Valentine Zahniser and Margaret J. Patton

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Husband Valentine Zahniser ^{1 2}

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           Born: 1828 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: 1861 2

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Wife Margaret J. Patton ²

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           Died: 1893 2
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Children

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1 M William H. Zahniser ²

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           Born: 1866 2
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2 F Catherine Zahniser ⁶

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           Born: 1869 6
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         Spouse: William I. Ferry (      -      ) 6
           Marr: 1905 6

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3 M George L. Zahniser ⁶

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           Born: 1864 6
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           Died: 1889 6
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4 M John Patton Zahniser ⁶

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         Spouse: Did Not Marry

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General Notes: Husband - Valentine Zahniser

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In early life he learned the cabinet maker's trade at which he worked in Mercer, PA, till 1852 when he entered the Mercer Academy, later studying at Westminster College. In 1854 he be­gan teaching in the public schools after which he taught in Conneautville Academy and at Lexington, KY, where he was principal of the Morton School. With the breaking out of the war he re­turned north and entered mercantile life in Mercer where he continued till 1880. He then located at Bradford, PA, where he was manager of a gas company with offices at Eldred, PA, until the latter part of 1905. Following this he resided with his daughter, Catherine, at Auburn, NY.

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 164.

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 Kate M. Zahniser & Charles Reed Zahniser, The Zahnisers - A History of the Family in America (Mercer, PA: Kate M. Zahniser, Publisher, 1906), Pg 165.