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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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ROBERT W. ZEARING, a market gardener of Middlesex township, was born in Mechanicsburg, Cumberland county, Jan. 4, 1874, son of J. S. and Catherine (Witmer) Zearing.
When Robert Zearing was a year and a half old, his parents moved to Middlesex township, and there he grew up on a farm, attending the country schools till he was seventeen years of age. He entered upon his present occupation of market gardening about 1897, and has found it a profitable employment. That same year, April 29th, Mr. Zearing was married to Miss Sallie A. Keiser, but their married life was cut short by her untimely death the following December; she left a child that died in infancy.
Mr. Zearing is much interested in the work of fraternal orders, and is a member of the I. O. O. F., belonging to Carlisle Lodge. No. 91, and he is a member of several others. Politically he is a Republican. Mr. Zearing is an enterprising and progressive young farmer, and has the promise before him of a successful career.
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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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