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John
L. Zahniser
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biography
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JOHN L. ZAHNISER,
farmer, post-office Jackson Centre, was born April 11, 1816, in Mercer
County, Penn., to William, who married Eleanor Statler, mentioned in the
sketch of A. J. Zahniser. Our subject was
educated in the pioneer log cabin sufficiently to teach nine terms, the
first term being conducted in an old dwelling known as the Craig house,
in 1836. June 4, 1846, he was married to Lucy North, a sister of John
North, whose sketch appears elsewhere. She was born October 16, 1822, in
Sandy Lake Township, and has blessed her husband with eleven children:
Amanda M., William N., Elizabeth, R. J., John M., Samuel S., Mary E,
Kate M., Daniel W., Eva L., and George A., a teacher. Mr. Zahniser has
served as county auditor one term, township assessor, auditor, school
director twenty-nine years, and was thirty years a justice of the peace.
His estimable wife is a consistent member of the Cumberland Presbyterian
Church. He is a member of the Jackson Township Live Stock Insurance
Company, and is a Democrat.
History of Mercer County, 1888, page 1019
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