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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