Husband: Overy Earl Zinn
Also known as: Earl Zinn 1,2,3,4
Born: Apr-28-1896 in Ritchie Co, WV 5
Died: Jul- 9-1970 6
Buried: in South Fork Baptist Church Cemetery, Oxford, Doddridge Co, WV 6
Census: 1930, 1940 in Southwest District, Doddridge Co, WV
Census: 1900 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV
Military: Apr- 1-1918 - Jun-12-1919 Pvt, Co E, 319th Infantry, World War I 4,7
Father: Wesley Worthington "Wirt" Zinn (1854 - 1914)
Mother: Jemima White (1862 - 1943)
Wife: Louie Enid Wilson 8 Also known as: Enid Wilson 9,10,11,1 Married: Aug-10-1924 in Doddridge Co, WV 12 (see note 1)
Born: May-14-1901 in Oxford, Doddridge Co, WV 13 Died: Sep-13-1997 in Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV 13 Buried: in South Fork Baptist Church Cemetery, Oxford, Doddridge Co, WV 13 Resided: in Oxford, Doddridge Co, WV 9,13 Census: 1930, 1940 in Southwest District, Doddridge Co, WV Occupation: teacher 14 Father: Marion Homer Wilson (1873 - 1959) Mother: Elizabeth Catherine Gaston (1872 - 1966) Notes 13
M Child 1: Nelson Earl Zinn Born: Apr-19-1925 in Porto Rico (New Milton), Doddridge Co, WV 15 Died: Sep-22-2011 13 Buried: in Delaware Veterans Memorial Cemetery, Bear, New Castle Co, DE 13 Resided: in Hockessin, New Castle Co, DE 13,16 Resided: 1997 in Wilmington, New Castle Co, DE 9 Resided: 1957 in Louisville, Jefferson Co, KY 17 Census: 1930, 1940 in Southwest District, Doddridge Co, WV Occupation: general manager of DuPont Chemical Co Graphics Center (retired 1986) 13 Education: West Virginia Tech (1950, B.S. in publishing & printing) 13 Military: (enlisted 1/7/1944) 1st Sgt, U.S. Army, World War II (France) 13,18 Wife: Lucille M. Gallien b. Nov-30-1926 Married: Jun- 2-1948 in Vienna, Wood Co, WV 15,19
F Child 2: Janice Leona Zinn Born: Dec- 7-1926 at Sugar Run (Oxford), Doddridge Co, WV 13 Died: Apr- 3-2016 in Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV 20 Buried: in South Fork Baptist Church Cemetery, Oxford, Doddridge Co, WV 13 Resided: at Summers, Doddridge Co, WV 13,21,22 Census: 1930, 1940 in Southwest District, Doddridge Co, WV Husband: David Dale Ball b. Nov-29-1924 d. Nov-10-2010 Also known as: Dale Ball 23 Married: Dec- 1-1950 in Oxford, Doddridge Co, WV 24
M Child 3: Dale Wendell Zinn Born: Apr- 5-1930 in Oxford, Doddridge Co, WV 13,25 Died: Sep-23-1998 in Morgantown, Monongalia Co, WV 13,25 Buried: in Rockford Methodist Cemetery, Lost Creek, Harrison Co, WV 13 Resided: in Morgantown, Monongalia Co, WV 13,16 Census: 1940 in Southwest District, Doddridge Co, WV Education: Doddridge Co H.S. (1947) Military: Oct-21-1952 - Oct-20-1954 Captain, U.S. Air Force, Korea 26,4,13 Wife: Living
M Child 4: Vernon Wilson Zinn Born: Jul-12-1932 in Doddridge Co, WV Resided: 2014, 2016 in Midlothian, Chesterfield Co, VA 27,28 Resided: 2011 in Richmond, VA 29 Resided: formerly in Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV Census: 1940 in Southwest District, Doddridge Co, WV Education: Doddridge County H.S. (1951) 30 Wife: Mary Agnes Whitehair b. Jul- 8-1933 Married: Nov- 8-1953
M Child 5: Living Wife: Living
Sources: (1) The History of Doddridge County, West Virginia, Taylor Publishing Co, 1979, p. 290. (2) Newspaper engagement announcement of granddaughter. (3) 1940 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Southwest District) (4) U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs BIRLS Death File, 1850-2010 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. (5) Janice Zinn Ball (1926-2016) (6) Headstone. (7) Military Grave Marker. (8) William Bernard Wilson, Wilson-Pepper Genealogy 1595-1989 (Gateway Press, Baltimore, MD, 1990) (9) Obituary of mother. (10) Obituary of son. (11) Obituary of daughter. (12) Doddridge County WV Marriages 1845-1937, Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1993) (13) Obituary. (14) Amy Gaston Smith, Those Days of Long Ago (Sep 15 1984, reprinted Jun 1999 by Michael Ruppert Jr., Los Angeles CA, with help of Mike Ruppert Sr., Grove WV and Loud) (15) Nelson Earl Zinn (1925-2011) (16) Social Security Death Index, Social Security card issued in West Virginia before 1951. (17) Newspaper birth announcement of daughter. (18) U.S. World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946, Ancestry.com and National Archives & Records Administration. (19) Obituary of wife's mother. (20) Obituary - Camden-Clark Memorial Hospital. (21) Obituary of husband. (22) Obituary of husband's brother. (23) Obituary of father. (24) Newspaper anniversary announcement. (25) Social Security Death Index. (26) National Cemetery Administration. Nationwide Gravesite Locator, U.S. Veterans Gravesites (www.ancestry.com) (27) Obituary of wife's sister. (28) Obituary of sister. (29) Obituary of brother. (30) West Union Herald-Record, 11/7/2006. Event Notes Note (1) Wilson-Pepper Genealogy 1595-1989, p. 39, reports marriage date as Aug 7 1924.