Amos Zahniser and Hannah Blackstone

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Husband Amos Zahniser ^{1 2}

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           Born: 17 Jan 1837 - Jefferson Twp, Mercer Co, PA 1
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           Died: 1906 2
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         Father: John Zahniser (1801-1869) 3 4
         Mother: Mary A. Bernhard (1806-1882) 1

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       Marriage: 17 Sep 1861 1

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Wife Hannah Blackstone ^{1 2}

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           Born: 20 Jul 1835 1
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         Father: James Blackstone (1798-1865) 1
         Mother: Nancy Waugh (Abt 1793-1877) 1

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Children

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1 F Nannie A. Zahniser ^{1 2}

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         Spouse: Did Not Marry

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2 M John Elmer Zahniser ^{1 2}

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3 F Lizzie M. Zahniser ^{1 2}

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           Born: 1869 2
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         Spouse: Victor L. Ealy (      -      ) 2
           Marr: 1893 2

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4 M Frank W. Zahniser ^{1 5}

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         Spouse: Anna Gertrude Anderson (      -      ) 5
           Marr: 1900 5

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5 M Thomas Marvin Zahniser ^{1 5}

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         Spouse: Effie Weller (      -      ) 5
           Marr: 1899 5

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6 M Montrose R. "Mont" Zahniser ^{1 5}

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         Spouse: Anna Dick (      -      ) 5
           Marr: 1899 5

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7 U [Infant] Zahniser

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General Notes: Husband - Amos Zahniser

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He was educated in the common schools. At mar­riage he and his wife settled in a log cabin on a farm of 160 acres, 100 acres of which were given him by his father. He was justice of the peace for five years, and assessor, school director and road commissioner. He was a lead­ing member of the Grange Lodge when it was in existence in the township. He and wife were members of the Methodist Episcopal Church at Charleston, and he was a stanch Republican. [HMC 1888, 931]

1 —, History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania. Its Past and Present (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 931.

2 Kate M. Zahniser & Charles Reed Zahniser, The Zahnisers - A History of the Family in America (Mercer, PA: Kate M. Zahniser, Publisher, 1906), Pg 90.

3 —, History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania. Its Past and Present (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 916, 931, 1018.

4 —, History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: L. H. Everts & Co., 1877), Pg 47.

5 Kate M. Zahniser & Charles Reed Zahniser, The Zahnisers - A History of the Family in America (Mercer, PA: Kate M. Zahniser, Publisher, 1906), Pg 91.