Richard Fruit and Elizabeth Zahniser

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Husband Richard Fruit ^{1 2}

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           Born: 12 Aug 1826 - Jefferson Twp, Mercer Co, PA 3
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           Died: 1890 2
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         Father: Robert Fruit (1795-1879) 4 5
         Mother: Margaret Campbell (1801-1866) 6

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       Marriage: 24 Jun 1858 3

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Wife Elizabeth Zahniser ^{2 3}

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           Born: 1834 2
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           Died: 1898 2
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         Father: John Zahniser (1801-1869) 7 8
         Mother: Mary A. Bernhard (1806-1882) 9

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Children

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1 M Robert Fruit ^{2 3}

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           Born: 1860 2
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         Spouse: Lena Mattocks (      -      ) 2
           Marr: 1881 2

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2 F Ellen M. Fruit ³

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            AKA: Ella M. Fruit 2
           Born: 1862 2
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           Died: 1902 2
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         Spouse: E. S. Cousins (      -      ) 2
           Marr: 1890 2

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3 F Margaret M. Fruit ^{3 10}

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         Spouse: David W. Bastress (      -      ) 10
           Marr: 1884 10

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4 F Caroline Fruit ^{3 10}

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5 F Jennie Fruit ^{3 10}

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         Spouse: Edward Rodgers (      -      ) 10
           Marr: 1895 10

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6 M Walter Fruit ^{3 10}

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           Born: 1874 10
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         Spouse: Mae S. Conant (      -      ) 10
           Marr: 1900 10

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General Notes: Husband - Richard Fruit

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He was reared and educated in Jefferson Township, Mercer County, PA. His early life was spent upon the old homestead farm. In 1854 he engaged in droving, in which business he operated very extensively for twenty years. He thereafter was engaged in the saw and grist-mill business, purchasing the old mill property that belonged to his father. He was also one of the most extensive farmers of Mercer County, managing some 800 acres. In 1874 he was appointed sheriff, by Gov. Hartranft, to fill the unexpired term of Sheriff Pew, and at the expiration of his appointment was elected to the same position and filled the office three years longer. He has also served in all of the important offices of his township. Politically he was a leading Republican, was a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. [HMC 1888, 916]

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General Notes: Wife - Elizabeth Zahniser

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After the death of her husband, she moved to Fredonia, PA, where she remained till her death.

1 —, History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania. Its Past and Present (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 926.

2 Kate M. Zahniser & Charles Reed Zahniser, The Zahnisers - A History of the Family in America (Mercer, PA: Kate M. Zahniser, Publisher, 1906), Pg 89.

3 —, History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania. Its Past and Present (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 916.

4 —, History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania. Its Past and Present (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 925.

5 William Henry Egle, M.D., M.A., Pennsylvania Genealogies; Chiefly Scotch-Irish and German (Harrisburg, PA: Harrisburg Publishing Co., 1896), Pg 744.

6 —, History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania. Its Past and Present (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 925, 926.

7 —, History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania. Its Past and Present (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 916, 931, 1018.

8 —, History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: L. H. Everts & Co., 1877), Pg 47.

9 —, History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania. Its Past and Present (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 931.

10 Kate M. Zahniser & Charles Reed Zahniser, The Zahnisers - A History of the Family in America (Mercer, PA: Kate M. Zahniser, Publisher, 1906), Pg 90.