Family
Zera Pulsipher married four wives over the course of his life and had seventeen children:
- Mary or Polly Randall (1789-1812), married 6 November 1810. One child: Harriet Pulsipher.
- Mary Brown (1799-1886), married August 1815. Eleven children: Mary Ann, Almira, Nelson, Mariah, Sarah, John, Charles, Mary Ann, William M., Eliza Jane, and Fidelia.
- Prudence McNanamy (1803-1883), married 12 July 1854. No known children.
- Martha Hughes (1843-1907), married 18 March 1857. Five children: Martha Ann, Mary Elizabeth, Zerah James, Sarah Jane, and Andrew Milton.
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