Jul-28-2018                   
             Husband: James I. Zinn    
                Born: ca 1836              in Preston Co, (W)VA  1,2 (see note 1)
                Died: Aug- 8-1893          in Doddridge Co, WV  3
              Buried:                      in Oxford Baptist Church Cemetery, Doddridge Co, WV  4
             Resided: 1890                 at Oxford, Doddridge Co, WV  5
              Census: 1880                 in Southwest District, Doddridge Co, WV  
              Census: 1870                 in Mannington District, Marion Co, WV  
              Census: 1860                 in Marion Co, (W)VA  
             Resided: 1856                 in Ritchie Co, (W)VA  6
              Census: 1850                 in Ritchie Co, (W)VA  
          Occupation: 1880                 farmer  7
          Occupation: 1870                 day laborer  8
          Occupation: 1860                 farmer  9
            Military: Aug-13-1862 - Jun-16-1865 Pvt, Co F, 12th W.Va. Inf, Civil War (gunshot in right shoulder)  5,10,11
              Father: George Wesley Zinn   (1815 - 1877) 
              Mother: Sarah Gray   (1816 - 1884) 
Other spouse 2
                Wife: Harriet Davis     
             Married: Oct- 7-1856          in Marion Co, (W)VA  12
                Born: ca 1838              in Marion Co, (W)VA  6
                Died: Oct-25-1875          in Marion Co, WV  13
              Census: 1870                 in Mannington District, Marion Co, WV  
              Census: 1860                 in Marion Co, (W)VA  
              Father: John Davis 
              Mother: Cyntha ___ 
           M Child 1: Benjamin F. Zinn      
                Born: Sep-23-1860          in Marion Co, (W)VA  14
                Died: bef 1900              15
             Resided: 1884                 in Doddridge Co, WV  14
              Census: 1880                 in Southwest District, Doddridge Co, WV  
              Census: 1870                 in Mannington District, Marion Co, WV  
                Wife: West Virginia Bee  b. Jan- 1-1863  d. Mar-15-1953  
         Census name: Jennie 
             Married: Nov- 9-1884          in Greenwood, Doddridge Co, WV  16
           M Child 2: Granville P. Zinn      
                Born: ca 1862               8
              Census: 1870                 in Mannington District, Marion Co, WV   (see note 2)
           M Child 3: Fred Rymer Zinn      
       Also known as: Frederick R. Zinn 17
                Born: Aug- 7-1869          in Marion Co, WV  13,18,7,17
                Died: May- 1-1960          in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV  13,18
              Buried:                      in Oxford Baptist Church Cemetery, Doddridge Co, WV  13,19
              Census: 1940                 in Warwood, Ohio Co, WV  
             Resided: 1935                 in Warwood, Ohio Co, WV  20
              Census: 1930                 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV  
             Resided: 1922                 in Morgantown, Monongalia Co, WV  
             Resided: 1899                 in Taylor Co, WV  17
              Census: 1880                 in Southwest District, Doddridge Co, WV  
              Census: 1870                 in Mannington District, Marion Co, WV  
          Occupation:                      mine foreman  13
          Occupation: 1930                 laborer (livestock)  21
                Wife: Nancy J. Weekley  b. ca 1879  
             Married: Jan-29-1899          in Grafton, Taylor Co, WV  22
                Wife: Ellen A. Porter  b. 1870  d. 1947  
             Married: Dec-28-1922          in Monongalia Co, WV  23

Sources:
(1) 1850 Census. 
(2) Ritchie County WV Marriages 1843-1915, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV 26101 (July 1985) 
(3) Doddridge County WV Deaths 1853-1969, Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101. 
(4) Doddridge County Death Records, West Union, WV. 
(5) 1890 Veterans Schedules [database online], Ancestry.com and National Archives & Records Administration. 
(6) Marion County Marriage Records, Fairmont, WV. 
(7) 1880 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Southwest District). 
(8) 1870 Census, Marion County, WV. 
(9) 1860 Census, Marion County, (W)VA. 
(10) U.S. Civil War Soldiers, 1861-1865 [database online], National Park Service , 
Ancestry.com. 
(11) U.S. Civil War Pension Index: General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934 [database on-line], Ancestry.com and National 
Archives & Records Administration. 
(12) Marion County Marriage Records, Fairmont, WV, Identified as James J. (sic) Zinn, 21, b. Preston Co, res. Ritchie Co, son 
of George W. & Sarah; and Harriet Davis, 18, b. & res. in Marion Co, dau of John & Cyntha.  Married Oct 7 1856 in Marion 
County. MR p. 8 : 
http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=12521293&Type=Marriage. 
(13) West Virginia Deaths Index, 1853-1973 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. 
(14) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV. 
(15) 1900 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Central District) 
(16) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, Identified as Benjamin F. Zinn, 24, b. Sep 23 1860 in Marion Co, res. 
Doddridge Co; and Virginia Bee, 22, b. & res. in Doddridge Co.  Married Nov 9 1884 at Greenwood. MR p. 
333. 
(17) Taylor County Marriage Records, Grafton, WV. 
(18) Headstone (year only) 
(19) Findagrave.com. 
(20) 1940 Census, Ohio County, WV. 
(21) 1930 Census, Ritchie County, WV (Union District). 
(22) Taylor County Marriage Records, Grafton, WV, http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11212342&Type=Marriage. 
(23) Monongalia County Marriage Records, Morgantown, WV, 
http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11341633&Type=Marriage. 

Event Notes
Note (1) Age 32 at 1876 marriage would put birth in about 1844.  But age 14 in 1850
Census puts it in about 1836, age 43 in 1880 Census puts it in about 1837, while
age 59 in death record puts it in about 1834.  His age was 21 in his 1856
marriage record.
Note (2) Not with family in 1880 Census.







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