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Below is a family biography included in the Biographical Annals of Cumberland County, Pennsylvania published in 1905 by The Genealogical Publishing Company. These biographies are valuable for genealogy research in discovering missing ancestors or filling in the details of a family tree. Family biographies often include far more information than can be found in a census record or obituary. Details will vary with each biography but will often include the date and place of birth, parent names including mothers' maiden name, name of wife including maiden name, her parents' names, name of children (including spouses if married), former places of residence, occupation details, military service, church and social organization affiliations, and more. There are often ancestry details included that cannot be found in any other type of genealogical record.
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Peter Zinn, father of Mrs. Swarner, was born and raised in Lancaster county, about 1832 he came with his family to Dickinson township, Cumberland county, and located about seven miles from Carlisle, at a place called Mooredale. He married Elizabeth Kegerries, who was also born and raised in Lancaster county, and they became the parents of the following children: Mary, who married John King, who lives in Iowa, and has a family of five children: Amos, who was drowned at the age of eleven, by falling into a well, about two miles from home; John H., mentioned below; Elizabeth, who married Charles Feree, of near Williamson, Franklin county, and has two children, Harvey and Clemie; Catherine, born Jan. 21, 1843, in Dickinson township (where she was educated), who married George W. Swarner; and Frank, who is married and has one child, and who makes his home in Peoria, Illinois.
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This family biography is one of numerous biographies included in the Biographical Annals of Cumberland County, Pennsylvania published in 1905 by The Genealogical Publishing Company.
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