Henry Martin "Mart" Zahniser and Margaret DeWalt

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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: 1897 2

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   Other Spouse: Elizabeth DeFrance (      -1890) 1 2 - 1860 2

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Wife Margaret DeWalt ²

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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.