANTS OE MATTHIAS 97 
 
 Saphrona m, Joseph Shingledecker and reside's 
 near New Wilmington, Pa. Her children 
 are : Thomas, David, Mary, Russel, Wallace, 
 Joe, Levra. Two others, Harry and Lil- 
 lian, died in infancy. 
 
 George B. m. Amy Ripple. He is a farmer re- 
 siding near Lamott, la., and has one son, 
 John. 
 
 Sylvester m. Jane Ripple (d. 1901). He is a 
 farmer residing near Lamott, la., and has 
 four children : Clara, Lura, Jane and Amy. 
 
 Mary E. m. Frank Zimmerman and resides at 
 South Sharon. 
 
 Samuel M. m. Lydia Waddell. He is a farmer 
 living at Andrew, la., and has three chil- 
 dren, Robert, Levi and Dorothy. 
 
 Ella L. m. Sherman Spitler. She resides at 
 Struthers, Ohio, and has two children, 
 Hazel and Cecil. 
 
 Lillian m. William Doyle (d. 1905). She resides 
 at Sharon and is the mother of two children, 
 Doris and Mildred. 
 
 Andrew J. m. Catherine Doyle. He is a plumber 
 residing at South Sharon, and has one son, 
 Jackson. 
 
 Jacob L. was a soldier in the Civil War and died 
 in the service, aged about 22 years. 
 
98 THE ZAHNISERiS 
 
 Ephraim (b. 1861) m. 1880 Lucinda Bortz, was the 
 son of Matthias (3) by a second marriage. He 
 is a farmer residing on the farm formerly oc- 
 cupied by his father. Following are his chil- 
 dren : 
 
 Harrison M., an electrician residing at Sharon. 
 
 Clara M. (b. 1885) m. 1902 'M. Schwartz a laim- 
 dryman of Sharon. Her one child died in 
 infancy. 
 
 Christella, Eeander M. and Odis S. reside at 
 home. Another daughter, Ellen AI. died in 
 girlhood. 
 
 III. MICHAEL (b. 1805, d. 1873) m. 1829 Amelia Mc- 
 Lean (b. 1801, d. 1874). Following are his chil- 
 dren : 
 
 Maria (b. 1830, d. 1900) never married. 
 
 Sarah (b. 1831, d. 1902) m. 1847 George Smith a 
 farmer residing near Hadley, Pa. Following 
 are his children : 
 
 George (b. 1856) m. 1891 Mattie Scrinen with 
 whom he resides on a farm near Hadley. 
 He has five children : Beatrice, Alice B., 
 Harry T., Howard W. and Raymond W. 
 
 Amelia (b. 1848) m. 1868 Samuel Hazen, a 
 farmer, living near Hadlev. Her oldest 
 
DESCENDANTS OF MATTHIAS 99 
 
 child, Amy, married (1888) George Jackson 
 but died in 1891 at the age of 22 years, leav- 
 ing" one child, Marvin. Amelia's second 
 child, Frank died (1883) in boyhood. The 
 next son, Ira, married (1898) Emma Camp- 
 bell and has two children, Nellie M. and 
 Charles H. He is a mail carrier and resides 
 at Hadley. There are two other children, 
 Pearl, a nurse, and Wendell at home. 
 
 Mary J., m. 1884 Ephriam Foust, a farmer, re- 
 siding in Fairview Township. She has 
 three children. Myrtle A., John W. and 
 Ephraim F. 
 
 Samuel (b. 1869, d. 1899). 
 
 Lovina (b. 1855) m. 1875 David F. Standley and 
 resides near Greenville. Of her children, 
 Clyde married Anna Taylor and Sadie M. 
 married Frank Houth. She has one child, 
 Lester. Lovina's other children are Charles 
 and William. 
 
 Matthias (b. 1862) resides at Steubenville, Ohio. 
 
 Caroline m. 1886 Henry Hoffman (d. 1905) and 
 resides at Hadley. Her children are, Lyda, 
 Lee, Earl, Dora, Clara, Carl and Laura. 
 
 Zelinda m. 1892 Scott Beckdol and resides at 
 Transfer. Her children are. Bertha, Kate, 
 Elsie, Pearl and Reuben. 
 
loo THE ZAHNISERS 
 
 Michael m. 1895 Ella Patterson and resides at 
 Skidmore, Pa. His children are named 
 John and Sarah May. 
 
 Martin (b. 1864, d. 1878). 
 
 Caroline (b. 1844) m. 1866 J. W. Porter (d. 1892), a 
 farmer residing near Charleston, Pa. Follow- 
 ing are her children : 
 Anna (b. 1868) m. P. M. Mortimer, a farmer, 
 
 and resides near Sharon, Pa. 
 Amelia resides at home with her mother. 
 
 Alice (b. 1872) m. 1891; E. W. Beatty, a farmer, 
 residing near Sharon, Pa. Her children 
 are, Ethelwyn and Lillian. 
 
 Julia Ann (b. 1833, d. 1892) m. 1854 Thomas Biddle 
 
 (d. 1891). Mr. Biddle was a farmer and lived 
 
 in Mercer County till 1864 when he moved 
 
 his family to Iowa. In 1868 they settled in 
 
 Eastern Kansas, where they spent the rest of 
 
 their lives. Their children are, 
 
 Margaret (b. 1856) m. 1874 Mr. Sherman, a 
 
 farmer residing at Hiawatha, Kan. They 
 
 have four children, Lawrence, Wilbert, 
 
 Gladys and Innis. 
 
 John (b. 1863) resided with his parents till their 
 death, after which he went to the Canadian 
 Northwest where he is engaged in cattle 
 ranching. His address is Medicine Hat, 
 Assiniboia, Canada. 
 
Samuel Hosack and Wife 
 
 PAGE 165 
 
 Michael Zahniser and Wife 
 
 PAGK 159 
 
T. O. HoSACK AXD Wife 
 
 PAGK 163 
 
 George Smith and Wife 
 
 I'AGE uS 
 
 Fred T. Zahniser and Wife 
 
 PAGE I05 
 
DESCENDANTS OF MATTHIAS loi 
 
 Alice (b. 1864) m. Mr. Olson and resides at 
 Bartlesville, Indian Territory. 
 
 Matthias (b. 1837) m. 1859 Sarah Biddle, m. 1888 
 Mary A. Bell (d. 1901). He has always been 
 a farmer. In 1878 he located in Kansas where 
 he remained till 1901 when he moved to Medi- 
 cine Hat, Assiniboia, Canada. By second mar- 
 riage he has one child, Daisy B., who is at 
 home. His children by his first marriage are : 
 
 Johnathan W. (b. i860) m. 1887 Susan Griffith 
 and is a farmer, residing at Albia, Iowa. 
 His children are Nora, Webb, Emily, Effie, 
 William and Roy. 
 
 Emma Margaret m. 1888 Wm. Lister, a ranch- 
 man with whom she resides at Hay Springs, 
 Neb. Of her three children Sylvia Florence 
 died in girlhood : the others, Cecil E. and 
 Edwin A. are at home. 
 
 Mattie I. (b. 1864) m. 1887 S. E. Sparks an ex- 
 tensive stock dealer with headquarters at 
 Kansas City. Her children are Charley, 
 Worthy and Floyd. 
 
 Norman (b. 1867) m. 1892 Mary Garner. He is 
 a ranchman residing at Altamont, Kansas. 
 His children are Jacob Clyde, Ellis Colton. 
 Minnie Alice, Earl Dale, Twila May and 
 Norman Karl. 
 
102 THE ZAHNISERS 
 
 Grace (b. 1868) m. 1887 Harvey Griffith, a farm- 
 er, with whom she resides at Mulhall, Okla. 
 Her children are Millie, Chalmers and 
 Maurice. 
 
 Chalmers A. married Irene Gofif. He resides at 
 Montrose, Col., and is engaged in teaching. 
 
 INIinnie resides at Montrose, Col. 
 
 IV. MARY (d. 1856) m. 1828 Jonathan Young 
 (b. 1800. d. 1863). ^Ir. Young was said to be the 
 first white child born in Mercer County. He 
 spent his life on a portion of his father's home- 
 stead in Lacawannack Township. Mary was 
 familiarly known as "Dolly". Three children 
 were born, as follows : 
 
 Hiram m. Delilah Titus. Resides somewhere in the 
 western states. They had two children, Loren 
 and Alice. 
 
 Wilson m. ]\Iary Hay. Resides somewhere in Kan- 
 sas. His children are Newton, Elvira, Hiram. 
 
 Matthias (b. 1834) m. 1856 Caroline Hollen- 
 bank. He was a farmer and resided at the 
 homestead of his father. Following are his 
 children : 
 
 Frank J. (b. 1857, d. 1901) m. 1881 Sadie Hosmer 
 (d. 1882), m. 1891 Susan Buswell. He was 
 
DESCENDANTS OF MATTHIAS 103 
 
 educated at Mount Union College and 
 Westminster College where he graduated in 
 1878. He taught in the Mercer Public 
 schools and studied law with B. Ma- 
 goffin, and was admitted to the bar in 
 1882. In 1886 he removed to Valley City, 
 North Dakota. Here he became one of the 
 leading attorneys in the state. He was 
 active in politics and especially in temper- 
 ance legislation. He left three children, 
 Sadie H., daughter of his first wife, who is 
 a stenographer of Bismark, North Dakota. ; 
 Ruth B. and William E., the last residing 
 at Clarkson, Wash. 
 
 Helen J. (b. 1859) m. 1879 J. B. Clark, a painter, 
 with whom she resides in Jefferson Town- 
 ship. 
 
 Milton M. (b. 1861, d. 1902) m. 1881 Eva 
 Daugherty. Was a railroad conductor and 
 left two children, Harold and Foust of 
 Pocatello, Idaho. 
 
 Nettie E. (b. 1865) m. 1882 C. N. Wringer. In 
 earlier life she was a teacher in the public 
 schools. She now resides at iWhatcom, 
 Wash. Her husband is principal of the 
 Government schools. She has two children, 
 Jessie M. and Wendell. 
 
 Chauncey died in infancy. 
 
I04 THE ZAHNISERS 
 
 Clara P. (b. 1868) m. 1888 John Hassell, a 
 farmer, residing in Tefiferson Township. She 
 has one child, Merle. 
 
 Justus H. (b. 1871) m. 1894 Sarah Chadderton. 
 Resides at Sharpsville and is a moulder. 
 Has one child, Robert C. 
 
 Myrtle E. (b. 1874) m. 1894 Harry A. Broadbent. 
 Resides at Manitowac, Wis. Has one child, 
 Floyd N. 
 
 V. HANNAH married James Young and located in 
 Kansas. Her children were Matthias, whose 
 whereabouts are unknown ; James now dead, and 
 Julia, who married John Heasley in Kansas. 
 
 VI. DAVID (b. 1812, d. 1878) m. 1837 Rachael Tice 
 (b. 1822, d. 1884). Was a successful farmer and 
 spent his life in Jefferson Township. His children 
 are: 
 
 Catherine born 1837, died 1897. 
 
 Jacob L. m. 1862 Elizabeth Morrow. Is a farmer 
 and lives in Jefferson Township, where he is 
 also engaged in the lumber business. His 
 children are: 
 
 Eva m. 1894 W. S. Morrow, who is associated 
 with her father in the lumber business. She 
 
\ 
 
 DESCENDANTS OF MATTHIAS 105 
 
 has three children, Mary E., Margaret E. 
 and Everett. 
 
 James A, m. 1896 Susan A. Shannon. Is a 
 farmer and resides in Jefferson Township. 
 His child is named Retta N, 
 
 Edwin m. 1890 Retta Shannon. Is a farmer and 
 resides in Jefferson Township. 
 
 Mary B. m. 1899 W. J. Moyer, a farmer, residing 
 near Ferdonia, Pa. She has one child, 
 Evalyn Marie. 
 
 Robert E. and Earl W., at home. 
 
 Matthias R. (b. 1843) ^- 1871 Lottie Hunter; m. 
 again 1900 Delia Smith (b. 1873). He enlisted 
 in Co. B., 140th P. v., serving faithfully for 
 three years and suffering the loss of a leg at 
 the Battle of Spotsylvania. After his retire- 
 ment from the army he engaged in merchantile 
 pursuits at Big Bent and later at Sharpsville, 
 Pa. He now resides at Coldwater, Mich. His 
 present wife is a lady of considerable promi- 
 nence and came from one of the leading fami- 
 lies of the country. He is a Democrat and a 
 member of the Methodist Church. His chil- 
 dren are: 
 
 Charles W. resides in Cleveland and is connected 
 with the P. R. R. 
 
 Nellie Delia resides in Cleveland. 
 
io6 THE ZAHNISERS 
 
 Blanche and Thomas died in childhood. 
 
 Frederick T. (b. 1845, d. 1905) m. 1866 Mary A. 
 Huey. In early life he engaged in butchering 
 at Mercer, locating later in New Windsor, III, 
 Columbus Junction, Iowa and Sac City, Iowa, 
 where he remained till 1902 when he located 
 on a farm at Bradley, S. D. He was energetic, 
 industrious and persevering and as a result 
 prosperous. In religion he was a Methodist. 
 
 Thomas (b. 1868) m. 1892 Maggie Herrold. He 
 is a butcher and resides near his father's 
 home. His children are Wm. Frederick, 
 Paul Vernon. 
 
 Rachael N. (b. 1869) m. 1892 Chas. M. Culp. 
 Her children are Ruth M. and Mary C. 
 
 Patience (b. 1872) m. 1892 Geo. W. Herrold, a 
 farmer. They have two children : Thos. V. 
 and Mary. 
 
 There were two other children died in early life. 
 
 Henry N. (b. 1850) m. Ada Fell and is living a re- 
 tired life at Cold Water, Mich. 
 
 Aaron J. (b. 1851, d. 1898) m. 18.. Jane Double. 
 His children are : Cassie E., Thomas, Walter, 
 Innis. Elmer, Mary, Fanny and Orrie. 
 
 David N. (b. 1856) m. 1884 Chloe Weller. The 
 greater part of his life was spent in Jefferson 
 
DESCENDANTS OF MATTHIAS 107 
 
 Township, where he was engaged in farming. 
 He has also been interested in many mer- 
 cantile pursuits. His present address is 
 Mercer, Pa. His children are: Frank, Fred- 
 erick and Minnie, all residing with their par- 
 ents. 
 
 VII. JACOB (b. 1818, d. 1884) m. 1843 Mary Merchant 
 (b. 1822). His entire life was spent on a farm six 
 miles west of Mercer. He was an active member 
 of the Methodist Church at Charleston, and a man 
 of robust health as was his entire family. For 30 
 years no physician was ever called into the home. 
 His wife now resides with her daughter Alice. 
 
 Susan (b. 1845, ^- 1867) m. 1865 John Shaffer, a 
 farmer. Her children are : 
 
 Robert W. (b. 1868) m. 1893 Cora Burgess, 
 Lives near West Middlesex and a farmer. 
 His children are, Ellen and Viola. 
 
 Ella m. 1884 Monie Miller, a farmer, near Fre- 
 donia, New York. Her children are, Robert 
 and Alice. Robert married (1905) Bessie 
 Lord. 
 
 Rachael (b. 1847) "''• 1870 Wilson S. Snyder 
 (d. 1896). Resides on a farm six miles west of 
 Mercer. Her children are, 
 
 Mary m. John Garner a farmer residing near his 
 mother. 
 
io8 THE ZAHNISERS 
 
 William J. (b. 1875) educated in Grove City- 
 College from which he graduated in 1903; 
 was for 7 years a teacher and is now in the 
 Theological Seminary in Allegheny, Pa. 
 
 Vicie m. 1903 Marian G. Jewell, a farmer, resid- 
 ing near his mother's home. Has one child, 
 Daniel C. 
 
 Lillie, Alice, Daniel at home. 
 
 Lemuel m. 1882 Margaret Nelson. Is a farmer and 
 resides on a farm near the old homestead. 
 Of his three children two died in infancy, the 
 surviving one is named Clarence Lee. 
 
 Sarah A. m. 1895 H. E. Johnston (d. 1903). She 
 now resides with her brother, Leslie. 
 
 James C. m. 1895 Emma Yarian. He resides on 
 the farm formerly occupied by his father. 
 
 Lou is a lumberman living near Bradford. 
 
 Alice m. 1891 D. P. Reimold, a farmer, residing on 
 Mercer and Sharon Road. She has one child, 
 Rosa May. 
 
 Leslie m. 1906 Vina Broadbent. Resides on a farm 
 near the old home. 
 
 VIII. JULIA (b. 1815. d. 1881) m. 1836 James C. An- 
 derson (d. 1883), a farmer, with whom she resided 
 
Valentine Zahniser and Wife 
 
 PAGE 164 
 
|oHx L. Zahniser and Wife 
 
 PAGE 157 
 
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DESCENDANTS OF MATTHIAS 109 
 
 near Mercer, Pa. Two of her children died in 
 infancy; the others are, 
 
 Hannah (b. 1839, d. 1876) m. 1866 Vance Nipple (d. 
 1887). Her children are: 
 
 J. W. (b. 1874) m. 1903 Henrietta Thompson. 
 He is a cement worker and resides at Mead- 
 ville. His one child died in infancy. 
 
 William (b. 1871) m. 1893 Agnes M. He is 
 a contractor and resides at Meadville, Pa., 
 and is the father of two children : Agnes 
 Viola and Mary Madeline. 
 
 Jacob A. (b. 1841, d. 1899) m. 1868 Elizabeth Du- 
 mars, m. 1873 Emma Roberts. His children 
 by his first marriage are, 
 
 Alice m. 1890 Dr. Walter Weiss and resides at 
 Rock Creek, Ohio. Her children are, Helen 
 E., Mildred P. and Agnes A. 
 
 Warren m. 1904 Mary Moore. He is a dairy- 
 man residing at Los Angeles, Cal. He has 
 one son, George. 
 
 James m. 1898 Hallie Clark. He is a blacksmith 
 and lives at New Castle, Pa. He has three 
 children, Mary E., Cornelia I. and Helen V. 
 
 By his second marriage Jacob A.'s children are : 
 
 Frank m. Anna Hoineffer. He is a railroad en- 
 gineer and resides at Allegheny, Pa. 
 
no THE ZAHNISERS 
 
 George (d. 1903) m. Emma Hall. 
 Clara m. William Hasteller and resides at Hills- 
 boro, Ore. 
 
 Willis, Norman, Jessie E., Mary, John and 
 Helen reside at their father's former home 
 at Hillsboro, Ore. 
 
 Dorothy A., single, resides with Mrs. Hamilton 
 Porter. 
 
 Lydia m. John Fox with whom she resides in Cool- 
 spring Township. Her children are : 
 
 Albert m. Laura Cozad. 
 
 Warren m. Jennie Huey. 
 
 William and George. 
 
 David (b. 1850) m. 1875 Hannah Stinegrabe 
 (b 1858). He is a farmer living near Mercer. 
 His children are: 
 
 Martin J. m. 1900 Gracia and is engaged 
 
 in farming near Transfer, Pa. He has two 
 daughters, Elena and Velma. 
 
 Lewis A. m. 1901 Irene He is a farmer 
 
 residing near Mercer and has two children, 
 Edna M. and Clifford A. 
 
 Susan (b. 1854) m. 1872 Thomas M. Bagnall (b. 
 1850) a farmer with whom she resides near 
 Transfer, Pa. Her children are : 
 
DESCENDANTS OF MATTHIAS 1 1 1 
 
 Thomas Austin (b. 1875) m. 1900 Hannah 
 Thompson. He resides at Conneaut, Ohio, 
 and is engaged in railroad work. His chil- 
 dren are : Elizabeth, Anna B., Clifford. 
 
 Jessie Mabel (b. 1881) m. 1898 John Mellison. 
 She resides at Shenango, Pa. Her children 
 are : Edward, Susan, Mary and Harold. 
 
 Mary E. and Rosa B. reside at Conneaut, Ohio, 
 Earl M., Mont H., Laura E., Mac and 
 Reatha M. reside with their parents. One 
 child, Austin, died in infancy. 
 
 Levina (b. 1856) m. 1878 Hamilton Porter (b. 1858, 
 d. 1905). She resides on a farm near Mercer. 
 Her children are : 
 
 James L (b. 1881) m. 1904 Maria Nelson (b. 
 1882). He is a mechanic located at Pitts- 
 burg and has one child, Harry N. 
 
 Ellis Roy (b. 1883) m. 1905 Pearl Grice. He is 
 a teamster living at McKeesport. 
 
 Pearl (b. 1886) m. 1905 Lewis Anderson with 
 whom she resides on a farm near Mercer. 
 
 David C, Lula B., William D. and Francis H. 
 reside with their parents. 
 
 Mary Jane (b. i860) m. 1878 Joseph W. Wringer, a 
 carpenter, with whom she resides near 
 Mercer. Her children are, 
 
112 THE ZAHNISERS \ 
 
 \ 
 
 i 
 
 James L. (b. 1879) m. 1900 Hannah Snyder. He ; 
 is a glassworker living in Butler, Pa., and 
 is the father of two children, Alice F. and 
 Mary E. .j 
 
 1 
 
 Anna M. (b. i88t) m. 1901 Johnson Cooley, a J 
 plumber, with whom she resides at New 1 
 Castle. She has two children, Blanche A. ' 
 and La Verne H. ' 
 
 Prescott E. (b. 1883) m. 1901 Etta Emery. He is . 
 a laborer residing at Mercer and having two 
 children, Prescott H. and Paul L. , 
 
 Alice AI., Helen I., Alary L. and Olive F. are : 
 at home. One other child died in infancy. I 
 
 IX. SUSAN m. 1845 Adam Merchant (d. 1883), a farm- 1 
 er, residing in Jefferson Township, where she j 
 still resides. Her children are, 
 
 I 
 
 Albert (b. 1846) m. 1869 Lucy A. Smith. Is a farmer ; 
 
 and resides near Greenville, Pa. His children j 
 
 are, i 
 
 Michel Anna (b. 1872, d. 1906) m. 18. . E. C. | 
 
 Mitchell and resided near Greenville, Pa. \ 
 
 Her children are, Albert Edwin, Lawrence 1 
 
 Henry, Kermit Louis, Byron Marvin and ; 
 
 Edison Chamberlain. ; 
 
 Richard A. (b. 1875) "^- 1901 Rosa AI. Busch ! 
 (d. 1904). Resides at Greenville where he is : 
 
DESCENDANTS OF MATTHIAS 113 
 
 engaged at the carpenter trade and is the 
 father of one child, Rosa Malinda. 
 
 Maud M. (b. 1878) m. 1899 Taylor Osborn. Re- 
 sides at Greenville, Pa., and is the mother 
 of two children : Bertha Lucile and Iva 
 Ruth. 
 
 Lamont L. (b. 1880) m. 1903 Edith Grudal. Is 
 an iron worker at Barbarton, Ohio, and 
 has one child : Roy. 
 
 Daisy E. (b. 1884) m. 1904 Frederick Bear, 
 
 Emma J. died at 19 years of age. Elizabeth 
 May (b. 1904). 
 
 Lucinda (b. 1848) m. 1875 W. F. Silveus, D.D., 
 pastor of the Second Cumberland Presbyterian 
 Church of Pittsburg. Following are her chil- 
 dren : 
 
 Blanche lona (b. 1878) m. 1901 Israel Griffith, an 
 electrical engineer, resides at Pittsburg, Pa. 
 Of her two children, one died in infancy, 
 the other is named Sylvia L. 
 
 Pearl A. (b. 1880) m. 1903 Frank L. Bowman, 
 an attorney, resides at Morgantown, West 
 Va. Her one child died in infancy. 
 
 Paul Dewitt, a student, resides at home ; Nor- 
 man S. (d. 1876). 
 
114 THE ZAHNISERS 
 
 Julia (b. 1850) m. 1871 Dr. George Henry Smith (b. 
 1846, d. 1895). From 1877 to 1880, ^Ir. Smith 
 served as County Commissioner for Mercer 
 County. He studied medicine and in 1882 lo- 
 cated at Rochester, Pa., where he practiced 
 till failing health compelled him to go South in 
 1890. In 1892 he returned and located at 
 Wellsville, Ohio, where he remained till his 
 death. IMrs. Smith now resides in Allegheny, 
 Pa. She and her family have been devoted 
 members of the ^Methodist Church. Her old- 
 est child died in infancy. The others are, 
 Charles A. (b. 1873, d. 1886). 
 Francis U. (b. 1875) m. 1902 Margaret Chatelain 
 (b. 1878). He is a master mechanic living 
 at Allegheny, Pa., and has one son, Paul L. 
 Lamont B. (b. 1877) m. 1897 Florence McClain 
 (b. 1876). He studied medicine at Cleve- 
 land Homeopathic IMedical College graduat- 
 ing in 1898 and later doing post-graduate 
 work at New York Post-Graduate Medical 
 College. After practicing at Toronto, Ohio, 
 some years he moved to Youngstown, Ohio, 
 where he now resides. His children are 
 Flora J. and Roy D. 
 Irene M. (b. 1879, d. 1886). 
 Harry A. (b. 1881) m. 1902 Catherine Burke. 
 He is a master mechanic living at Alle- 
 gheny. Pa., and has one child, Harry A. 
 
DESCENDANTS OF MATTHIAS 115 
 
 George H. (b. 1883) is a clerk and resides at 
 Allegheny, Pa. 
 
 Byron M. (b. 1887) is a clerk and resides at 
 Allegheny, Pa. 
 
 Mary E. lives with her mother. 
 
 Elizabeth m. John Fyffe, a farmer, living near New 
 Wilmington, Pa., and is the mother of two 
 children : Anna Beulah and Albert Ashton. 
 
 Louise (b. 1861) m. 1881 Daniel Homer, a farmer 
 and resides on the old homestead with her 
 mother. Her children are : Edson M., died at 
 9 years of age, Su'sie I. and Leroy H. 
 
 Anna (b. 1862, d. 1886) m. 1881 J. Snyder d. 1901). 
 Pier children are : Pearl who resides in Bea- 
 ver, Pa., Clarence and -.Homer residing at 
 Clarksville, Pa., and Anna who resides in 
 Pittsburg. 
 
 X. CATHERINE died in childhood. 
 
 XI. SAMUEL (b. 182 1, d. 1906) m. 1844 Mary W. 
 Walker (b. 1819, d. 1887). His entire life was 
 spent on the farm in Jefferson Township, where 
 he was born. His wife was totally blind for 25 
 years before her death. Both were active mem- 
 bers of the Methodist church. He was a Democrat 
 
ii6 THE ZAHNISERS j 
 
 I 
 
 and was elected to many local offices by his fellow 
 citizens who held him in high esteem. His chil- 
 dren are : 
 
 1 
 
 Jane m. 1868 Hiram Inman. Her children are: ! 
 
 1 
 
 Samuel, m. Dora Armour, resides at Sharon, ; 
 
 Pa., where he is employed in the steel mills. ' 
 
 He has two sons, Harvey Clifford and Fran- j 
 
 cis. 1 
 
 ]\Iary a dressmaker at Mercer, Pa. \ 
 
 Martin, m. Lena Homes, resides at IMercer, Pa. j 
 and has one child, Lottie H. ! 
 
 Frank, Fred, Harvey, Elsie, Ralph. ; 
 
 ! 
 
 Jeremiah (b. 1845) i""- 1869 Nancy Campbell. He 
 is a farmer and lives in Jefferson Township. 
 His children are: j 
 
 IMargaret (b. 1870) m. 1895 S. G. Wringer a ! 
 
 farmer residing in Fairview Township. She \ 
 
 i 
 
 has two children, Mabel V. and Russell S. 1 
 
 Charles (b. 1872) m. 1898 Anna Wright. Is a ' 
 teamster and resides at Mercer, Pa. Has ; 
 one child. Hazel. . . ' 
 
 Francis (b. 1881) m. 1901 Mamie Wright. Is a 
 farmer residing near Mercer. Has two chil- 
 dren, Helen and Susan J. 
 
 Filson and Ross, at home. '. 
 
DESCENDANTS OF MATTHIAS 117 
 
 Dorothy A. (b. 185 1) m. 187 1 Fred C. Bagnall, a 
 farmer, residing near Mercer. He was a 
 member of Co. H, 5th Pennsylvania Heavy- 
 Artillery. She is a member of the Methodist 
 Church. Her children are Samuel W. and 
 Edith R. 
 
 George (b. 185 1) m. 1875 Frances Campbell (d. 
 1887),, m. 1893 Julia McConnell. He was a 
 farmer adjoining that of his father. His pres- 
 ent residence is at New Castle, where he is 
 a contractor. By his first marriage he is the 
 father of five children of whom the second, 
 Iva, is married to Austin Bell. The others are 
 named Jay, Herman, Melvin and Frances. 
 
 Sophrona (b. 1856) m. 1886 James R. Nelson, a 
 farmer, residing near Mercer, Pa. Her chil- 
 dren are, Elsie, Susan and Russell. 
 
 Albert (b. 1861) m. 1882 Mary Nelson. Resides on 
 the old homestead and is engaged in farming. 
 His children are : 
 
 Celia m. 18. . L. A. Snyder, a farmer, and resides 
 in Jefferson Township. She has one child, 
 Ethel L. 
 
 Lula, John C. and Anna May. 
 
 Elizabeth, Andrew and Samuel, children of Samuel, 
 died in childhood. 
 
DESCENDANTS OF MICHAEL. 
 
CHAPTER 11. 
 
 (b. 1777, d. 1852) m. 1806 Mary Mourer (b. 1784, d. 1876.) 
 
 I. JACOB (b. 1807, d. 1891) m. 1834 Malinda Smith 
 (d. 1895). Eldest son of Michael. Born in Lake 
 Township. He received the slight education af- 
 forded by the common schools of the times and 
 supplemented it with one year in the Old Mercer 
 Academy, after which he studied surveying under 
 John Kelly. He was Assistant Postmaster in 
 Mercer one year, clerked in general stores there 
 and at Williamsfield, Ohio, taught school in vari- 
 ous districts six terms and finally settled on a farm 
 two miles south of his birth-place where he spent 
 the rest of his life. In politics he was a Republican 
 and held the offices of County Auditor, County 
 Surveyor, Justice of the Peace and School Direc- 
 tor. In 1842 he became a charter member of the 
 Cumberland Presbyterian Church at Jackson 
 Centre in which he was at once made an elder. In 
 1865 he united with the Coolspring Presbyterian 
 Church in which he was an elder till his death. 
 For ten years he was a colporteur for the Ameri- 
 
122 THE ZAHNISERS 
 
 can Bible Society and he was always active in 
 humane and religious efforts. He was a man 
 deeply devoted to the family and labored inces- 
 santly for a closer knitting of the ties of clan- 
 ship among us. He was the leading promoter of 
 the first family reunions and it was he who gather- 
 ed a large part of the materials that made this 
 book possible. There are few names that should 
 be written larger in the grateful memories of this 
 family than that of Jacob Zahniser. Following are 
 his children : 
 
 Henry Martin (b. 1836) m. i860 Elizabeth DeFrance 
 (d. 1890), m. again 1897 Margaret Dewalt. 
 "Mart", as he is familiarly called, became a 
 blacksmith and conducted a shop near the old 
 home till he was elected County Prothonotary 
 in 1878. In 1882, he located on a farm in 
 Forest County from which he removed in 1895 
 to Tionesta where he is now working at his 
 trade. In politics he is a Republican. In 
 the church he was formerly a Presbyterian but 
 is now in a Methodist Church. His children 
 are : 
 
 Nancy L. (b. 1861, d. 1901) m. 1883 James G. 
 Bromley. Her children are Margaret E., 
 Henry M., Laura M., Eva M., Josephine S. 
 Of these the oldest married, 1004, Lowel W. 
 Barnhart, and resides at Colville. Wash. 
 
DESCENDANTS OF MICHAEL 123 
 
 Her one child is named Marietta Mae. 
 The others are with their father at Tionesta. 
 
 Ida Malinda (b. 1863) m. 1884 J. M. Van Derlin. 
 Her children are, James Martin, Edward 
 Archibald, Elizabeth Nancy, Leila Esther, 
 Arthur M., Virgil Vivian. All reside at 
 Glade Mills, Pa. 
 
 Arthur DeFrance (b. 1865) m. 1895 Sarah Car- 
 rier. He is a minister and presiding elder 
 in the Free Methodist Church and located at 
 Pittsburg. His children are, Ruth D,, Lefa 
 E., Bernice E. Another child, Lawrence, 
 died in infancy (1903). 
 
 Jacob Jay (b. 1867) m. 1888 Jennie S. Ball. He 
 is a minister in the Free Methodist Church 
 and located at New Castle. His children 
 are, Martha Gay, Mary E., Ralph R., Walter 
 S., Clara A., Grace J. 
 
 Edmund S. (b. 1869) m. 1895 Adda Rice (d. 
 1898), m. 1900 Nellie Walters. He is a 
 minister of the Free Methodist Church and 
 located at Sharon. By his first marriage he 
 has one child, Richard. 
 
 Charles A. (b. 1872) m. 1895 Nettie Thompson 
 (d. 1900). He is a tool-dresser in the oil 
 fields and located at Tionesta. 
 
 Ralph Allison (b. 1874) m. 1898 Ellen Kenison. 
 He is a minister in the Free Methodist 
 
124 THE ZAHNISERS 
 
 Church and located at Tionesta. His chil- 
 dren are, Edith M. and Clarence H. 
 Josephine Sabina (b. 1876) m. 1904 R. N. Rand- 
 lett. Prior to her marriage she was a train- 
 ed nurse practicing at Pittsburg. Her pres- 
 ent residence is Pittsburg. Mr. Randlett is 
 a draftsman. They have one child, Ran- 
 dolph. 
 
 Henry Martin Jr. (b. 1878). He resides at Pitts- 
 burg where he is employed as a polisher. 
 
 Archibald H. M. (b. iSS/) m. 1903 Bertha New- 
 ton. He is a minister in the Free Metho- 
 dist Church and located at Mayburg. He 
 has two children, Elizabeth (d. 1905) and 
 Howard C. 
 
 Rebecca Cole [ North] (b. 1838, d. 1895) m. 1859 
 John North with whom she resided on a farm 
 in Coolspring Township till the time of her 
 death. Along with her family she was a mem- 
 ber of the Coolspring Presbyterian Church. 
 Following are her children : 
 
 William T. (b. i860) m. 1887 Caroline Supplee 
 (d. 1903). For a time he farmed in Cool- 
 spring Township but the exposure of farm 
 life was injurious to his health and he be- 
 came a bookkeeper. He is at present con- 
 nected with a lumber firm in New Albin, 
 Miss. He has one son, J. Rexford, who is 
 a student in Fredonia Institute. 
 
DESCENDANTS OF MICHAEL 125 
 
 Mary Grace (b. 1861) m. 1887 D. Lawrence Mc- 
 Millan. Her children are : ^I. Elesta, Lydia 
 Mildred and Rebecca. All reside on a farm 
 near Jackson Centre. 
 
 Malinda S. (b. 1862) m. 1886 W. Wallace 
 Runkle. Her children are : Mary Alice (d. 
 1891), Helen, Thelma L (d. 1897), Harry N. 
 and John L. They reside on a farm in Fair- 
 view Township, and are active in the 
 Bethany Cumberland Presbyterian Church 
 of which he is an elder. 
 
 Jacob Z. (b. 1864) m. 1892 Lois Caldwell. He 
 is a farmer and resides in Coolspring 
 Township. His children are : Kennith, 
 Eleanor and Rebecca. 
 
 Ira C. (b. 1866, d. 1897) m. 1895 Hanna Mc- 
 Ewen. His entire life was spent on the old 
 homestead. 
 
 John Norman (b. 1880) m. 1903 Belle Kenison. 
 Resides on the farm with his father. 
 
 William F. (b. 1839) m. 1865 Martha Mogee. He 
 was a member of Co. F 57th P. V. from which 
 he was discharged for physical disability. He 
 again volunteered as a member of Co. F., 55th 
 P. V. He became a wagon-maker and com- 
 bines work at his trade with the conduct of 
 a farm adjoining that of his father's home- 
 stead. He is a Republican and has held many 
 
126 THE ZAHNISERS 
 
 local offices. He is an elder in the Cumber- 
 land Presbyterian Church at Jackson Centre. 
 Following are his children : 
 
 Mary Amanda (b. 1866) m. 1892 W. L. Donald- 
 son, a telegraph operator, with whom she re- 
 sides at Hartstown, Pa. Her children are: 
 Dean, Stanley, Emerson, Catherine. 
 
 Catherine B. (b. 1868) m. 1900 A. ]\I. Waid, with 
 whom she resides on a farm near Conneaut 
 Lake, Pa. 
 
 Ivins R. (b. 1871) m. 1893 Mabel Smith. Is a 
 member of the firm of Newell & Co., grocers, 
 Mahoningtown, Pa. 
 
 Alfred Glenn (b. 1874) m. 1904 Lillian Loyd. Is 
 in the offices of the P. R. R. at New Castle, 
 Pa. He has one child, }ilartha. 
 
 Lois iMalinda, commonly knoAvn as "IMellie," 
 resides with her parents. 
 
 Emma Ellen (b. 1876) m. 1902 L. F. Reeher, 
 with whom she resides on a farm near 
 Pardee, Pa. She has two children named 
 Margaret and Marian. 
 
 George Smith (b. 1879) "^- ^904 Clara Frost. Is 
 in offices of P. R. R. at New Castle, Pa. 
 He has one child named Leona Margaret. 
 
 Frederick W. (b. 1880) m. 1904 Jennie Rowen. 
 Is in the offices of the P. R. R. at James- 
 town, Pa. 
 
DESCENDANTS OF MICHAEL 127 
 
 George M. (b. 1841) m. 1867 Margaret Rambo. The 
 greater part of his Hfe was spent on a farm 
 in Coolspring Township. At present he has 
 retired from active labor and is living at Fre- 
 donia, Pa. He has been an ardent worker in 
 in the cause of temperance and is a member 
 of the Methodist Church. His children : 
 
 Malinda (b. 1868) m. 1886 Wesley W. Whieldon, 
 a lumber dealer with whom she resides at 
 Memphis, Tenn. Her children are : Harold 
 D., Lucile M. and by adoption, Sarah. 
 
 Sarah Elizabeth (b. 1874) m. igoo Clarence E. 
 Wallace, Escj. (d. 1904). Since the death of 
 her husband she has resumed the work of 
 teaching in the public schools and is located 
 at Bellevue, Pa. She has one child, Mar- 
 garet J. R. 
 
 Mary M. (b. 1846, d. 1892) m. 1865 Richard Hess. 
 She resided with her husband on a farm in 
 Jackson Township, and later on another near 
 Sandy Lake, Pa., till the time of her death. 
 Her children are : 
 
 Martin Edwin (b. 1866) m. 1886 Eva Dell 
 George (d. 1901). Most of his life has been 
 given to the cause of education in connec- 
 tion with which he has enjoyed a remark- 
 ably successful career. At 15 years of age 
 he taught his first school "in the wilds of 
 
128 THE ZAHNISERS i 
 
 Forest County", at 21 he was principal of 
 the Sandy Lake schools, and at 24 he was I 
 superintendent of the schools of the county, , 
 at which time he was said to be the young- ■ 
 est man holding such a position in the en- j 
 tire Union. He has since served as Presi- j 
 dent of Volant College, principal of the i 
 Irwin High School and Superintendent of ; 
 the City Schools of Sistersville, West Va. '■ 
 He is now editor of "The Cleveland Post," I 
 published at Cleveland, Ohio. His children j 
 are: Aiary Fay (d. 1887), Hazel Meloa, I 
 
 George Herbert, Robert Burns, Louise ' 
 
 I 
 Malinda. 1 
 
 Mary Malinda (b. 1869, d. 1870). 
 
 George Fleming (b. 1871) m. 1893 Irene Scofield, 
 cashier of Mutual Bank of Cairo, West Va. 
 He has one child, Olis Clark. 
 
 Bessie B. (b. 1873) "i- 1894 C. Grant Cannon, 
 Superintendent of schools at South Sharon, 
 Pa. Aler children are : Hallis Watson, 
 :^Iartha Elizabeth, Mary McClure. 
 
 Harrison Claude (b. 1874). 
 
 Ellen Maude (b. 1877, d. 1897). 
 
 William V. (b. 1879, d. 1892). 
 
 Harriet Lois (b. 1880) m. 1903 J. L. Wagoner. 
 
 resides at Pittsburg, Pa., and has one child, 
 
 Harold Eugene. 
 
DESCENDANTS OF MICHAEL 129 
 
 John North (b. 1885) associated with J. L. Wag- 
 oner in business at Pittsburg. 
 
 Milton B. (b. 1847, d. 1893) m. 1872 Rose Ann Mc- 
 Curdy. In early years he learned the shoe 
 maker's trade but the greater part of his life 
 was spent on a farm near Jackson Centre. For 
 many years he was an active member of the 
 Cumberland Presbyterian Church at that 
 place. His children are: Alice M., Catherine 
 M., Wm. Leslie, James H. (d. 1884), all of 
 whom reside at Jackson Centre, Pa. 
 
 Margaret J. (b. 1849) "''• 1882 James McCullough, 
 with whom she resides on a farm in Cool- 
 spring Township. Her children are : Malinda 
 E. (d. 1883), Geo. Raymond, Mary M. died 
 in infancy, James Michael. 
 
 Malinda (b. 1852) m. 1872 W. H. Vernam. Along 
 with her husband she resided several years 
 at Jackson Centre, Pa., but now lives in 
 Mercer, Pa., where ^Iv. Vernam is connected 
 with many leading business enterprises. Her 
 children are : 
 
 Myrtle M. (b. 1874) m. 1892 J. W. Tyrrell, who 
 is associated with her father in business. 
 Their children are: Eunice Irene, Lela 
 Pauline, John Emerson, 
 
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 THE ZAHXISERS 
 
 Mary H. (b. 1879) "i- 19°^ G. J. Graham, a busi- 
 ness man of Guadalajara, Mex. She is the 
 mother of one child, Vernam Williams. 
 
 Jacob M. (b. 1853) m. 1883 Jennie Runkle (d. 1895). 
 He has inherited the old homestead on which 
 he resides in Jackson Township. He is a 
 Republican and has held a number of town- 
 ship offices. Along with his family he is an 
 active member in the Cumberland Presbyte- 
 rian Church at Jackson Centre, Pa. His chil- 
 dren are: Sarah M., Lewis Fleming, Mabel, 
 Paul H. 
 
 II. MARY [Condit] (b. 1808, d. 1836) m. 1830 John 
 Condit b. 1803, d. 1880). Her short married life 
 w^as spent in Sheakle}-ville, Pa., where her death 
 occurred during a scourge of Typhus fever which 
 also permanently wrecked the health of her hus- 
 band. Her children are : 
 
 Caroline (b. 183 1, d. 1903) m. 1855 A. W. Couse. She 
 received what was in those times a good edu- 
 cation. Mr. Couse was a teacher of consider- 
 able prominence and was successively instruc- 
 tor in a number of institutions till 1864, when 
 he entered a banking house at St. Louis. For 
 a number of years he has been Cashier of the 
 Savings Bank of Tidioute, Pa. Both have 
 been active and efficient workers in the local 
 
DESCENDANTS OF MICHAEL 131 
 
 churches wherever they resided. Their chil- 
 dren are : 
 
 Ida Mary educated in the Tidioute Union 
 Schools, at Pittsburg Female College and 
 at Lake Erie Seminary, Painesville, Ohio. 
 She is a member of the Presbyterian Church 
 and was for many years a teacher of promi- 
 nence at Tidioute, Pa., where she resides. 
 
 William Henry (b. 1857, d. 1871). His death re- 
 sulted from injuries caused by falling from 
 a chestnut tree. 
 
 Laura Lydia (b. i860) m. 1882 Richard ChafTey, 
 prominent lumberman formerly of Tidi- 
 oute, Pa., now of Elkins, West Va. Both 
 are prominent in the work of the local Pres- 
 byterian Church. Their children are: Ruth 
 Laura, Florence Isabel. 
 
 Paul (b. 1868. d. 1868). 
 
 Howard Ambrose (b. 1871) m. 1900 Emma 
 Neyhart. He is a graduate of Allegheny 
 College and of Yale Law School and a 
 rising young attorney at Cleveland, Ohio. 
 He is the father of one child, Margaret. 
 
 Ira M. (b. 1833) m. i860 Laura Carpenter (d. 1866), 
 m. again 1872 Samantha Knox. Prominent as 
 a minister and missionary in the Presbyterian 
 Church. Graduated from Jefiferson College in 
 1855. He entered the Western Theological 
 
132 THE ZAHNISERS 
 
 Seminary in 1856, but shortly before complet- ■ 
 
 ing his course there he accepted a call to mis- i 
 
 I 
 sionary work in Canton, China, where he be- j 
 
 gan work in i860, continuing till the failure of ! 
 
 his wife's health compelled him to return to ' 
 
 America, 1865. For four 3^ears he engaged in ; 
 
 ministerial work at Girard, Pa., but in 1869 j 
 
 he returned to his chosen work among the | 
 
 I 
 Chinese, locating in California. After short j 
 
 periods of labor at San Francisco, Los Angeles I 
 
 and other points, he settled permanently at \ 
 
 San Francisco where he was pastor of the : 
 
 First Presbyterian Church, Chinese, till 1903. '' 
 
 He is now living a retired life at Oakland, 
 
 Cal. He is the author of a number of standard 
 
 works, including a geography in Chinese and : 
 
 an Anglo-Chinese dictionary, a popular work : 
 
 entitled "The Chinaman as We See Him'' and i 
 
 a number of shorter productions. His children ; 
 
 are : \ 
 
 \ 
 
 Mary Ellen (b. 1862) m. 1891 Laverne Kibbe. | 
 
 She was born in Canton, China, and educat- | 
 
 ed in California, graduating from Ellis Col- ; 
 
 lege, Los Angeles. She resides at Lima, i 
 
 Ohio. Her children are : Laura Ellen, Har- | 
 
 mon Condit, Adelaide. ; 
 
 i 
 
 John Warren (b. 1864, d. 1884). j 
 
WiLi-iAM Zahniser and Wife 
 
 PAGE 133 
 
 M. C. Zahniser 
 
 PAGE 134 
 
 Mrs. Mary Mourer Zahniser 
 
 PAGES 56, 121 
 
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 David Zahniser and Wife 
 
 PAGE 137 
 
 John Zahniser and Wife 
 
 PAGE 135 
 
DESCENDANTS OF MICHAEL 133 
 
 III. WILOAM (b. 181 1, d. 1877) ni. 1841 Ruth Carna- 
 han (d. 1894). He received a common school 
 education which he supplemented with much 
 private study. For a number of years he taught 
 school in the winter, working on the farm during 
 the summer months. At the time of his marriage 
 he settled on a farm three miles north of the old 
 homestead, where he resided till his death. He 
 was possessed of a remarkable memory and was 
 a close student of history. In his young manhood 
 he united with the Coolspring Presbyterian Church 
 in which he was an elder, later holding the same 
 position in the church at Sheakleyville. In politics 
 he was a Republican. His children are: 
 
 Thompson (b. 1842) m. 1872 Alma Young. After 
 spending his early life on the farm, he enlisted 
 in Co. E., 57th Reg. P. V., and again in Co. 
 F. of the same regiment, being made a ser- 
 geant and serving till the close of the war. 
 He was once wounded in battle. Since the 
 war he has been engaged in the lumber busi- 
 ness. He is Republican and lives at Riceville, 
 Crawford County. His children are, 
 
 Cora Mabel m. 1903 Lee Southworth. 
 
 Ruth Ella (d. 1878), Wm. Matthew (d. 1879). 
 
 Queene Alice N. m. 1898 Fred W. Ames resides 
 at Centerville, Pa., has two children : War- 
 
134 THE ZAHNISERS 
 
 ren P., died in infancy (1904), and Marjory 
 A. 
 
 Clover (d. 1883). 
 
 Roscoe Conklin, a machinist in Chicago, 111. 
 
 R. Delia resides with her parents. 
 
 Michael Camahan (b. 1844) m. 1874 Emma Young. 
 Along with his brother he enlisted in Co. F., 
 57th Reg. P. v., in wdiich he was a corporal, 
 and served with distinction throughout the 
 war. After the war he engaged in the lumber 
 business. He is a Republican and resides at 
 Mercer, Pa., where he is now County Treas- 
 urer. He is the father of one daughter, Nellie 
 G. (b. 1880) m. 1900 Rev. Arthur S. Dascomb, 
 a Congregationalist minister. She resides in 
 Austin, Minn., and has one child, Edmund 
 Brooks. 
 
 Fidelia (b. 1846, d. 1876). For a number of years 
 she was a successful teacher in the common 
 school. 
 
 Elizabeth (b. 1850) m. 1871 John B. McCullough 
 (d. 1896). Since her marriage she has resided 
 in Coolspring Township. Her children are : 
 William Z., a mechanic in Lincoln, Nebraska, 
 
 Leonard D., (d ), Paxton K., Bessie L, 
 
 m. 1899 to H. B. Vogan. of Franklin, Pa., Jesse 
 L, Michael Plummer. 
 
DESCENDANTS OF MICHAEL 135 
 
 Margaret (b. 185 1) m. 1878, John C. Canon. Re- 
 sides on a farm near Stoneboro, Pa. Her chil- 
 dren are : 
 Claude I. (b. 1879) Medical student. 
 
 Carrie I. (b. 1879) m. 1901 O. ]\I. Rhodes of 
 Stoneboro, Pa. Her children are : Wil- 
 liam Lawrence and Claude O. 
 
 Jessie E.. teacher in Public schools, Mabel E., 
 Rama E., Ruth Z. 
 
 Wm. Plummer (b. 1854) m. 1878 Lottie Slater. Dur- 
 ing most of his life he has been engaged in 
 mercantile pursuits. At present he resides at 
 Mercer, Pa. 
 
 Ruth Emma (b. 1856, d. 1858). 
 
 Ira C. (b. 1858) m. 1880 Lizzie Stright. The follow- 
 ing are his children : 
 Edna V. (1882) m. 1901 C. V. Patton, a tele- 
 graph operator of Conneaut Lake, Pa., and 
 has two children, Rita Imelda and Mary E. 
 Mary resides in Greenville, Pa., Wilbur, 
 (b. 1886) resides in Greenville, Pa. 
 
 Philip Kearney (b. 1862, d. 1863). 
 
 IV. JOHN (b. 1813, d. 1900) m. 1885 Susan Runkle 
 (d. 1899). This is another Zahniser whose life was 
 an honor to the family. Few men have been priv- 
 
136 THE ZAHNISERS 
 
 ileged to have as many friends and as few enemies. 
 His entire life was spent in Lake Township where 
 he was engaged in farming. In early life he taught 
 school several terms. He was Justice of the Peace 
 for nearly fifty years and secretary of the Cool- 
 spring Valley Fire Insurance Co. He was a mem- 
 ber and elder in the Bethany Cumberland Pres- 
 byterian church in which he had made the remark- 
 able record of having heard every sermon, save 
 one, preached in the church during a period of 35 
 years. This was made possible by his exception- 
 ally good health. During the whole of his long 
 life he never knew a day of sickness till finally, 
 with life's forces spent, he laid wearily down to 
 his long rest. His children were : 
 
 Michael M. (b. 1856) m. 1879 Caroline Pool. Re- 
 sides in Stoneboro, Pa. Dealer in farming 
 implements and farm hardware. His children 
 are : Zella ]\Iae, a graduate of Slippery Rock 
 Normal School and Ohio Normal Union now 
 teaching school, and Ray 
 
 David Brainard (b. 1859, d. 1863). 
 
 V. DAVID (b. 181 5, d. 1904) m. 1843 Elizabeth North 
 (d. 1893). Youngest son of ]\Iichael and ]\Iary, 
 he inherited the old homestead where he resided 
 the greater part of his life, his last years being 
 spent on a smaller farm a half mile farther east. 
 
DESCENDANTS OF MICHAEL 137 
 
 He was a man of strong, positive character. Few 
 men are permitted for so long a period to wield 
 such an influence on a community as he enjoyed. 
 In politics he was a republican and he held a num- 
 ber of local offices at various times. He was a 
 member and for 45 years an elder in the Bethany 
 Cumberland Presbyterian Church in which he 
 occupied almost every other office a layman is 
 ever called to fill. For over 30 years he taught a 
 Bible class in the Sunday school, and his face was 
 seldom absent from any of the services. He was 
 a strong man physically never being sick a day 
 during his long and strenuous life. The following 
 are his children : 
 
 William Arthur (b. 1844 d. 1903) m. 1867 Jane 
 Bromley. During the war he served as a 
 member of Co. F. 55th, P. V., returning at 
 its close and settling on a part of his father's 
 farm, where he spent the rest of his life. For 
 years he was a leading figure in the commun- 
 ity, holding many positions of trust such as 
 various township offices, executor of wills, 
 secretary of Coolspring Valley Fire Insurance 
 Co., director in Mercer County Agricultural 
 Society, and various offices in the Bethany 
 Cumberland Presbyterian Church of which he 
 was long a leading member. His children 
 are: 
 
138 THE ZAHNISERS 
 
 Laura V. (b. 1870) m. 1898 Jas. W. McEwen, a 
 farmer, residing in Coolspring Township. 
 Her children are : Mary Lynn and Clair. 
 
 Charles Reed (b. 1873) m. 1896 Pearl Stroud. 
 Graduated from Grove City College and the 
 University of Chicago. A minister of the 
 Cumberland Presbyterian Church, formerly 
 located at Chicago and at Sorento, III, later 
 in charge of Synodical mission work in 
 Pennsylvania, and now pastor of the Third 
 Church of Pittsburg, Pa. His children are : 
 Virgil Stroud, Pearl Charline (d. 1901), 
 Chalmers. 
 
 David Michael (b. 1876, d. 1879), Bessie V. 
 (b. 1879, d. 1880). 
 
 Mary Grace (b. 1881) m. 1906 Walter H. Harri- 
 son. Graduated from Fredonia Institute 
 and for some years a teacher in the public 
 schools. Resides near her girlhood home. 
 
 J. Byron (b. 1885) m. 1906 Nita Dierker, a 
 farmer, located on the old homestead. 
 
 Michael L. (b. 1846) m. 1867 Susan Bell (d. 1901), 
 m. again 1903 Estella Barber. Early in life 
 he left the farm to enter merchantile pursuits, 
 locating successively at North's Mills, Jackson 
 Centre, Perrine's Corners and Sandy Lake. 
 At the latter place and at Stoneboro, Pa., he 
 engaged in banking till 1891. His present resi- 
 
DESCENDANTS OF MICHAEL 139 
 
 dence is at Pittsburg, Pa., where he is engaged 
 in the production of oil. He has always been 
 active in the religious and philanthropic work. 
 He was the organizer and teacher of a Bible 
 Class of more than 200 members in the Cum- 
 berland Presbyterian Church on Shady ave- 
 nue, Pittsburg. His children are : 
 Harry B. (b. 1870) m. 1898 Rose Bayard. Lives 
 in Pittsburg, Pa., and is engaged with his 
 father in the production of oil. His chil- 
 dren are : Helen B., Mary S. and Jack B. 
 
 D. Lester (b. 1872). Resides at Mansfield, Ohio, 
 and is engaged in manufacturing. 
 
 Mabel O. resides with her father in Pittsburg 
 where she is prominent in musical circles 
 as a contralto singer. 
 
 Afton J. (b. 1884) a student in Princeton Uni- 
 versity. 
 
 Mary Ethel resides with her father. Elizabeth 
 is the child of Estella. 
 
 Mary J. (b. 1848) m. 1882 Frank M. Fleming, with 
 whom she resides on a farm in Jackson Town- 
 ship. She is prominent in the work of the 
 Bethany Cumberland Presbyterian Church of 
 which she has been a member since girlhood. 
 
 Catherine E. (b. 1850) m. 1878 to R. Dunn Porter, a 
 farmer, with whom she resided for some years 
 
140 THE ZAHNISERS 
 
 near Sandy Lake, Pa., later moving to a loca- 
 tion near Sheakleyville, where they still live, i 
 Her children are : 
 
 Bessie M. resides with her parents and is en- 
 gaged in teaching. 
 
 Nellie B. (b. 1882) m. 1904 Harry Lawrence, | 
 
 associate editor of the Grove City Reporter. ! 
 
 I 
 
 Carrie Maud, located in Pittsburg, Pa., and en- j 
 
 gaged in teaching music. ] 
 
 Francis D. (d. 1889), Bertha A., Lucile G., David ' 
 
 Z. (d. 1893), William H. (d. 1897). ; 
 
 Maria N. (b. 1852) m. 1892 John B. Hogue (d. 1904). 
 
 Resides on a farm, the late home of her hus- , 
 band, near New Vernon, Pa. 
 
 Caroline E. (b. 1855) m. 1886 John C. Hamilton. ; 
 
 Educated in Waynesburg College, she was for \ 
 many years prominent as a teacher in various 
 
 parts of the county. Since her marriage she • 
 
 has resided on a farm in Lake Township, i 
 She is active in the work of the Bethany 
 
 Cumberland Presbyterian Church. Her chil- 1 
 
 dren are : Roy Kennedy, Ruth E., Paul North \ 
 
 and David Donald. ■ 
 
 John Ira (b. 1858) m. 1882 Delia Stroud. His entire '■ 
 
 life has been spent on the old homestead where ' 
 
 he engaged in farming. He is an active work- \ 
 
 er in the Bethany C. P. Church, and has held 1 
 
Prok. m. E. Hess 
 
 Rev. Ira. M. Condit 
 
 PAGE 127 
 
 P.4«E T!,l 
 
 G. F. HESS 
 
 PAGE 128 
 
 M. h. Z.\HNISER 
 
 PAGE 138 
 
WiijjAM North and Wife 
 
 PAGE 141 
 
 Rev. James Montgomery and Wife 
 
 PAOE 169 
 
DESCENDANTS OF MICHAEL 141 
 
 many other positions of trust in the com- 
 munity. His children are : Howard Stroud, 
 Ralph, David, William. There was also an- 
 other child that died in infancy. 
 
 Sarah Melissa graduated from the Edinboro State 
 Normal School. She was a teacher for a num- 
 ber of years till the increasing age of her par- 
 ents demanded her presence at home. She 
 is now a milliner at Stoneboro, Pa. 
 
 VI. CATHERINE (b. 1822, d. 1889) m. 1844 William 
 North, a prominent farmer of Fairview Township, 
 where she resided till her death. She was a faith- 
 ful member of the Coolspring Presbyterian Church 
 of which her husband was a long time elder. Her 
 children are : 
 
 Samuel H. (b. 1845) "i- 1870 Margaretta Moore. The 
 earlier years of his married life were spent on 
 a part of his father's farm from which he re- 
 moved to another near Greenville, Pa. In 
 later years he has resided at Slippery Rock 
 and New Castle, and is now located at Fre- 
 donia. Pa. His children are : 
 
 Albert Lamont (b. 1873) m. 1899 Eva M. Howe. 
 Resides at New Castle and is engaged as a 
 shipping clerk. Has one child, Ethel Leola. 
 
 Elizabeth May (b. 1879) m. 1901 Carrol O. Uber, 
 
142 THE ZAHNISERS 
 
 an undertaker, with whom she resides at 
 Slippery Rock, Pa. She has one child, 
 Katharine Margarette. 
 
 Mary E. reside* with her brother at the old home. 
 
 Michael C. m. 1880 Elizabeth L. Long. His earlier 
 years were spent on a farm adjoining that 
 of his father from wdiich he moved to another 
 near Mercer, where he now resides. His 
 children are : Kate B., Clifford J. and Nellie E. 
 
 WilHam M. (b. 1852) m. 1888 Amanda Cross (d. 
 1890), m. 1894 Emma Burdett. Conducts a 
 general store at Norths Mills where he was 
 postmaster till the office was displaced by rural 
 delivery service. Is a justice of the peace 
 and has held many other positions of trust. 
 By his first marriage he had one child, Emma 
 M. (d. 1890). By his second marriage his 
 children are: Mary C. and an infant (d. 1901). 
 
 Maria G. m. 1874 Ira G. Morford, with whom she 
 resides on a farm in Fairview Township. Her 
 children are : 
 
 Mary Alice m. 1901 H. A. Pearson. Resides at 
 Jackson Centre, Pa. Her children are: 
 Ralph A. and Minnie. 
 
 William S., Ina C, Clarence. 
 
 John C. m. 1887 Anna Miller. Resides on the old 
 homestead. His children are: Clarice M, 
 and Condit M. 
 
DESCENDANTS OF VALENTINE. 
 
CHAPTER III. 
 
 (b. 1782, d. 1866) m. 1806 Elizabeth White (d. 1856). 
 
 I. MARY ANN Avas the oldest of the family and died 
 
 in childhood; the dates of her birth and death are 
 unknown. 
 
 II. JOHN W. (b. 1809, d. 1880) m. 1837 Ann Serena 
 
 (d. 1900). Learned the stone mason's trade and 
 located near Kilgore, Pa., where he lived some ten 
 years, afterward moving to a small farm near 
 Jackson Centre, where he remained till his death. 
 He had two daughters. 
 
 Mary Ann (b. 1838) m. 18. . Wm. Brocklehurst, with 
 whom she resides on a farm in Jackson Town- 
 ship. Her children are : 
 
 ^George E. (b. 1865) m. 1887 May M. Lyons and 
 resides on a farm in Lake Township. His 
 children are: Minnie L, Ray M., Mary L., 
 Ralph, infant (d. 1903). 
 
 Anna E. m. 1894 J. C. Miller, and resides at the 
 old homestead of John W. Zahniser. Her 
 
] 
 
 i 
 1 
 
 146 THE ZAHNISERS ! 
 
 children are : Mary E., William C., Ruth L.. ; 
 Byron. ! 
 
 Mary E. m. 1901 C. W. Stroud, with whom she ^ 
 resides on a farm near Greenville. She has : 
 one child, Homer Charles. 
 
 John W. at home. j 
 
 Henry P. (b. 1871, d. 1874). \ 
 
 i 
 
 Ida C. m. W. H. Oakes, and resides at Leesburg, ; 
 Pa. Her children are : Earl W. and Caleb ; 
 Norman. ? 
 
 Archie D. at home. 
 
 Leonora (b. 1842) m. 1866 A. P. Turner (d. 1901), a ', 
 stone mason, and resides on a farm in Jackson i 
 
 Township. Her children are : 
 
 i 
 
 John A. (b. 1867). i 
 
 Sarah D. (b. i86g) m. 1898 D. M. Boulton, i 
 
 with whom she resides in New Castle. Her j 
 
 children are : Elizabeth G., Katie J., David i 
 
 P. (d. 1898), Margaret H. ' 
 
 Robt. Warren (b. 1871) m. 1896 Mary I. Clark. | 
 Is a carpenter and resides at Jackson Centre, j 
 Pa. His children are: Adda D., Robt. A. 
 
 George H. (b. 1874) m. 1899 Mary J. Geldis. | 
 Resides at New Castle. His children are: j 
 Goldie L. (d. 1901), Silvia V. ! 
 
 Leonora D. (b. 1877) m. 1904 C. M. Flickner i 
 and resides at Sandy Lake. ,j 
 
DESCENDANTS OF VALENTINE 147 
 
 Margaret A., Rhoden T. (b. 1883). :'.Iary G., 
 Lewis Z. (1890). 
 
 III. SARAH (b. 181 1, d. 1889) m. 1834 Wm. Ball (b. 
 1808, d. 1883). Mr. Ball came of a pioneer family 
 in the eastern part of Mercer County, and after 
 his marriage located with his wife on a piece of 
 new ground in Worth Township. Here they spent 
 their long lives in industry, thrift and happiness. 
 She was an active member of the Cumberland 
 Presbyterian Church at Kilgore, Pa. Following 
 are her children : 
 
 Valentine Z, (b. 183s) m. 1858 Susan Griffin (d. 
 1879), m. again Mary White. He learned the 
 blacksmith's trade and located in Sherwin 
 Junction, Kansas, where by his first marriage 
 he had five children as follows: 
 
 Oscar F., who is a carpenter and located in 
 Michigan. He married Dollie Wharton and 
 has two children. Jay and Eva. 
 
 Caleb A. m. Agnes Miller. Conducts a grocery 
 store at Princeton, Pa. 
 
 Eugene, died at the age of 18. 
 
 Elizabeth m. William Corn and lives at Inde- 
 pendence, Kansas. Her children are : Roy, 
 Ellen, Albert, Bertha. . 
 
 David died in childhood. 
 
148 THE ZAHXISERS 
 
 The following are children of his second wife : 
 
 Ella I. m. Wesley Fee, a farmer in Kansas. Her 
 children are : Alpha P. and Eugene P. 
 
 George m. Maude Barrick and has two sons, 
 George C. and Wm. V. 
 
 Nora m. Lewis Fee. a farmer in Kansas. Her 
 children are : Narcissa and Calvin. 
 
 Mary m. Claude blasters, a farmer in Kansas 
 and has one son, Wm. Clair. 
 
 Narcissa m. Edward Shearer and resides at 
 Roslyn, Wash. She has one son named 
 Beriah. 
 
 Frank m. Mamie Umphries. Resides at Sher- 
 win Junction, Kan. 
 
 Caleb (b. 1837, d. 1858). 
 
 Jacob M, m. 1882 Mary E. Morrison. He was a 
 sergeant of Co. G., looth P. V., and served 
 with distinction throughout almost the entire 
 war. He participated in more than a score 
 of important battles and was twice wounded. 
 At the close of the war he became a farmer 
 on a part of the old homestead where he re- 
 mained till 1904 when he moved to Grove City 
 where he now resides. He has one daughter, 
 Ora. 
 
 Elizabeth (b. 1852, d. 1900) m. i860 V. G. Hunter 
 and resided near the old home. She had one 
 
DESCENDANTS OF VALENTINE 149 
 
 daughter, Arminta m. S. R. Kilgore, who has 
 one child, Emory. 
 
 Henry (b. 1844, d. 1867). He enlisted at the age of 
 18 with the 2nd Heavy Artillery, but was 
 afterwards transferred to Co. A., 12th Pro- 
 visional Infantry. He was in a number of im- 
 portant battles and was wounded in the Battle 
 of the Wilderness. His death resulted from 
 consumption contracted while in the army. 
 
 Rebecca A. m. 1876 W. G. Kinneston and resides at 
 Utica, Pa. Three children have been born: 
 Blondell (d. 1879), Delbert (d. 1881) and 
 Sarah. 
 
 Phoebe J. m. F. D. Bissell and resides on a farm near 
 Clarks Mills, Pa. Prior to her marriage she 
 was for many years a successful school teach- 
 er. Her children are: Clyde E., Belle, Clair 
 L., Morton. 
 
 Sarah m. 1879 B. Medberry (b. 1855, d. 1903), and 
 resides on a farm near the old homestead. Her 
 children are : George E. and Etta F. 
 
 Beriah is a successful farmer, unmarried, and re- 
 sides at the old homestead, which he has de- 
 veloped into a model farm. He is a Repub- 
 lican and takes an active interest in politics, 
 
 Nettie has been a teacher for a number of years and 
 now resides with her brother, Beriah. 
 
150 THE ZAHNISERS 
 
 IV. JAMES (b. 1814. d. 1889) m. 1839 Elizabeth Sup- 
 plee (b. 1821, d. 1903). He took up the occupation 
 of farming and located on a part of his father's 
 farm south of the old home. He was residing 
 here when the war broke out. He at once enlisted 
 along with two of his sons. He was placed in 
 Col. I, 57th P. v., and was made a corporal. After 
 a short service he was taken prisoner. Prison 
 hardships undermined his health, so that on his 
 being exchanged he was at once paroled and re- 
 turned home where he was made captain of a com- 
 pany of home guards. Some years later he moved 
 to the original Zahniser homestead in Lake 
 Township, and still later he resided at "Five 
 Points" from which place he moved to his last 
 residence in Forest County. "The Captain" as 
 he was commonly called, was for many years a 
 striking figure in the community, an ardent Re- 
 publican, and full of loyalty to the Zahniser con- 
 nection. He was father of the following children 
 besides two others who died in infancy : 
 
 Rachel m. 18. . Jonathan Wetzell (d. 1901), a farmer, 
 living near Cochranton, Pa., where she still 
 resides. 
 
 Uriah (b. 1841, d. 1899) m. 1873 Melissa DeFrance 
 (d. 1897). He was a corporal of Co. D., 211 
 P. v., and was wounded at the Battle of 
 Petersburg, Va. After the war he engaged 
 
DESCENDANTS OF VALENTINE 151 
 
 in farming in Lake Township, later moving 
 to Forest Co., where he died. Following are 
 his children: 
 
 Arthur N. (b. 1875) ^" oil driller residing at 
 Marion, Ind. 
 
 Daisy E. (b. 1878) m. 1900 Harry Canfield and 
 lives in Tionesta. Has one child, DeFrance. 
 
 Valentine J. died in boyhood. 
 
 Franklin A. an oil driller living at Marion, Ind. 
 
 Dewitt a student at Tionesta, Pa., and an infant 
 (dead). 
 
 Valentine (b. 1843, ^- 1862). Volunteered with his 
 father and brother as a member of Co. E., 
 57th P. v., and died of fever on the field. 
 
 Nancy m. 1870 William Forker (d. 1893). Resides 
 in Jackson Centre. Three children were 
 born, of whom two died in infancy. The other, 
 Bessie, married (1898) Geo. E. Hamilton, and 
 resides in Jackson Centre, Pa. She has two 
 boys, Wm. James and George Albert. 
 
 Mary m. John Hay and lives at Fergus Falls, Minn. 
 She has six children, named: 
 
 Winnie m. John Whitaker, lives at Minneapolis, 
 Minn. Is the mother of two girls and one 
 boy. 
 
152 THE ZAHNISERS 
 
 Minnie m. Eugene Flint and lives at Minne- 
 apolis. Is the mother of one girl and one 
 boy. 
 
 Elizabeth, Nannie, Nellie and John H. at home. 
 
 Elizabeth (d. 1887) m. James Bestwick. Her chil- 
 dren are : 
 
 Mary Ellen m. 1892 John C. Waddell, an elec- 
 trician, and resides at Mercer. She has four 
 children : Harold, Hazel, John, Ruth. 
 
 Myrtle m. 1892 Chas. Wilcox, a farmer, of 
 Cochranton, Pa. Has one child, Harry. 
 
 Harry (b. 1872, d. 1902) m. 1892 Cloe Hillard. 
 His two children, Mabel and Claude reside 
 with their mother in Tidioute, Pa. 
 
 Valentine m. 1903 Flora Taylor. 
 
 James m. 1904 Anna Whitlach. 
 
 May m. 1905 Leroy Patterson. 
 
 Elizabeth m. 1905 James Wilcox. 
 
 Clyde is unmarried and resides with his par- 
 ents. 
 
 Franklin (b. 1852) m. 1875 Kate Clark. Is a farmer 
 and resides near Tidioute, Pa. His children 
 are: 
 
 Valentine m. 1897 Mollie L. Mellon (d. 1900). 
 Clerk, residing at Tidioute, Pa. Ha's one 
 child, Naoma. 
 
DESCENDANTS OF VALENTINE 153 
 
 James is a farmer. Resides with his father. 
 
 Ida I. m. 1902 Earl Bonghton, a farmer, near 
 Tidioute, Pa. 
 
 Edna E. m. 1901 Joseph E. Wilson, a farmer, 
 near Oil City, Pa. 
 
 Sarah M. at home. 
 
 Nathan m. 1885 Alice Haines. Pie is a sawyer and 
 lives at East Hickory, Pa. He has two boys, 
 Valentine Delbert and Leslie Eugene. 
 
 Ann m. 1875 Aaron Fontz, living at Fredonia, N. Y. 
 Her children are : 
 
 Bert F. m. 1904 Mary Austin and resides at 
 Fredonia, N. Y. 
 
 Jeannette m. 1903 Harry Draggett, resides at 
 Fredonia, N. Y., and has one child, Leon M. 
 
 Bessie S., Lulu at home and Mabel (d. 1879) a"^ 
 James (d. 1904). 
 
 V. JACOB N. (b. 1816, d. 1890) m. 1848 Mary Ann 
 Moore (d. 1888). His earlier years were spent in 
 farming which he pursued in a number of places 
 in Mercer, Venango and Crawford Counties. Fol- 
 lowing are his children : 
 
 Liveria (b. 1848, d. 1879) was a successful school 
 teacher for many years. 
 
154 THE ZAHNISERS 
 
 i 
 
 Andrew J. (b. 1850) m. 1892 Eliza Garr. He is lo- ^ 
 cated in Lima, Ohio. 
 
 Oscar (b. 1852) lives in California. Gold miner. 
 
 Arminta (b. 1853, d. 1868) was a successful school 
 teacher. 
 
 Sarah Ann (b. 1854) m. Robert Agnew, a blacksmith, 
 residing at Titusville, Pa. Their children are: 
 George J., Lewis R. and David. 
 
 Melissa a chef residing at Titusville, Pa. 
 
 Nannie a nurse residing at Polk, Pa. 
 VL ALEXANDER died in infancy. 
 VIL SCHULTZ died at the age of 25. 
 
 VIII. REBECCA (b. 1818, d. 1889) m. i860 John Lani- 
 gan (d. 1891) with whom she resided on the old 
 homestead till her death. There were no children. 
 
 IX. MARY ANN (d. 1893). Her life was spent on the 
 
 farm where she was born. 
 
DESCENDANTS OF WILLIAM. 
 
CHAPTER IV. 
 
 (b.1789, d. 1856) m. 1814 Eleanor Stotler (b. 1790, d. 1852) 
 
 I. JOHN L. (b. 1816, d. 1904) m. 1846 Lucy North (b. 
 1822, d. 1897). The eldest son of William and 
 Eleanor. He managed to secure sufficient educa- 
 tion to teach school which he did for nine terms, 
 after which he located on a farm in Jackson Town- 
 ship where he spent the remainder of his life. 
 From early life he took an active interest in every- 
 thing looking to the welfare of the community. 
 For 32 years he was a school director and his in- 
 terest in the cause of education was constantly in 
 evidence. In politics he was a Democrat. He 
 served one year as county auditor and filled vari- 
 ous township offices including a service of thirty 
 years as justice of the peace. He was a man of 
 giant stature, strong character and amiable dis- 
 position, who enjoyed the confidence and respect 
 of a wide circle of friends. Like many others of 
 his generation he had a passionate love for the 
 family to which he belonged and he seemed to 
 have no greater joy than in laboring for its welfare. 
 The following are his children : 
 
158 THE ZAHNISERS 
 
 William N. (b. 1850) m. 1892 Mary Westlake, with 
 whom he resides near the old homestead and 
 is engaged in farming. He has held a number 
 of positions of trust and is now a school direc- 
 tor thus following his father in the office he 
 had held so long. 
 
 Richard Johnson (b. 1854) m. 1901 Julia Whistler. 
 After graduating from Iron City Business Col- 
 lege in 1872, he began business as a clerk in 
 Mercer. In 1882 he was elected county re- 
 corder. At the end of his term of office he 
 entered the grocery business in Mercer, con- 
 tinuing till 1887 when he formed a partner- 
 ship with J. N. Donaldson in general mer- 
 chantile business. From 1894 to 1898 he was 
 postmaster at Mercer, Pa., since which time 
 he has been connected with Luce & Manning, 
 wool dealers. His home is at Mercer, Pa. 
 
 J. Madison (b. 1855, d. 1881). 
 
 Dan W. (b. 1862) m. 1894 Lu Stewart. Was edu- 
 cated in Grove City College and Iron City 
 Business College; taught school for a time 
 and then entered the general store of Donald- 
 son, Zahniser & Co., where he remained till 
 1891, since which time he has been teller in the 
 First National Bank of Mercer, Pa. He has 
 one child, John Stewart. 
 
 .1 
 
DESCENDANTS OF WILLIAM iS9 
 
 G. Albert (b. 1867) m. 1899 Marie McCloy. Was 
 educated in Grove City College and Iron City 
 Business College. After teaching a number 
 of terms he entered the Pittsburg office of the 
 Johnston Harvester Co., remaining twelve 
 years. At present he is a traveling (salesman 
 and resides at Mercer. 
 
 Kate M. educated in Grove City College, she enter- 
 ed the profession of teaching. After ten years 
 in the school room, she now resides at the old 
 home. 
 
 Samuel S., Amanda M., Mary E., Eva L. reside at 
 the old home. 
 
 II ANDRE\¥ JACKSON (b. 1818, d. 1892) m. 1848 
 Nancy Hosack (d. 185 1) "Jackson" spent his en- 
 tire life in Jackson Township. In his earlier years 
 he taught school and in 1842 bought the farm 
 adjoining that of John L., on which he spent the 
 remainder of his life. In politics he was a demo- 
 crat and filled many positions of trust. His chief 
 interest centered in his chosen profession and he 
 came to be recognized as one of the most progres- 
 sive farmers in the community. His one child 
 died in infancy. 
 
 III. MICHAEL (b. 1820, d. 1899) m- 1849 Margaret 
 Hogg (d. 1888). He was a farmer by occupation 
 and until 1891 lived on the farm of his father in 
 
i6o THE ZAHNISERS i 
 
 Jackson Township. At that time he went to Hve 
 with his sons in Washington, Pa., where he made j 
 his home till his death. He was a life long Demo- ! 
 crat and raised all his boys true to that faith. His 
 children are as follows : j 
 
 Andrew Jackson (b. 1849) m. 1872 Sarah McCul- | 
 lough. In early manhood he learned the ma- ; 
 chanist's trade at Greenville, Pa., and after- i 
 wards opened a shop at Foxburg. From the ; 
 latter place he moved to Washington, Pa., | 
 where he founded the extensive shops with j 
 which he is still connected. He has invented i 
 a number of valuable mechanical appliances. ' 
 His children are : 
 
 Margaret E. (b. 1873) ""■• 1891 Wm. D. Bright- \ 
 well, principal of the public schools of New 
 Brighton, Pa. Her children are : Jack H. i 
 (d. 1893), Grace, Wilbur F., Wm. N. j 
 
 Charles M. (b. 1876) m. 1898 Bessie Hallam. Is ; 
 
 a machinist and connected with the shops ; 
 
 founded by his father. His children are: i 
 
 George H., Donald J. 
 Mary B. (b. 1880) m. 1903 John C. Steele, a 
 
 business man of Washington, Pa. 
 
 Francis E. (d. 1882), Sarah Idella and Florence 
 Elsie at home. 
 
 Eleanor A. m. 1874 Charles Bromley. Resides at 
 W^ashington, Pa. Her children are: 
 
DESCENDANTS OF WILLIAM i6i 
 
 Sarah Jane m. 1901 John S. Andrews, an insur- 
 ance agent of Washington, Pa. Has two 
 daughters, Mary Bithynia and Jean. 
 
 M. Catherine m, 1901 James W. P. Hart, editor 
 of the Washington (Pa.) Democrat. Her 
 children are : Eleanor and Evelyn. 
 
 William J. m. 1903 Wilhemina Harsh. Is a rria- 
 chinist and resides at Washington, Pa. Has 
 one daughter, Helen Maude. 
 
 John Z. m. 1903 Mary Swingle. Is a machinist. 
 Resides at W^ashington, Pa. Has one 
 daughter. Opal Alydia. 
 
 Charles M., a blacksmith, at Waynesburg, Pa., 
 and James Archibald and Raymond Valen- 
 tine, with their mother at Washington, Pa. 
 
 Robert C. (b. 1853) m. 1874 Mary King. Is a farmer 
 by occupation. For a number of years he was 
 located on a part of his father's farm. At 
 present he resides near Pardoe, Pa. His chil- 
 dren are : 
 
 Adda B. m. 1899 Ben A. Dye, with whom she 
 lives near Jackson Centre. Her children 
 are : Roland A. and R. Paul. 
 
 Nannie E. (b. 1879) m. 1901 James H. Everhart. 
 Made her home with her aunt, Mrs. R. E. 
 Heasley, in Mercer, till her marriage. Gradu- 
 ated from the Mercer High School in 1899, 
 
i62 THE ZAHNISERS 
 
 and now resides on a farm near Jackson 
 Center, Pa. 
 
 Mary Edna m. 1903 Ed. C. Campbell of Pardoe, 
 Pa. 
 
 John H., a machinist of AVaynesburg, Pa., 
 Beulah E. and Alfred J. at home. 
 
 William S. (b. 1856) m. 1883 Ada Alexander. After 
 some years spent in farming on a part of the 
 old homestead, he entered the machine shop 
 with his brother, A. J., at Washington, Pa. 
 He is now a member of the firm of Zahniser 
 Bros., machinists, at Waynesburg. His chil- 
 dren are : 
 
 Sarah J., stenographer; Clarence A., machinist; 
 Cora B., May J., Josephine P., Norman M. 
 and Margaret I., all of Waynesburg. 
 
 M. Rudolph (b. 1859) ^^- 1887 Winifred E. Lowry. 
 Resides at Washington, Pa., where he owns 
 and operates a foundry. His children are : Le- 
 roy S., Julia M., Wilda M., another, Cecil 
 died in infancy. 
 
 Valentine O. (b. 1863) m. 1897 May B. Beucler. 
 Educated at Grove City College, and a teacher 
 for several years. Resides at Washington, 
 Pa., where he is manager of the firm of 
 Zahniser Bros., machinists. 
 
DESCENDANTS OF WILLIAAI 163 
 
 John N. (b. 1867) m. 1889 Lottie Edwards (d. 1902), 
 m. 1905 Mae Edwards. Resides at Waynes- 
 burg, Pa., where he is a member of the firm 
 of Zahniser Bros., machinists. His children 
 are : Bertha M. and Zella E. 
 
 R. Mont. J. (b. 1869) m. 1896 Minnie Caldwell. Is 
 a mechanical engineer, associated with the 
 Pittsburg Gage & Supply Co., and resides at 
 Washington, Pa. His children are : Sarah E. 
 and Margaret Minnie. 
 
 Bithynia C. resides with her sister, Eleanor, at Wash- 
 ington, Pa., and is engaged in clerking. 
 
 IV. CATHERINE F. died in infancy. 
 
 V. WILLIAM NORTH (.b- 1824, d. 1850). 
 
 VI. CATHERINE (b. 1826, d. 1899) '"• 1849 James 
 
 Hosack (b. 1823, d. 1854), a farmer and mill owner 
 at what is known as "Hosack's ]\liH" near Jack- 
 son Centre, Pa. After the death of her husband 
 she and her children resided with her brother, A. 
 J., where her two sons still live. Her children 
 are: 
 
 Thomas O, (b. 185 1) m. 1894 Jennie (Gallagher) 
 Hess. He is a prominent farmer widely 
 known for his advocacy of the most advanced 
 methods of farming. He is also active in local 
 politics, being a Democrat. 
 
i64 THE ZAHNISERS 
 
 Ella (b. 1854, d. 1895) was a life-long invalid. 
 
 William J. (b. 1853) is associated with his brother 
 in farming. 
 
 VII. VALENTINE (b. 1828) m. 1861 Margaret J. Pat- 
 ton (d. 1893). In early life he learned the cabinet 
 maker's trade at which he worked in Mercer, till 
 1852 when he entered the Mercer Academy, later 
 studying at Westminster College. In 1854 he be- 
 gan teaching in the public schools after which he 
 taught in Conneautville Academy and at Lexing- 
 ton, Ky., where he was principal of the Morton 
 School. With the breaking out of the war he re- 
 turned north and entered mercantile life in Mercer 
 where he continued till 1880. He then located at 
 Bradford, Pa., where he was manager of a gas 
 company with offices at Eldred, Pa., until the latter 
 part of 1905. He now resides with his daughter, 
 Mrs. Ferry at Auburn, N. Y. Following are his 
 children : 
 
 William H. (b. 1866). He received a business edu- 
 cation and began business as a shipping clerk 
 in Bradford, Pa. Here he resided till 1891 
 when he removed to Pittsburg, Pa. He is 
 now engaged in the production of oil with 
 extensive holdings in West Virginia, the 
 Southwest and various other fields. 
 
Amos Zahniser 
 
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 JOSIAH ZaHNISKR 
 PAGE 93 
 
 Mrs. Mary Broadbend 
 
 PAGE 92 
 
 Matthias Zahniser 
 
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Jacob N. Zahniser 
 
 PAGE 153 
 
 W. J. Zahniser 
 
 PAGE iSo 
 
 
 r.i% /*' 
 
 John Zahniser and Wife 
 
 PAGE 94 
 
DESCENDANTS OF WILLIAM 165 
 
 Catherine (b. 1869) m. 1905 William I. Ferry, a 
 civil and mechanical engineer with whom she 
 resides at Auburn, N. Y. She is a graduate of 
 Bradford High School and was educated in 
 art at Whitby Female College, Canada. 
 
 George L. (b. 1864, d. 1889) and John Patton, died 
 in childhood. 
 
 VIIL BITHYNIA (b. 1831) m. 1858 Samuel Hosack (d. 
 1905), a farmer, with whom she resided near Par- 
 doe, Pa. Of her four children, the two oldest, 
 Eleanor and William, died in childhood. The 
 others are : 
 
 Catherine m. 1887 F. H. Hawn, who is a prominent 
 merchant of Mercer, Pa. She is the mother 
 of one child, E. Leland. 
 
 Edwin m. 1894 Mary Daugherty. Is a farmer and 
 resides at the old home. His children are : 
 Harry, Catherine, Mabel, Pauline and Edwin. 
 
 IX. RICHARD M. J. (b. 1836) m. 1859 Elizabeth 
 Hurst (d. 1883) "1- 1885 Lillian Sheriff. While yet 
 a mere boy, he entered the employ of Henry 
 Forker druggist, at Mercer, where he remained 
 till 1857 when he became a merchant, later en- 
 gaging in the lumber business. In 1879 he moved 
 to Somerset County, in 1883 to Mt. Pleasant, 
 
i66 THE ZAHNISERS 
 
 Westmoreland County, and in 1886 to Greensburg, i 
 
 where he resided till 1901. At all these places he j 
 
 was a lumber dealer. Since 1901 he has resided in 1 
 
 Pittsburg where he is a real estate agent. He is ' 
 
 a Republican and a member of the Presbyterian 
 
 Church. His children are : i 
 
 I 
 Harry H. (b. 1863) m. 1890 Mary Swem. Resides at | 
 
 Greensburg, Pa., where he is engaged in gen- j 
 
 eral contracting. His children are : Harry (b. 1 
 
 1893), Frank R. (b. 1894) and Wendell S. \ 
 
 (b. 1898). \ 
 
 Frank (b. 1866) m. 1893 Jeannette Suydam. Resides \ 
 
 at Greensburg, Pa., where he is engaged in the i 
 
 practice of dentistry. His children are : Eliza- ' 
 
 beth and Eleanor. | 
 
 Bertha (b. 1869, d. 1886). Met with a tragic death : 
 
 by being run down by a train while carriage- '• 
 
 riding with her affianced lover. ' 
 
 i 
 Mary (b. 1878) m. 1899 John S. Lightcap, an at- 
 
 torney, residing at Latrobe, Pa., with offices , 
 
 in Greensburg. Her children are : John S. Jr. 
 
 and an infant daughter. ^ 
 
 Richard S. (b. 1886). Resides with his father and is | 
 engaged in railroading, being on the official ' 
 
 stafif of the P. R. R., with his office in the ' 
 
 I 
 
 Union Station, Pittsburg. ! 
 
DESCENDANTS OF JACOB. 
 
CHAPTER V. 
 
 (b. 1792, d. 1852) m. 1816 Catherine Wright (b. 1790, 
 
 d. 1861). 
 
 I. MARGARET (b. 1817, d. 1897) m. 1854 Rev. James 
 Montgomery (d. 1871). Her early hfe was spent 
 in Mercer where she was educated in the Mercer 
 Academy. On her marriage she located at Clarion, 
 Pa., where her husband was long the esteemed 
 pastor of the Presbyterian Church, it being the 
 only charge he ever held. There she remained till 
 her death, active in every good work, especially 
 that of the church to which her life was so deeply 
 devoted, and exerting a strong influence over the 
 lives of a wide circle of friends. Following are 
 her children : 
 
 Catherine Z. (b. 1855) m. 1885 Thomas Raine. She 
 was educated in Hollidaysburg Seminary 
 where she graduated in 1874. After her mar- 
 riage she resided in Clarion till 1891 when the 
 family removed to Empire, Pa., remaining 
 there till 1905 when they moved to Evan- 
 wood, W. Va., where they now reside. Her 
 
I70 THE ZAHNISERS 
 
 children are : James Montgomery, a student at 
 Lehigh University ; Mary Zahniser, a student 
 at Birmingham, Pa.; Paul W. (d. 1888), 
 Joseph W. and J. Thomas. 
 
 Mary S. (b. 1859) m. 1898 Lucian B. Wilson, a lum- 
 ber dealer, with whom she resides at Creston, 
 Iowa. She has two children : James M. and 
 Margaret C. 
 
 II. WILLIAM (b. 1821, d. 1901) m. 1858 Elizabeth 
 Caldwell (d. 1869), m. 1871 Caroline Forster (d. 
 1873). Was born in Mercer, Pa., where he was 
 actively engaged in mercantile pursuits for many 
 years. His eyes began failing some twenty years 
 before his death, which compelled him to retire. 
 For fifteen years he was totally blind, which mis- 
 fortune he bore with patience. He was an active 
 member of the Presbyterian Church, and took a 
 live interest in all public interests. The follow- 
 ing are his children, of whom the first three were 
 by his first wife: 
 James Edward died in 1865 at the age of 6 years. 
 
 Catharine Elizabeth (b. 1862, d. 1887) m. 1886 Mil- 
 ton Kerr (d. 1895), with whom she resided 
 in Omaha, Nebraska, until her death. She 
 was the mother of one child, Bessie Z., who 
 resides with her grandfather, Mr. A. J. Kerr 
 of Mercer, Pa. 
 
DESCENDANTS OF JACOB 171 
 
 Mary m. 1900 Paul Terhune, a traveling salesman 
 for J. M. Hastings Lumber Co., of Pittsburg, 
 Pa., with whom she resides in Mercer, Pa. 
 
 Sara Forster resides with her sister, Mrs. Terhune 
 in Mercer, Pa. 
 
 III. GEORGE W. (b. 1823, d. 1889) m. 1854 Jane Pork- 
 er (d. 1859), m. 1864 Kate Gaston (d. 1864), m. 
 1866 Mrs. Elizabeth McGill. Was educated in the 
 old Mercer Academy and Washington & Jefiferson 
 College where he graduated in 1846 in the same 
 class with James G. Blaine. The year following 
 he tutored in that institution after which he con- 
 ducted a classical school in Lexington, Ky., for 
 about two years. He then took a course of study 
 in Princeton Theological Seminary and soon after 
 entered the ministry of the Presbyterian Church, 
 locating at Conneautville, Pa., where he remaained 
 eight years. He then removed to Huntingdon 
 City where he preached from 1859 to 1876 when he 
 returned to Conneautville for a second pastorate 
 of one year. Thereafter he took no regular pas- 
 torate but resided in Mercer and supplied various 
 churches for short periods. Both prior to and dur- 
 ing his ministry he gave much time to teaching 
 in public and private schools. The following are 
 his children, of whom the eldest was the daughter 
 of his first wife, and the others were his last wife's 
 children : 
 
172 THE ZAHNISERS 
 
 Mary (b. 1856) m. 1882 Herman Frankel, a merchant 
 and banker, of Mercer, where they reside. 
 She is the mother of one child : Margarethe 
 Clara. 
 
 George B. (b. 1868) m. 1902 Ruth Agnew. He is a 
 graduate of Lehigh University. He is a civil 
 engineer, with offices in New Castle, Pa. He 
 has one child : Elizabeth. 
 
 Albert W. (b. 1882) m. 1905 Hannah O. Barton, is a 
 graduate of Lehigh University. Is a me- 
 chanical engineer and resides at Avalon, Pa. 
 
 Catherine G. resides with her mother in Mercer. 
 
 IV. MICHAEL (b. 1830) m. 1854 Christiana McGill. ^ 
 He was educated in the public schools of Mercer, 
 Pa., and was a student of medicine at Philadelphia 
 when his father's death compelled him to return \ 
 to Mercer, where along with his brother, Wil- : 
 Ham, he took control of his father's store. In 1864 : 
 he entered the banking business with which he is ; 
 still connected, being now vice president of the ■ 
 Merchants and Manufacturers National Bank of i 
 Sharon, Pa. He is an active member of the Pres- { 
 
 byterian Church and has for half a century been ' 
 
 I 
 prominent in Free Masonry in which he has oc- 
 cupied some of the highest chairs. He is the father 
 of two children, one of whom died in childhood, ; 
 the other is : I 
 
Jacob Zahniser and Wife 
 
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 Matthias Zahniser 
 
 PAGE 177 
 
 Mrs. Eleanor Caedwell 
 
 PAGE 181 
 
John Zahniser and Wife 
 
 PAGE 87 
 
 Jacob Zahniser and Wife 
 
 PAGE 107 
 
DESCENDANTS OF JACOB 173 
 
 Charles M. (b. 1856) m. 189s Elizabeth Somerville. 
 He was educated at La Fayette College and is 
 a traveling salesman with headquarters in Chi- 
 cago, 111. 
 
DESCENDANTS OF DAVID. 
 
CHAPTER VI. 
 
 (b. 1795, d. 1874) m. 1818 Anna Coulson (b. 1796, d. 1850) 
 
 I. MATTHIAS (b. 1819. d. 1891) m. 1843 Mary Hanna 
 (d. 1859), m. 1861 Harriett Lynn. In early life 
 he learned the blacksmith's trade in Mercer, Pa., 
 and soon after settled in Cambridge, Ohio, where 
 he spent the remainder of his life. He worked 
 at his trade till 1877 when he became entirely 
 blind. He was an active member of the United 
 Presbyterian Church and took a live interest in all 
 public interests. Along with his first wife he had 
 six children, of whom one, James, died in child- 
 hood. The others are : 
 
 Sarah A. (b. 1844) m. 1874 Samuel Mooney, with 
 whom she resides at Springfield, 111. She has 
 one daughter, Mary, who is married to Horace 
 Wiggins, a hotel keeper at the same place, 
 and who has one daughter, Clarissa. 
 
 Mary H. (b. 1845) m. 1866 Isaac A. Oldham, a florist, 
 of Cambridge, Ohio, where they still reside. 
 Her children are : 
 
178 THE ZAHNISERS 
 
 Howard m. Alfa Clements ; is a florist, residing 
 at Cambridge, Ohio. 
 
 Charles m. Louella Leech ; is a florist and resides 
 at Cambridge, Ohio. 
 
 Sara resides at home. 
 
 Roberta m. Dr. Wm. Congill, with whom she 
 resides in Cleveland, Ohio. 
 
 Robert W. (b. 1848) m Luella McFarland. A 
 
 retired traveling salesman living at Cam- 
 bridge, Ohio. Has one child, Robert Joyce. 
 
 Margaret J. (b. 1861, d. 1891). During his many 
 years of blindness "Maggie" was her father's 
 constant companion and nurse. She was one 
 of those unfamed heroines whose unselfish- 
 ness make life's burdens bearable. 
 
 William H. (b. 1853) m. 1878 Eva Schattuck. Re- 
 sides at Colorado Springs where he is em- 
 ployed as a clerk. He has one son, Rob't E. 
 
 II. LINT (b. 1821, d. 1901) m. 18.. Clarinda Jones (d. . 
 
 1878), m. 18.. Angeline Woods (d. 1895). He i 
 
 chose the occupation of a farmer and spent his ; 
 
 earlier years in the AVestern states where he mar- \ 
 
 ried. Returning to his native state, he lived in i 
 
 1 
 
 Lake and Jackson Townships till the death of his i 
 
 I 
 , second wife, after which he resided with his broth- I 
 
DESCENDANTS OE DAVID 179 
 
 er D. R. P., on the old homestead. The follow- 
 ing are his children by his first marriage : 
 
 Anna (b. 1862, d. 1897) m. 1886 John Forker (d. 
 1886), m. 1891 R. King Zahniser. By her first 
 marriage she had one son, John Eorker of New 
 Castle, Pa. By her second marriage her chil- 
 dren are : Mary Elizabeth, Robert R., Marion 
 E. (d. 1896), infant (1897). 
 
 Mary Etta (b. 1864) m. William Fleming (d. 
 1901). She has one child, Nellie. 
 
 Nellie (b. 1866, d. 1888). 
 
 Omar (b. 1867) m. 1904 Lena Resides 
 
 at Steubenville, Ohio. He is an iron worker 
 and has one child, William Lint. 
 
 Alice (b. 1869) m. A. M. Sneath. Has one child, 
 Carl Lester. 
 
 Aaron (b. 1872) m. 1903 Mame Aughenbaugh. Re- 
 sides in'Ereeport, Pa., where he owns a feed 
 store. He is the father of two children, Harry 
 Lint (d. 1904) and W^alter Jones. 
 
 III. WILLIAM W. died without issue. 
 
 IV. THOMAS C. His early life was spent at his fath- 
 er's home. He then engaged in teaching school 
 till the breaking out of the war when he enlisted 
 
i8o THE ZAHNISERS 
 
 Oct. 6, 1861) in a company of Volunteer Infantry. 
 The following June he lay in the field hospital with 
 fever and was captured by the Confederates at the 
 Battle of Charles City Cross Roads. It is thought 
 that he died before the prisoners reached Rich- 
 mond, but he was never heard of again. He was a 
 generous and popular comrade and being a fine 
 penman was much in demand for addressing home- 
 letters for the other soldiers. He was prominently 
 active in temperance work both before and during 
 his service as a soldier. 
 
 V. JACOB (b. 1826, d. 1889) m. 1855 Caroline Bolton (d. 
 1906). He learned the carpenter's trade and located 
 in Pittsburg in 1845, where he spent the remainder 
 of his life. He was a successful contractor and a 
 member of the United Presbyterian Church. Two 
 children died in childhood ; those remaining are : 
 
 Mary Pluma (b. 1856, d. 1878) m. 1876 Toseph H. 
 Stavely. She was the mother of one child, 
 Caroline Z., who married Harry B. Nesbitt 
 and resides at Linden, Kan. 
 
 William J. (b. 1857) m. 1880 Anna M. Hines (d. 
 1906). He learned the carpenter's trade with 
 his father and soon became a successful build- 
 ing contractor. He is also senior member of 
 the firm of Zahniser & Clark, wholesale lumber 
 dealers, and prominent in many other business 
 
DESCENDANTS OF DAVID i8i 
 
 connections. He is a Republican and has 
 served in select council. His present resi- 
 dence is at Oakmont, Pa. 
 
 Louis C. (b. 1858, d. 1906). 
 
 Elmer E. (b. i860) m. 1884 Ella Carey, Is a granite 
 cutter and resides in Pittsburg, Pa. His chil- 
 dren are : 
 
 William W., a plumber; Wallace C, a clerk; 
 Raymond E. and Margaret Irene. 
 
 George (b. 1863) m. 1884 Effie Dolben. Is a car- 
 penter and resides in Pittsburg. His children 
 are: Caroline A., Albert W. (clerk), Alice 
 Pluma, Frank D. (d. 1896), Charles B. 
 
 Porter (b. 1866) m. 1895 Mary Junkin. Is a car- 
 penter and resides in Pittsburg. His children 
 are : Marie C, David P., Ruth A. 
 
 Albert (b. 1872) m. 1891 Carrie Metz. Is a contract- 
 ing plumber and resides at Millvale. His chil- 
 dren are : Ella May, Ethel C, Emma Caroline. 
 
 VI. ELEANOR (b. 1829) m. 1849 William Caldwell 
 (d. 1890). Mr. Caldwell was a farmer living near 
 Stoneboro, Pa. Later he purchased a farm adjoin- 
 ing that of David Zahniser in Lake Township, 
 where she still resides. She and her family are 
 
connected with the Bethany Cumberland Pres- j 
 byterian Church. Following are her children: j 
 
 Mary, a nurse residing at Cleveland, Ohio. I 
 
 Benj. F. (b. 185 1) m. Mollie Gardner. Is a 
 machinist and resides at La Janita, N. M. 
 His children are: Beatrice who died in child- j 
 hood, Archie M., Eleanor Z., George G. and 
 Fitzhugh L. j 
 
 1 
 
 j 
 David. I 
 
 Thomas Z. (h. 1857) m. Emma Pizer. Is a ] 
 stone mason and resides at Butler, Pa. His | 
 
 children are : Edna and Paul. 1 
 
 i 
 
 William (b. 1858, d. i860). \ 
 
 Charles (b. 1863) m. 1903 Luella McGarr. Is a farm- ■ 
 er and resides at the old home. He has two 
 
 children. Mary Elizabeth and Eleanor. ' 
 
 I 
 I 
 
 Elmer (b. 1865). A machinist located in Mexico. ; 
 
 Lois (b. 1866) m. 1892 J. Z. North. Was graduated ; 
 
 from Edinboro State Normal School and for j 
 
 several years a successful primary teacher. ; 
 
 She is an active member of the Bethany i 
 
 Cumberland Presbyterian Church. For list '. 
 of her children see record under name of her 
 
 husband. • 
 
DESCENDANTS OF DAVID 183 
 
 Jessie (b. 1869) m. 1897 S. S. Gill, a contractor, with 
 whom she resides in Butler, Pa. Her children 
 are : Frederick Scott and Ralph Emerson. 
 
 VII. AARON (b. 183 1, d. 1898) m. 1857 Harriett A. 
 Smith. In early life he went west and learning 
 the tanner's trade settled in Oregon, where he re- 
 sided till his death. Of his children, two, Hattie 
 and Frank died in childhood, the others are: 
 
 Bertram B. (b. 1859, d. 1866). 
 
 Alpha M. (b. 1861) m. 1877 James G. Walker. Con- 
 ducts a hotel at Wedderburn, Oregon. Her 
 children are : 
 
 James W. (deputy sheriff), Maude May (teach- 
 er), Robert Z., Claude C, Arthur G., 
 Sydney. 
 
 Orlinnie (b. 1863) m. 1888 John Jenson. She first 
 married a man named Cunningham and has 
 one son by this marriage. Jack Z. Cunning- 
 ham. By her second marriage her children 
 are: Mabel Irene, Nellie Augusta, Charles R. 
 and Bessie A. They reside at Wedderburn, 
 Oregon. 
 
 Eva (b. 1865) m. 1882 C. Lockwood, divorced 
 1889, m. 1893 Joseph G. Crockett. Resides at 
 Wedderburn, Oregon. By her first marriage 
 
i84 THE ZAHNISERS 
 
 she has one child, Harvey Z. Lockwood, and 
 by her second marriage two, David Porter and 
 Joseph Z. Her present husband is a second 
 cousin of David Crockett, the famous scout. 
 
 Porter C. (b. 1868) m. 1891 Cora E. Merrill. Is a 
 carpenter and lives in Oakland, Cal. His 
 children are : Irene M., Delmer, C. Lester, 
 Cecelia J., Victor M. and Stephen A. 
 
 VIII. MARY (b. 1835) m. 1859 Davidson H. Alexander 
 with whom she resides near Henderson, Pa. 
 Of her children, Frances M. died in childhood. 
 The others are : 
 
 Mary E. (b. i860) m. 1884 Andrew Carmichael, with 
 whom she resides at Pawnee City, Neb. Her 
 children are : Clara E., Ethel B., Lela L., 
 Hiram A., Helen T. 
 
 Lament E. (b. 1862) m. 1883 Ada Andre. Is a farm- 
 er and resides at Henderson, Pa. His chil- 
 dren are : A. Gertrude, Theda E., Ross L. (d. 
 1888), Clara G., Helen M., Sterling L. 
 
 William G. 
 
 David Porter m. 1901 Annette Cromby. Lives at 
 Massillon, Ohio. 
 
 Pluma L. (b. 1875) m. 1899 Roscoe Foulke, a min- 
 ister of the Methodist Church, with whom she 
 
DESCENDANTS OF DAVID 185 
 
 resides at North Clarendon, Pa. She was 
 educated in Grove City College. Her chil- 
 dren are : Ruth M., Mildred Pluma, Gladys H. 
 
 IX. D. R. PORTER (b. 1838) m. 1875 Mrs. Josephine 
 Osborn. "Port", as he is familiarly called, is a 
 farmer and resides on the homestead of his father 
 in Jackson Township. Without children of his 
 own he has become an endeared foster father to 
 the three sons of his wife's by her former marriage : 
 James, Rev. Plummer N. and William Franklin 
 Osborn, who have thus come to consider the in- 
 terests of the Zahnisers as their own. He is a Re- 
 publican and a deacon in the Bethany Cumberland 
 Presbyterian Church. In the Civil War he served 
 as a member of Co. D., 211 P. V. 
 
DESCENDANTS OF MARY. 
 
CHAPTER VII. 
 
 (b. 1797, d. 1825) m. 1817 Joshua McCracken (b. 1787, 
 
 d. 1847). 
 
 I. ALEXANDER (b. 1819, d. 1848) m. 1842 Eliza Lut- 
 ley (b. 1816, d. 1891) and resided in the northern 
 part of Mercer County. Three children were 
 born, of whom one died in childhood, the others 
 are : 
 
 Joshua (b. 1846) m, Adelia Dodds. Is an oil opera- 
 tor and resides at Kaneville, Pa. Has been 
 the father of five children of whom one, 
 George M., died in early life. The others are : 
 
 Elizabeth m. Joseph Hanna and resides at Kane- 
 ville, Pa, 
 
 Lee Alexander, Mary E., Nannie A. 
 
 Mary m. Mr. McQuiston and resides near Harts- 
 town, Pa. 
 
 IL MARY (b. 1820, d. 18..) m. John Mcllwain 
 (d. 1883), a merchant at New Lebanon, Pa. Fol- 
 lowing are her children : 
 
igo THE ZAHNISERS 
 
 Cyrus (b. 1844, d. 1893) m. 1885 Phoebe Price. Dur- 
 ing the Civil War, he inlisted in 83d P. V. 
 and served four years. He is a farmer and 
 resides near Sheakleyville, Pa. He is the fath- 
 er of one child, Florence. 
 
 David (b. 1845) ^'^- ^^^9 Elizabeth E. Ross. Re- 
 sides at New Vernon, Pa. His children are : 
 
 Maude (b. 1870) m. 1889 C. V. Ross and resides 
 at New Vernon, Pa. Five children have 
 been born of whom the oldest, David S., 
 died 1892. The others are : Lela E., Clair, 
 Harold C, Hortense. 
 
 John (b. 1872) m. 1895 Margaret Livingston. 
 
 Alexander (b. 1847) m. 1868 Catherine Jewell. Re- 
 sides at New Vernon, Pa. He has two chil- 
 dren : 
 Mary F. (b. 1869) m. 1888 J. R. Moore, and 
 has one child, Edna F. 
 
 Edward (b. 1874) m. 1803 Nettie Maud Mont- 
 gomery. Resides at Sharpsville, Pa., and 
 has six children: Montgomery L. (d. 1904), 
 Floyd M. (d. 1898), Wilbur J., Orien R., 
 Izora and Linda Louise. 
 
 Harvey (b. 1848) m. 1876 Sarah J. Russell. Resides 
 at New Vernon, Pa. Their children are : 
 Forest C. m. 1903 Bessie Coffey, and has one 
 child, Elsie Alberta; Nellie T. (d. 1898) age 
 
DESCENDANTS OF MARY 191 
 
 20 years, Ethel, Elsie (d. 1902) age 19 years, 
 Howard, Laura B. and Roscoe. 
 
 Watson (b. 1850, d. 1891). 
 
 Emma m. William Findley. 
 
 Anna B. m. 1883 C. M. Hanna. 
 
 Adam (b. 1856) m. 1883 Mary Farrah. Resides at 
 New Lebanon, Pa., and has two sons, Pen- 
 rose Lee, a graduate of Grove City College, 
 now studying law in Seattle, Wash., and 
 Vance at home. 
 
 William P. (b. 1858). After securing an education 
 he studied law and practiced for a time at Chi- 
 cago, removing from there to Seattle, Wash., 
 in the early 90's. He has been prominently 
 identified with the growth of that enterprising 
 city and is today an extensive real estate 
 owner there. "The Judge", as he is familiar- 
 ly called, has now retired from active prac- 
 tice at the bar and is engaged in looking after 
 the interests of his real estate and other hold- 
 ings. 
 
 Malinda F. (b. 1862) m. 1881 George S. Miller (d. 
 1900). She now resides at Franklin, Pa., and 
 is the mother of two children, Clyde, a bank 
 clerk, and Jay George, both residing with their 
 mother. 
 
192 THE ZAHNISERS 
 
 III. ISABEL (b. 1822, d. 1894) m. 1840 Geo. Axtell (d. 
 1859). At their marriage they settled on the farm 
 of his father near New Vernon, Pa., where he en- 
 gaged in lumbering. Following are her children : 
 
 Sylvester (b. 1850) m. 1875 Ellen E. Jenkins (d. 
 1882), m. 1884 Martha A. Condit. He is a 
 farmer and has spent his life on the farm on 
 which he was born. In politics he is a Re- 
 publican and has held many local offices. He 
 is a member and elder in the Presbyterian 
 Church at New Vernon, Pa. He is the father 
 of six children, three by each marriage: 
 
 Maud L. (b. 1876) m. R. J. Cousins, resides at 
 Utica, Pa., William N. (b. 1878, d. 1879), 
 Tillie B. (b. 1881, d. 1898), Mary, George 
 C. (b. 1890) and Fred O. (b. 1894). 
 
 Mary (b. 1852, d. 1880), Eliab T. (b. 1855, d. 1875), 
 David A. (b. 1858, d. 1859). 
 
 IV. DAVID (b. 1824, d. 1889) m. 1849 Mary Adams. 
 During the Civil War he served in Co. I., 4th Pa. 
 Cav. He was a blacksmith and resided at Frank- 
 lin, Pa. To him were born seven children, five 
 of whom, John A., Loretta, Charles, James and 
 Rachel, died in early childhood. The others are : 
 
 Mary Elizabeth (b. 1852) m. 1872 John A. Pinkerton, 
 a salesman, with whom she resides at Brad- 
 ford. Pa. Her children are: 
 
Capt. Jamks Zahniser and Wike 
 
 PAGE 150 
 
 WiixiAM Ball and Wife 
 
 PAGE 147 
 
DESCENDANTS OF MARY 193 
 
 Mary Eliza (b. 1875) "i- 1895 Wm. J. Day with 
 whom she resides at Bradford, Pa. Her 
 children are : Charles Alexander, William 
 James and Elizabeth. 
 
 William M. (b. 1877, d. 1900). 
 
 Grace L. (b. 1882) m. 1903 W. J. McKinley, a 
 clerk, resides at Chicago. 
 
 Ola M., Pearl J. and Bertha Z reside in Chicago. 
 
 William C. (b. 1856) m. 1885 Lucy A. McCool. He 
 is a farmer and resides near Omega, Okla- 
 homa. 
 
 V. There were two other children of Mary and Joshua 
 McCracken who died in infancy. 
 
194 
 
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INDEX. 
 
INDEX. 
 
 2AHNISERS— MALE. 
 
 Page 
 
 Aaron 179, 183 
 
 Aaron J 106 
 
 Afton J 139 
 
 Albert 117, 118 
 
 Albert P 94 
 
 Albert W 172, 181 
 
 Alfred Glenn 126 
 
 Alfred J 162 
 
 Alexander 154 
 
 Ammon 93 
 
 Amos 90 
 
 Andrew Jackson.. 154, 159 160 
 
 Archibald H., Rev 124 
 
 Arthur D., Rev 123 
 
 Arthur N 151 
 
 Bertram B 183 
 
 Chalmers 138 
 
 Chalmers A 102 
 
 Chandler D 91 
 
 Charles 116 
 
 Charles A 123 
 
 Charles B 181 
 
 Charles Herbert 93 
 
 Charles M 160, 173 
 
 Charles Reed, Rev 138 
 
 Charles W 105 
 
 Clarence A 162 
 
 Clarence H 124 
 
 Clarence L 108 
 
 Dan W 158 
 
 David.... 62, 104, 136, 138, 141 
 David Lester 139 
 
 Page 
 
 David N 106 
 
 David P 181 
 
 David R. Porter 185 
 
 Delmer 184 
 
 DeWitt 151 
 
 Donald J 160 
 
 Donald Leroy 93 
 
 Earl D 101 
 
 Earl W 105 
 
 Edmund S., Rev 123 
 
 Edson R 91 
 
 Edwin 105 
 
 Ellis 101 
 
 Elmer 106 
 
 Elmer E 181 
 
 Ephraim 98 
 
 Ernest R 92 
 
 Filson 116 
 
 Francis 116 
 
 Francis E 160 
 
 Frank 94, 107, 166, 183 
 
 Frank D 181 
 
 Frank R 166 
 
 Frank W 91 
 
 Franklin 151, 152 
 
 Fred W 126 
 
 Frederick 106, 107 
 
 George 117, 131 
 
 George Albert 159 
 
 George B 172 
 
 George H 160 
 
 George L 165 
 
198 
 
 THE ZAHNISERS 
 
 Page 
 
 George M 127 
 
 George S 126 
 
 George W., Rev 171 
 
 Harold Findley 91 
 
 Harrison M 98 
 
 Harry B 139 
 
 Harry H 166 
 
 Harry L 179 
 
 Henry N 106 
 
 Henry Martin 122, 124 
 
 Herman 117 
 
 Howard C 124 
 
 Howard S 141 
 
 Innis 106 
 
 Ira C 135 
 
 Ivins R 126 
 
 Jack 139 
 
 Jacob 9, 60, 107, 121, 180 
 
 Jacob C 101 
 
 Jacob L 97, 104 
 
 Jacob J., Rev 123 
 
 Jacob M 130 
 
 Jacob N 153 
 
 James 150, 177 
 
 James A 105 
 
 James C 108 
 
 James Edward 170 
 
 James Elmer 95 
 
 James H 129 
 
 James J 153 
 
 Jay 117 
 
 Jeremiah 116 
 
 John 87, 94, 135 
 
 John A 91 
 
 John Byron 138 
 
 John C 117 
 
 John E 90 
 
 John H 162 
 
 John Ira 140 
 
 John L 157 
 
 John N 163 
 
 John Patton 165 
 
 Page 
 
 John Stewart 158 
 
 John W 145 
 
 Johnithian W 101 
 
 Josiah 93 
 
 Kenneth Clair 91 
 
 Leander M 98 
 
 Lemuel 108 
 
 Leroy S 162 
 
 Leslie 108, 115, 153 
 
 Lester 139, 184 
 
 Levi 88 
 
 Lewis F 130 
 
 Lint 178 
 
 Lou 108 
 
 Louis C 181 
 
 Madison 158 
 
 Matthias. . 
 
 32, 53. 93, 96, 101, 177 
 
 Matthias R 105 
 
 Marvin 91 
 
 Melvin 117 
 
 Michael 55, 98, 159, 172 
 
 Michael C 134 
 
 Michael L 138 
 
 Michael M 136 
 
 Milton B 129 
 
 Mont R 91 
 
 Mont S 95 
 
 Nathan 153 
 
 Norman 101 
 
 Norman K 101 
 
 Norman M 162 
 
 Odis S 98 
 
 Omar 179 
 
 Oscar 154 
 
 Paul H 130 
 
 Paul V 106 
 
 Porter 181, 185 
 
 Porter C 184 
 
 Ralph 141 
 
 Ralph A., Rev 123 
 
 Ralph R 123 
 
INDEX 
 
 199 
 
 Ray 136 
 
 Raymond E 181 
 
 Richard 123 
 
 Richard M. J 165 
 
 Richard S 166 
 
 Robert 96 
 
 Robert C 161 
 
 R. Edwin 91 
 
 Robert E 105, 178 
 
 Robert H 96 
 
 Robert Joyce 178 
 
 R. Johnson 158 
 
 R. King 88 
 
 R. Maurice 91 
 
 R. Mont J 163 
 
 Robert R 89 
 
 Robt. W 178 
 
 Ross 116 
 
 Roscoe C 134 
 
 Roy 101 
 
 Rudolph 162 
 
 Russell M 95 
 
 Samuel 94, 116 
 
 Samuel S 159 
 
 Schultz 154 
 
 Stephen A 184 
 
 Theodore V 89 
 
 Thomas 106 
 
 Thomas C 179 
 
 Thompson 133 
 
 Uriah 150 
 
 Valentine 
 
 11, 22, 26, 58, 151, 152, 164 
 
 Valentine B 153 
 
 Valentine D 153 
 
 Victor M 184 
 
 Virgil S 138 
 
 Wallace C 181 
 
 Walter 106 
 
 Walter J 179 
 
 Walter S 123 
 
 Webb 101 
 
 Wendell S 166 
 
 Wilbur 135 
 
 Williard C 93 
 
 William 
 
 59, 96, 101, 133, 141, 170 
 
 William A 137 
 
 William F 106, 125 
 
 William H 164, 178 
 
 William J 180 
 
 William L 179 
 
 William Leslie 129 
 
 William North 158, 163 
 
 William Plummer 135 
 
 Wm. S 162 
 
 William W 179, 181 
 
 Willis H 93 
 
 W. Verne 93 
 
20O 
 
 THE ZAHNISERS 
 
 ZAHNISERS— FEMALE. 
 (Married Name in Parenthesis.) 
 
 Page 
 
 Ada B (Dye) 161 
 
 Alice (Sneath) 179 
 
 Alice Pluma 181 
 
 Alice M 129 
 
 Alice (Reimold) 108 
 
 Alpha M. (Walker) 183 
 
 Amanda ( Donaldson) 126 
 
 Amanda M 159 
 
 Ann (Poutz) 153 
 
 Anna 117 
 
 Anna (Porker-Zahniser) 88-179 
 
 Arminta 154 
 
 Bernice 123 
 
 Bertha 163, 166 
 
 Bithynia (Hosack) 165 
 
 Beulah E 162 
 
 Bithynia C 163 
 
 Blanch 106 
 
 Caroline A 181 
 
 Caroline (Porter) 100 
 
 Caroline E. (Hamilton) . .140 
 
 Cassie E 106 
 
 Catherine... 104, 105, 115, 129 
 
 Catherine B (Ward) 126 
 
 Catherine (Hosack) 163 
 
 Catherine (North) 141 
 
 Catherine E. (Porter) 139 
 
 Catherine E. (Kerr) 170 
 
 Catherine G 172 
 
 Catherine M 135 
 
 Catherine (Ferry) 165 
 
 Cecilia J 184 
 
 Celia (Snyder) 117 
 
 Christella 98 
 
 Clara A 123 
 
 Clara M. (Swartz) 98 
 
 Clover 134 
 
 Cora B 162 
 
 Cora M. (Southworth) 133 
 
 Page 
 
 Daisy B 101 
 
 Daisy E. (Caufield) 151 
 
 Delia 134 
 
 Dorothy 88 
 
 Dorothy A. (Bagnall) 117 
 
 Edith M 124 
 
 Edna E. (Wilson) 153 
 
 Edna V. (Patton) 135 
 
 Effie 101 
 
 Elizabeth 
 
 117, 124, 139, 166, 172 
 
 Elizabeth (Fruit) 89 
 
 Elizabeth (McCullough)...134 
 
 Elizabeth (Bestwick) 152 
 
 Ella M 93, 98, 181 
 
 Eleanor 166 
 
 Eleanor (Caldwell) 181 
 
 Eleanor A. (Bromley) ... .160 
 
 Elsie J 89 
 
 Emily 101 
 
 Emma 88 
 
 Emma C 181 
 
 Emma M. (Lister) 101 
 
 Emma (Reeher) 126 
 
 Ethel 139, 181 
 
 Eva (Morrow) 104 
 
 Eva (Lockwood-Crockett).183 
 
 Eva L 159 
 
 Fannie 106 
 
 Fidelia 134 
 
 Florence Elsie 160 
 
 Frances 117 
 
 Grace (Griffith) 102 
 
 Grace J 123 
 
 Hannah (Young) 104 
 
 Hattie 183 
 
 Hazel 116 
 
 Helen 116 
 
 Helen B 139 
 
INDEX 
 
 20I 
 
 Page 
 
 Henrietta A 91 
 
 Ida (Boughton) 153 
 
 Ida J 93 
 
 Ida Milanda (VanDerlin) .123 
 
 Irene M 184 
 
 Iva (Bell) 117 
 
 Jane (Inman) 116 
 
 Jennie E. (Hassel) 95 
 
 Josephine P 162 
 
 Josephine S. (Randlett) . .124 
 
 Julia (Anderson) 108 
 
 Julia A. (Biddle) 100 
 
 Julia M 162 
 
 Kate M 159 
 
 Laura V. (McEwen) 138 
 
 Lefa E 123 
 
 Leona M 126 
 
 Lenora (Turner) 146 
 
 Levina (Shafer) 87 
 
 Lizzie M. (Ealy) 90 
 
 Liveria 153 
 
 Lois 92 
 
 Louie 96 
 
 Lucinda 96 . 
 
 Lula 117 
 
 Mabel 130, 139 
 
 Margaret (Cannon) 135 
 
 Margaret E. (Brightwell) .160 
 Margaret. ..121, 162, 163, 178 
 Margaret (Montgomery) . .169 
 Margaret A. (Ferguson) ...95 
 
 Margaret (Wringer) 116 
 
 Maria 98 
 
 Maria (Hogue) 140 
 
 Marjory 134 
 
 Marion E 89 
 
 Martha 123, 126 
 
 Marie C 181 
 
 Mary 106, 135, 139, 179 
 
 Mary A. (Moore-Christ- 
 
 Broadbent) 92 
 
 Mary A. (Walker) 96 
 
 Page 
 
 Mary (Young) 102 
 
 Mary (Terhune) 171 
 
 Mary (Frankel) 172 
 
 Mary (Alexander) 184 
 
 Mary (McCracken) 62, 189 
 
 Mary (Condit) 130 
 
 Mary Grace (Harrison) . . .138 
 
 Mary (Hay) 151 
 
 Mary Ann (Brocklehurst)..145 
 
 Mary Ann 154 
 
 Mary B. (Steele) 160 
 
 Mary (Lightcap) 166 
 
 Mary A 96 
 
 Mary A. (McClain) 95 
 
 Mary B. (Moyer) 105 
 
 Mary E. (Campbell) 162 
 
 Mary E. (Stewart) 94 
 
 Mary E 89, 123, 159 
 
 Mary E. (Burgess) 96 
 
 Mary Etta (Fleming) 179 
 
 Mary Helen 91 
 
 Mary H. (Oldham) 177 
 
 Mary M. (Hess) 127 
 
 Mary Pluma (Stavely) ... .180 
 
 Mattie I. (Sparks) 101 
 
 Mary Etta (Fleming) 179 
 
 May J 162 
 
 Malinda 126 
 
 Malinda ( Whieldon) 127 
 
 Malinda (Vernam) 129 
 
 Melissa 154 
 
 Minnie A 101 
 
 Minnie 102, 107 
 
 Nancy (Foi'ker) 151 
 
 Nancy L. (Bromley) 122 
 
 Nannie 154 
 
 Nannie A 90 
 
 Nannie E. (Everhart) 161 
 
 Naoma 152 
 
 Nellie 179 
 
 Nellie D 105 
 
 Nellie G. (Dascomb) 134 
 
202 
 
 THE ZAHNISERS 
 
 Page 
 
 Nora 101 
 
 Olive (Linder-Robins) 95 
 
 Oiiinnie (Cunningham-Jen- 
 son) 183 
 
 Orrie 106 
 
 Patience (Herold) 106 
 
 Queen Alice (Ames) 133 
 
 Rachel (Snyder) 107 
 
 Rachel (Wetzell) 150 
 
 Rachel N. (Gulp) 106 
 
 Rebecca (Lanigon) 154 
 
 Rebecca C. (North) 124 
 
 Retta N 105 
 
 Ruth A 181 
 
 Ruth D 123 
 
 Ruth E. (Matthew) 133 
 
 Sarah (Smith) 98 
 
 Sarah Forster 171 
 
 Sarah A. (Johnson) 108 
 
 Page 
 
 Sarah A. (Agnew) 154 
 
 Sarah A. (Mooney) 177 
 
 Sarah (Ball) 147 
 
 Sarah E 163 
 
 Sarah E. (Wallace) 127 
 
 Sarah Idella 160 
 
 Sarah J 162 
 
 Sarah M 130, 153 
 
 Sarah Melissa 141 
 
 Sophrona (Christ) 96 
 
 Sophrona (Nelson) 117 
 
 Susan (Merchant) 112 
 
 Susan (Shafer) 107 
 
 Susan J 116 
 
 Twila 101 
 
 Wilda M 162 
 
 Zella E 163 
 
 Zela Mae 136 
 
 DESCENDANTS OF OTHER NAMES— MALE. 
 
 Page 
 
 Agnew, David 154 
 
 Agnew, George J 154 
 
 Agnew, Lewis R 154 
 
 Alexander, David P 184 
 
 Alexander Lamont E 184 
 
 Alexander, Ross L 184 
 
 Alxeander, Sterling L....184 
 
 Alexander, William G 184 
 
 Anderson, Clifford A 110 
 
 Anderson, David 110 
 
 Anderson, Edward 96 
 
 Anderson, Frank 109 
 
 Anderson, George. .. .109, 110 
 
 Anderson, Jacob A 109 
 
 Anderson, James 109 
 
 Anderson, John 110 
 
 Anderson, Louis A 110 
 
 Anderson, Martin J 110 
 
 Page 
 
 Anderson, Norman 110 
 
 Anderson, Warren 109 
 
 Anderson, Willis 110 
 
 Axt.ell, David A 192 
 
 Axtell, Eliab T 192 
 
 Axtell, Fred 192 
 
 Axtell, George C 192 
 
 Axtell, Sylvester 192 
 
 Axtell, William N 192 
 
 Bagnall, Clifford Ill 
 
 Bagnall, Earl M HI 
 
 Bagnall, Mac HI 
 
 Bagnall, Mont H Ill 
 
 Bagnall, Samuel W 117 
 
 Bagnall, Thomas A Ill 
 
 Ball, Beriah 149 
 
 Ball, Caleb 148 
 
 Ball, Caleb A 147 
 
INDEX 
 
 203 
 
 Page 
 
 Ball, Eugene 147 
 
 Ball, Frank 148 
 
 Ball, George 148 
 
 Ball, Henry 149 
 
 Ball, Jacob M 148 
 
 Ball, Jay 147 
 
 Ball, Oscar F 147 
 
 Ball, Valentine Z 147 
 
 Ball, William V 148 
 
 Beatty, .Ethelwyn 100 
 
 Beckdol, Reuben 99 
 
 Bestwich, Claude 152 
 
 Bestwick, Clyde 152 
 
 Bestwick, Harry 152 
 
 Bestwick, James 152 
 
 Bestwick, Valentine 152 
 
 Biddle, John 100 
 
 Bissel, Clair L 149 
 
 Bissel, Clyde E 149 
 
 Bissel, Morton 149 
 
 Boulton, David P 146 
 
 Brightwell, Jack H 160 
 
 Brightwell, Wilbur F 160 
 
 Brightwell, V/illiam N 160 
 
 Broadbent, Floyde N 104 
 
 Broklehurst, Archie D....146 
 Broklehurst, George E...145 
 
 Brokelhurst, Henry P 146 
 
 Broklehurst, John W 146 
 
 Broklehurst, Ralph 145 
 
 Broklehurst, Ray M 145 
 
 Bromley, Charles M 161 
 
 Bromley, Henry M 122 
 
 Bromley, J. Archibald 161 
 
 Bromley, John Z 161 
 
 Bromley, Raymond V 161 
 
 Bromley, Wm. J 161 
 
 Caldwell, Archie M 182 
 
 Caldwell, Benjamin F 182 
 
 Caldwell, Charles 182 
 
 Caldwell, David 182 
 
 Caldwell, Elmer 182 
 
 Page 
 
 Caldwell, Fitzhugh L 182 
 
 Caldwell, George G 182 
 
 Caldwell, Paul 182 
 
 Caldwell, Thomas Z 182 
 
 Caldwell, William 182 
 
 Canfield, De France 151 
 
 Cannon, Claude 1 135 
 
 Cannon, Hallace W 128 
 
 Carmichiel, Hiram A 184 
 
 Christ, Edward 96 
 
 Christ, Leroy 92 
 
 Christ, Onie 96 
 
 Christ Ross H 92 
 
 Christ Simeon E 92 
 
 Condit, Ira M., Rev 131 
 
 Condit, John W 132 
 
 Cooley, La Verne 112 
 
 Corn, Albert 147 
 
 Corn, Roy 147 
 
 Couse, Howard A 131 
 
 Couse, Wm. H 131 
 
 Cousins, Chauncey 89 
 
 Crockett, David P 184 
 
 Crockett, Joseph Z 184 
 
 Cunningham, Jack Z 183 
 
 Dascomb, Edmond B 134 
 
 Day, Charles Alexander. .193 
 
 Day Wm. James 193 
 
 Donaldson, Dean 126 
 
 Donaldson, Emerson 126 
 
 Donaldson, Stanley 126 
 
 Deadgett, Leon M 153 
 
 Draggett, Leon M 153 
 
 Dye, Roland 161 
 
 Dye, R. Paul 161 
 
 Ealy, Floyde R 91 
 
 Ealy, Randall 91 
 
 Ealy, Wallace Leroy 91 
 
 Fee. Calvin 148 
 
 Fee, Eugene P 148 
 
 Forker, John (Jr.) 179 
 
 Foust, Ephriam 99 
 
204 
 
 THE ZAHNISERS 
 
 Page 
 
 Foust, John W 99 
 
 Foiitz, Bert F 153 
 
 Foutz, James 153 
 
 Fox, Albert 110 
 
 Fox, George 110 
 
 Fox, Warren 110 
 
 Fox, William 110 
 
 Fruit, Carl 89 
 
 Fruit, Charley 89 
 
 Fruit, Richard Conant 90 
 
 Fruit, Robert 89 
 
 Fruit, Walter 90 
 
 Fry, Earl Zahniser 95 
 
 Fry, William James 95 
 
 Fyfe, Albert A 115 
 
 Gill, Frederick Scott 183 
 
 Gill, Ralph Emerson 183 
 
 Graham, Vernam W 130 
 
 Griffith, Chalmers 102 
 
 Griffith, Maurice 102 
 
 Hamilton, D. Donald 140 
 
 Hamilton, George A 151 
 
 Hamilton, Hawn E. Leland.165 
 
 Hamilton, Paul N 140 
 
 Hamilton, Roy K 140 
 
 Hamilton, William James. 151 
 
 Hassel, Clarence L 95 
 
 Hassel, Merle 104 
 
 Hassel, Victor 95 
 
 Hassel, William 95 
 
 Hawn, E. Leland 165 
 
 Hay, John H 152 
 
 Hazen, Charles H 99 
 
 Hazen, Frank 99 
 
 Hazen, Ira 99 
 
 Hazen, Wendell 99 
 
 Herold Thomas V 106 
 
 Hess, G. F 128 
 
 Hess, George H 128 
 
 Hess, Harrison C 128 
 
 Hess, J. North 129 
 
 Hess, M. E 127 
 
 Page 
 
 Hess, Olis C 128 
 
 Hess, Robt. B 128 
 
 Hess, W. V 128 
 
 Hoffman, Earl 99 
 
 Hoffman, Carl 99 
 
 Hoffman, Lee 99 
 
 Homer, Edson M 115 
 
 Homer, Leroy H 115 
 
 Hosack, Edwin 165 
 
 Hosack, Harry 165 
 
 Hosack, T. O 163 
 
 Hosack, Wm. J 164 
 
 Hosack, William 165 
 
 Houth, Lester 99 
 
 Inman, Frank 116 
 
 Inman, Francis 116 
 
 Inman, Fred 116 
 
 Inman, Harvey 116 
 
 Inman, Harvey C 116 
 
 Inman, Martin 116 
 
 Inman, Ralph 116 
 
 Inman, Samuel 116 
 
 Jackson, Marvin 99 
 
 Jenson, Charles R 183 
 
 Kibbe, Harmon C 132 
 
 Kilgore, Emory 149 
 
 Kinnestone, Blondell ....149 
 
 Kinnestone, Delbert 149 
 
 Lightcap, John S 166 
 
 Linder, Earl 95 
 
 Lister, Edwin A 101 
 
 Lockwood, Harvey Z 184 
 
 Masters, W. Claire 148 
 
 McClain, John Z 96 
 
 McClain, Robt 96 
 
 McClain, Thomas 95 
 
 McCracken, Alexander ...189 
 
 McCracken, Charles 192 
 
 McCracken, David 192 
 
 McCracken, James 192 
 
 McCracken, John A 192 
 
 McCracken, Joshua 189 
 
INDEX 
 
 205 
 
 Page 
 McCracken, Lee Alexander.189 
 
 McCracken, William C 193 
 
 McCullough, G. R 129 
 
 McCuUough, James M 129 
 
 McCullough, Jessie 1 134 
 
 McCullough, Leonard D. . .134 
 McCullough, Michael P...134 
 McCullough, Paxton K....134 
 
 McCullough, Wm. Z 134 
 
 McEwen, Claire 138 
 
 Mcllwain, Adam 191 
 
 Mcllwain, Alexander ....190 
 
 Mcllwain, Penrose L 191 
 
 Mcllwain, Cyrus 190 
 
 Mcllwain, David 190 
 
 Mcllwain, Edward 190 
 
 Mcllwain, Floyde M 190 
 
 Mcllwain, Forest C 190 
 
 Mcllwain, Harvey 190 
 
 Mcllwain, Howard 191 
 
 Mcllwain, John 190 
 
 Mcllwain, Montgomery L.190 
 
 Mcllwain, Orien R 190 
 
 Mcllwain, Roscoe 191 
 
 Mcllwain, Vance 191 
 
 Mcllwain, Watson 191 
 
 Mcllwain, Wilbur J 190 
 
 Mcllwain, William P 191 
 
 Medberry, George E 149 
 
 Mellison, Edward Ill 
 
 Mellison, Harold Ill 
 
 Merchant, Albert 112 
 
 Merchant, Lament L 113 
 
 Merchant, Richard A 112 
 
 Merchant, Roy 113 
 
 Michael, Albert E 112 
 
 Michael, Bryon M 112 
 
 Michael, Edison C 112 
 
 Michael, Kermit L 112 
 
 Michael, Lawrence H 112 
 
 Miller, Byron 146 
 
 Miller, Clyde 191 
 
 Page 
 
 Miller, Jay G 191 
 
 Miller, Wm. C 146 
 
 Miller, Robt 107 
 
 Morford, Clarence 142 
 
 Morford. William S 142 
 
 Morrow, Everett 105 
 
 Nelson, Russell 117 
 
 Nipple, J. W 109 
 
 Nipple, Wm 109 
 
 North, A. Lament 141 
 
 North. Clifford 142 
 
 North, Condit M 142 
 
 North, Ira C 125 
 
 North, J. Rex 124 
 
 North, Jacob Z 125 
 
 North, John C 142 
 
 North, John Norman 125 
 
 North, Kenneth 125 
 
 North, Michael C 142 
 
 North, Samuel 141 
 
 North, Wm. M 142 
 
 North, Wm. T 124 
 
 Oakes, Caleb N 146 
 
 Oakes, Earl W 146 
 
 Oldham, Charles 178 
 
 Oldham, Howard 178 
 
 Pearson, Ralph A 142 
 
 Pinkerton, Wm. M 193 
 
 Porter, David C Ill 
 
 Porter, Ellis R Ill 
 
 Porter, Francis H Ill 
 
 Porter, Harry N Ill 
 
 Porter, James I Ill 
 
 Porter, Wm. D Ill 
 
 Raine, James M 170 
 
 Raine, J. Thomas 170 
 
 Raine. Joseph W 170 
 
 Raine, Paul W 170 
 
 Randlett, Randolph 124 
 
 Rhodes, Claude 135 
 
 Rhodes, Clyde 88 
 
 Rhodes, Henry E 88 
 
206 
 
 THE ZAHNISERS 
 
 Page 
 
 Rhodes, Orin L 88 
 
 Rhodes, Vivien Albert 88 
 
 Rhodes, Wm. L 135 
 
 Ross, Clair 190 
 
 Ross, David S 190 
 
 Ross, Harold C 190 
 
 Runkle, Harry N 125 
 
 Runkle, John L 125 
 
 Shafer, Robert W 107 
 
 Shafer, Albert Curtis 88 
 
 Shafer, Albert M 88 
 
 Shafer, Fruit R 88 
 
 Shafer, Lewis Wells 88 
 
 Shearer, Beriah 148 
 
 .Sherman, Lawrence 100 
 
 Sherman, Wilbert 100 
 
 Shingledecker, David ....97 
 
 Shingledecker, Harry 97 
 
 Shingledecker, Joe 97 
 
 Shingledecker, Russel 97 
 
 Shingledecker, Thomas ...97 
 Shingledecker, Wallace ...97 
 
 Smith, Byron M 115 
 
 Smith, Charles A 114 
 
 Smith, Ephriam 99 
 
 iSmith, Francis U 114 
 
 Smith, George 98, 115 
 
 Smith, Harry 98, 114 
 
 Smith, Howard W 98 
 
 Smith, John 100 
 
 Smith, Lament B., Dr.... 114 
 
 Smith, Martin 100 
 
 Smith, Matthias 99 
 
 Smith, Michael 100 
 
 Smith, Paul L 114 
 
 Smith, Sam 99 
 
 Smith. Raymond W 98 
 
 Smith, Roy D 114 
 
 Sneath, Carl L 179 
 
 Snyder, Clarence 115 
 
 Snyder, Homer 115 
 
 Snyder, Daniel 108 
 
 Page 
 
 Snyder, Vicie 108 
 
 Snyder, Rev. Wm. J 108 
 
 Sparks, Charley 101 
 
 Sparks, Floyd 101 
 
 Sparks, Worthy 101 
 
 Stantley, Charles 99 
 
 Stantley, Clyde 99 
 
 Stantley, V\''illiam 99 
 
 Stewart, Charles 94 
 
 Stewart, Earl 94 
 
 Stewart, Edmond 94 
 
 Stewart, Lawrence 94 
 
 Stewart, Paul 94 
 
 Stroud, Homer C 146 
 
 Sylveus, Paul D 113 
 
 Thompson, Hannah 110 
 
 Turner, George H 146 
 
 Turner, Lewis Z 147 
 
 Turner, John A 146 
 
 Turner, Rhoden T 147 
 
 Turner, Robert A 146 
 
 Turner, Robert Warren.. 146 
 
 Tyrrell, John E 129 
 
 Van Derlin, Arthur M 123 
 
 Van Derlin, Edward A 123 
 
 Van Derlin, James 123 
 
 Van Derlin, Virgil V 123 
 
 Waddell, Harold 152 
 
 Waddell, John 152 
 
 Wagoner, Harold E 128 
 
 Walker, Andrew J 97 
 
 Walker, Arthur G 183 
 
 Vv^alker, Claude C 183 
 
 Walker, Jackson .97 
 
 Walker, John 97 
 
 Walker, J. W 183 
 
 Walker, Geo. B 97 
 
 Walker, Levi 97 
 
 Walker, Lewis 97, 183 
 
 Walker, Robt 96, 183 
 
 Walker, Samuel M 97 
 
 Walker, Sylvester 9T 
 
INDEX 
 
 207 
 
 Page 
 
 Walker, Sydney 183 
 
 Whieldon, Harold D 127 
 
 Wilcox, Harry 152 
 
 Wilson, James M 170 
 
 Wringer, James L 112 
 
 Wringer, Paul L 112 
 
 Wringer, Prescott E 112 
 
 Wringer, Prescott H 112 
 
 Wringer, Russell S 116 
 
 Wringer, Wendell 103 
 
 Young, Chauncey 103 
 
 Young, Foust 103 
 
 
 
 Page 
 
 Young, 
 
 Frank 
 
 102 
 
 Young, 
 
 Harold 
 
 103 
 
 Young, 
 
 Hiram 
 
 102 
 
 Young, 
 
 James 
 
 104 
 
 Young, 
 
 Justus H . . . 
 
 104 
 
 Young, 
 
 Loren 
 
 102 
 
 Young, 
 
 Matthias . . . 
 
 ..102, 104 
 
 Young, 
 
 Milton M. . 
 
 103 
 
 Young, 
 
 Newton 
 
 102 
 
 Young, 
 
 Robt. C... 
 
 104 
 
 Young, 
 
 Wm. E 
 
 103 
 
 Young, 
 
 Wilson 
 
 102 
 
 DESCENDANTS OF OTHER NAMES— FEiVi ALES. 
 (Married Name in Parenthesis.) 
 
 Page 
 
 Alexander, Clara 184 
 
 Alexander, Francis 184 
 
 Alexander, Gertrude 184 
 
 Alexander, Helen 184 
 
 Alexander, Mary E. (Car- 
 
 michael) 184 
 
 Alexander, Pluma (Foulke) 
 
 184 
 
 Alexander, Tlieda 184 
 
 Ames, Marjory 134 
 
 Anderson, Alice (Weiss). 109 
 Anderson, Clara (Hostel- 
 ler) 110 
 
 Anderson, Cornilia 109 
 
 Anderson, Dorothy A 110 
 
 Anderson, Edna M 110 
 
 Anderson, Eleana 110 
 
 Anderson, Hanna (Nipple). 109 
 
 Anderson, Helen 109, 110 
 
 Anderson, Goldie 9G 
 
 Anderson, Jessie 110 
 
 Anderson, Levina (Porter) 
 
 Ill 
 
 Page 
 Anderson, Lydia (Fox).. 110 
 
 Anderson, Mary 109, 110 
 
 Anderson, Mary J. (Wring- 
 er) Ill 
 
 Anderson, Sophrona (Shin- 
 
 gledecker) 97 
 
 Anderson, Susan (Bagnall) 
 
 110 
 
 Anderson, Velma 110 
 
 Andrews, Mary B 161 
 
 Andrews, Jean 161 
 
 Axtell, Mary 192 
 
 Axtell, Maud (Cousins) . ..192 
 
 Axtell, Tillie 192 
 
 Bagnall, Anna B Ill 
 
 Bagnall, Edith R 117 
 
 Bagnall, Elizabeth Ill 
 
 Bagnall, Jessie (Mellison).lll 
 
 Bagnall, Laura Ill 
 
 Bagnall, Mary E Ill 
 
 Bagnall, Reatna Ill 
 
 Bagnall, Rosa B Ill 
 
 Ball, Elizabeth (Corn)... 147 
 
208 
 
 THE ZAHNISERS 
 
 Page 
 Ball, Elizabeth (Hunter) ..148 
 
 Ball, Ella (Fee) 148 
 
 Ball, Eva 147 
 
 Ball, Mary (Masters) 148 
 
 Ball, Narcissa (Shearer) . .148 
 
 Ball, Nettie 149 
 
 Ball, Nora (Fee) 148 
 
 Ball, Ora 148 
 
 Ball, Phoebe (Bissell) 149 
 
 Ball, Rebecca (Kinneston).149 
 Ball, Sarah (Medberry) . .149 
 
 Barnhart, Monetta M 123 
 
 Beatty, Lillian 100 
 
 Beckdol, Bertha 99 
 
 Beckdol, Elsie 99 
 
 Beckdol, Kate 99 
 
 Beckdol, Pearl 99 
 
 Bestwick, Elizabeth (Wil- 
 cox) 152 
 
 Bestwick, Mabel 152 
 
 Bestwick, Mary E. (Wad- 
 dell) 152 
 
 Bestwick, Mary (Patter- 
 son) 152 
 
 Bestwick, Myrtle (Wil- 
 cox) 152 
 
 Biddle, Alice (Olson) ....101 
 Biddle, Margaret (Sher- 
 man) 100 
 
 Bissel, Belle 149 
 
 Boulton, Elizabeth 146 
 
 Boulton, Katie 146 
 
 Boulton, Margaret 146 
 
 Brightwell, Grace 160 
 
 Broklehurst, Anna (Mil- 
 ler) 145 
 
 Broklehurst, Ida (Oakes).146 
 
 Broklehurst, Mary 145 
 
 Broklehurst, Mary (Stroud) 
 
 146 
 
 Broklehurst, Minnie 145 
 
 Bromley, Catherine (Hart) 161 
 
 Page 
 
 Bromley, Eva M 122 
 
 Bromley, Helen 161 
 
 Bromley, Josephine S....122 
 
 Bromley, Laura M 122 
 
 Bromley, Margaret (Barn- 
 hart) 122 
 
 Bromley, Opal 161 
 
 Bromley, Sarah (An- 
 drews) 161 
 
 Caldwell, Beatrice 182 
 
 Caldwell, Eleanor 182 
 
 Caldwell, Edna 182 
 
 Caldwell, Jessie (Gill)... 183 
 Caldwell, Lois (North) .. .182 
 
 Caldwell, Mary 182 
 
 Canon, Carrie (Rhodes) . .135 
 
 Canon, Jessie 135 
 
 Canon, Mabel 135 
 
 Cannon, Martha E 128 
 
 Cannon, Mary M 128 
 
 Canon, Rama 135 
 
 Canon, Ruth 135 
 
 Carmichael, Clara E 184 
 
 Carmichael, Ethel B 184 
 
 Carmichael, Helen T 184 
 
 Carmichael, Lela L 184 
 
 Chaffey, Florence Isabel.. 131 
 
 Chaffey, Ruth L 131 
 
 Christ, Anna (Anderson) .96 
 
 Christ, Ella M 
 
 Christ, Emma B (Cozad)..92 
 
 Christ, Ida J 93 
 
 Christ, Ruth 92 
 
 Condit, Caroline (Couse)..130 
 Condit, Mary E. (Kibbe).132 
 
 Cooley, Blanch A 112 
 
 Couse, Ida M 131 
 
 Couse, Laura (Chaffey) . .131 
 
 Couse, Margaret 131 
 
 Cousins, Corrina Claire.... 89 
 
 Cousins, Elizabeth 89 
 
 Corn, Bertha 147 
 
INDEX 
 
 209 
 
 Page 
 
 Corn, Ellen 147 
 
 Gulp, Mary C 106 
 
 Gulp, Ruth M 106 
 
 Day, Elizabeth 193 
 
 Donaldson, Catherine ...126 
 
 Doyle, Doris 97 
 
 Doyle, Mildred 97 
 
 Fee, Alpha 148 
 
 Fee, Narcissa 148 
 
 Ferguson, Dorothy G 95 
 
 Fleming, Nellie 179 
 
 Forker, Bessie (Hamil- 
 ton) 151 
 
 Foulke, Gladys H 185 
 
 Foulke, Mildred P 185 
 
 Foulke, Paith M 185 
 
 Foutz, Bessie S 153 
 
 Foutz, Jeanette (Dragett).153 
 
 Foutz, Lulu 153 
 
 Foutz, Mabel 153 
 
 Foust, Myrtle A 99 
 
 Frankel, Margarethe 172 
 
 Fruit, Gai'oline 90 
 
 Fruit, Ella M. (Gousins) . .89 
 Fruit, Jennie (Rodgers).. .90 
 Fruit, Margaret (Bastress)..90 
 
 Fry, Pearl M 95 
 
 Fruit, Nellie 89 
 
 Fyfe, Anna B 115 
 
 Griffith, Sylvia L 113 
 
 Hamilton, Ruth E 140 
 
 Hart, Eleanor 161 
 
 Hart, Evelyn 161 
 
 Hassel, Eva G 95 
 
 Hay, Elizabeth 152 
 
 Hay, Minnie (Flint) 152 
 
 Hay, Nannie 152 
 
 Hay, Nellie 152 
 
 Hay, Winnie (Whitacker).151 
 Hazen, Amy (Jackson) .. .98 
 
 Hazen, Nellie M 99 
 
 Hazen, Pearl 99 
 
 Page 
 
 Herold, Mary 106 
 
 Hess, Bessie (Ganon) . . . .128 
 
 Hess, Ellen Maude 128 
 
 Hess, Harriet (Wagoner). 128 
 
 Hess, Hazel M 128 
 
 Hess, Louise M 128 
 
 Hess, Mary 128 
 
 Hoffman, Glara 99 
 
 Hoffman, Dora 99 
 
 Hoffman, Laura 99 
 
 Hoffman, Lida 99 
 
 Homer, Susie 1 115 
 
 Hosack, Catherine (Hawn).165 
 
 Hosack, Catherine 165 
 
 Hosack, Eleanor 165 
 
 Hosack, Ella 164 
 
 Hosack, Mabel 165 
 
 Hosack, Pauline 165 
 
 Hunter, Arminta (Kil- 
 
 gore) 149 
 
 Inman, Elsie 116 
 
 Inman, Lottie H 116 
 
 Inman, Mary 116 
 
 Jenson, Bessie 183 
 
 Jenson, Mabel 1 183 
 
 Jenson, Nellie A 183 
 
 Kerr, Bessie Z 170 
 
 Kibbe, Adelaide 132 
 
 Kibbe, Laura E 132 
 
 Kinneston, Sarah 149 
 
 Linder, Lois (Roberts) .. .'.95 
 
 Lister, Cecil E 101 
 
 McClain, Alice (Galder- 
 
 wood) 95 
 
 McClain, Anna 96 
 
 McClain, Mary E 95 
 
 McClain, Sarah 95 
 
 McCracken, Elizabeth 
 
 (Hanna) 189 
 
 McCracken, Isabel (Ax- 
 tell) 192 
 
 McCracken, Lauretta ....192 
 
2IO 
 
 THE ZAHNISERS 
 
 Page 
 McCracken, Mary E. (Pink- 
 
 erton) 192 
 
 McCracken, Mary (Mcll- 
 
 wain) 189 
 
 McCracken, Mary (McQuis- 
 
 ton) 189 
 
 McCracken, Mary E 189 
 
 McCracken, Nannie A.... 189 
 
 McCracken, Rachel 192 
 
 McCullough, Bessie 134 
 
 McEwen, Mary Lynn ...138 
 
 Mcllwain, Elsie A 190 
 
 Mcllwain, Ethel 191 
 
 Mcllwain, Florence 190 
 
 Mcllwain, Anna B. (Hanna) 
 
 191 
 Mcllwain, Emma (Finley) .191 
 
 Mcllwain, Izora 190 
 
 Mcllwain, Laura B 191 
 
 Mcllwain, Lynda L 190 
 
 Mcllwain, Malinda F. (Mil- 
 ler) 191 
 
 Mcllwain, Mary F. 
 
 (Moore) 190 
 
 Mcllwain, Maude (Ross). 190 
 
 Mcllwain, Nellie T 190 
 
 McMillan, Lydia 125 
 
 McMillan, Mary Elerta ...125 
 
 McMillan, Rebecca 125 
 
 Medberry, Etta 149 
 
 Mellison, Mary Ill 
 
 Mellison, Susan Ill 
 
 Miller, Alice 107 
 
 Miller, Mary E 146 
 
 Miller, Ruth L 146 
 
 Merchant, Anna (Snyder). 115 
 Merchant, Michel (Mitch- 
 ell) 112 
 
 Merchant, Maude M. (Os- 
 borne) 113 
 
 Merchant, Daisy E. (Bear). 113 
 Merchant, Emma J 113 
 
 Page 
 Merchant, Elizabeth (Fyffe) 
 
 115 
 Merchant, Julia (Smith).. 114 
 
 Merchant, Louise 115 
 
 Merchant, Lucinda (Sil- 
 
 veus) 113 
 
 Merchant, Rosa 113 
 
 Montgomery, Catherine Z. 
 
 (Raine) 169 
 
 Montgomery, Mary S. (Wil- 
 son) 170 
 
 Mooney, Clarissa Wiggins. 177 
 Mooney, Mary (Wiggins). 177 
 Morford, Alice (Pearson). 142 
 
 Morford, Ina C 142 
 
 Moore, Edna 190 
 
 Moore, Etta 92 
 
 Morrow, Margaret 105 
 
 Morrow, Mary E 105 
 
 Moyer Evaline 105 
 
 Nelson, Elsie 117 
 
 Nelson, Susan 117 
 
 Nesbitt, Caroline J 180 
 
 Nipple, Agnes Viola 109 
 
 Nipple Mary M 109 
 
 North, Clarice M 142 
 
 North, Eleanor 125 
 
 North, Elizabeth (Uber)..141 
 
 North, Ethel L 141 
 
 North, Kate 142 
 
 North, Malinda (Runkle).125 
 North, Maria (Morford) .142 
 
 North, Mary C 142 
 
 North, Mary E 142 
 
 North, Mary G. (McMil- 
 lan) 125 
 
 North, Nellie E 142 
 
 North, Rebecca 125 
 
 Oldham, Reberta (Con- 
 gill) 178 
 
 Oldham, Sarah 178 
 
 Osborn, Bertha L 113 
 
INDEX 
 
 211 
 
 Page 
 
 Osborn, Iva R 113 
 
 Patton, Mary E 135 
 
 Patton, Rita 1 135 
 
 Pearson, Minnie 142 
 
 Porter, Alice (Beatty) . .100 
 
 Porter, Amelia 100 
 
 Porter, Anna (Mortimer) .100 
 
 Porter, Bertha A 140 
 
 Porter, Bessie M 140 
 
 Porter, Carrie Maud 140 
 
 Porter, Lucile G 140 
 
 Porter, Lulu B Ill 
 
 Porter, Nellie (Lawrence). 140 
 Porter, Pearl (Anderson). .111 
 
 Pinkerton, Bertha 193 
 
 Pinkerton, Grace L (Mc- 
 
 Kinley) 193 
 
 Pinkerton. Mary E. (Day). 193 
 
 Pinkerton, Ola M 193 
 
 Pinkerton, Pearl 193 
 
 Raine, Mary Z 170 
 
 Reeher, Margaret 126 
 
 Reeher, Marion 126 
 
 Reimold, Rosa May 108 
 
 Rhodes, Anna Blanche. .. .88 
 
 Rhodes, Bell 88 
 
 Rhodes, Bessie 88 
 
 Rhodes, Etta M 88 
 
 Rhodes, Levina B 88 
 
 Robins, Margaret (Fry)... 95 
 Robins, Pearl (Murphy).. 95 
 
 Ross, Lela E 190 
 
 Ross, Hortense 190 
 
 Runkle, Helen 125 
 
 Runkle, Mary A 125 
 
 Runkle, Thelma 125 
 
 Smith, Alice B 98 
 
 Smith, Amelia (Hazen)...98 
 
 Smith, Beatrice 98 
 
 Smith, Caroline (Hoffman). 99 
 
 Smith, Flora J 114 
 
 Smith, Irene M 114 
 
 Page 
 
 Smith, Lovina (Stanley) . .99 
 
 Smith, Mary E 115 
 
 Smith, Mary J. (Foust)...99 
 
 Smith, Sarah M 100 
 
 Smith, Zelinka (Beckdol) . .99 
 Shafer, Anna M. (Rhodes). 88 
 
 Shafer, lona Belle 88 
 
 Shafer, Loretta 88 
 
 Shaffer, Ella (Miller) .. .107 
 
 Sliaffer, Ellen 107 
 
 Shaffer, A^iola 107 
 
 Sherman, Gladys 100 
 
 Sherman, Innis 100 
 
 Shingledecker, Mary 97 
 
 Shingledecker, Levra 97 
 
 Shingledecker, Lillian ....97 
 
 Snyder, Alice 108 
 
 Snyder, Anna 115 
 
 Snyder, Ethel L 117 
 
 Snyder, Lillie 108 
 
 Snyder, Mary (Garner) .. .107 
 
 Snyder, Pearl 115 
 
 Snyder, Vicie (Jewell) .. .108 
 
 Spitler, Cecil 97 
 
 Spitler, Hazel 97 
 
 Stanley, Sadie (Houth) 99 
 
 Stavely, Caroline (Nes- 
 
 bitt) 180 
 
 Sylveus, Blanch J. (Grif- 
 fith) 113 
 
 Sylveus, Pearl A. (Bow- 
 man) 113 
 
 Turner, Ada D 146 
 
 Turner, Goldie L 146 
 
 Turner, Leanora D. (Flick- 
 
 ner) 146 
 
 Turner, Margaret A 147 
 
 Turner, Mary 147 
 
 Turner, Sylvia V 146 
 
 Turner, Sarah D. (Boul- 
 
 ton) 146 
 
 Tyrrell, Eunice 1 129 
 
212 
 
 THE ZAHNISERS 
 
 Page 
 
 Tyrrell, Leia P 129 
 
 Uber, Katharine 142 
 
 Van Berlin, Elizabetli N..123 
 
 Van Berlin, Leila 123 
 
 Verman, Mary (Graham) .130 
 Verman, Myrtle (Tyrrell) .129 
 
 Waddell, Hazel 152 
 
 Waddell, Ruth 152 
 
 Walker, Amy 97 
 
 Walker, Clara 97 
 
 Walker, Borothy 97 
 
 Walker, Elizabeth 96 
 
 Vv^alker, Ella (Spitler) 97 
 
 Walker, Jane 97 
 
 Walker, Lillian (Boyle)... 97 
 
 Walker, Laura 97 
 
 Walker, Maud M 183 
 
 Walker, Mary (Zimmer- 
 man) 97 
 
 Walker, .Sophrona (Shingle- 
 decker) 97 
 
 Wallace, Margaret 127 
 
 W^eiss, Agnes A 109 
 
 Weiss, Helen E 109 
 
 Weiss, Mildred P 109 
 
 Page 
 
 Wheildon, Lucile M 127 
 
 Wheildon, Sarah 127 
 
 Wiggins, Clarissa 177 
 
 Wilson, Margaret C 170 
 
 Wringer, Olive F 112 
 
 Wringer, Alice F 112 
 
 Wringer, Alice, M 112 
 
 Wringer, Anna (Cooley).112 
 
 Wringer, Jessie M 103 
 
 Wringer, Helen 1 112 
 
 Wringer, Mary E 112 
 
 Wringer, Mabel V 116 
 
 Wringer, Mary L 112 
 
 Wringer, Olive F 112 
 
 Young. Alice 102 
 
 Young, Clara P. (Hassell).104 
 
 Young Elvira 102 
 
 Young, Helen (Clark) 103 
 
 Young, Julia (Heasley) ..104 
 Young, Myrtlie (Broad- 
 bent) 104 
 
 Young, Nettie E. (Wringer) 
 
 103 
 
 Young, Ruth B 103 
 
 Young, Sadie H 103 
 
 MEN MARRIED INTO THE FAMILY. 
 
 Page 
 
 Agnew, Robt 153 
 
 Alexander, B. H 184 
 
 Ames, Fred W 133 
 
 Anderson, George 96 
 
 Anderson, Lewis Ill 
 
 Anderson, James C 108 
 
 Andrews, John S 161 
 
 Axtell, George 192 
 
 Bagnall, Fred C 117 
 
 Bagnall, Thomas M 110 
 
 Ball, Wm 147 
 
 Barnhart, Lowell W 122 
 
 Page 
 
 Bastress, Bavid W 90 
 
 Bear, Frederick 113 
 
 Beatty, E. W 100 
 
 Beckdol, Scott 99 
 
 Bell, Austin 117 
 
 Bestwick, James 152 
 
 Biddle, Thomas 100 
 
 Bissell, F. B 149 
 
 Boulton, B. M 146 
 
 Boughton, Earl 153 
 
 Bowman, Frank L 113 
 
 Brightwell, Wm. B 160 
 
INDEX 
 
 213 
 
 Page 
 
 Broadbent, Amnion 92 
 
 Broadbent, Harry A 104 
 
 Broklehurst, Wm 145 
 
 Bromley, James G 122 
 
 Bromley, Charles 160 
 
 Burgess, J. M 96 
 
 Calderwood, M. J 95 
 
 Caldwell, Wm 181 
 
 Campbell, Ed. C 162 
 
 Canfield, Harry 151 
 
 Canon, C. G 128 
 
 Canon, Jno. C 135 
 
 Carmichiel, Andrew 184 
 
 Chaffey, Richard 131 
 
 Christ, John 92, 96 
 
 Clark, J. B 103 
 
 Cooley, Johnson 112 
 
 Congill, Dr. Wm 178 
 
 Condit, John 130 
 
 Cousins, R. J 192 
 
 Cousins, E. S 89 
 
 Couse, A. W 130 
 
 Corn, Wm 147 
 
 Cozad, Claude 92 
 
 Crockett, J. G 183 
 
 Culp, Charles 106 
 
 Dascomb, A. S 134 
 
 Day, Wm 193 
 
 Donaldson, W. L 126 
 
 Doyle, Wm 97 
 
 Dradgett, Wm 153 
 
 Dye, Ben. A 161 
 
 Ealy, Victor L 90 
 
 Everhart, James H 161 
 
 Fee, Lewis 148 
 
 Fee, Wesley 148 
 
 Ferguson, Ralph T 95 
 
 Ferry, Wm 191 
 
 Ferry, Wm. 1 165 
 
 Findley, Wm 191 
 
 Fleming, F. M 139 
 
 Fleming, Wm 179 
 
 Page 
 
 Flickner, C. M 146 
 
 Flint, Eugene 151 
 
 Forker, John 179 
 
 Forker, Wm 151 
 
 Foulke, Rev. Roscoe 184 
 
 Foust, John W 99 
 
 Foutz, Aaron 153 
 
 Fox, John 110 
 
 Frankel, Herman 172 
 
 Fruit, Richard 89 
 
 Fry, Wm 95 
 
 Fyfe, John 115 
 
 Garner, John 107 
 
 Gill, S. S 183 
 
 Graham, G. J 130 
 
 Griffith, Harvey 102 
 
 Griffith, Israel 113 
 
 Hamilton, George E 151 
 
 Hamilton, John C 140 
 
 Hanna, C. M 191 
 
 Hanna, Jos 189 
 
 Hart, James W 161 
 
 Harrison, W. H 138 
 
 Hassel, John 104 
 
 Hassel, Wm 95 
 
 Hasteller, Wm 110 
 
 Hawn, F. H 165 
 
 Hay, John 151 
 
 Hazen, Sam 98 
 
 Heasley, John 104 
 
 Herold, George W 106 
 
 Hess, Richard 127 
 
 Hoffman, Henry 99 
 
 Hogue, John B 140 
 
 Homer, Daniel 115 
 
 Hosack, James 163 
 
 Hosack, Sam 165 
 
 Houth, Frank 99 
 
 Hunter, V. G 148 
 
 Inraan, Hiram 116 
 
 Jackson, George 99 
 
 Jenson, John 183 
 
214 
 
 THE ZAHNISERS 
 
 Page 
 
 Jewell, M. G 108 
 
 Johnson, H. E 108 
 
 Kerr, Milton 170 
 
 Kibbe, Laverne 132 
 
 Kilgore, S. R 149 
 
 Kinneston, W. G 149 
 
 Lanigan, John 154 
 
 Lawrence, Harry 140 
 
 Lightcap, John S 166 
 
 Linder, W. H 95 
 
 Lister, Wm 101 
 
 Lockwood, C 183 
 
 Masters, Claude 148 
 
 Matthew, Wm 133 
 
 Medberry, B 142 
 
 Melllson, E. C 112 
 
 Mellison, John Ill 
 
 Merchant, Adam 112 
 
 Miller, G. S 191 
 
 Miller, J. C 145 
 
 Miller, Monie 107 
 
 Mitchell, E. C 112 
 
 Montgomery, Rev. James. 169 
 
 Mooney, Sam 177 
 
 Moore, J. R 190 
 
 Moore, J. H 92 
 
 Morford, Ira G 142 
 
 Morrow, W. S 104 
 
 Mortimer, P. M 100 
 
 Moyer, W. J 105 
 
 Murphy, Wm 95 
 
 McClain, T. W 95 
 
 McCracken, Joshua 189 
 
 McCullough, James 129 
 
 McCullough, John B 134 
 
 McEwen, J. W 138 
 
 Mcllwain, John 189 
 
 McKinley, W. J 193 
 
 McMillan, D. L 125 
 
 McQuiston, 189 
 
 Nelson, James R 117 
 
 Nesbitt 180 
 
 Page 
 
 Nipple, Vance 109 
 
 North, John 124 
 
 North, Wm 141 
 
 Oakes, W. H 146 
 
 Oldham, L A 177 
 
 Osborne, Taylor 113 
 
 Olson, Taylor 113 
 
 Olson 101 
 
 Patterson, Leroy 152 
 
 Patton, C. V 135 
 
 Pearson, H. A 142 
 
 Pinkerton, John A 193 
 
 Porter, Hamilton Ill 
 
 Porter, J. W 100 
 
 Porter, R. D 139 
 
 Raine, Thomas 169 
 
 Randlett, R. N 124 
 
 Reeher, L. F 126 
 
 Reimold, D. P 108 
 
 Rhodes, O. M 135 
 
 Rhodes, John D 88 
 
 Roberts, M. L 95 
 
 Robins, James 95 
 
 Rodgers, Edward 90 
 
 Ross, C. V 190 
 
 Runkle, W. W 125 
 
 Shaffer, Cornileus 87 
 
 Schwartz, M 98 
 
 Shaffer, John 107 
 
 Shearer, Edward 148 
 
 Sherman, 100 
 
 Shingledecker, J 97 
 
 Silveus, W. F., Rev 113 
 
 Smith, Geo 98 
 
 Smith, Dr. George H 114 
 
 Snyder, J 115 
 
 Snyder, L. A 117 
 
 Snyder, W. S 107 
 
 South worth, Lee 133 
 
 Sparks, S. E 101 
 
 Spilter, Sherman 97 
 
 Sneath, A. M 179 
 
INDEX 
 
 215 
 
 Page 
 
 Stanlej', Dave F 99 
 
 Stavely, Jos. H 180 
 
 Steele, John C 160 
 
 Stewart, John A 94 
 
 Stroud, C. W 146 
 
 Swartz, M 98 
 
 Terhune, Paul 171 
 
 Turner, A. P 146 
 
 Tyrrell, J. W 129 
 
 Uber, C. 141 
 
 Van Berlin, J. M 123 
 
 Vernan, W. H 129 
 
 Vogan, H. B 134 
 
 Waddell, John C 152 
 
 Wagoner, J. L 128 
 
 Waid, A. M 126 
 
 Walker, Andrew J 96 
 
 Page 
 
 Walker, James G 183 
 
 Wallace, Clarence E 127 
 
 Weiss, Dr. Walter 109 
 
 Wetzell, Jonathan 150 
 
 Whieldon, W. W 127 
 
 Whitacker, John 151 
 
 Wiggins, Horace 177 
 
 Wilcox, Charles 152 
 
 Wilcox, James 152 
 
 Wilson, Lucene B 170 
 
 Wilson, Joseph E 153 
 
 Wringer, C. N 103 
 
 Wringer, Jos. W Ill 
 
 Wringer, S. G 116 
 
 Young, James 104 
 
 Young, Johnithian 102 
 
 Zimmerman, Prank 97 
 
 WOMEN MARRIED INTO THE FAMILY. 
 
 Page 
 
 Adams, Mary 192 
 
 Agnew, Ruth 172 
 
 Alexander, Ada 162 
 
 Anderson, Anna Gertrude. .91 
 
 Andre, Ada 184 
 
 Armour, Dora 116 
 
 Augenbaugh, Mame 179 
 
 Austin, Mary 153 
 
 Baker, Olive 92 
 
 Ball, Jennie 123 
 
 Barber, Estella 138 
 
 Barrack, Maud 148 
 
 Barton, Hannah 172 
 
 Bayard, Rose 139 
 
 Bell, Mary 101 
 
 Bell, Susan 138 
 
 Bernard, Mary A 87 
 
 Beucher, May 162 
 
 Biddle, Sarah 101 
 
 Blackstone, Hannah 90 
 
 Page 
 
 Bortz, Leah 96 
 
 Bortz, Lucinda 98 
 
 Boulton, Caroline 180 
 
 Broadbent, Mary J 93 
 
 Broadbent, Vina 108 
 
 Bromley, Jane 137 
 
 Burdette, Emma 142 
 
 Burgess, Cora 107 
 
 Burke, Catherine 114 
 
 Busch, Rosa M 112 
 
 Buswell, Susan 102 
 
 Caldwell, Elizabeth 170 
 
 Caldwell, Minnie 163 
 
 Campbell, Frances 117 
 
 Campbell Nancy 116 
 
 Campbell, Emma 99 
 
 Carey, Ella 181 
 
 Carnahan, Ruth 133 
 
 Carrier, Sarah 123 
 
 Chadderton, Sarah 104 
 
2l6 
 
 THE ZAHNISERS 
 
 Page 
 
 Chatelain, Margaret 114 
 
 Clark, Hallie 109 
 
 Clark, Mary 1 146 
 
 Clark, Kate 152 
 
 Carpenter, Laura 131 
 
 Clemens, Juliana 22 
 
 Clements, Alpha 178 
 
 Coffey, Bessie 190 
 
 Conant, Mae S 90 
 
 Condit, Martha A 192 
 
 Coulson, Anna 62 
 
 Coulson, Anna 177 
 
 Cozad, Laura 110 
 
 Cozard, Anna 94 
 
 Cromley, Annette 184 
 
 Cross, Amanda 142 
 
 Daugherty, Eva 103 
 
 Daugherty, Mary 165 
 
 De France, Elizabeth .... 122 
 
 De Prance, Malissa 150 
 
 Dewalt, Margaret 122 
 
 Dick, Anna 91 
 
 Dierker, Nita 138 
 
 Dodds, Adelia 189 
 
 Dolben, Effie 181 
 
 Double, Jane 106 
 
 Doyle, Catherine 97 
 
 Dumars, Elizabeth 109 
 
 Edwards, Lottie 163 
 
 Edward, Mae 163 
 
 Emery, Etta 112 
 
 Parah, Mary 191 
 
 Pell, Ada 106 
 
 Porker, Jane 171 
 
 Porster, Caroline 170 
 
 Frost, Clara 126 
 
 Pry, Dorothy 54, 87 
 
 Garner, Alice 92 
 
 Garner, Mary 101 
 
 Gardner, Mollie 182 
 
 Garr, Eliza 154 
 
 Gaston, Kate 171 
 
 Page 
 
 Geldis, Mary J 146 
 
 George, Eva Dell 127 
 
 Goff, Irene 102 
 
 Grice, Pearl Ill 
 
 Griffin, Susan 147 
 
 Griffith, Susan 101 
 
 Grudal, Edith 113 
 
 Haines, Alice 153 
 
 Hall, Emma 109 
 
 Hallam, Bessie 160 
 
 Harsh, Wilhamia 161 
 
 Hay, Mary 102 
 
 Hines, Emma M 180 
 
 Hess, Jennie Gallagher. ..163 
 
 Herold, Maggie 106 
 
 Hogg, Margaret 159 
 
 Hoineffer, Anna 109 
 
 Hollenbank, Caroline 102 
 
 Homes, Lena 116 
 
 Hosack, Nancy 159 
 
 Home, Crissie R 93 
 
 Hosmer, Sadie 102 
 
 Howe, Eva M 141 
 
 Huey, Jennie 110 
 
 Huey, Mary A 106 
 
 Hunter, Lottie 105 
 
 Hurst, Elizabeth 165 
 
 Inman, Henrietta 91 
 
 Jenkins, Ellen E 192 
 
 Jennings, Elizabeth 93 
 
 Jewell, Marion G 108 
 
 Jewell, Catherine 190 
 
 Jones, Clarinaa 178 
 
 Junkin, Mary 181 
 
 Kenison, Belle 125 
 
 Kenison, Ellen 123 
 
 King, Mary 161 
 
 King, Mary E 88 
 
 Knox, Mina 91 
 
 Knox, Samantha 131 
 
 Lint, Mary 32 
 
 Lowry, Winifred E 162 
 
INDEX 
 
 217 
 
 Page 
 
 Leech, Louella 178 
 
 Livingstone, Margaret ...190 
 
 Long, Elizabeth 142 
 
 Lord, Bessie 107 
 
 Loyd, Lillian 126 
 
 Lutley, Eliza 189 
 
 Lynn, Harriet 177 
 
 Lyons, Mary M 145 
 
 Maurice, Mary 121 
 
 Mattocks, Lena 89 
 
 Mealy, Edna 95 
 
 Mellon, Mollie 152 
 
 Merchant, Mary 107 
 
 Merrill, Cora E 184 
 
 Metz, Carrie 181 
 
 Miller, Agnes 147 
 
 Miller, Anna 142 
 
 Mogee, Martha 125 
 
 Montgomery, Nettie M. ...190 
 
 Moore, Margaretta 141 
 
 Moore, Mary A 153 
 
 Moore, Mary 109 
 
 Morrison, Mary E 148 
 
 Morrow, Elizabeth 104 
 
 Mourer, Mary 56, 121 
 
 McCallen, Lucinda 94 
 
 McClain, Florence 114 
 
 McCloy, Marie 159 
 
 McCool, Lucy A 193 
 
 McConnell, Julia 117 
 
 McCullough, Sarah 160 
 
 McCurdy, Rose 129 
 
 McEwen, Hanna 125 
 
 McFarland, Louella 182 
 
 McGarr, Louella 182 
 
 McGill, Christiana 172 
 
 McGill, Elizabeth 171 
 
 McLean, Amelia 98 
 
 McQuiston, Rose 94 
 
 Nelson, Margaret 108 
 
 Nelson, Maria Ill 
 
 Nelson, Mary 117 
 
 Page 
 
 Newton, Bertha 123 
 
 Neyhart, Emma 131 
 
 North, Elizabeth 136 
 
 North, Lucy 157 
 
 Osborn, Mrs. Josephine .. 185 
 
 Patterson, Ella 100 
 
 Patton, Margaret J 164 
 
 Pizer, Emma 190 
 
 Pool, Caroline 136 
 
 Price, Phoebe 190 
 
 Rambo, .Margaret 126 
 
 Rice, Adda 123 
 
 Ripple, Amy 97 
 
 Ripple, Jane 97 
 
 Robach, Anna 91 
 
 Roberts, Emma 109 
 
 Ross, Elizabeth E 190 
 
 Rowen, Jennie 126 
 
 Runkle, Jennie 130 
 
 Runkle, Susan 135 
 
 Russell, Sarah J 190 
 
 Scofield, Irene 126 
 
 Scrienen, Mattie 98 
 
 Serena, Anna 145 
 
 Shannon, Retta 105 
 
 Shannon, Susan A 104 
 
 Schattuck, Eva 178 
 
 Sheriff, Lillian 165 
 
 Smith, Delia 105 
 
 Smith, Harriet A 183 
 
 Smith, Mabel 126 
 
 Smith, Malinda 121 
 
 Smith, Lucy A 112 
 
 Snyder, Hannah 112 
 
 .Slater, Lottie 135 
 
 Somerville, Elizabeth 173 
 
 Stewart, Ida 94 
 
 Stewart, Lu 158 
 
 Stinegrabe, Hannah 110 
 
 Stright, Lizzie 135 
 
 Stotler, Eleanor 59, 157 
 
 Stroud, Pearl 138 
 
2l8 
 
 THE ZAHNISERS 
 
 Page 
 
 Stroud, Delia 140 
 
 Suydam, Jeanette 166 
 
 Supple, Caroline 124 
 
 Supplee, Elizabeth 150 
 
 Swem, Mary 166 
 
 iSwingle, Mary 161 
 
 Taylor, Anna 99 
 
 Taylor, Flora 152 
 
 Thompson, Catherine 62 
 
 Thompson, Hannah Ill 
 
 Thompson, Henrietta .... 109 
 
 Thompson, Mabel 94 
 
 Thompson, Nettie 123 
 
 Tice, Rachael 104 
 
 Titus, Deliah 102 
 
 Umphries, Mamie 148 
 
 Waddell, Lydia 97 
 
 Walker, Mary W 115 
 
 Walters, Nellie 123 
 
 Page 
 
 Wells, Blanche 88 
 
 Weller, Chloe 106 
 
 Weller, Effie 91 
 
 Westlake, Mary 158 
 
 Wharton, Dollie 147 
 
 Whistler, Julia 1B8 
 
 White, Elizabeth 58, 145 
 
 White, Mary 147 
 
 Witlach, Anna 152 
 
 Woods, Angeline 178 
 
 Wooster, Josie 88 
 
 Wooster, Maud 93 
 
 Wright, Anna 116 
 
 Wright, Catherine 61, 169 
 
 Wright, Mamie 116 
 
 Yarian, Emma 108 
 
 Young, Alma 133 
 
 Young, Emma 134 
 
 fi 233 
 
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