DAVID
ZAHNISER,
farmer, post-office North’s Mills, is a son of
Michael and Mary (Mourer) Zahniser, and was born on the homestead
in Lake Township, August 1, 1815, received his education at the log
school-house, and remained on the homestead until 1883, when he purchased
his present farm, where he has since resided. In 1843 he married
Elizabeth, daughter of William and Mary (Devile)
North, of Cool Spring Township, and by this union they have eight
children: William A., of Lake Township, was
born December 17, 1844, educated at the common schools, and in 1863
enlisted in Company F, Fifty-fifth Pennsylvania Volunteers, and served
sixty days. In 1867 he married Jane M. Bromley,
daughter of Michael and Margaret Bromley, of
Fairview Township, and has by her four children: Laura,
Charles, Mary G. and J. Byron. He has held the office of school
director of the township, is a member of the Stoneboro Agricultural
Society, and votes the Republican ticket, and is a member of the Bethany
Cumberland Presbyterian Church; Michael L.,
banker of Sandy Lake; Mary, Mrs. F. M. Fleming, of
Jackson Township; Catherine, Mrs.
R. D. Porter, of Sandy Creek Township; Maria,
at home; Caroline, Mrs. John C. Hamilton,
of Lake Township; John I., on the homestead;
S. Milissa, at home. Our subject has been school director,
supervisor and assessor of the township. He is one of the directors in the
Sandy Lake Bank and an elder in the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, and
votes the Republican ticket. John Ira Zahniser
was born on the homestead where he now lives, August 8, 1858, attended the
township schools, and has always been engaged in farming. In 1882 he
married Della May, daughter of William
Stroud, of Pittsburgh, and has one child, Howard
Stroud. He has been auditor of Lake Township, votes the Republican
ticket, and is one of the trustees of the Bethany Cumberland Presbyterian
Church.
History
of Mercer County,
1888, pages 1006-1007
