Jul-28-2018                   

Husband: Granville Preston Zinn Born: Dec-15-1840 in Lewis Co, (W)VA 1,2 Died: Nov-11-1920 in Ritchie Co, WV 1,2 Buried: in Oxford Baptist Church Cemetery, Doddridge Co, WV 3 Census: 1880 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV Census: 1850 in Ritchie Co, (W)VA Occupation: miller 4,5 Military: Co E, 6th W.Va. Vol Inf, Civil War 3 Father: George Wesley Zinn (1815 - 1877) Mother: Sarah Gray (1816 - 1884) Other spouse 1
Wife: Cathern Effie Moats Married: Sep- 7-1893 in Ritchie Co, WV 6 Born: Oct-19-1868 in Ritchie Co, WV 7,8,2 Died: Mar-19-1944 in Pullman, Ritchie Co, WV 7,2 Buried: in Oxford Baptist Church Cemetery, Doddridge Co, WV 3 Resided: in Pullman, Ritchie Co, WV 7 Father: Daniel Cokeley Moats (1842 - 1924) Mother: Sarah Alice Swadley (1846 - 1891)
M Child 1: Reed Army Zinn Born: Sep-15-1894 in Ritchie Co, WV 9 Died: Mar-20-1971 in Pullman, Ritchie Co, WV 10 Buried: in IOOF Cemetery, Harrisville, Ritchie Co, WV 9,11 Resided: in Pullman, Ritchie Co, WV 9 Occupation: farmer 9 Military: Pfc, 314th Fld Arty, U.S. Army, World War I 11,9 Wife: Rhoda Gay Nutter b. May-29-1895 d. Jul-10-1975 Married: Aug- 6-1922 in Doddridge Co, WV 12,13,14 No children: 14
Sources: (1) Ritchie County WV Deaths 1918-1940, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Nov 1998) (2) Headstone (year only) (3) Headstone. (4) 1880 Census, Ritchie County, WV (Union District) (5) Birth record of daughter. (6) Ritchie County WV Marriages 1843-1915, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV 26101 (July 1985), Identified as Granville P. Zinn, widowed, 50, b. Lewis Co, res. Ritchie Co; and Catharine E. Moats, 24, of Ritchie Co. Married Sep 7 1893. (7) WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, Death Certificate (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx) (8) Ritchie County WV Marriages 1843-1915, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV 26101 (July 1985) (9) Obituary. (10) Obituary, Parents not identified. Only siblings mentioned were one surviving half-brother, E. E. Zinn of Pullman, and five half-brothers and three half-sisters, none named, who predeceased him. (11) Ritchie County Historical Society (David M. Scott, Editor), Ritchie County, West Virginia Cemeteries through 1993, McClain Printing Co, Parsons, WV, 1995. (12) Doddridge County WV Marriages 1845-1937, Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1993) (13) Obituary of husband. (14) Obituary of wife.




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