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George Wesley ZINN

George Wesley ZINN

Male 1815 - 1877  (62 years)

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  • Name George Wesley ZINN  [1] 
    Born 18 Sep 1815  Preston Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3] 
    • Bradford Spiker, in "The Good-Will Community: A History of Holbrook, W. Va., 1814-1945," compiled by Barr Wilson, gives George W. Zinn's birth as Jan 17 1814 in Preston County, (W)VA. There is a headstone at Oxford Baptist Church Cemetery for George W. Zinn, b. Jan 17 1814, d. Nov 16 1877, age 63y 9m 29d. But there is another headstone at the same cemetery for George W. Zinn, birthdate not given, who died on Nov 16 1877 at age 62y 1m 29d, which would put birth at Sep 18 1815.
    Gender Male 
    Census 1850, 1860  Ritchie Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Died 16 Nov 1877  [2] 
    Buried Oxford Baptist Cemetery, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 4] 
    Person ID I13025  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 21 Apr 2019 

    Father John ZINN,   b. 1778,   d. 1848  (Age 70 years) 
    Mother Ruth GANDY,   b. 10 Aug 1785,   d. 16 Jun 1865  (Age 79 years) 
    Family ID F4843  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Sarah GRAY,   b. 12 Jul 1816,   d. 24 Dec 1884  (Age 68 years)  [5] 
    Married Y  [2] 
    Children 
     1. James I. ZINN,   b. CA 1836, Preston Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 8 Aug 1893, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 57 years)
     2. John W. ZINN,   b. CA 1838
     3. Granville Preston ZINN,   b. 15 Dec 1840, Lewis Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 11 Nov 1920, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 79 years)
     4. Thomas Gray ZINN,   b. 1844, Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1923  (Age 79 years)
     5. Mary A. ZINN,   b. CA 1845
     6. Delila ZINN,   b. CA 1848
     7. Elizabeth M. ZINN,   b. CA 1850
     8. Issabell ZINN,   b. 16 Mar 1852,   d. 2 Jul 1878  (Age 26 years)
     9. Sarah Amelia ZINN,   b. Apr 1857,   d. 5 Sep 1932, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 75 years)
     10. Quilly Manuel ZINN,   b. 1862,   d. 15 Nov 1919, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 57 years)
    Family ID F4642  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Oxford Baptist Cemetery, Doddridge Co, WV Link to Google Earth
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  • Photos
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  • Sources 
    1. [S1604] Death record of son.

    2. [S5] Headstone.

    3. [S781] The Good-Will Community: A History of Holbrook, W. Va., 1814-1945, Bradford Spiker (compiled by Barr Wilson), (http://files.usgwarchives.net/wv/ritchie/history/goodwill.txt).

    4. [S293] History of Ritchie County, Minnie Kendall Lowther, (1911, reprinted 1999, McClain Printing Co, Parsons WV, http://McClainPrinting.com), www.rootsweb.com.

    5. [S340] The Gibson and Related Families, Penny & O.D. Linder, http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/GIBSON/2003-10/1067200853, (McClain Printing Co, Parsons WV, 1991), p. 326.