Arthur Defrance Zahniser

Background

Zahniser, Arthur Defrance was born on August 26, 1865 in Five Points, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Martin and Elizabeth Zahniser.

Education

Educational public schools Five Points. Student Grove City (Pennsylvania) College.

Career

Ordained ministry Free Methodist Church, 1895. Served pastorate, 1895-1898. Presiding elder various districts Pittsburgh Conference, 1898-1913.

General conference evangelist, 1916-1928.

Bishop, since 1928. President board of trustees Greenville (Illinois) College, 1917-1928. Author: (with J. B. Easton) History of the Pittsburgh Conference of the Free Methodist Church, 1932.

Home: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Achievements

• Arthur Defrance Zahniser has been listed as a noteworthy bishop by Marquis Who's Who.

Connections

Married Sarah Jane Carrier, 1895 (died 1933). Children: Ruth DeFrance (Mistress Edward V. Davis, deceased), Leta Elizabeth (Mistress Clarence H. Snyder), Bernice Evelyn (Mistress Ermon South. Weidman), Laurence Barnhart (deceased).

Father:

Martin Zahniser

Mother:

Elizabeth Zahniser

Spouse:

Sarah Jane Carrier

child:

Leta Elizabeth Zahniser (Mistress Clarence H. Snyder)

child:

Laurence Barnhart Zahniser (deceased)

child:

deceased) Zahniser

child:

Bernice Evelyn Zahniser (Mistress Ermon South. Weidman)

child:

Ruth DeFrance (Mistress Edward V. Davis Zahniser