Richard Johnson Zahniser and Julia F. Whistler

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Husband Richard Johnson Zahniser ^{1 2}

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           Born: 14 Apr 1854 - Jackson Twp, Mercer Co, PA 2 3
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         Father: John L. Zahniser (1816-1904) 4 5
         Mother: Lucy North (1822-      ) 6

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       Marriage: 1901 2

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Wife Julia F. Whistler ^{2 7}

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         Father: Capt. C. W. Whistler (      -      ) 7 8
         Mother: Mary Elizabeth Forker (      -1903) 7

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General Notes: Husband - Richard Johnson Zahniser

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He was educated in the common schools of Jackson Township, Mercer County, PA, and was brought up at farm labor. He attended and was graduated from the Iron City Business College in 1872; from 1872 to 1879 he clerked for Zahniser, Bell & Co., Mercer, Penn., and from 1879 to 1882 was book-keeper for the Pinkerton Lumber Company in Somerset County, Penn. In 1882 he was elected re­corder of Mercer County by the Democrats against a large Republican major­ity. He engaged in the grocery business in 1886, which he continued until 1887, when he formed a partnership with J. N. Donaldson in the general mer­cantile business. [HMC 1888, 703]

After graduating from Iron City Business Col­lege in 1872, he began business as a clerk in Mercer. In 1882 he was elected county re­corder. At the end of his term of office he entered the grocery business in Mercer, con­tinuing till 1887 when he formed a partner­ship with J. N. Donaldson in general mercantile business. From 1894 to 1898 he was postmaster at Mercer, PA, after which time he was connected with Luce & Manning, wool dealers.

1 —, History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania. Its Past and Present (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 703, 1019.

2 Kate M. Zahniser & Charles Reed Zahniser, The Zahnisers - A History of the Family in America (Mercer, PA: Kate M. Zahniser, Publisher, 1906), Pg 158.

3 —, History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania. Its Past and Present (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 703.

4 —, History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania. Its Past and Present (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 1018, 1019.

5 Kate M. Zahniser & Charles Reed Zahniser, The Zahnisers - A History of the Family in America (Mercer, PA: Kate M. Zahniser, Publisher, 1906), Pg 157.

6 —, History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania. Its Past and Present (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 1019.

7 Aaron L. Hazen, 20th Century History of New Castle and Lawrence County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1908), Pg 790.

8 —, History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania. Its Past and Present (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 954.