Henry Martin "Mart" Zahniser and Elizabeth DeFrance

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Husband Henry Martin "Mart" Zahniser ^{1 2}

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           Born: 1836 2
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         Father: Jacob Zahniser (1807-1891) 1 3
         Mother: Melinda Smith (1816-1895) 1

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       Marriage: 1860 2

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   Other Spouse: Margaret DeWalt (      -      ) 2 - 1897 2

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Wife Elizabeth DeFrance ^{1 2}

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Children

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1 F Nancy L. Zahniser ²

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           Born: 1861 2
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           Died: 1901 2
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         Spouse: James G. Bromley (      -      ) 2
           Marr: 1883 2

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2 F Ida Malinda Zahniser ⁴

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           Born: 1863 4
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         Spouse: J. M. Vanderlin (      -      ) 4
           Marr: 1884 4

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3 M Arthur DeFrance Zahniser ⁴

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           Born: 1865 4
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         Spouse: Sarah Carrier (      -      ) 4
           Marr: 1895 4

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4 M Jacob Jay Zahniser ⁴

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           Born: 1867 4
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         Spouse: Jennie S. Ball (      -      ) 4 5
           Marr: 1888 4

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5 M Edmund S. Zahniser ⁴

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           Born: 1869 4
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         Spouse: Adda Rice (      -1898) 4
           Marr: 1895 4

         Spouse: Nellie Walters (      -      ) 4
           Marr: 1900 4

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6 M Charles A. Zahniser ⁴

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           Born: 1872 4
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         Spouse: Nettie Thompson (      -1900) 4
           Marr: 1895 4

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7 M Ralph Allison Zahniser ⁴

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           Born: 1874 4
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         Spouse: Ellen Kenison (      -      ) 4
           Marr: 1898 4

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8 F Josephine Sabina Zahniser ⁶

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           Born: 1876 6
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         Spouse: R. N. Randlett (      -      ) 6
           Marr: 1904 6

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9 M Henry Martin Zahniser, Jr. ⁶

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           Born: 1878 6
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10 M Archibald H. M. Zahniser ⁶

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           Born: 1881 6
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         Spouse: Bertha Newton (      -      ) 6
           Marr: 1903 6

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General Notes: Husband - Henry Martin "Mart" Zahniser

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He became a blacksmith and conducted a shop near the old family home until he was elected County Prothonotary in 1878. In 1882, he located on a farm in Forest County, Pennsylvania, from which he removed in 1895 to Tionesta where he worked at his trade. In politics he was a Republican. In the church membership he was first a Presbyterian but later joined the Methodist Church.

1 Editor, 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 122.

3 Kate M. Zahniser & Charles Reed Zahniser, The Zahnisers - A History of the Family in America (Mercer, PA: Kate M. Zahniser, Publisher, 1906), Pg 121.

4 Kate M. Zahniser & Charles Reed Zahniser, The Zahnisers - A History of the Family in America (Mercer, PA: Kate M. Zahniser, Publisher, 1906), Pg 123.

5 Editor, History of the Counties of McKean, Elk, and Forest, Pennsylvania (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 943.

6 Kate M. Zahniser & Charles Reed Zahniser, The Zahnisers - A History of the Family in America (Mercer, PA: Kate M. Zahniser, Publisher, 1906), Pg 124.