John W. Zahniser and Ann Surrena

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Husband John W. Zahniser ^{1 2}

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            AKA: John M. Zahniser, John Zahnizer 3
           Born: 1809 - Pennsylvania 2
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           Died: 1880 2
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         Father: Valentine Zahniser (1782-1866) 1 2
         Mother: Elizabeth "Betsey" White (      -1856) 2 4

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       Marriage: 1837 2

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Wife Ann Surrena ³

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            AKA: Ann Serena 2
           Born: Abt 1811 - Scrubgrass Twp, Venango Co, PA
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           Died: 1900 - the area of Jackson Center, Jackson Twp, Mercer Co, PA 2
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         Father: Philip Surrena, Sr. (1777-1869) 5 6
         Mother: Elizabeth Baker (1782-1857) 3 5

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Children

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1 F Mary Ann Zahniser ²

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           Born: 1838 - Pennsylvania 2
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         Spouse: William Brocklehurst (      -      ) 2

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2 F Leonora Zahniser ⁷

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            AKA: Geonora Zahnizer
           Born: 1842 - Pennsylvania 7
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         Spouse: Alexander P. Turner (1837-1901) 7 8
           Marr: 1866 7

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3 M Francis Zahniser

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           Born: Abt 1847 - Pennsylvania
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General Notes: Husband - John W. Zahniser

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He 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.

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General Notes: Wife - Ann Surrena

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They removed to Mercer County, PA, residing near Jackson Center, where she died at the age of ninety years.

1 —, History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania. Its Past and Present (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 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 145.

3 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 841.

4 —, History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania. Its Past and Present (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 1018, 1118.

5 —, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk, & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 956.

6 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 840.

7 Kate M. Zahniser & Charles Reed Zahniser, The Zahnisers - A History of the Family in America (Mercer, PA: Kate M. Zahniser, Publisher, 1906), Pg 146.

8 Alexander Turner, A History of the Turner Family and Their Connections (Sheakleyville, PA: Press of W. R. English, 1890), Pg 56.