William Arthur Zahniser and Jane M. Bromley

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Husband William Arthur Zahniser ^{1 2}

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           Born: 17 Dec 1844 2 3
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           Died: 1903 2
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         Father: David Zahniser (1815-1904) 4 5
         Mother: Elizabeth North (      -1893) 5 6

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       Marriage: 1867 2 3

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Wife Jane M. Bromley ^{2 3}

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         Father: Michael Bromley (      -      ) 7
         Mother: Margaret McCormick (      -      ) 7

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Children

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1 F Laura V. Zahniser ^{3 8}

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           Born: 1870 8
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         Spouse: James W. McEwen (      -      ) 8
           Marr: 1898 8

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2 M Rev. Charles Reed Zahniser ^{3 8 9}

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           Born: 1873 8 9
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           Died: 1955 9
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         Spouse: Nancy Pearl Stroud (1876-1946) 8 9
           Marr: 1896 8

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3 M David Michael Zahniser ⁸

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           Born: 1876 8
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           Died: 1879 8
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         Spouse: Did Not Marry

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4 F Bessie V. Zahniser ⁸

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           Born: 1879 8
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           Died: 1880 8
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         Spouse: Did Not Marry

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5 F Mary Grace Zahniser ^{3 8}

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           Born: 1881 8
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         Spouse: Walter H. Harrison (      -      ) 8
           Marr: 1906 8

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6 M J. Byron Zahniser ^{3 8}

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           Born: 1885 8
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         Spouse: Nita Dierker (      -      ) 8
           Marr: 1906 8

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General Notes: Husband - William Arthur Zahniser

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He was educated at the common schools, and in 1863 enlisted in Company F, Fifty-fifth Pennsylvania Volunteers, and served sixty days.
He held the office of school director of the township, was a member of the Stoneboro Agricultural Society, and voted the Republican ticket, and was a member of the Bethany Cumberland Presbyterian Church.

During the war he served as a member of Co. F. 55th, P. V., returning at its close and settling on a part of his father's farm, where he spent the rest of his life. For years he was a leading figure in the commun­ity, holding many positions of trust such as various township offices, executor of wills, secretary of Coolspring Valley Fire Insurance Co., director in Mercer County Agricultural Society, and various offices in the Bethany Cumberland Presbyterian Church of which he was long a leading member.

1 Editor, History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania. Its Past and Present (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 1006, 1070.

2 Kate M. Zahniser & Charles Reed Zahniser, The Zahnisers - A History of the Family in America (Mercer, PA: Kate M. Zahniser, Publisher, 1906), Pg 137.

3 Editor, History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania. Its Past and Present (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 1006.

4 Editor, History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania. Its Past and Present (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 984, 1006, 1018.

5 Kate M. Zahniser & Charles Reed Zahniser, The Zahnisers - A History of the Family in America (Mercer, PA: Kate M. Zahniser, Publisher, 1906), Pg 136.

6 Editor, History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania. Its Past and Present (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 984, 1006.

7 Editor, History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania. Its Past and Present (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 975, 1006.

8 Kate M. Zahniser & Charles Reed Zahniser, The Zahnisers - A History of the Family in America (Mercer, PA: Kate M. Zahniser, Publisher, 1906), Pg 138.

9 Alan R. Jones, Threads of Venango (Indiana, PA: A. G. Halldin Publishing Co., 1984), Pg 294.