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Ruth GANDY

Ruth GANDY

Female 1785 - 1865  (79 years)

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  • Name Ruth GANDY 
    Born 10 Aug 1785  [1] 
    Gender Female 
    Census 1850  Ritchie Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • In household of son Quilla and his family.
    Residence (MOVED, CA 1812)  Barbour Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Residence ORIGINALLY  Marion Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Died 16 Jun 1865  [1, 3] 
    Buried Oxford Baptist Cemetery, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 4] 
    Person ID I13547  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 29 Aug 2011 

    Father Samuel GANDY 
    Mother Rachel COMBS 
    Family ID F8602  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family John ZINN,   b. 1778,   d. 1848  (Age 70 years) 
    Married Y  [1] 
    Notes 
    • John & Ruth Gandy Zinn were the parents of thirteen children: Samuel, George, J. Wesley, Granville, Preston, Rachel, Narcissus, Fernandez, Amelia, Delila, Elizabeth, and Thomas, who died at age 14. [5, 6]
    Children 
    +1. Samuel Gandy ZINN,   b. 15 May 1806, Preston Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 27 Oct 1895, Stillwell, Hancock Co, IL Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 89 years)
     2. Angelina Susanna Delila ZINN,   b. 25 Oct 1808,   d. 23 May 1871, Indianola, Warren Co, IA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 62 years)
    +3. Quilla Manley ZINN,   b. 14 Aug 1814,   d. 29 Mar 1867, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 52 years)
    +4. John Wesley ZINN,   b. 14 Aug 1814,   d. 10 Mar 1851  (Age 36 years)
    +5. George Wesley ZINN,   b. 18 Sep 1815, Preston Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 16 Nov 1877  (Age 62 years)
    +6. Rachel L. ZINN,   b. CA 1817,   d. 23 Sep 1860  (Age ~ 43 years)
    +7. Granville Monroe ZINN,   b. 9 Jul 1818, Preston Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 13 Jul 1894, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 76 years)
    +8. Narcissus ZINN,   d. Bef Feb 1843
     9. Elizabeth ZINN
     10. Preston ZINN
    +11. Sophia Amelia ZINN,   b. 21 Oct 1826, Preston Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 3 Oct 1867  (Age 40 years)
    +12. Juan Fernandez ZINN,   b. 30 Nov 1828,   d. Jan 1909  (Age 80 years)
    Family ID F4843  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Photos
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  • Sources 
    1. [S5] Headstone.

    2. [S283] Ritchie County in History and Romance, Minnie Kendall Lowther, (McClain Publishing Co, Parsons, WV, 1990), p. 244.

    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. [S293] History of Ritchie County, Minnie Kendall Lowther, (1911, reprinted 1999, McClain Printing Co, Parsons WV, http://McClainPrinting.com), p. 230.

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