Andrew Jackson "Jackson" Zahniser and Nancy J. Hosack

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Husband Andrew Jackson "Jackson" Zahniser ^{1 2}

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           Born: 27 Jul 1818 - Mercer Co, PA 2
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           Died: 1892 2
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         Father: William Zahniser (1789-1856) 1 3 4
         Mother: Eleanor Stotler (1790-1852) 4 5

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       Marriage: 1848 2 6

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Wife Nancy J. Hosack ^{2 6}

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           Died: 1851 2 6
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         Father: Col. Thomas Hosack (      -      ) 7
         Mother: Margaret Johnston (      -      ) 8

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Children

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1 U [Infant] Zahniser

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           Died: 1851 6
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General Notes: Husband - Andrew Jackson "Jackson" Zahniser

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Jackson Twp, Mercer Co, PA
He was educated in a log school-house, with split puncheon floors, greased paper windows, open end fireplace and log or split puncheon seats. He worked on the farm till he was twenty years of age. He then taught school in the winter seasons, and worked on farms in the summer, for a time. He afterward worked in a still-house making whisky in the winter, and wooded plows in the summer, for three years. He bought 105 acres of land in 1842, known as the Warden farm, and eventually owned 185 acres. [HMC 1888, 1019]
After the death of his wife, he was never married again; his sister, Mrs. James J. Hosack, kept house for him thereafter.

He spent his en­tire life in Jackson Township, Mercer County, PA. In his earlier years he taught school and in 1842 bought the farm adjoining that of John L., on which he spent the remainder of his life. In politics he was a demo­crat and filled many positions of trust. His chief interest centered in his chosen profession and he came to be recognized as one of the most progres­sive farmers in the community.

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 159.

3 Samuel T. Wiley, Biographical and Historical Cyclopedia of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: John M. Gresham & Co., 1890.), Pg 183.

4 Kate M. Zahniser & Charles Reed Zahniser, The Zahnisers - A History of the Family in America (Mercer, PA: Kate M. Zahniser, Publisher, 1906), Pg 157.

5 Joseph F. McFarland, 20th Century History of Washington and Washington County, Pennsylvania and Representative Citizens (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1910), Pg 601.

6 —, History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania. Its Past and Present (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 1019.

7 —, History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania. Its Past and Present (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 983, 1019.

8 —, History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania. Its Past and Present (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 983.