Thomas C. Zahniser

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Husband Thomas C. Zahniser ^{1 2}

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           Born: 6 May 1833 3
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           Died: Abt 1861-1865
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         Father: David Zahniser (1795-1874) 1 4
         Mother: Nancy (Ann) Coulson (1796-1850) 4 5

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General Notes: Husband - Thomas C. Zahniser

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His early life was spent at his father's home. He then engaged in teaching school till the breaking out of the Civil War when he enlisted (Oct. 6, 1861) in a company of Volunteer Infantry. The following June he lay in the field hospital with fever and was captured by the Confederates at the Battle of Charles City Cross Roads. It is thought that he died before the prisoners reached Rich-mond, he was never heard of again. He was a generous and popular comrade and being a fine penman was much in demand for addressing home-letters for the other soldiers. He was prominently active in temperance work both before and during his service as a soldier.

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 179.

3 —, History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania. Its Past and Present (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 1020.

4 Kate M. Zahniser & Charles Reed Zahniser, The Zahnisers - A History of the Family in America (Mercer, PA: Kate M. Zahniser, Publisher, 1906), Pg 177.

5 —, History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania. Its Past and Present (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 1018, 1020.