Rev. Ira M. Condit and Samantha Knox

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Husband Rev. Ira M. Condit ^{1 2}

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           Born: 1833 - Georgetown, PA 2
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         Father: John Condit (1803-1880) 1 3 4
         Mother: Mary Zahniser (1808-1836) 1 4 5

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       Marriage: 1872 2

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   Other Spouse: Laura Carpenter (      -1866) 2 - 1860 2

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Wife Samantha Knox ²

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General Notes: Husband - Rev. Ira M. Condit

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He was born near Georgetown, PA; graduated at Jefferson College, in 1855; studied theology at the Western Theological Seminary; was licensed to preach the gospel by the Erie Presbytery, April 14th, 1858; and was ordained by the same Presbytery, September 24th, 1859, as an Evangelist. In the autumn of the same year he sailed to China as a missionary of the Presbyterian Board.

Prominent as a minister and missionary in the Presbyterian Church. Graduated from Jefferson College in 1855. He entered the Western Theological Seminary in 1856, but shortly before complet­ing his course there he accepted a call to mis­sionary work in Canton, China, where he be­gan work in 1860, continuing till the failure of his wife's health compelled him to return to America, 1865. For four years he engaged in ministerial work at Girard, PA, but in 1869 he returned to his chosen work among the Chinese, locating in California. After short periods of labor at San Francisco, Los Angeles and other points, he settled permanently at San Francisco where he was pastor of the First Presbyterian Church, Chinese, till 1903. He then lived a retired life at Oakland, CA. He was the author of a number of standard works, including a geography in Chinese and an Anglo-Chinese dictionary, a popular work entitled “The Chinaman as We See Him” and a number of shorter productions.

1 —, History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: L. H. Everts & Co., 1877), Pg 72.

2 Kate M. Zahniser & Charles Reed Zahniser, The Zahnisers - A History of the Family in America (Mercer, PA: Kate M. Zahniser, Publisher, 1906), Pg 131.

3 —, History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania. Its Past and Present (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 1007.

4 Kate M. Zahniser & Charles Reed Zahniser, The Zahnisers - A History of the Family in America (Mercer, PA: Kate M. Zahniser, Publisher, 1906), Pg 130.

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