John Vernam and Elizabeth Clark

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Husband John Vernam ¹

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           Born: 10 Nov 1824 - England 1
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         Father: John Vernam (      -      ) 1
         Mother: Sarah Bott (      -      ) 2

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Wife Elizabeth Clark ²

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         Father: Abram Clark (      -      ) 2
         Mother: Lydia Ridgway (      -      ) 3 4

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Children

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1 M William H. Vernam ^{5 6}

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         Spouse: Melinda Zahniser (1852-      ) 5
           Marr: 1872 6

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2 F Ann Vernam ²

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         Spouse: William Orr (      -      ) 2

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3 M John H. Vernam ²

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         Spouse: Ann Garvin (      -      ) 2

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4 F Lucinda C. Vernam ²

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         Spouse: Wilbert Wharton (      -      ) 2

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5 M James L. Vernam ²

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6 M Thomas Vernam ²

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         Spouse: Ella Hess (      -      ) 2

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General Notes: Husband - John Vernam

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He attended the common schools but a short time. He began for himself at the age of twenty-four years, buying at that time fifty acres of land in Worth Township, Mercer County, PA. He bought small tracts at various times, and eventually owned nearly 300 acres, the result of his own labors. He was a remarkably strong man, having cleared about 300 acres, worked at 62½ cents per day, hauled tan-bark to Mercer with ox teams, and went through the many hardships that sur­rounded the struggles of the early settlers. He and his brother, Francis, cradled, bound and shocked 100 dozen sheaves of wheat in one day, and repeated the act a second time. He at one time engaged in burning lime for Jacob Jones, and fired every other night for twelve consecutive nights, which was ample test of his strong constitution. He bought and sold stock with success. He and wife were members of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, where he was a trustee. He was a Democrat. [HMC 1888, 1017]

1 —, History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania. Its Past and Present (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 1016.

2 —, History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania. Its Past and Present (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 1017.

3 J. H. Newton, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Columbus, OH: J. A. Caldwell Publishers, 1879), Pg 448.

4 —, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk, & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 379.

5 —, History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania. Its Past and Present (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 1017, 1018.

6 Kate M. Zahniser & Charles Reed Zahniser, The Zahnisers - A History of the Family in America (Mercer, PA: Kate M. Zahniser, Publisher, 1906), Pg 129.