Rev. George W. Zahniser and Jane Forker

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Husband Rev. George W. Zahniser ^{1 2}

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           Born: 19 Mar 1823 - Mercer, Mercer Co, PA 2 3
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           Died: 1889 2
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         Father: Jacob Zahniser (Cir 1792-1852) 4 5
         Mother: Catherine Wright (1790-1861) 4 5

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       Marriage: 1854 2 3

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   Other Spouse: Kate Gaston (      -1864) 2 6 - 1864 2 6

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   Other Spouse: Mrs. Elizabeth "Lizzie" McGill (      -      ) - 1866 6

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Wife Jane Forker ^{2 3}

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           Born: 
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           Died: 1859 2 6
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         Father: Gen. John Forker (1800-1865) 7 8 9
         Mother: Isabella Graham (1801-1890) 8 10 11

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Children

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1 F Mary Zahniser ^{3 12}

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           Born: 1856 12
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         Spouse: Herman Frankel (1844-      ) 12 13 14
           Marr: 1882 12 15

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General Notes: Husband - Rev. George W. Zahniser

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He was educated in the old Mercer Academy and Washington and Jefferson College, graduat­ing at the latter in 1846. The year following he was a tutor in that institu­tion. At that time Dr. R. J. Breckenridge was president of this college, and finally resigned to accept the pastorate of a Presbyterian Church of Lexington, Ky. It was through Mr. Breckenridge's influence that Mr. Zahniser was induced to take charge of a classical school at Lexington, which grew so rap­idly under his efficient management that he induced Judge Lawrence, the now famous blind orator of Bellefontaine, Ohio, to associate himself with him in this institution, which connection lasted for about one year. After closing his term in Lexington he entered a theological seminary at Princeton, NJ, where he remained for two years, and then came to his home; was soon after­ward licensed by the Erie Presbytery, and began his ministerial labors at Conneautville, Crawford Co., Penn. Here he continued with good results for eight years. He was then called to Huntingdon County, and preached in Huntingdon City from 1859 to 1876. At the latter date he returned to Con­neautville and had charge of that congregation for one more year, when he withdrew from regular pastorates, and thereafter was a supply minister for various congregations of his faith. He began the career of a school teacher when sixteen years of age, teaching his first term in the Cranberry District, in the neighborhood of what is now Grove City. Later he taught in the pub­lic schools of Mercer, and still later he was associated with Rev. Vincent and James L. Rodgers, respectively, giving instructions in the old Mercer Acad­emy. He also taught for two years in Conneautville, while in charge of his Presbyterian congregation at that place. [HMC 1888, 702]

He was educated in the old Mercer Academy and Washington & Jefferson 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 con­ducted 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 remained 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 pas­torate but resided in Mercer and supplied various churches for short periods. Both prior to and dur­ing his ministry he gave much time to teaching in public and private schools.

1 —, History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania. Its Past and Present (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 702, 1018.

2 Kate M. Zahniser & Charles Reed Zahniser, The Zahnisers - A History of the Family in America (Mercer, PA: Kate M. Zahniser, Publisher, 1906), Pg 171.

3 —, History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania. Its Past and Present (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 702.

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

5 Kate M. Zahniser & Charles Reed Zahniser, The Zahnisers - A History of the Family in America (Mercer, PA: Kate M. Zahniser, Publisher, 1906), Pg 169.

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

7 —, History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania. Its Past and Present (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 724.

8 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Western Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1915), Pg 1094.

9 Vilena Mae Forker Holliker, "Forker Genealogy" (San Antonio, TX: privately printed, 1976), Pg 1.

10 —, History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania. Its Past and Present (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 666.

11 Vilena Mae Forker Holliker, "Forker Genealogy" (San Antonio, TX: privately printed, 1976), Pg 2.

12 Kate M. Zahniser & Charles Reed Zahniser, The Zahnisers - A History of the Family in America (Mercer, PA: Kate M. Zahniser, Publisher, 1906), Pg 172.

13 —, History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania. Its Past and Present (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 664, 702.

14 J. G. White, A Twentieth Century History of Mercer County Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1909), Pg 518.

15 —, History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania. Its Past and Present (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 664.