Cornelius Shafer and Dollie A. Levina Zahniser

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Husband Cornelius Shafer ¹

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            AKA: Cornelius Shaffer 2
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           Died: 1892 1
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       Marriage: 1864 1

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Wife Dollie A. Levina Zahniser ²

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            AKA: Levina Zahniser 1
           Born: 1827 1
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           Died: 1892 1
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         Father: John Zahniser (1801-1869) 3 4
         Mother: Mary A. Bernhard (1806-1882) 2

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Children

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1 F Anna M. Shafer ⁵

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         Spouse: Rev. John D. Rhodes (      -      )
           Marr: 1885 5

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2 M Fruit R. Shafer ⁵

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           Born: 1867 5
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         Spouse: Blanche Wells (      -      ) 5
           Marr: 1891 5

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3 M Albert M. Shafer ⁵

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4 F Lauretta Shafer ⁵

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           Died: 1880 5
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General Notes: Husband - Cornelius Shafer

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They lived on a farm in Jefferson Township, Mercer County, Pennsylvania, their deaths being sepa-rated by only 10 days. Both were earnest members of the Free Methodist Church.

1 Kate M. Zahniser & Charles Reed Zahniser, The Zahnisers - A History of the Family in America (Mercer, PA: Kate M. Zahniser, Publisher, 1906), Pg 87.

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

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

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

5 Kate M. Zahniser & Charles Reed Zahniser, The Zahnisers - A History of the Family in America (Mercer, PA: Kate M. Zahniser, Publisher, 1906), Pg 88.