Columbia-Montour County PA Archives Biographies.....KASHNER, Peter S. 1835 - living in 1899
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  PETER S. KASHNER, one of the most energetic and progressive farmers of Montour
  township, Columbia County, is a son of Daniel and Elizabeth (Strohm) Kashner,
  and was born in Cooper township, Montour County, August 29, 1835. The Kashner
  family originally came from Germany and its members were among the early
  settlers of Berks County, with whose growth and advancement they have been
  closely connected for many years.
  
    The paternal grandfather of our subject was one of the pioneer settlers of
  Montour County, locating at the head of Stony Run Hollow, Cooper township, when
  that country was one vast timberland; he spent his entire life in clearing and
  cultivating his farm and many of his descendants are still residents of that
  vicinity. Before leaving Berks County he was united in marriage and reared a
  large family of children, one of whom was Daniel, the father of our subject.
  
    Daniel Kashner was born on the old homestead in Cooper township, and at an
  early age learned the trade of a carpenter. He followed that occupation for a
  few years but finally turned his attention to agricultural pursuits in Montour
  township, Columbia County, near the town of Catawissa. He owned sixty acres of
  fine land and was one of the substantial men of that community. He was a stanch
  supporter of the Democratic party. Religiously he was an active member of the
  Lutheran Church which he liberally supported financially and otherwise. He was
  overtaken by the silent reaper, Death, in 1875, at the age of sixty-six years.
  He was united in the holy bonds of matrimony to Elizabeth Strohm, a daughter of
  Abraham Strohm, a farmer in what is now Mahoning township, Montour County, and
  this happy union was blessed by the birth of nine children: Peter S., the
  subject of this sketch; Caroline, wife of Nathaniel Krum of Catawissa;
  Elizabeth, relict of Lloyd Miller of Catawissa; Harriet, the wife of John Peifer
  of Bloomsburg; William, who is a superintendent in the blacksmithing department
  of the Blooms-burg Car Shops; Amos, a laborer of Catawissa; and three who died.
  
    Peter S. Kashner was reared on the farm where he remained for several years,
  and received his education in the common schools. Upon leaving the parental
  homestead he engaged in boating for a couple of seasons, after which he engaged
  in burning lime in Montour township for about eight years, or until 1872, when
  he located upon his present farm. For the first ten years he not only cultivated
  his own farm but also a large farm, lying along the banks of the river, which he
  rented. He was a hard, industrious worker and, being a successful manager, he
  soon accumulated a handsome competency. In 1882 he gave up the large farm and
  has since conducted the one which he now owns, consisting of forty acres of good
  land and well supplied with all the necessary buildings for successful farming.
  He is now leading a quiet life devoting most of his time to dairy work. He also
  owns another tract of ten acres which he rents.
  
    In 1856 our subject led to the altar Eliza Breisch, a daughter of Samuel
  Breisch, late a farmer of Cooper township, Montour County, and one child was
  born to their union, who died in infancy. They have always had a marked fondness
  for children, however, and have reared two orphans, Mrs. George Shaffer and I.
  W. Baylor, a well-to-do farmer of Montour township. Politically Mr. Kashner
  takes an active interest in the Democratic party, and has held the offices of
  school director, supervisor, constable, collector, auditor, and judge of
  elections, all of which he has filled in a highly satisfactory manner.
  
  
  Additional Comments:
  Extracted from:
  
  Book of Biographies of the Seventeenth Congressional District
  Published by 
  Biographical Publishing Company of Chicago, Ill. and Buffalo, NY (1899)
  
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