Uriah Zahniser and Melissa DeFrance

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Husband Uriah Zahniser ¹

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           Born: 1841 1
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           Died: 1899 - Forest Co, PA 1
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         Father: Capt. James Zahniser (1814-1889) 1 2
         Mother: Elizabeth Supplee (1821-1903) 1

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       Marriage: 1873 1

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Wife Melissa DeFrance ¹

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Children

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1 M Arthur N. Zahniser ³

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           Born: 1875 3
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2 F Daisy E. Zahniser ³

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           Born: 1878 3
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         Spouse: Harry Canfield (      -      ) 3
           Marr: 1900 3

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3 M Valentine J. Zahniser ³

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         Spouse: Did Not Marry

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4 M Franklin A. Zahniser ³

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5 M Dewitt Zahniser ³

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6 U [Infant] Zahniser ³

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General Notes: Husband - Uriah Zahniser

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He was a corporal of Co. D., 211 P. V., and was wounded at the Battle of Petersburg, VA. After the war he engaged in farming in Lake Township, Mercer County, PA, later moving to Forest County, where he died.

1 Kate M. Zahniser & Charles Reed Zahniser, The Zahnisers - A History of the Family in America (Mercer, PA: Kate M. Zahniser, Publisher, 1906), Pg 150.

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

3 Kate M. Zahniser & Charles Reed Zahniser, The Zahnisers - A History of the Family in America (Mercer, PA: Kate M. Zahniser, Publisher, 1906), Pg 151.