David R. Porter "Port" Zahniser and Josephine S. Byers

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Husband David R. Porter "Port" Zahniser ^{1 2}

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           Born: 8 Jul 1838 - Mercer Co, PA 2 3
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         Father: David Zahniser (1795-1874) 1 4
         Mother: Nancy (Ann) Coulson (1796-1850) 4 5

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       Marriage: 9 Feb 1875 2 3

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Wife Josephine S. Byers ⁶

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           Born: 9 Feb 1847 3
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         Father: J. L. Byers (1823-      ) 6
         Mother: Sarah Steele (Abt 1825-1888) 7

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   Other Spouse: William Osborn (      -1872) 3

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Children

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• They had no children.

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General Notes: Husband - David R. Porter "Port" Zahniser

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He was a farmer and resided on the homestead of his father in Jackson Township, Mercer County, PA. Without children of his own he became an endeared foster father to the sons of his wife by her former marriage. He was a Re­publican and a deacon in the Bethany Cumberland Presbyterian Church. In the Civil War he served as a member of Co. D., 211 P. V.

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 185.

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

6 Editor, History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania. Its Past and Present (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 976, 1020.

7 Editor, History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania. Its Past and Present (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 976.